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Article Dans Une Revue Cell Death and Disease Année : 2022

Genuine selective caspase-2 inhibition with new irreversible small peptidomimetics

Kaitao Zhao
Carol Troy

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Caspase-2 (Casp2) is a promising therapeutic target in several human diseases, including nonalcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH) and Alzheimer’s disease (AD). However, the design of an active-site-directed inhibitor selective to individual caspase family members is challenging because caspases have extremely similar active sites. Here we present new peptidomimetics derived from the VDVAD pentapeptide structure, harboring non-natural modifications at the P2 position and an irreversible warhead. Enzyme kinetics show that these new compounds, such as LJ2 or its specific isomers LJ2a, and LJ3a, strongly and irreversibly inhibit Casp2 with genuine selectivity. In agreement with the established role of Casp2 in cellular stress responses, LJ2 inhibits cell death induced by microtubule destabilization or hydroxamic acid-based deacetylase inhibition. The most potent peptidomimetic, LJ2a, inhibits human Casp2 with a remarkably high inactivation rate ( k 3 / K i ~5,500,000 M −1 s − 1 ), and the most selective inhibitor, LJ3a, has close to a 1000 times higher inactivation rate on Casp2 as compared to Casp3. Structural analysis of LJ3a shows that the spatial configuration of C α at the P2 position determines inhibitor efficacy. In transfected human cell lines overexpressing site-1 protease (S1P), sterol regulatory element-binding protein 2 (SREBP2) and Casp2, LJ2a and LJ3a fully inhibit Casp2-mediated S1P cleavage and thus SREBP2 activation, suggesting a potential to prevent NASH development. Furthermore, in primary hippocampal neurons treated with β-amyloid oligomers, submicromolar concentrations of LJ2a and of LJ3a prevent synapse loss, indicating a potential for further investigations in AD treatment.
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hal-04275435 , version 1 (13-11-2023)

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Elodie Bosc, Julie Anastasie, Feryel Soualmia, Pascale Coric, Ju Youn Kim, et al.. Genuine selective caspase-2 inhibition with new irreversible small peptidomimetics. Cell Death and Disease, 2022, 13 (11), pp.959. ⟨10.1038/s41419-022-05396-2⟩. ⟨hal-04275435⟩
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