Aberrant CXCR4/CXCL12 signaling is involved in many pathophysiological processes such as cancer and inflammatory diseases.A natural fragment of serum albumin,named EPI-X4,has previously been identified as endogenous p...
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Aberrant CXCR4/CXCL12 signaling is involved in many pathophysiological processes such as cancer and inflammatory diseases.A natural fragment of serum albumin,named EPI-X4,has previously been identified as endogenous peptide antagonist and inverse agonist of CXCR4 and is a promising compound for the development of improved analogues for the therapy of CXCR4-associated *** generate optimized EPI-X4 derivatives we here performed molecular docking analysis to identify key interaction motifs of EPI-X4/*** rational drug design allowed to increase the anti-CXCR4 activity of *** EPI-X4 derivative JM#21 bound CXCR4 and suppressed CXCR4-tropic HIV-1 infection more efficiently than the clinically approved small molecule CXCR4 antagonist ***-X4 JM#21 did not exert toxic effects in zebrafish embryos and suppressed allergen-induced infiltration of eosinophils and other immune cells into the airways of animals in an asthma mouse ***,topical administration of the optimized EPI-X4 derivative efficiently prevented inflammation of the skin in a mouse model of atopic ***,rationally designed EPIX4 JM#21 is a novel potent antagonist of CXCR4 and the first CXCR4 inhibitor with therapeutic efficacy in atopic *** clinical development of this new class of CXCR4 antagonists for the therapy of atopic dermatitis,asthma and other CXCR4-associated diseases is highly warranted.
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