Tumor-targeting peptides from combinatorial libraries.

Abstract

Cancer is one of the major and leading causes of death worldwide. Two of the greatest challenges in fighting cancer are early detection and effective treatments with no or minimum side effects. Widespread use of targeted therapies and molecular imaging in clinics requires high affinity, tumor-specific agents as effective targeting vehicles to deliver therapeutics and imaging probes to the primary or metastatic tumor sites. Combinatorial libraries such as phage-display and one-bead one-compound (OBOC) peptide libraries are powerful approaches in discovering tumor-targeting peptides. This review gives an overview of different combinatorial library technologies that have been used for the discovery of tumor-targeting peptides. Examples of tumor-targeting peptides identified from each combinatorial library method will be discussed. Published tumor-targeting peptide ligands and their applications will also be summarized by the combinatorial library methods and their corresponding binding receptors.

• Authors: Ruiwu Liu, Xiaocen Li, Wenwu Xiao, Kit S Lam
• Journal: Advanced drug delivery reviews (Adv Drug Deliv Rev) Vol. 110-111 Pg. 13-37 (02 2017) ISSN: 1872-8294 [Electronic] Netherlands
• PMID: 27210583 (Publication Type: Journal Article, Review)
• Copyright: Copyright © 2017. Published by Elsevier B.V.

Chemical References

• Ligands
• Peptide Library
• Peptides

Topics

• Animals
• Combinatorial Chemistry Techniques
• Humans
• Ligands
• Neoplasms (diagnostic imaging, drug therapy, metabolism)
• Peptide Library
• Peptides (administration & dosage, pharmacokinetics)
• Protein Binding