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Article

A Phage Display-Identified Short Peptide Capable of Hydrolyzing Calcium Pyrophosphate Crystals—The Etiological Factor of Chondrocalcinosis

by
Radosław W. Piast
1,*,
Rafał M. Wieczorek
1,
Nicola Marzec
2,
Maciej Garstka
3 and
Aleksandra Misicka
1,*
1
Faculty of Chemistry, University of Warsaw, Pasteura 1, 02-093 Warsaw, Poland
2
Inter-Faculty Individual Studies in Mathematics and Natural Sciences, University of Warsaw, Stefana Banacha 2C, 02-087 Warsaw, Poland
3
Department of Metabolic Regulation, Faculty of Biology, University of Warsaw, Miecznikowa 1, 02-096 Warsaw, Poland
*
Authors to whom correspondence should be addressed.
Molecules 2021, 26(19), 5777; https://doi.org/10.3390/molecules26195777
Submission received: 3 August 2021 / Revised: 10 September 2021 / Accepted: 20 September 2021 / Published: 24 September 2021
(This article belongs to the Special Issue Advancement in Design and Synthesis of Novel Drug)
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Abstract

Chondrocalcinosis is a metabolic disease caused by the presence of calcium pyrophosphate dihydrate crystals in the synovial fluid. The goal of our endeavor was to find out whether short peptides could be used as a dissolving factor for such crystals. In order to identify peptides able to dissolve crystals of calcium pyrophosphate, we screened through a random library of peptides using a phage display. The first screening was designed to select phages able to bind the acidic part of alendronic acid (pyrophosphate analog). The second was a catalytic assay in the presence of crystals. The best-performing peptides were subsequently chemically synthesized and rechecked for catalytic properties. One peptide, named R25, turned out to possess some hydrolytic activity toward crystals. Its catalysis is Mg2+-dependent and also works against soluble species of pyrophosphate.
Keywords: chondrocalcinosis; CPPD; pseudogout; phage display; peptides chondrocalcinosis; CPPD; pseudogout; phage display; peptides

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Piast, R.W.; Wieczorek, R.M.; Marzec, N.; Garstka, M.; Misicka, A. A Phage Display-Identified Short Peptide Capable of Hydrolyzing Calcium Pyrophosphate Crystals—The Etiological Factor of Chondrocalcinosis. Molecules 2021, 26, 5777. https://doi.org/10.3390/molecules26195777

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Piast RW, Wieczorek RM, Marzec N, Garstka M, Misicka A. A Phage Display-Identified Short Peptide Capable of Hydrolyzing Calcium Pyrophosphate Crystals—The Etiological Factor of Chondrocalcinosis. Molecules. 2021; 26(19):5777. https://doi.org/10.3390/molecules26195777

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Piast, Radosław W., Rafał M. Wieczorek, Nicola Marzec, Maciej Garstka, and Aleksandra Misicka. 2021. "A Phage Display-Identified Short Peptide Capable of Hydrolyzing Calcium Pyrophosphate Crystals—The Etiological Factor of Chondrocalcinosis" Molecules 26, no. 19: 5777. https://doi.org/10.3390/molecules26195777

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Piast, R. W., Wieczorek, R. M., Marzec, N., Garstka, M., & Misicka, A. (2021). A Phage Display-Identified Short Peptide Capable of Hydrolyzing Calcium Pyrophosphate Crystals—The Etiological Factor of Chondrocalcinosis. Molecules, 26(19), 5777. https://doi.org/10.3390/molecules26195777

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