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ArticleACS medicinal chemistry letters2025

Development of an All-Hydrocarbon Stapled Peptide Targeting BRK1 in Triple-Negative Breast Cancer.

Matthew K Whittaker, Taylor C Dill, Ameya J Limaye, Nicholas J Tsavaris, Nicholas W Tawadrous, Eileen J Kennedy

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Article in ACS medicinal chemistry letters, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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6 authors.

Matthew K WhittakerDepartment of Pharmaceutical and Biomedical Sciences, College of Pharmacy, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia 30602, United States.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1846-6402
Taylor C DillDivision of Chemical Biology and Medicinal Chemistry, Eshelman School of Pharmacy, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27514, United States.
Ameya J LimayeDepartment of Pharmaceutical and Biomedical Sciences, College of Pharmacy, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia 30602, United States.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3582-8858
Nicholas J TsavarisDepartment of Pharmaceutical and Biomedical Sciences, College of Pharmacy, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia 30602, United States.
Nicholas W TawadrousDepartment of Pharmaceutical and Biomedical Sciences, College of Pharmacy, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia 30602, United States.
Eileen J KennedyDivision of Chemical Biology and Medicinal Chemistry, Eshelman School of Pharmacy, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27514, United States.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5610-1677

Funding

Targeting WASF3 to suppress metastasisR01GM134168 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA · PI KENNEDY, EILEEN J · 2019 to 2022
$1.2M
NIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM134168
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Wiskott-Aldrich syndrome protein family (WASF) members are key regulators of actin cytoskeleton dynamics at the leading edge of the cell membrane. WASF3 has been demonstrated to directly promote cancer invasion and metastasis in triple-negative breast cancer. WASF3 is incorporated into a heteropentameric protein complex with BRK1, CYFIP1/2, NCKAP1/1L, and ABI1/2/3 termed the WASF Regulatory Complex (WRC) that links upstream signaling pathways to Arp2/3-mediated actin nucleation. Disruption of the complex inhibits actin remodeling and presents a novel approach to targeting cancer invasion and metastasis. Here we report the development of a first-generation all-hydrocarbon stapled BRK1 mimetic peptide, BASH-2, designed to inhibit BRK1 binding within the WRC to disrupt proper WRC assembly and function. BASH-2 was found to permeate cells, bind to WASF3 and ABI2, and inhibit cancer cell migration and invasion in a dose-dependent manner. BASH-2 may present a novel approach to targeting WASF3-promoted invasion and metastasis in triple-negative breast cancer.

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BRK1Stapled peptidetriple-negative breast cancerWASF3WASF Regulatory Complex

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PMID40832548
PMCPMC12359003

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