The invention discloses a
cell-penetrating
peptide CPP137 as well as a compound, a composition and application thereof, and belongs to the technical field of polypeptides. According to the application, a
cell-penetrating
peptide CPP137 with immune
cell selectivity is screened out from a plague bacillus sORF
library. The polypeptide not only can be efficiently internalized by THP-1 (M0 type) mononuclear cells, but also can specifically target two key
antigen presenting cells, namely primary macrophages and dendritic cells (DC), in a complex human
whole blood physiological environment, but is not obviously combined with other
blood cell types. Therefore, the cell-penetrating
peptide CPP137 is a targeted delivery carrier with great potential, can be used for specifically delivering a therapeutic load to myeloid immune cells, and is used for treating
intracellular infection and immune-related diseases or used as a vaccine development platform. Meanwhile, CPP137 can also be used as a specific
diagnostic marker or an imaging probe for detecting or tracing
pathological states related to macrophages / DC.