4 results about "HECT domain" patented technology

This disclosure provides peptides which have an affinity for the focal adhesion targeting (FAT) domain of focal adhesion kinase (FAK). In particular, the peptides are modified and derived from the sequence of the LD2 alpha helical domain of paxillin (e.g., LD2 peptides), the LD4 domain of paxillin (e.g., LD4 peptides), and CD8 peptides. These peptides are capable of blocking an interaction between paxillin and FAK, thereby inhibiting FAK activity related to FAK-paxillin interaction. The invention further provides uses for such peptides as therapeutics for the treatment of cancer and other diseases characterized with FAK activity and / or expression (e.g., fibrosis).

The present application relates to the field of medical diagnosis, and provides a combined marker for predicting the curative effect of target immune drug for primary liver cancer and application thereof, wherein the combined marker is folate receptor gamma gene FOLR3, stratified protein gene SFN and coiled-coil domain containing 9 gene CCDC9 derived from peripheral blood leukocyte mRNA.The present application performs combined detection based on multiple peripheral blood leukocyte markers, and compared with a single molecular marker, can reduce errors caused by individual expression difference of a single index to some extent, so that the detection result is more accurate.The curative effect prediction model constructed based on detection of peripheral blood leukocyte mRNA level change can specifically recognize and detect in the early stage of tumor formation, has high sensitivity and high specificity, provides an important means for reasonable use of target immune drug for liver cancer patients sensitive or resistant to target immune drug, and has great significance for effective treatment of liver cancer in China.

This invention discloses a short peptide and its derivatives that mimic the N-terminus of RhoE, and their pharmaceutical applications in the treatment of myocardial hypertrophy, belonging to the field of biomedical technology. This short peptide precisely mimics the amino acid sequence from position 1 to 20 of RhoE, specifically binding to the WW domain of WWP2 and competitively blocking the interaction between the N-Loop and C-Loop of its HECT domain. This causes the WWP2 conformation to change from a self-inhibited "closed" state to an activated "open" state, activating E3 ligase activity. The short peptide retains its binding ability to the cardiomyocyte membrane cavernin CAV3, allowing it to efficiently enter the cardiomyocyte cytoplasm via the cavernin endocytosis pathway, overcoming the deficiency of traditional drugs in clearing intracellular pathogenic proteins. Peptide derivatives constructed by fusing transmembrane peptides such as TAT ​​and T7 further improve intracellular delivery efficiency. Experiments have demonstrated that this short peptide and its derivatives can significantly promote WWP2 self-ubiquitination, enhance cardiomyocyte autophagic flux, clear intracellular pathogenic proteins, and effectively inhibit cardiomyocyte hypertrophy, making it suitable for the preparation of anti-myocardial hypertrophy drugs.