Improving the endosomal escape of cell-penetrating peptides and their cargos: strategies and challenges

A Erazo-Oliveras, N Muthukrishnan, R Baker… - Pharmaceuticals, 2012 - mdpi.com
Cell penetrating peptides (CPPs) can deliver cell-impermeable therapeutic cargos into cells.
In particular, CPP-cargo conjugates tend to accumulate inside cells by endocytosis …

Applications and challenges for use of cell-penetrating peptides as delivery vectors for peptide and protein cargos

M Kristensen, D Birch, H Mørck Nielsen - International journal of …, 2016 - mdpi.com
The hydrophilic nature of peptides and proteins renders them impermeable to cell
membranes. Thus, in order to successfully deliver peptide and protein-based therapeutics …

A survey on “Trojan Horse” peptides: opportunities, issues and controlled entry to “Troy”

NQ Shi, XR Qi, B Xiang, Y Zhang - Journal of controlled release, 2014 - Elsevier
Abstract Cell-penetrating peptides (CPPs), often vividly termed as the “Trojan Horse”
peptides, have attracted considerable interest for the intracellular delivery of a wide range of …

Present and future of cell-penetrating peptide mediated delivery systems:“is the Trojan horse too wild to go only to Troy?”

E Vives - Journal of controlled release, 2005 - Elsevier
During the last decade, small peptides (10 to 15 amino acids) derived from the HIV-1 Tat
protein and from the drosophila Antennapedia homeodomain have been used to internalize …

Challenge to overcome current limitations of cell-penetrating peptides

GC Kim, DH Cheon, Y Lee - Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA)-Proteins …, 2021 - Elsevier
The penetration of biological membranes is a prime obstacle for the delivery of
pharmaceutical drugs. Cell-penetrating peptide (CPP) is an efficient vehicle that can deliver …

Cargo-dependent cytotoxicity and delivery efficacy of cell-penetrating peptides: a comparative study

S El-Andaloussi, P Järver, HJ Johansson… - Biochemical …, 2007 - portlandpress.com
The use of CPPs (cell-penetrating peptides) as delivery vectors for bioactive molecules has
been an emerging field since 1994 when the first CPP, penetratin, was discovered. Since …

On the importance of electrostatic interactions between cell penetrating peptides and membranes: a pathway toward tumor cell selectivity?

ML Jobin, ID Alves - Biochimie, 2014 - Elsevier
Cell-penetrating peptides (CPPs) are small molecules of major interest due to their ability to
efficiently transport cargos across cell membranes in a receptor-and energy-independent …

Viral and other cell-penetrating peptides as vectors of therapeutic agents in medicine

J Durzyńska, Ł Przysiecka, R Nawrot, J Barylski… - … of Pharmacology and …, 2015 - ASPET
Efficient delivery of heterologous molecules for treatment of cells is a great challenge in
modern medicine and pharmacology. Cell-penetrating peptides (CPPs) may improve …

Activatable cell-penetrating peptides: 15 years of research

H de Jong, KM Bonger, DWPM Löwik - RSC chemical biology, 2020 - pubs.rsc.org
An important hurdle for the intracellular delivery of large cargo is the cellular membrane,
which protects the cell from exogenous substances. Cell-penetrating peptides (CPPs) can …

Cell-penetrating peptide: a means of breaking through the physiological barriers of different tissues and organs

J Xu, AR Khan, M Fu, R Wang, J Ji, G Zhai - Journal of Controlled Release, 2019 - Elsevier
The selective infiltration of cell membranes and tissue barriers often blocks the entry of most
active molecules. This natural defense mechanism prevents the invasion of exogenous …