PSD-95: an effective target for stroke therapy using neuroprotective peptides

L Ugalde-Triviño, M Díaz-Guerra - International Journal of Molecular …, 2021 - mdpi.com
Therapies for stroke have remained elusive in the past despite the great relevance of this
pathology. However, recent results have provided strong evidence that postsynaptic density …

Targeting receptor complexes: a new dimension in drug discovery

MI Rosenbaum, LS Clemmensen, DS Bredt… - Nature Reviews Drug …, 2020 - nature.com
Targeting receptor proteins, such as ligand-gated ion channels and G protein-coupled
receptors, has directly enabled the discovery of most drugs developed to modulate receptor …

Design and characterization of bivalent BET inhibitors

M Tanaka, JM Roberts, HS Seo, A Souza… - Nature chemical …, 2016 - nature.com
Cellular signaling is often propagated by multivalent interactions. Multivalency creates
avidity, allowing stable biophysical recognition. Multivalency is an attractive strategy for …

A high-affinity, dimeric inhibitor of PSD-95 bivalently interacts with PDZ1-2 and protects against ischemic brain damage

A Bach, BH Clausen, M Møller… - Proceedings of the …, 2012 - National Acad Sciences
Inhibition of the ternary protein complex of the synaptic scaffolding protein postsynaptic
density protein-95 (PSD-95), neuronal nitric oxide synthase (nNOS), and the N-methyl-d …

PDZ domains as drug targets

NR Christensen, J Čalyševa… - Advanced …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Protein–protein interactions within protein networks shape the human interactome, which
often is promoted by specialized protein interaction modules, such as the postsynaptic …

A comparative assessment study of known small-molecule Keap1− Nrf2 protein–protein interaction inhibitors: chemical synthesis, binding properties, and cellular …

KT Tran, JS Pallesen, SMØ Solbak… - Journal of medicinal …, 2019 - ACS Publications
Inhibiting the protein–protein interaction (PPI) between the transcription factor Nrf2 and its
repressor protein Keap1 has emerged as a promising strategy to target oxidative stress in …

[HTML][HTML] Plasticity of PDZ domains in ligand recognition and signaling

Y Ivarsson - FEBS letters, 2012 - Elsevier
The PDZ domain is a protein–protein interacting module that plays an important role in the
organization of signaling complexes. The recognition of short intrinsically disordered C …

Targeting postsynaptic glutamate receptor scaffolding proteins PSD-95 and PICK1 for obesity treatment

N Fadahunsi, J Petersen, S Metz, A Jakobsen… - Science …, 2024 - science.org
Human genome-wide association studies (GWAS) suggest a functional role for central
glutamate receptor signaling and plasticity in body weight regulation. Here, we use UK …

Biomimetic divalent ligands for the acute disruption of synaptic AMPAR stabilization

M Sainlos, C Tigaret, C Poujol, NB Olivier… - Nature chemical …, 2011 - nature.com
The interactions of the AMPA receptor (AMPAR) auxiliary subunit Stargazin with PDZ
domain–containing scaffold proteins such as PSD-95 are critical for the synaptic stabilization …

Development of a potent cyclic peptide inhibitor of the nNOS/PSD-95 interaction

JR Balboa, DJ Essig, S Ma, N Karer… - Journal of Medicinal …, 2022 - ACS Publications
The complex between the N-methyl-d-aspartate receptor (NMDAR), neuronal nitric oxide
synthase (nNOS), and the postsynaptic density protein-95 (PSD-95) is an attractive …