This project aims to develop a revolutionary screening platform that will allow for the rapid isolation of hundreds of high affinity and specificity synthetic ligands for proteins in a highly parallel fashion. The central feature of the proposal is to label dozens to hundreds of mechanistically related proteins simultaneously using reagents developed for Activity-Based Protein Profiling (ABPP). This mixture of labeled proteins will then be screened en masse against a several million member combinatorial library of peptoids displayed on beads. Peptoid-displaying beads that retain labeled protein will be collected by fluorescence-activated flow sorting. Mass spectrometry-based techniques will then be employed to identify the protein captured on the bead as well as the sequence of the peptoid. These peptoids can be employed as capture agents in the creation of protein-detecting microarrays. They will also be modified for use as high potency, photo-triggered pharmacological inhibitors of their target proteins. This will involve appendage of a Ru(II)-containing complex to the peptoid. When irradiated with visible light, the ruthenium complex generates singlet oxygen, which is capable of destroying proteins in the immediate vicinity. These novel reagents will be used to probe the roles of the target proteins in biological assays. If successful, this effort will revolutionize the discovery of specific protein ligands, a goal identified by the NIH as a strategic priority. Because the ligands will be peptoids, which can be easily synthesized in large quantities even by laboratories lacking specialized organic chemistry skills, these ligands will be far more widely accessible to the research community than would be the case for most other classes of protein binding-molecules. Therefore, we believe that this project is transformative in its potential scope and impact.

Public Health Relevance

The identification of large numbers of protein ligands has been identified by the NIH as a high priority for biomedical research. Such ligands could be employed as reagents to construct tools for the discovery of diagnostically useful disease biomarkers. The synthetic compounds that we plan to identify could also serve as drug leads for a variety of therapeutically interesting targets.

Agency
National Institute of Health (NIH)
Institute
National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS)
Type
Research Project (R01)
Project #
5R01GM090294-05
Application #
8527800
Study Section
Special Emphasis Panel (ZRG1-BCMB-A (51))
Program Officer
Fabian, Miles
Project Start
2009-09-30
Project End
2014-08-31
Budget Start
2013-09-01
Budget End
2014-08-31
Support Year
5
Fiscal Year
2013
Total Cost
$726,031
Indirect Cost
$149,852
Name
Scripps Research Institute
Department
Type
DUNS #
781613492
City
La Jolla
State
CA
Country
United States
Zip Code
92037
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