
We aimed to develop inhibitory short peptides that can prevent protein interactions of SOS1/EPS8/ABI1 tri-complex, a key component essential for ovarian cancer metastasis.Plasmids containing various regions of HA-tagged ABI1 were co-transfected into ovarian cancer cells with Flag-tagged SOS1 or Myc-tagged EPS8. Co-immunoprecipitation and GST-pulldown assay were used to identify the regions of ABI1 responsible for SOS1 and EPS8 binding. Inhibitory short peptides of these binding regions were synthesized and modified with HIV-TAT sequence. The blocking effects of the peptides on ABI1-SOS1 or ABI1-EPS8 interactions in vitro and in vivo were determined by GST-pulldown assay. The capability of these short peptides in inhibiting invasion and metastasis of ovarian cancer cell was tested by Matrigel invasion assay and peritoneal metastatic colonization assay.The formation of endogenous SOS1/EPS8/ABI1 tri-complex was detected in the event of LPA-induced ovarian cancer cell invasion. In the tri-complex, ABI1 acted as a scaffold protein holding together SOS1 and EPS8. The SH3 and poly-proline+PxxDY regions of ABI1 were responsible for SOS1 and EPS8 binding, respectively. Inhibitory short peptides p + p-8 (ppppppppvdyedee) and SH3-3 (ekvvaiydytkdkddelsfmegaii) could block ABI1-SOS1 and ABI1-EPS8 interaction in vitro. TAT-p + p-8 peptide could disrupt ABI1-EPS8 interaction and suppress the invasion and metastasis of ovarian cancer cells in vivo.TAT-p + p-8 peptide could efficiently disrupt the ABI1-EPS8 interaction, tri-complex formation, and block the invasion and metastasis of ovarian cancer cells.
Ovarian Neoplasms, ABI1, Neoplasms. Tumors. Oncology. Including cancer and carcinogens, EPS8, Transfection, Ovarian cancer metastasis, Cytoskeletal Proteins, Cell Line, Tumor, Drug Design, Inhibitory short peptide, Humans, Female, Neoplasm Invasiveness, SOS1, Peptides, SOS1 Protein, RC254-282, Research Article, Adaptor Proteins, Signal Transducing, Protein Binding, Signal Transduction
Ovarian Neoplasms, ABI1, Neoplasms. Tumors. Oncology. Including cancer and carcinogens, EPS8, Transfection, Ovarian cancer metastasis, Cytoskeletal Proteins, Cell Line, Tumor, Drug Design, Inhibitory short peptide, Humans, Female, Neoplasm Invasiveness, SOS1, Peptides, SOS1 Protein, RC254-282, Research Article, Adaptor Proteins, Signal Transducing, Protein Binding, Signal Transduction
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