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178 Cell-Penetrating Peptides: Processes and Applications<br />

FIGURE 8.7 Model of internalization. In this model the peptide, arbitrarily represented as a<br />

dimer, recruits negatively charged phospholipids (filled circles) and induces the formation of<br />

an inverted micelle. The hydrophilic cavity of the micelle accommodates the peptide and,<br />

possibly, sequences attached to it can subsequently be released in the cytoplasmic compartment.<br />

(Adapted from Derossi, D. et al., J. Biol. Chem., 271, 18188, 1996. With permission.)<br />

cells. To this end, peptide–drug conjugates were designed to bind to specific receptors<br />

ex<strong>press</strong>ed on the tumor cells with subsequent internalization of the ligand–receptor<br />

complex. 22 Neuropeptide Y (NPY), a 36-amino acid peptide of the pancreatic<br />

polypeptide family, was chosen as model peptide because NPY receptors are overex<strong>press</strong>ed<br />

in a number of neuroblastoma tumors and their derived cell lines. Daunorubicin<br />

and doxorubicin, two widely used antineoplastic agents in tumor therapy,<br />

were covalently linked to NPY via two spacers that differ in stability.

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