CTHRSSVVC Peptide as a Possible Early Molecular Imaging Target for Atherosclerosis.

ABSTRACT: The purpose of our work was to select phages displaying peptides capable of binding to vascular markers present in human atheroma, and validate their capacity to target the vascular markers in vitro and in low-density lipoprotein receptor knockout (LDLr(-/-)) mouse model of atherosclerosis. By peptide fingerprinting on human atherosclerotic tissues, we selected and isolated four different peptides sequences, which bind to atherosclerotic lesions and share significant similarity to known human proteins with prominent roles in atherosclerosis. The CTHRSSVVC-phage peptide displayed the strongest reactivity with human carotid atherosclerotic lesions (p < 0.05), when compared to tissues from normal carotid arteries. This peptide sequence shares similarity to a sequence present in the fifth scav

SUBMITTER: Silva RA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5037663 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature