Author:
Wang Yang,Baars Igor,Fördös Ferenc,Högberg Björn
Abstract
AbstractThe nanoscale spatial organization of transmembrane tumor necrosis factor (TNF) receptors has been implied as a regulator of cellular fate. Accordingly, molecular tools that can induce specific arrangements of these receptors on cell surfaces would give us an opportunity to study these effects in detail. To achieve this, we introduce DNA origami nanostructures, that precisely scaffold the patterning of TNF-related apoptosis-inducing ligand (TRAIL)-mimicking peptides at nanoscale level. Stimulating human breast cancer cells with these patterns, we find that around 5 nm is the critical inter-ligand distance of hexagonally patterned peptides to induce death receptor clustering and a resulting apoptosis. We thus offer a strategy to reverse the non-efficacy of current ligand- and antibody-based methods for TNF superfamily (TNFRSF) activation.
Publisher
Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
Cited by
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