Targeting a proapoptotic peptide to prohibitin in the adipose vasculature caused ablation of white fat. Resorption of established white adipose tissue and normalization of metabolism resulted in rapid obesity reversal without detectable adverse effects.
Kolonin MG, Saha PK, Chan L, Pasqualini R, Arap W. · Nat Med (2004)
- Foundational proof-of-concept: in vivo phage display isolated the CKGGRAKDC peptide that homes to white-fat vasculature and binds prohibitin
- Fusing a proapoptotic peptide to that homing motif ablated white adipose tissue in obese mice
- Resorption of established white fat normalized metabolism and rapidly reversed obesity