A New Targeting Approach to Inhibit Budding of the Ebola Virus
A New Targeting Approach to Inhibit Budding of the Ebola Virus
批准号:
9763445
负责人:
Robert Virgil Stahelin
金额:
$22.64万
依托单位:
依托单位国家:
美国
项目类别:
财政年份:
2018
资助国家:
美国
项目状态:
已结题
起止时间:
2018-08-14 至 2021-07-31
关键词:
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Abstract: Lipid-enveloped viruses replicate and bud from host cell membranes where they acquire their
lipid coat. Understanding the budding processes of several viruses has had significant impact on
elucidating the viral life cycle and identifying therapeutic targets. Filoviruses have a filamentous lipid-
envelope and despite being discovered more than 30 years ago, not much is known on how they assemble
and bud from the host cell plasma membrane. Filoviruses, which include Ebola virus (EBOV), have a high
fatality rate and there is still a lack of FDA approved therapeutics or vaccines for treatment. Moreover, the
EBOV glycoprotein, the prime target of antibody and vaccine therapy undergoes a high rate of mutation in
animal and human studies and escape mutant of glycoprotein have been found as EBOV is passaged
through animal models. Filoviruses encode seven genes including the viral matrix protein VP40, which
regulates budding from the host cell. VP40 as the only filovirus protein expressed in mammalian cells is
sufficient to produce virus like particles (VLPs) nearly indistinguishable from live virions. Thus, VP40 has
served as a model to study viral budding outside of BSL-4 laboratories. VP40 has been shown to be a
dimer, which is mediated by a-helical interactions in its N-terminal domain (NTD). Mutation of residues in
the NTD of VP40 that mediate dimerization is sufficient to abrogate viral budding in model systems. To date,
little is known about how VP40 monomer/dimer equilibrium and biophysics of oligomer assembly are
regulated as well as if VP40 is a viable drug target in the viral life cycle. The central hypothesis of this R21
proposal is that generation of a new chemical toolkit based upon stapled a-helical peptides can be used to
study VP40 assembly and inhibit VP40 dimerization. In specific aim 1, we will design and synthesize lead
candidate stapled a-helical peptides that target the VP40 dimer interface. We will elucidate the optimal
amino acid sequences and chemical linker of stapled a-helical peptides using computational analysis. We
hypothesize that optimization of the stapled helices can be performed to block VP40 dimer formation in vitro
and in cells. We will use computational analysis and a rapid chemical synthesis method to generate lead
candidates for quantitative analysis. Specific aim 2 will investigate the mechanism by which stapled a-
helical peptides interact with VP40 and inhibit VP40 dimerization and budding of VLPs. Quantitative assays
of VP40 dimer formation, VP40 lipid-binding, and budding of VLPs will be assessed to decipher the ability of
lead compounds to inhibit dimer formation and subsequent budding. Taken together, these studies should
produce new and important mechanistic insight into the viability of VP40 as a drug target and a better
biophysical understanding of the properties that govern VP40 assembly.
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资助金额:$70.84万
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负责人:Robert Virgil Stahelin
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批准号:10669678
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资助金额:$70.81万
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Investigation of the role of phosphatidic acid metabolism in filovirus budding
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资助金额:$20.57万
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财政年份:2020
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负责人:Robert Virgil Stahelin
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依托单位:
Drug Discovery in Infectious Disease Training
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批准号:10641014
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项目类别:
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资助金额:$16.66万
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财政年份:2020
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负责人:Robert Virgil Stahelin
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依托单位:
Drug Discovery in Infectious Disease Training
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批准号:10190818
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项目类别:
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资助金额:$19.81万
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财政年份:2020
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负责人:Robert Virgil Stahelin
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依托单位:
Drug Discovery in Infectious Disease Training
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批准号:10380751
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项目类别:
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资助金额:$20.74万
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财政年份:2020
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负责人:Robert Virgil Stahelin
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依托单位:
Drug Discovery in Infectious Disease Training
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批准号:10038159
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项目类别:
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资助金额:$19.58万
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财政年份:2020
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负责人:Robert Virgil Stahelin
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依托单位:
A New System to Modulate Phosphatidylserine to Investigate Filovirus Budding
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批准号:9017148
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资助金额:$22.0万
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财政年份:2016
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负责人:Robert Virgil Stahelin
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依托单位:
Lipid-Protein Interactions in Viral Assembly and Virus Like Particle Formation
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批准号:8118645
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项目类别:
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资助金额:$13.75万
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财政年份:2010
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负责人:Robert Virgil Stahelin
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依托单位:
LIPID-PROTEIN INTERACTIONS IN VIRAL ASSEMBLY AND VIRUS LIKE PARTICLE FORMATION
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批准号:9315077
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项目类别:
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资助金额:$6.3万
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财政年份:2009
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负责人:Robert Virgil Stahelin
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依托单位:
LIPID-PROTEIN INTERACTIONS IN VIRAL ASSEMBLY AND VIRUS LIKE PARTICLE FORMATION
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批准号:9608906
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项目类别:
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资助金额:$31.35万
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财政年份:2009
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负责人:Robert Virgil Stahelin
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依托单位:
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批准号:7881651
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项目类别:
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资助金额:$38.12万
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负责人:Robert Virgil Stahelin
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依托单位:
Lipid-Protein Interactions in Viral Assembly and Virus Like Particle Formation
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批准号:8098055
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项目类别:
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资助金额:$37.73万
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财政年份:2009
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负责人:Robert Virgil Stahelin
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依托单位:
Lipid-Protein Interactions in Viral Assembly and Virus Like Particle Formation
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批准号:8286992
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项目类别:
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资助金额:$37.73万
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财政年份:2009
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负责人:Robert Virgil Stahelin
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依托单位:
Lipid-Protein Interactions in Viral Assembly and Virus Like Particle Formation
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批准号:7662875
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项目类别:
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资助金额:$36.45万
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负责人:Robert Virgil Stahelin
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依托单位:
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