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Project 4: Nuclease Inhibitors for Viruses of Pandemic Concern

项目 4：针对流行病病毒的核酸酶抑制剂

基本信息

批准号：
10522813
负责人：
Hideki Aihara
金额：
$ 304.02万
依托单位：
UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA
依托单位国家：
美国
项目类别：
财政年份：
2022
资助国家：
美国
起止时间：
2022-05-16 至 2025-04-30
项目状态：
未结题

来源：
https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10522813
关键词：
2019-nCoV 5&apos -exoribonuclease Address Animal Model Antiviral Agents Antiviral Response Arenavirus Binding Biochemical Biological Assay Bolivian Hemorrhagic Fever Virus COVID-19 screening Cell Culture Techniques Cell model Cells Chemicals Chemistry Collaborations Complement Complex Computer Models Cryoelectron Microscopy DNA Dose Effectiveness Ensure Enzymes Exoribonucleases FDA approved Fluorescence Generations Genome Goals In Vitro Infection Interferons Ions Junin virus Kinetics Knockout Mice Lassa virus Metals Midwestern United States Molecular Mutagenesis Nonstructural Protein Nucleoproteins Pathogenicity Pharmaceutical Chemistry Pharmaceutical Preparations Pharmacodynamics Play Property RNA RNA chemical synthesis RNA replication RNA-Directed RNA Polymerase Replicon Resistance Resolution Ribavirin Role SARS-CoV-2 infection STAT1 gene Structure Structure-Activity Relationship Technology Testing Transgenic Mice Vaccines Validation Viral Viral Hemorrhagic Fevers Viral Pathogenesis Virus Virus Diseases Virus Inhibitors Virus Replication Work X-Ray Crystallography animal facility aptamer base design drug candidate effective therapy efficacy evaluation efficacy testing gain of function high throughput screening improved inhibitor laboratory facility molecular dynamics mouse model new therapeutic target novel nuclease nucleoside analog pandemic disease pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics preference remdesivir resistance mutation response structural biology synergism viral RNA virtual screening

项目摘要

Project 4 – Nuclease Inhibitors for Viruses of Pandemic Concern Abstract SARS-CoV-2 (SARS2) and highly pathogenic arenaviruses including Lassa virus (LASV), Junin virus, and Machupo virus share a structurally and functionally related 3'-to-5' exoribonuclease (ExoN) domain, which plays essential roles in proofreading during RNA syntheses by the error-prone viral RNA-dependent RNA polymerase (RdRp) and suppressing host antiviral responses. Project 4 is pursuing chemical inhibition of ExoN from these viruses of pandemic concern, with the goal of blocking viral replication by lethal mutagenesis as well as mitigating viral pathogenesis by reactivating host’s interferon responses. Our team has contributed extensively to the structural and functional understanding of these viral ExoN enzymes, including the elucidation of their first atomic structures and characterization of catalytic mechanisms. We have also developed robust fluorescence-based assays to quantitatively analyze the ExoN catalytic activities, including a novel assay featuring fluorogenic RNA aptamer substrates that enables a gain-of-function readout in ultra-high-throughput screening (uHTS). Furthermore, we have used DNA-encoded chemistry technology (DEC-Tec) to obtain selective binders to SARS2 ExoN and LASV nucleoprotein (NP) containing the ExoN domain. Building on these prior and preliminary studies, we will continue to work closely with Core B and use 3 complementary approaches (uHTS, DEC-Tec, and Virtual screening) to identify first-in-class viral ExoN inhibitors. We will then leverage the deep expertise of Core C and Core D in medicinal chemistry and structural biology, respectively, to enhance the potency, selectivity, and pharmacodynamic/kinetic properties of hit compounds for detailed antiviral studies in cell and animal models by Core E. These studies will deliver antiviral drug candidates with a distinct mechanism of action to complement those developed against established antiviral targets including RdRp, helping to address the critical need for novel antiviral drugs against both SARS2 and the highly pathogenic arenaviruses that cause fatal hemorrhagic fever infections.

项目4 -大流行病毒的核酸酶抑制剂