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ArticleAntiviral chemistry & chemotherapy2015

Molecular basis of influenza hemagglutinin inhibition with an entry-blocker peptide by computational docking and mass spectrometry.

Robert Lu, Patrick Müller, Kevin M Downard

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Article in Antiviral chemistry & chemotherapy, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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3 citing papers in PubMed, 6 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Review
  2. Antiviral Peptides as Anti-Influenza Agents.International journal of molecular sciences · 2022
    Review
  3. The Entry Blocker Peptide Produced inFrontiers in plant science · 2021
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5 · Who and what money

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3 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Robert LuUniversity of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia.
Patrick MüllerUniversity of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia.
Kevin M DownardUniversity of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia kevin.downard@unsw.edu.au.
UNSW Sydney · AU

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundThe increased resistance of circulating strains to current antiviral inhibitors of the influenza virus necessitates that new antivirals and their mode of action are identified. Influenza hemagglutinin is an ideal target given inhibitors of its function can block the entry of the virus into host cells during the early stages of replication. This article describes the molecular basis for the inhibition of H1 and H5 hemagglutinin by an entry-blocker peptide using companion molecular docking and mass spectrometry-based experiments.

methodsA combination of hemagglutination inhibition assays, computational molecular docking and a novel mass spectrometry-based approach are employed to explore the mode of action of the entry-blocker peptide at a molecular level.

resultsThe entry-blocker peptide is shown to be able to maximally inhibit blood cell hemagglutination at a concentration of between 6.4 and 9.2 µM. The molecular basis for this inhibition is derived from the binding of the peptide to hemagglutinin in the vicinity of the reported sialic acid binding site surrounded by an α-helix (190-helix) and two loop (130-loop and 220-loop) regions in the case of a H1 hemagglutinin and the second loop region in the case of a H5 hemagglutinin.

conclusionsThe results support the recognized potential of the entry-blocker peptide as an effective antiviral agent that can inhibit the early stages of viral replication and further illustrate the power of a combination of docking and a mass spectrometry approach to screen the molecular basis of new antiviral inhibitors to the influenza virus.

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Mass SpectrometryMolecular Docking SimulationHemagglutininsHumansInfluenza, HumanPeptidesHemagglutininsPeptidesHemagglutinininfluenzainhibitionmass spectrometrymolecular dockingpeptide

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PMID26759268
PMCPMC5890522
OpenAlexW2336385642

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