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ArticleScientific reports2017

Human single chain-transbodies that bound to domain-I of non-structural protein 5A (NS5A) of hepatitis C virus.

Kittirat Glab-Ampai, Monrat Chulanetra, Aijaz Ahmad Malik, Thanate Juntadech, Jeeraphong Thanongsaksrikul, Potjanee Srimanote, Kanyarat Thueng-In, Nitat Sookrung, Pongsri Tongtawe, Wanpen Chaicumpa

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Article in Scientific reports, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. An erratum has been issued. Cited by 12 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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12 citing papers in PubMed, 15 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

10 authors at 4 institutions in 1 country.

Kittirat Glab-AmpaiGraduate Program in Immunology, Department of Immunology, Faculty of Medicine Siriraj Hospital, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand.
Monrat ChulanetraCenter of Research Excellence on Therapeutic Proteins and Antibody Engineering, Department of Parasitology, Faculty of Medicine Siriraj Hospital, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand.
Aijaz Ahmad MalikCenter of Research Excellence on Therapeutic Proteins and Antibody Engineering, Department of Parasitology, Faculty of Medicine Siriraj Hospital, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand.
Thanate JuntadechCenter of Research Excellence on Therapeutic Proteins and Antibody Engineering, Department of Parasitology, Faculty of Medicine Siriraj Hospital, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand.
Jeeraphong ThanongsaksrikulGraduate Program in Biomedical Science, Faculty of Allied Health Sciences, Thammasat University, Rangsit Campus, Pathum-thani province, 12120, Thailand.
Potjanee SrimanoteGraduate Program in Biomedical Science, Faculty of Allied Health Sciences, Thammasat University, Rangsit Campus, Pathum-thani province, 12120, Thailand.
Kanyarat Thueng-InSchool of Pathology, Institute of Medicine, Suranaree University of Technology, Nakhon-ratchaseema province, Thailand.
Nitat SookrungCenter of Research Excellence on Therapeutic Proteins and Antibody Engineering, Department of Parasitology, Faculty of Medicine Siriraj Hospital, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand.
Pongsri TongtaweGraduate Program in Biomedical Science, Faculty of Allied Health Sciences, Thammasat University, Rangsit Campus, Pathum-thani province, 12120, Thailand.
Wanpen ChaicumpaCenter of Research Excellence on Therapeutic Proteins and Antibody Engineering, Department of Parasitology, Faculty of Medicine Siriraj Hospital, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand. wanpen.cha@mahidol.ac.th.
Thammasat University · THMahidol University · THSiriraj Hospital · THSuranaree University of Technology · TH

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

A safe and broadly effective direct acting anti-hepatitis C virus (HCV) agent that can withstand the viral mutation is needed. In this study, human single chain antibody variable fragments (HuscFvs) to conserved non-structural protein-5A (NS5A) of HCV were produced by phage display technology. Recombinant NS5A was used as bait for fishing-out the protein bound-phages from the HuscFv-phage display library. NS5A-bound HuscFvs produced by five phage transfected-E. coli clones were linked molecularly to nonaarginine (R9) for making them cell penetrable (become transbodies). The human monoclonal transbodies inhibited HCV replication in the HCVcc infected human hepatic cells and also rescued the cellular antiviral immune response from the viral suppression. Computerized simulation verified by immunoassays indicated that the transbodies used several residues in their multiple complementarity determining regions (CDRs) to form contact interface with many residues of the NS5A domain-I which is important for HCV replication complex formation and RNA binding as well as for interacting with several host proteins for viral immune evasion and regulation of cellular physiology. The human monoclonal transbodies have high potential for testing further as a new ramification of direct acting anti-HCV agent, either alone or in combination with their cognates that target other HCV proteins.

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Virus ReplicationBinding SitesCell Surface Display TechniquesHepacivirusHepatitis CHumansPeptide LibraryProtein BindingRNA-Dependent RNA PolymeraseSingle-Chain AntibodiesViral Nonstructural ProteinsNS-5 protein, hepatitis C virusPeptide LibraryRNA-Dependent RNA PolymeraseSingle-Chain AntibodiesViral Nonstructural Proteins

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PMID29118372
PMCPMC5678119
OpenAlexW2765798228

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