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ArticleScientific reports2018

Improvement of the activity of the anti-HIV-1 integrase aptamer T30175 by introducing a modified thymidine into the loops.

Antonella Virgilio, Teresa Amato, Luigi Petraccone, Francesca Esposito, Nicole Grandi, Enzo Tramontano, Raquel Romero, Shozeb Haider, Isabel Gomez-Monterrey, Ettore Novellino and 3 more

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Article in Scientific reports, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 14 papers.

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14citing papers in PubMed
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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

14 citing papers in PubMed, 24 citations in OpenAlex.

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  3. Aptamers-Diagnostic and Therapeutic Solution in SARS-CoV-2.International journal of molecular sciences · 2022
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  7. Aptamers for Anti-Viral Therapeutics and Diagnostics.International journal of molecular sciences · 2021
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  10. Using Aptamers as a Novel Method for Determining GnRH/LH Pulsatility.International journal of molecular sciences · 2020
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

13 authors at 4 institutions in 2 countries.

Antonella VirgilioDepartment of Pharmacy, University of Naples Federico II, Via D. Montesano 49, I-80131, Naples, Italy.
Teresa AmatoDepartment of Pharmacy, University of Naples Federico II, Via D. Montesano 49, I-80131, Naples, Italy.
Luigi PetracconeDepartment of Chemical Sciences, University of Naples Federico II, Via Cintia, I-80126, Naples, Italy.
Francesca EspositoDepartment of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of Cagliari, Cittadella Universitaria di Monserrato, 09045, Monserrato, Italy.
Nicole GrandiDepartment of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of Cagliari, Cittadella Universitaria di Monserrato, 09045, Monserrato, Italy.ORCID 0000-0003-0666-4361
Enzo TramontanoDepartment of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of Cagliari, Cittadella Universitaria di Monserrato, 09045, Monserrato, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-4849-0980
Raquel RomeroUniversity College London-School of Pharmacy, 29-39 Brunswick Square, London, WC1N1AX, UK.
Shozeb HaiderUniversity College London-School of Pharmacy, 29-39 Brunswick Square, London, WC1N1AX, UK.ORCID 0000-0003-2650-2925
Isabel Gomez-MonterreyDepartment of Pharmacy, University of Naples Federico II, Via D. Montesano 49, I-80131, Naples, Italy.
Ettore NovellinoDepartment of Pharmacy, University of Naples Federico II, Via D. Montesano 49, I-80131, Naples, Italy.
Luciano MayolDepartment of Pharmacy, University of Naples Federico II, Via D. Montesano 49, I-80131, Naples, Italy.
Veronica EspositoDepartment of Pharmacy, University of Naples Federico II, Via D. Montesano 49, I-80131, Naples, Italy. verespos@unina.it.
Aldo GaleoneDepartment of Pharmacy, University of Naples Federico II, Via D. Montesano 49, I-80131, Naples, Italy. galeone@unina.it.ORCID 0000-0001-8805-6348
University of Naples Federico II · ITUniversity of Cagliari · ITUniversity College London · GBFederico II University Hospital · IT

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

In this paper, we report our investigations on analogues of the anti-human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) integrase (IN) aptamer T30175 in which the individual thymidines forming the loops were replaced by 5-hydroxymethyl-2'-deoxyuridine residues (H). Circular dichroism, nuclear magnetic resonance and gel electrophoresis investigations clearly indicated that all the modified aptamers preserve the ability to form the original 5'-5' end-stacked head-to-head dimeric G-quadruplex structure, in which each G-quadruplex adopts a parallel arrangement and is characterized by three G-tetrads, three propeller loops and one bulge-loop. All the modified aptamers were tested in an IN inhibition LEDGF-independent assay. While the modified aptamers INTB-H13 and INTB-H17 showed IC

Indexed as

Aptamers, NucleotideDrug DiscoveryG-QuadruplexesHIV-1HIV InfectionsHIV IntegraseHIV Integrase InhibitorsHumansMolecular Docking SimulationThymidine5-hydroxymethyl-2'-deoxyuridineAptamers, NucleotideHIV IntegraseHIV Integrase Inhibitorsp31 integrase protein, Human immunodeficiency virus 1Thymidine

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PMID29749406
PMCPMC5945619
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