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ArticleRSC medicinal chemistry2023

Ravindra Thakkar, Dilip K Agarwal, Chathuranga B Ranaweera, Susumu Ishiguro, Martin Conda-Sheridan, Natasha N Gaudreault, Juergen A Richt, Masaaki Tamura, Jeffrey Comer

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Article in RSC medicinal chemistry, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

5 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors.

Ravindra ThakkarDepartment of Anatomy & Physiology, Kansas State University College of Veterinary Medicine Manhattan Kansas USA ravithakkar@ksu.edu.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2541-0802
Dilip K AgarwalDepartment of Material Science and Engineering and NUANCE Center, Northwestern University Evanston Illinois USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7330-1491
Chathuranga B RanaweeraDepartment of Medical Laboratory Sciences, General Sir John Kotelawala Defense University Colombo Sri Lanka.
Susumu IshiguroDepartment of Anatomy & Physiology, Kansas State University College of Veterinary Medicine Manhattan Kansas USA ravithakkar@ksu.edu.
Martin Conda-SheridanDepartment of Pharmaceutical Sciences, College of Pharmacy, University of Nebraska Medical Center Omaha Nebraska USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3568-2545
Natasha N GaudreaultDepartment of Diagnostic Medicine & Pathobiology, Kansas State University College of Veterinary Medicine Manhattan Kansas USA.
Juergen A RichtDepartment of Diagnostic Medicine & Pathobiology, Kansas State University College of Veterinary Medicine Manhattan Kansas USA.
Masaaki TamuraDepartment of Anatomy & Physiology, Kansas State University College of Veterinary Medicine Manhattan Kansas USA ravithakkar@ksu.edu.
Jeffrey ComerDepartment of Anatomy & Physiology, Kansas State University College of Veterinary Medicine Manhattan Kansas USA ravithakkar@ksu.edu.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4437-1260

Funding

NIAID Centers of Excellence for Influenza Research and Response: Universal Influenza Vaccine Research Activities75N93021C00016 · NIAID · ST. JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL · PI WEBBY, RICHARD · 2021 to 2025
$91.4M
Mentoring CoreP20GM103418 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS MEDICAL CENTER · PI SUSAN J. BROWN · 2012 to 2026
$63.0M
Cancer-targeted local pulmonary immunotherapy with PD-L1 inhibitory peptide secretory genes for the treatment of lung cancerR15CA219919 · NCI · KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY · PI COMER, JEFFREY ROBERT, TAMURA, MASAAKI · 2017 to 2017
$380k
NCI NIH HHS R15 CA219919NIAID NIH HHS 75N93021C00016NIAID NIH HHS HHSN272201400006CNIGMS NIH HHS P20 GM103418
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Although effective vaccines have been developed against SARS-CoV-2, many regions in the world still have low rates of vaccination and new variants with mutations in the viral spike protein have reduced the effectiveness of most available vaccines and treatments. There is an urgent need for a drug to cure this disease and prevent infection. The SARS-CoV-2 virus enters the host cell through protein-protein interaction between the virus's spike protein and the host's angiotensin converting enzyme (ACE2). Using protein design software and molecular dynamics simulations, we have designed a 17-residue peptide (pep39), that binds to the spike protein receptor-binding domain (RBD) and blocks interaction of spike protein with ACE2. We have confirmed the binding activity of the designed peptide for the original spike protein and the delta variant spike protein using micro-cantilever and bio-layer interferometry (BLI) based methods. We also confirmed that pep39 strongly inhibits SARS-CoV-2 virus replication in Vero E6 cells. Taken together these data suggest that a newly designed spike protein RBD blocking peptide pep39 has a potential as a SARS-CoV-2 virus inhibitor.

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PMID37731704
PMCPMC10507807

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