Evidence map›Paper›PMID 9311825›Full record

ArticleJournal of virology1997

Characterization of engineered hepatitis C virus NS3 protease inhibitors affinity selected from human pancreatic secretory trypsin inhibitor and minibody repertoires.

N Dimasi, F Martin, C Volpari, M Brunetti, G Biasiol, S Altamura, R Cortese, R De Francesco, C Steinkühler, M Sollazzo

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Article in Journal of virology, 1997. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.

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7 citing papers in PubMed.

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  6. Protease inhibitors as antiviral agents.Clinical microbiology reviews · 1998
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  7. Phage-displayed peptide libraries.Current opinion in biotechnology · 1998
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10 authors.

N DimasiDepartment of Biotechnology, Istituto di Ricerche di Biologia Molecolare P. Angeletti, Pomezia, Rome, Italy.
F Martin
C Volpari
M Brunetti
G Biasiol
S Altamura
R Cortese
R De Francesco
C Steinkühler
M Sollazzo

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Given the extent of hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection as a worldwide health problem and the lack of effective treatment, the development of anti-HCV drugs is an important and pressing objective. Previous studies have indicated that proteolytic events mediated by the NS3 protease of HCV are fundamental to the generation of an active viral replication apparatus, as unequivocably demonstrated for flaviviruses. As a result, the NS3 protease has become a major target for discovering anti-HCV drugs. To gain further insight into the biochemical and biophysical properties of the NS3 enzyme binding pocket(s) and to generate biological tools for developing antiviral strategies, we decided to engineer macromolecular ligands of the NS3 protease domain. Phage-displayed repertoires of minibodies ("minimized" antibody-like proteins) and human pancreatic secretory trypsin inhibitor were sampled by using the recombinant NS3 protease domain as a ligate molecule. Two protease inhibitors were identified and characterized biochemically. These inhibitors show marked specificity for the viral protease and potency in the micromolar range but display different mechanisms of inhibition. The implications for prospective development of low-molecular-weight inhibitors of this enzyme are discussed.

Indexed as

Protein Structure, SecondaryAmino Acid SequenceBase SequenceBinding SitesDEAD-box RNA HelicasesDNA PrimersHepacivirusHumansKineticsMolecular Sequence DataMutagenesis, InsertionalNucleoside-TriphosphatasePeptide FragmentsPolymerase Chain ReactionProtein FoldingRecombinant Fusion ProteinsDEAD-box RNA HelicasesDNA PrimersNS3 protein, hepatitis C virusNucleoside-TriphosphatasePeptide FragmentsRecombinant Fusion ProteinsSerine EndopeptidasesSerine Proteinase InhibitorsTrypsin Inhibitor, Kazal PancreaticViral Nonstructural ProteinsViral Proteases

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PMID9311825
PMCPMC192092

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