Abstract:
:A novel severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS)-associated coronavirus (SARS-CoV) has been identified as the aetiological agent of SARS. We previously isolated and characterized SARS-CoV and SARS-CoV-like viruses from human and animals, respectively, suggesting that SARS could be transmitted from wild/farmed animals to humans. Comparison of the viral genomes indicated that sequence variation between animal and human isolates existed mainly in the spike (S) gene. We hypothesized that these variations may underlie a change of binding specificity of the S protein to the host cells, permitting viral transmission from animals to humans. Here we report that four 20-mer synthetic peptides (S protein fragments), designed to span these sequence variation hotspots, exhibited significant antiviral activities in a cell line. SARS-CoV infectivity was reduced over 10 000-fold through pre-incubation with two of these peptides, while it was completely inhibited in the presence of three peptides. Molecular modelling of the SARS-CoV peplomer suggests that three of these antiviral peptides map to the interfaces between the three monomers of the trimeric peplomer rather than the heptad repeat region from which short peptides are known to inhibit viral entry. Our results revealed novel regions in the spike protein that can be targeted to inhibit viral infection. The peptides identified in this study could be further developed into antiviral drugs.
journal_name
Antivir Therjournal_title
Antiviral therapyauthors
Zheng BJ,Guan Y,Hez ML,Sun H,Du L,Zheng Y,Wong KL,Chen H,Chen Y,Lu L,Tanner JA,Watt RM,Niccolai N,Bernini A,Spiga O,Woo PC,Kung HF,Yuen KY,Huang JDsubject
Has Abstractpub_date
2005-01-01 00:00:00pages
393-403issue
3eissn
1359-6535issn
2040-2058journal_volume
10pub_type
杂志文章abstract:BACKGROUND:The influenza A virus accounts for serious annual viral upper respiratory tract infections. It is constantly able to modify its antigenic structure, thus evading host defence mechanisms. Moreover, currently available anti-influenza agents have a rather limited application, emphasizing the further need for ne...
journal_title:Antiviral therapy
pub_type: 杂志文章,收录出版
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更新日期:2017-01-01 00:00:00
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doi:
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journal_title:Antiviral therapy
pub_type: 临床试验,杂志文章,多中心研究,随机对照试验
doi:
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journal_title:Antiviral therapy
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:
更新日期:2008-01-01 00:00:00
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pub_type: 杂志文章,多中心研究
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journal_title:Antiviral therapy
pub_type: 杂志文章
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journal_title:Antiviral therapy
pub_type: 杂志文章,多中心研究,随机对照试验
doi:
更新日期:2008-01-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Antiviral therapy
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:
更新日期:1997-12-01 00:00:00
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pub_type: 杂志文章,随机对照试验
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更新日期:2016-01-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Antiviral therapy
pub_type: 杂志文章,随机对照试验
doi:
更新日期:2006-01-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Antiviral therapy
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:
更新日期:2008-01-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Antiviral therapy
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:
更新日期:2009-01-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Antiviral therapy
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.3851/IMP1468
更新日期:2009-01-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Antiviral therapy
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.3851/IMP1292
更新日期:2009-01-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Antiviral therapy
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.3851/IMP3160
更新日期:2017-01-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Antiviral therapy
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:
更新日期:1997-04-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Antiviral therapy
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.3851/IMP2354
更新日期:2013-01-01 00:00:00
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pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.3851/IMP2951
更新日期:2015-01-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Antiviral therapy
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:
更新日期:2007-01-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Antiviral therapy
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.3851/IMP1302
更新日期:2009-01-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Antiviral therapy
pub_type: 杂志文章,多中心研究
doi:
更新日期:2004-08-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Antiviral therapy
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:
更新日期:2008-01-01 00:00:00
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更新日期:2013-01-01 00:00:00
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pub_type: 杂志文章
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更新日期:2013-01-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Antiviral therapy
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:
更新日期:2007-01-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Antiviral therapy
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.3851/IMP1751
更新日期:2011-01-01 00:00:00
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pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.3851/IMP1664
更新日期:2010-01-01 00:00:00