scholarly journals Acid phosphatase 2 (ACP2) is required for membrane fusion during influenza virus entry

2017 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Jihye Lee ◽  
Jinhee Kim ◽  
Kidong Son ◽  
Anne-Laure Pham Humg d’Alexandry d’Orengiani ◽  
Ji-Young Min
2021 ◽  
Vol 14 (6) ◽  
pp. 587
Author(s):  
Zhaoyu Chen ◽  
Qinghua Cui ◽  
Michael Caffrey ◽  
Lijun Rong ◽  
Ruikun Du

Hemagglutinin (HA) plays a critical role during influenza virus receptor binding and subsequent membrane fusion process, thus HA has become a promising drug target. For the past several decades, we and other researchers have discovered a series of HA inhibitors mainly targeting its fusion machinery. In this review, we summarize the advances in HA-targeted development of small molecule inhibitors. Moreover, we discuss the structural basis and mode of action of these inhibitors, and speculate upon future directions toward more potent inhibitors of membrane fusion and potential anti-influenza drugs.


Molecules ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 26 (4) ◽  
pp. 895
Author(s):  
Mei Luo ◽  
Ximin Wu ◽  
Yiming Li ◽  
Fujiang Guo

Influenza outbreaks pose a serious threat to human health. Hemagglutinin (HA) is an important target for influenza virus entry inhibitors. In this study, we synthesized four pentacyclic triterpene conjugates with a sialylglycopeptide scaffold through the Cu(I)-catalyzed alkyne-azide cycloaddition reaction (CuAAC) and prepared affinity assays of these conjugates with two HAs, namely H1N1 (A/WSN/1933) and H5N1 (A/Hong Kong/483/97), respectively. With a dissociation constant (KD) of 6.89 μM, SCT-Asn-betulinic acid exhibited the strongest affinity with the H1N1 protein. Furthermore, with a KD value of 9.10 μM, SCT-Asn-oleanolic acid exhibited the strongest affinity with the H5N1 protein. The conjugates considerably enhanced antiviral activity, which indicates that pentacyclic triterpenes can be used as a ligand to improve the anti-influenza ability of the sialylglycopeptide molecule by acting on the HA protein.


2014 ◽  
Vol 1838 (1) ◽  
pp. 355-363 ◽  
Author(s):  
Pierre Bonnafous ◽  
Marie-Claire Nicolaï ◽  
Jean-Christophe Taveau ◽  
Michel Chevalier ◽  
Fabienne Barrière ◽  
...  

MedChemComm ◽  
2016 ◽  
Vol 7 (10) ◽  
pp. 1932-1945 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xu Han ◽  
Yongying Shi ◽  
Longlong Si ◽  
Zibo Fan ◽  
Han Wang ◽  
...  

A total of 24 novel sialic acid–pentacyclic triterpene conjugates were synthesized and evaluated as anti-influenza virus entry inhibitors.


1988 ◽  
Vol 69 (11) ◽  
pp. 2785-2795 ◽  
Author(s):  
R. W. H. Ruigrok ◽  
A. Aitken ◽  
L. J. Calder ◽  
S. R. Martin ◽  
J. J. Skehel ◽  
...  

Author(s):  
Liang Shao ◽  
Fan Yang ◽  
Yangqing Su ◽  
Weijia Li ◽  
Jihong Zhang ◽  
...  

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