• FluTrackers.com Inc. does not provide medical advice. Information on this web site is collected from various internet resources, and the FluTrackers board of directors makes no warranty to the safety, efficacy, correctness or completeness of the information posted on this site by any author or poster. The information collated here is for instructional and/or discussion purposes only and is NOT intended to diagnose or treat any disease, illness, or other medical condition. Every individual reader or poster should seek advice from their personal physician/healthcare practitioner before considering or using any interventions that are discussed on this website. By continuing to access this website you agree to consult your personal physican before using any interventions posted on this website, and you agree to hold harmless FluTrackers.com Inc., the board of directors, the members, and all authors and posters for any effects from use of any medication, supplement, vitamin or other substance, device, intervention, etc. mentioned in posts on this website, or other internet venues referenced in posts on this website.
  • We are not asking for any donations. Do not donate to any entity who says they are raising funds for us.

A peptide derived from phosphoinositide 3-kinase inhibits endocytosis and influenza virus infection

tetano

Editor, Senior Moderator
Cell Struct Funct. 2019 Mar 21. doi: 10.1247/csf.19001. [Epub ahead of print]
[h=1]A peptide derived from phosphoinositide 3-kinase inhibits endocytosis and influenza virus infection.[/h] Fujioka Y[SUP]1[/SUP], Satoh AO[SUP]1[/SUP], Horiuchi K[SUP]1[/SUP], Fujioka M[SUP]1[/SUP], Tsutsumi K[SUP]2[/SUP], Sasaki J[SUP]3[/SUP], Nepal P[SUP]1[/SUP], Kashiwagi S[SUP]1[/SUP], Paudel S[SUP]1[/SUP], Nishide S[SUP]1[/SUP], Nanbo A[SUP]1[/SUP], Sasaki T[SUP]3[/SUP], Ohba Y[SUP]1,[/SUP][SUP]4[/SUP].
[h=3]Author information[/h]

[h=3]Abstract[/h] Endocytosis mediates the internalization and ingestion of a variety of endogenous or exogenous substances, including virus particles, under the control of intracellular signaling pathways. We have previously reported that the complex formed between the small GTPase Ras and phosphoinositide 3-kinase (PI3K) translocates from the plasma membrane to endosomes, signaling from which thereby regulates clathrin-independent endocytosis, endosome maturation, influenza virus internalization, and infection. However, the molecular mechanism by which the Ras-PI3K complex is recruited to endosomes remains unclear. Here, we have identified the amino acid sequence responsible for endosomal localization of the Ras-PI3K complex. PI3K lacking this sequence failed to translocate to endosomes, and expression of the peptide comprising this PI3K-derived sequence inhibited clathrin-independent endocytosis, influenza virus internalization, and infection. Moreover, treatment of cells with this peptide in an arginine-rich, cell-penetrating form successfully suppressed influenza virus infection in vitro and ex vivo, making this peptide a potential therapeutic agent against influenza virus infection.Key words: signal transduction, endocytosis, endosome, imaging, influenza virus.


[h=4]KEYWORDS:[/h] endocytosis; endosome; imaging; influenza virus; signal transduction

PMID: 30905923 DOI: 10.1247/csf.19001
Free full text
 
Back
Top Bottom