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Fluorescence polarization-based assay using N-glycan-conjugated quantum dots for screening in hemagglutinin blockers for influenza A viruses

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J Virol Methods. 2012 Nov 16. pii: S0166-0934(12)00378-3. doi: 10.1016/j.jviromet.2012.11.004. [Epub ahead of print]
Fluorescence polarization-based assay using N-glycan-conjugated quantum dots for screening in hemagglutinin blockers for influenza A viruses.
Okamatsu M, Feng F, Ohyanagi T, Nagahori N, Someya K, Sakoda Y, Miura N, Nishimura SI, Kida H.
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Laboratory of Microbiology, Department of Disease Control, Graduate School of Veterinary Medicine, Hokkaido University, Sapporo 060-0818, Japan. Electronic address: okamatsu@vetmed.hokudai.ac.jp.
Abstract

Attachment of influenza virus to susceptible cells is mediated by viral protein hemagglutinin (HA), which recognizes cell surface glycoconjugates that terminate in α-sialosides. To develop anti-influenza drugs based on inhibition of HA-mediated infection, novel fluorescent nanoparticles displaying multiple biantennary N-glycan chains with α-sialosides (A2-PC-QDs) that have high affinity for the HA were designed and constructed. The A2-PC-QDs enabled an easy and efficient fluorescence polarization (FP) assay for detection of interaction with the HA and competitive inhibition even by small molecule compounds against A2-PC-QDs-HA binding. The quantum dot (QD)-based FP assay established in the present study is a useful tool for high-throughput screening and to accelerate the development of novel and more effective blockers of the viral attachment of influenza virus.

Copyright ? 2012. Published by Elsevier B.V.

PMID:
23164994
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http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23164994
 
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