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Synthesis and antiviral activity of PB1 component of the influenza A RNA polymerase peptide fragments

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Antiviral Res. 2014 Nov 12;113C:4-10. doi: 10.1016/j.antiviral.2014.10.015. [Epub ahead of print]
Synthesis and antiviral activity of PB1 component of the influenza A RNA polymerase peptide fragments.
Matusevich OV1, Egorov VV2, Gluzdikov IA1, Titov MI1, Zarubaev VV3, Shtro AA3, Slita AV3, Dukov MI3, Shurygina AP3, Smirnova TD3, Kudryavtsev IV4, Vasin AV5, Kiselev OI3.
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Abstract

This study is devoted to the antiviral activity of peptide fragments from the PB1 protein - a component of the influenza A RNA polymerase. The antiviral activity of the peptides synthesized was studied in MDCK cell cultures against the pandemic influenza strain A/California/07/2009 (H1N1) pdm09. We found that peptide fragments 6-13, 6-14, 26-30, 395-400, and 531-540 of the PB1 protein were capable of suppressing viral replication in cell culture. Terminal modifications i.e. N-acetylation and C-amidation increased the antiviral properties of the peptides significantly. Peptide PB1 (6-14) with both termini modified showed maximum antiviral activity, its inhibitory activity manifesting itself during the early stages of viral replication. It was also shown that the fluorescent-labeled analog of this peptide was able to penetrate into the cell. The broad range of virus-inhibiting activity of PB1 (6-14) peptide was confirmed using a panel of influenza A viruses of H1, H3 and H5 subtypes including those resistant to oseltamivir, the leading drug in anti-influenza therapy. Thus, short peptide fragments of the PB1 protein could serve as leads for future development of influenza prevention and/or treatment agents.

Copyright ? 2014 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
KEYWORDS:

Antiviral peptides; Influenza A; Influenza A polymerase; PB1

PMID:
25446335
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http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25446335
 
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