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Agamennone M, Fantacuzzi M, Vivenzio G, Scala MC, Campiglia P, Superti F, Sala M. Antiviral Peptides as Anti-Influenza Agents. Int J Mol Sci 2022; 23:11433. [PMID: 36232735 PMCID: PMC9569631 DOI: 10.3390/ijms231911433] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/31/2022] [Revised: 09/16/2022] [Accepted: 09/23/2022] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
Abstract
Influenza viruses represent a leading cause of high morbidity and mortality worldwide. Approaches for fighting flu are seasonal vaccines and some antiviral drugs. The development of the seasonal flu vaccine requires a great deal of effort, as careful studies are needed to select the strains to be included in each year's vaccine. Antiviral drugs available against Influenza virus infections have certain limitations due to the increased resistance rate and negative side effects. The highly mutative nature of these viruses leads to the emergence of new antigenic variants, against which the urgent development of new approaches for antiviral therapy is needed. Among these approaches, one of the emerging new fields of "peptide-based therapies" against Influenza viruses is being explored and looks promising. This review describes the recent findings on the antiviral activity, mechanism of action and therapeutic capability of antiviral peptides that bind HA, NA, PB1, and M2 as a means of countering Influenza virus infection.
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- Mariangela Agamennone
- Department of Pharmacy, University “G. d’Annunzio” of Chieti-Pescara, Via dei Vestini 31, 66100 Chieti, Italy
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- Department of Pharmacy, University “G. d’Annunzio” of Chieti-Pescara, Via dei Vestini 31, 66100 Chieti, Italy
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- Department of Pharmacy, University of Salerno, Via Giovanni Paolo II 132, 84084 Fisciano, Italy
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- Department of Pharmacy, University of Salerno, Via Giovanni Paolo II 132, 84084 Fisciano, Italy
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- Department of Pharmacy, University of Salerno, Via Giovanni Paolo II 132, 84084 Fisciano, Italy
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- National Centre for Innovative Technologies in Public Health, National Institute of Health, Viale Regina Elena 299, 00161 Rome, Italy
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- Department of Pharmacy, University of Salerno, Via Giovanni Paolo II 132, 84084 Fisciano, Italy
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Lauster D, Glanz M, Bardua M, Ludwig K, Hellmund M, Hoffmann U, Hamann A, Böttcher C, Haag R, Hackenberger CPR, Herrmann A. Multivalent Peptide-Nanoparticle Conjugates for Influenza-Virus Inhibition. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2017; 56:5931-5936. [PMID: 28444849 PMCID: PMC5485077 DOI: 10.1002/anie.201702005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 78] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/23/2017] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
Abstract
To inhibit binding of the influenza A virus to the host cell glycocalyx, we generate multivalent peptide-polymer nanoparticles binding with nanomolar affinity to the virus via its spike protein hemagglutinin. The chosen dendritic polyglycerol scaffolds are highly biocompatible and well suited for a multivalent presentation. We could demonstrate in vitro that by increasing the size of the polymer scaffold and adjusting the peptide density, viral infection is drastically reduced. Such a peptide-polymer conjugate qualified also in an in vivo infection scenario. With this study we introduce the first non-carbohydrate-based, covalently linked, multivalent virus inhibitor in the nano- to picomolar range by ensuring low peptide-ligand density on a larger dendritic scaffold.
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- Daniel Lauster
- Institut für Biologie, Molekulare BiophysikIRI Life SciencesHumboldt-Universität zu BerlinInvalidenstrasse 4210115BerlinGermany
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- Leibniz-Institut für Molekulare Pharmakologie (FMP)Robert-Rössle-Strasse-1013125BerlinGermany
- Humboldt Universität zu BerlinInstitut für ChemieBrook-Taylor-Strasse 212489BerlinGermany
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- Therapeutische Genregulation und Experimentelle RheumatologieDeutsches Rheuma-Forschungszentrum BerlinCharité 14Universitätsmedizin BerlinCharitéplatz 110117BerlinGermany
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- Forschungszentrum für Elektronenmikroskopie and Core Facility BioSupraMolInstitut für Chemie und BiochemieFreie Universität BerlinFabeckstrasse 36a14195BerlinGermany
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- Institut für Chemie und Biochemie—Organische ChemieFreie Universität BerlinTakustrasse 314195BerlinGermany
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- Therapeutische Genregulation und Experimentelle RheumatologieDeutsches Rheuma-Forschungszentrum BerlinCharité 14Universitätsmedizin BerlinCharitéplatz 110117BerlinGermany
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- Therapeutische Genregulation und Experimentelle RheumatologieDeutsches Rheuma-Forschungszentrum BerlinCharité 14Universitätsmedizin BerlinCharitéplatz 110117BerlinGermany
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- Forschungszentrum für Elektronenmikroskopie and Core Facility BioSupraMolInstitut für Chemie und BiochemieFreie Universität BerlinFabeckstrasse 36a14195BerlinGermany
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- Institut für Chemie und Biochemie—Organische ChemieFreie Universität BerlinTakustrasse 314195BerlinGermany
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- Leibniz-Institut für Molekulare Pharmakologie (FMP)Robert-Rössle-Strasse-1013125BerlinGermany
- Humboldt Universität zu BerlinInstitut für ChemieBrook-Taylor-Strasse 212489BerlinGermany
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- Institut für Biologie, Molekulare BiophysikIRI Life SciencesHumboldt-Universität zu BerlinInvalidenstrasse 4210115BerlinGermany
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Lauster D, Glanz M, Bardua M, Ludwig K, Hellmund M, Hoffmann U, Hamann A, Böttcher C, Haag R, Hackenberger CPR, Herrmann A. Multivalente Peptid-Nanopartikel-Konjugate zur Hemmung des Influenzavirus. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2017. [DOI: 10.1002/ange.201702005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
Affiliation(s)
- Daniel Lauster
- Institut für Biologie, Molekulare Biophysik; IRI Life Sciences; Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin; Invalidenstr. 42 10115 Berlin Deutschland
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- Leibniz-Institut für Molekulare Pharmakologie (FMP); Robert-Rössle-Str. 10 13125 Berlin Deutschland
- Humboldt Universität zu Berlin; Institut für Chemie; Brook-Taylor-Str. 2 12489 Berlin Deutschland
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- Therapeutische Genregulation und Experimentelle Rheumatologie; Deutsches Rheuma-Forschungszentrum Berlin; Charité 14 Universitätsmedizin Berlin; Charitéplatz 1 10117 Berlin Deutschland
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- Forschungszentrum für Elektronenmikroskopie und Core Facility BioSupraMol; Institut für Chemie und Biochemie; Freie Universität Berlin; Fabeckstr. 36a 14195 Berlin Deutschland
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- Institut für Chemie und Biochemie - Organische Chemie; Freie Universität Berlin; Takustr. 3 14195 Berlin Deutschland
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- Therapeutische Genregulation und Experimentelle Rheumatologie; Deutsches Rheuma-Forschungszentrum Berlin; Charité 14 Universitätsmedizin Berlin; Charitéplatz 1 10117 Berlin Deutschland
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- Therapeutische Genregulation und Experimentelle Rheumatologie; Deutsches Rheuma-Forschungszentrum Berlin; Charité 14 Universitätsmedizin Berlin; Charitéplatz 1 10117 Berlin Deutschland
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- Forschungszentrum für Elektronenmikroskopie und Core Facility BioSupraMol; Institut für Chemie und Biochemie; Freie Universität Berlin; Fabeckstr. 36a 14195 Berlin Deutschland
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- Institut für Chemie und Biochemie - Organische Chemie; Freie Universität Berlin; Takustr. 3 14195 Berlin Deutschland
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- Leibniz-Institut für Molekulare Pharmakologie (FMP); Robert-Rössle-Str. 10 13125 Berlin Deutschland
- Humboldt Universität zu Berlin; Institut für Chemie; Brook-Taylor-Str. 2 12489 Berlin Deutschland
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- Institut für Biologie, Molekulare Biophysik; IRI Life Sciences; Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin; Invalidenstr. 42 10115 Berlin Deutschland
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Memczak H, Lauster D, Kar P, Di Lella S, Volkmer R, Knecht V, Herrmann A, Ehrentreich-Förster E, Bier FF, Stöcklein WFM. Anti-Hemagglutinin Antibody Derived Lead Peptides for Inhibitors of Influenza Virus Binding. PLoS One 2016; 11:e0159074. [PMID: 27415624 PMCID: PMC4944999 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0159074] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/01/2016] [Accepted: 06/27/2016] [Indexed: 12/23/2022] Open
Abstract
Antibodies against spike proteins of influenza are used as a tool for characterization of viruses and therapeutic approaches. However, development, production and quality control of antibodies is expensive and time consuming. To circumvent these difficulties, three peptides were derived from complementarity determining regions of an antibody heavy chain against influenza A spike glycoprotein. Their binding properties were studied experimentally, and by molecular dynamics simulations. Two peptide candidates showed binding to influenza A/Aichi/2/68 H3N2. One of them, termed PeB, with the highest affinity prevented binding to and infection of target cells in the micromolar region without any cytotoxic effect. PeB matches best the conserved receptor binding site of hemagglutinin. PeB bound also to other medical relevant influenza strains, such as human-pathogenic A/California/7/2009 H1N1, and avian-pathogenic A/Mute Swan/Rostock/R901/2006 H7N1. Strategies to improve the affinity and to adapt specificity are discussed and exemplified by a double amino acid substituted peptide, obtained by substitutional analysis. The peptides and their derivatives are of great potential for drug development as well as biosensing.
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- Henry Memczak
- Department of Bioanalytics and Biosensorics, Fraunhofer Institute for Cell Therapy and Immunology, Branch Bioanalytics and Bioprocesses, Potsdam, Germany
- Institute of Biochemistry and Biology, University of Potsdam, Potsdam, Germany
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- Department of Biology, Humboldt Universität zu Berlin, Berlin, Germany
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- Department of Theory and Bio-Systems, Max-Planck-Institute of Colloids and Interfaces, Potsdam, Germany
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- Department of Biology, Humboldt Universität zu Berlin, Berlin, Germany
- Departamento de Química Biológica e IQUIBICEN-CONICET, Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- Department of Theory and Bio-Systems, Max-Planck-Institute of Colloids and Interfaces, Potsdam, Germany
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- Department of Biology, Humboldt Universität zu Berlin, Berlin, Germany
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- Department of Bioanalytics and Biosensorics, Fraunhofer Institute for Cell Therapy and Immunology, Branch Bioanalytics and Bioprocesses, Potsdam, Germany
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- Institute of Biochemistry and Biology, University of Potsdam, Potsdam, Germany
- Department of Biosystem Integration and Automation, Fraunhofer Institute for Cell Therapy and Immunology, Branch Bioanalytics and Bioprocesses, Potsdam, Germany
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- Department of Bioanalytics and Biosensorics, Fraunhofer Institute for Cell Therapy and Immunology, Branch Bioanalytics and Bioprocesses, Potsdam, Germany
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Haag R. Multivalency as a chemical organization and action principle. Beilstein J Org Chem 2015; 11:848-9. [PMID: 26124885 PMCID: PMC4464320 DOI: 10.3762/bjoc.11.94] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/06/2015] [Accepted: 05/07/2015] [Indexed: 12/16/2022] Open
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- Rainer Haag
- Institute for Chemistry and Biochemistry, Freie Universität Berlin, Takustr. 3, 14195 Berlin, Germany
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