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Development of Fusion-Based Assay as a Drug Screening Platform for Nipah Virus Utilizing Baculovirus Expression Vector System.
- Source :
- International Journal of Molecular Sciences; Aug2024, Vol. 25 Issue 16, p9102, 16p
- Publication Year :
- 2024
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Abstract
- Nipah virus (NiV) is known to be a highly pathogenic zoonotic virus, which is included in the World Health Organization Research & Development Blueprint list of priority diseases with up to 70% mortality rate. Due to its high pathogenicity and outbreak potency, a therapeutic countermeasure against NiV is urgently needed. As NiV needs to be handled within a Biological Safety Level (BSL) 4 facility, we had developed a safe drug screening platform utilizing a baculovirus expression vector system (BEVS) based on a NiV-induced syncytium formation that could be handled within a BSL-1 facility. To reconstruct the NiV-induced syncytium formation in BEVS, two baculoviruses were generated to express recombinant proteins that are responsible for inducing the syncytium formation, including one baculovirus exhibiting co-expressed NiV fusion protein (NiV-F) and NiV attachment glycoprotein (NiV-G) and another exhibiting human EphrinB2 protein. Interestingly, syncytium formation was observed in infected insect cells when the medium was modified to have a lower pH level and supplemented with cholesterol. Fusion inhibitory properties of several compounds, such as phytochemicals and a polysulfonated naphthylamine compound, were evaluated using this platform. Among these compounds, suramin showed the highest fusion inhibitory activity against NiV-induced syncytium in the baculovirus expression system. Moreover, our in silico results provide a molecular-level glimpse of suramin's interaction with NiV-G's central hole and EphrinB2's G-H loop, which could be the possible reason for its fusion inhibitory activity. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Subjects :
- NIPAH virus
RECOMBINANT proteins
CHIMERIC proteins
PATHOGENIC viruses
BACULOVIRUSES
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Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 16616596
- Volume :
- 25
- Issue :
- 16
- Database :
- Complementary Index
- Journal :
- International Journal of Molecular Sciences
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 179349281
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.3390/ijms25169102