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Identification of a Novel Drug Lead That Inhibits HCV Infection and Cell-to-Cell Transmission by Targeting the HCV E2 Glycoprotein [electronic resource].

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Washington, D.C. : United States. Dept. of Energy, 2014.
Oak Ridge, Tenn. : Distributed by the Office of Scientific and Technical Information, U.S. Dept. of Energy
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Article numbers e111,333 : digital, PDF file
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Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, United States. Department of Energy, United States. Department of Energy. Office of Intelligence and National Security. Office of Intelligence, and United States. Department of Energy. Office of Scientific and Technical Information
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We report that Hepatitis C Virus (HCV) infects 200 million individuals worldwide. Although several FDA approved drugs targeting the HCV serine protease and polymerase have shown promising results, there is a need for better drugs that are effective in treating a broader range of HCV genotypes and subtypes without being used in combination with interferon and/or ribavirin. Recently, two crystal structures of the core of the HCV E2 protein (E2c) have been determined, providing structural information that can now be used to target the E2 protein and develop drugs that disrupt the early stages of HCV infection by blocking E2’s interaction with different host factors. Using the E2c structure as a template, we have created a structural model of the E2 protein core (residues 421–645) that contains the three amino acid segments that are not present in either structure. Computational docking of a diverse library of 1,715 small molecules to this model led to the identification of a set of 34 ligands predicted to bind near conserved amino acid residues involved in the HCV E2: CD81 interaction. We used surface plasmon resonance detection to screen the ligand set for binding to recombinant E2 protein, and the best binders were subsequently tested to identify compounds that inhibit the infection of Huh-7 cells by HCV. One compound, 281816, blocked E2 binding to CD81 and inhibited HCV infection in a genotype-independent manner with IC50’s ranging from 2.2 µM to 4.6 µM. 281816 blocked the early and late steps of cell-free HCV entry and also abrogated the cell-to-cell transmission of HCV. Collectively the results obtained with this new structural model of E2c suggest the development of small molecule inhibitors such as 281816 that target E2 and disrupt its interaction with CD81 may provide a new paradigm for HCV treatment.
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E 1.99:1259520
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Published through SciTech Connect.
10/30/2014.
PLoS ONE 9 10 ISSN 1932-6203 AM
Reem R. Al Olaby; Laurence Cocquerel; Adam Zemla; Laure Saas; Jean Dubuisson; Jost Vielmetter; Joseph Marcotrigiano; Abdul Ghafoor Khan; Felipe Vences Catalan; Alexander L. Perryman; Joel S. Freundlich; Stefano Forli; Shoshana Levy; Rod Balhorn; Hassan M. Azzazy.
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