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A Synthetic Bioactive Peptide Derived from the Asian Medicinal Plant Acacia catechu Binds to Dengue Virus and Inhibits Cell Entry
Dengue virus (DENV) infection has become a critically important globally prevalent infectious disease, especially in tropical and subtropical countries. Since neither currently exists, there is an urgent need for an effective vaccine to prevent, and a specific drug to treat DENV infection. Therapeut...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7694746/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33172110 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/v12111267 |
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author | Panya, Aussara Sawasdee, Nunghathai Songprakhon, Pucharee Tragoolpua, Yingmanee Rotarayanont, Siriphorn Choowongkomon, Kiattawee Yenchitsomanus, Pa-thai |
author_facet | Panya, Aussara Sawasdee, Nunghathai Songprakhon, Pucharee Tragoolpua, Yingmanee Rotarayanont, Siriphorn Choowongkomon, Kiattawee Yenchitsomanus, Pa-thai |
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description | Dengue virus (DENV) infection has become a critically important globally prevalent infectious disease, especially in tropical and subtropical countries. Since neither currently exists, there is an urgent need for an effective vaccine to prevent, and a specific drug to treat DENV infection. Therapeutic peptides represent an attractive alternative for development into anti-DENV drugs due to their safety and their diverse biological and chemical properties. We recently reported novel bioactive peptides extracted from the Asian medicinal plant Acacia catechu that efficiently inhibited all four DENV serotypes. In this study, we investigated the anti-DENV activity of a synthetic bioactive peptide derived from this plant. The most effective peptide (designated Pep-RTYM) inhibited DENV infection with a half-maximal inhibition concentration value of 7.9 μM. Time-of-addition study demonstrated that Pep-RTYM interacted with DENV particles and inhibited cellular entry. Pep-RTYM at 50 μM significantly reduced DENV production in Vero-kidney epithelial cells about 1000-fold, but it could decrease the virus production in Huh7 hepatocyte cells approximately 40-fold. Binding of Pep-RTYM to DENV particles may prevent virus interaction with cellular receptor and subsequent virus entry. This finding suggests a potential role of Pep-RTYM in the development of a novel anti-DENV drug. |
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spelling | pubmed-76947462020-11-28 A Synthetic Bioactive Peptide Derived from the Asian Medicinal Plant Acacia catechu Binds to Dengue Virus and Inhibits Cell Entry Panya, Aussara Sawasdee, Nunghathai Songprakhon, Pucharee Tragoolpua, Yingmanee Rotarayanont, Siriphorn Choowongkomon, Kiattawee Yenchitsomanus, Pa-thai Viruses Article Dengue virus (DENV) infection has become a critically important globally prevalent infectious disease, especially in tropical and subtropical countries. Since neither currently exists, there is an urgent need for an effective vaccine to prevent, and a specific drug to treat DENV infection. Therapeutic peptides represent an attractive alternative for development into anti-DENV drugs due to their safety and their diverse biological and chemical properties. We recently reported novel bioactive peptides extracted from the Asian medicinal plant Acacia catechu that efficiently inhibited all four DENV serotypes. In this study, we investigated the anti-DENV activity of a synthetic bioactive peptide derived from this plant. The most effective peptide (designated Pep-RTYM) inhibited DENV infection with a half-maximal inhibition concentration value of 7.9 μM. Time-of-addition study demonstrated that Pep-RTYM interacted with DENV particles and inhibited cellular entry. Pep-RTYM at 50 μM significantly reduced DENV production in Vero-kidney epithelial cells about 1000-fold, but it could decrease the virus production in Huh7 hepatocyte cells approximately 40-fold. Binding of Pep-RTYM to DENV particles may prevent virus interaction with cellular receptor and subsequent virus entry. This finding suggests a potential role of Pep-RTYM in the development of a novel anti-DENV drug. MDPI 2020-11-06 /pmc/articles/PMC7694746/ /pubmed/33172110 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/v12111267 Text en © 2020 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). |
spellingShingle | Article Panya, Aussara Sawasdee, Nunghathai Songprakhon, Pucharee Tragoolpua, Yingmanee Rotarayanont, Siriphorn Choowongkomon, Kiattawee Yenchitsomanus, Pa-thai A Synthetic Bioactive Peptide Derived from the Asian Medicinal Plant Acacia catechu Binds to Dengue Virus and Inhibits Cell Entry |
title | A Synthetic Bioactive Peptide Derived from the Asian Medicinal Plant Acacia catechu Binds to Dengue Virus and Inhibits Cell Entry |
title_full | A Synthetic Bioactive Peptide Derived from the Asian Medicinal Plant Acacia catechu Binds to Dengue Virus and Inhibits Cell Entry |
title_fullStr | A Synthetic Bioactive Peptide Derived from the Asian Medicinal Plant Acacia catechu Binds to Dengue Virus and Inhibits Cell Entry |
title_full_unstemmed | A Synthetic Bioactive Peptide Derived from the Asian Medicinal Plant Acacia catechu Binds to Dengue Virus and Inhibits Cell Entry |
title_short | A Synthetic Bioactive Peptide Derived from the Asian Medicinal Plant Acacia catechu Binds to Dengue Virus and Inhibits Cell Entry |
title_sort | synthetic bioactive peptide derived from the asian medicinal plant acacia catechu binds to dengue virus and inhibits cell entry |
topic | Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7694746/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33172110 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/v12111267 |
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