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Biochemical reconstitution of hemorrhagic-fever arenavirus envelope glycoprotein-mediated membrane fusion. [PDF]

PLoS ONE, 2012
The membrane-anchored proteins of enveloped viruses form labile spikes on the virion surface, primed to undergo large-scale conformational changes culminating in virus-cell membrane fusion and viral entry.
Celestine J Thomas, Sundaresh Shankar, Hedi E Casquilho-Gray, Joanne York, Stephen R Sprang, Jack H Nunberg   +5 more
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Hydrophobic-at-Interface Regions in Viral Fusion Protein Ectodomains

Bioscience Reports, 2000
In this chapter we shall describe how to apply the hydrophobicity-at-interface scale, as proposed by Wimley and White [Wimley, W. C. and White, S. H. (1996) Nature Struct. Biol. 3:842–848], to the detection of amino acid sequences of viral envelope glycoproteins putatively engaged in interactions with the target membranes.
J L, Nieva, T, Suárez
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Structure‐forward targeting of claudins with synthetic binders

FEBS Letters, EarlyView.
Claudins form the paracellular barriers between epithelial and endothelial tissues at tight junctions and are targets for molecular binders with the goal of modulating barrier permeability. Claudin‐binding molecules are relevant in drug delivery or in altering claudin interactions with disease‐causing proteins.
Alex J. Vecchio
wiley   +1 more source

Engineered extracellular vesicles enriched with the miR‐214/199a cluster enhance the efficacy of chemotherapy in ovarian cancer

Molecular Oncology, EarlyView.
Loss of the miR‐214/199a cluster is associated with recurrence in ovarian cancer. Engineered small extracellular vesicles (m214‐sEVs) elevate miR‐214‐3p/miR‐199a‐5p in tumor cells, suppress β‐catenin, TLR4, and YKT6 signaling, reprogram tumor‐derived sEV cargo, reduce chemoresistance and migration, and enhance carboplatin efficacy and survival in ...
Weida Wang, Ayesha Alvero, Yi Qin, Mingjin Wang, Alexandra Fox, Yanfeng Li, Michael Millman, Amy Kemper, Gil Mor, Xian Shuang Liu, Michael Chopp, Zheng Gang Zhang, Yi Zhang   +12 more
wiley   +1 more source

B Cell Receptor's function in virus entry: Anti-SARS-CoV-2 B cell receptors can mediate viral entry in an ACE2-independent mechanism.

PLoS Pathogens
B cells play a crucial role in humoral immunity, acting as sentinels against viral infections by using their B cell receptors (BCRs) to recognize viral proteins.
Rene Larios, Md Belal Hossain, Rebecca Brown, Arjit Vijey Jeyachandran, Angel Elma Abu, Anne Kathrin Zaiss, Christina M Ramirez, Masakazu Kamata, Steve Cole, Ting-Ting Wu, Kenneth Dorshkind, Vaithilingaraja Arumugaswami, Kouki Morizono   +12 more
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IMPDH inhibition enhances cytarabine efficacy in SAMHD1‐expressing leukaemia cells via guanine nucleotide depletion

Molecular Oncology, EarlyView.
Cytarabine is a key therapy for acute myeloid leukaemia (AML), but its efficacy is limited by the dNTPase SAMHD1, which hydrolyses its active metabolite. Screening nucleotide biosynthesis inhibitors revealed that IMPDH inhibitors selectively sensitise SAMHD1‐proficient AML cells to cytarabine.
Miriam Yagüe‐Capilla, Christopher Dirks, Caroline Eiden, Sonja K. Fesenmayer, Femke M. Hormann, Yolande Klootsema, Ingrid Lilienthal, Si Min Zhang, Nikolas Herold, Sean G. Rudd   +9 more
wiley   +1 more source

CCDC80 suppresses high‐grade serous ovarian cancer migration via negative regulation of B7‐H3

Molecular Oncology, EarlyView.
PAX8 is a lineage‐specific master regulator of transcription in high‐grade serous ovarian cancer (HGSC) progression. We show for the first time that PAX8 facilitates proliferation and metastasis by repressing the cell autonomous tumor suppressor CCDC80 and inducing B7‐H3 expression.
Aya Saleh, Nitzan Medina‐Itzhaki, Milena Chekov, Eden Gal‐Swisa, Roba Gabesh‐Wahabi, Inbar Savyon, Inna Naroditsky, Hilary A. Kenny, Basem Fares, Lina Korsensky, Einav Girsh, Liron Berger, Ruth Perets   +12 more
wiley   +1 more source

Charge-surrounded pockets and electrostatic interactions with small ions modulate the activity of retroviral fusion proteins.

PLoS Pathogens, 2011
Refolding of viral class-1 membrane fusion proteins from a native state to a trimer-of-hairpins structure promotes entry of viruses into cells. Here we present the structure of the bovine leukaemia virus transmembrane glycoprotein (TM) and identify a ...
Daniel Lamb, Alexander W Schüttelkopf, Daan M F van Aalten, David W Brighty   +3 more
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Loss of IGF‐1R impairs DNA‐PKcs recruitment to chromatin leading to defective end‐joining

Molecular Oncology, EarlyView.
IGF‐1R promotes radioresistance by facilitating DNA‐PKcs recruitment to chromatin, enabling non‐homologous end‐joining (NHEJ) repair of double‐strand breaks. Inhibition or loss of IGF‐1R disrupts this recruitment to damage sites, driving compensatory reliance on microhomology‐mediated end‐joining (MMEJ) repair.
Matthew O. Ellis, Jack V. Mills, Wojciech Niedzwiedz, Valentine M. Macaulay   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Mechanism of Membrane Fusion by Viral Envelope Proteins

, 2005
Enveloped viruses enter cells by fusing their lipid bilayer membrane with a cellular membrane. Most viral fusion proteins require priming by proteolytic processing, either of the fusion protein itself or of an accompanying protein. The priming step, which often occurs during transport of the fusion protein to the cell surface but may also occur ...
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