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Premature activation of the paramyxovirus fusion protein before target cell attachment with corruption of the viral fusion machinery.


ABSTRACT: Paramyxoviruses, including the childhood pathogen human parainfluenza virus type 3, enter host cells by fusion of the viral and target cell membranes. This fusion results from the concerted action of its two envelope glycoproteins, the hemagglutinin-neuraminidase (HN) and the fusion protein (F). The receptor-bound HN triggers F to undergo conformational changes that render it competent to mediate fusion of the viral and cellular membranes. We proposed that, if the fusion process could be activated prematurely before the virion reaches the target host cell, infection could be prevented. We identified a small molecule that inhibits paramyxovirus entry into target cells and prevents infection. We show here that this compound works by an interaction with HN that results in F-activation prior to receptor binding. The fusion process is thereby prematurely activated, preventing fusion of the viral membrane with target cells and precluding viral entry. This first evidence that activation of a paramyxovirus F can be specifically induced before the virus contacts its target cell suggests a new strategy with broad implications for the design of antiviral agents.

SUBMITTER: Farzan SF 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3207398 | biostudies-literature | 2011 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Premature activation of the paramyxovirus fusion protein before target cell attachment with corruption of the viral fusion machinery.

Farzan Shohreh F SF   Palermo Laura M LM   Yokoyama Christine C CC   Orefice Gianmarco G   Fornabaio Micaela M   Sarkar Aurijit A   Kellogg Glen E GE   Greengard Olga O   Porotto Matteo M   Moscona Anne A  

The Journal of biological chemistry 20110728 44


Paramyxoviruses, including the childhood pathogen human parainfluenza virus type 3, enter host cells by fusion of the viral and target cell membranes. This fusion results from the concerted action of its two envelope glycoproteins, the hemagglutinin-neuraminidase (HN) and the fusion protein (F). The receptor-bound HN triggers F to undergo conformational changes that render it competent to mediate fusion of the viral and cellular membranes. We proposed that, if the fusion process could be activat  ...[more]

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