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Extended Release of an Anti-Heparan Sulfate Peptide From a Contact Lens Suppresses Corneal Herpes Simplex Virus-1 Infection.

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Purpose

To prolong the release of a heparan sulfate binding peptide, G2-C, using a commercially available contact lens as a delivery vehicle and to demonstrate the ability of the released peptide to block herpes simplex virus-1 (HSV-1) infection using in vitro, ex vivo, and in vivo models of corneal HSV-1 infection.

Methods

Commercially available contact lenses were immersed in peptide solution for 5 days prior to determining the release of the peptide at various time points. Cytotoxicity of the released samples was determined by MTT and cell cycle analysis, and the functional activity of the released samples were assessed by viral entry, and viral spread assay using human corneal epithelial cells (HCE). The ability to suppress infection in human and pig cornea ex vivo and mouse in vivo models were also assessed.

Results

Peptide G2-C was released through the contact lens. Following release for 3 days, the peptide showed significant activity by inhibiting HSV-1 viral entry and spread in HCE cells. Significant suppression of infection was also observed in the ex vivo and in vivo experiments involving corneas.

Conclusions

Extended release of an anti-HS peptide through a commercially available contact lens can generate significant anti-HSV-1 activity and provides a new and effective way to control corneal herpes.

SUBMITTER: Jaishankar D

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4727529 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Extended Release of an Anti-Heparan Sulfate Peptide From a Contact Lens Suppresses Corneal Herpes Simplex Virus-1 Infection.

Jaishankar Dinesh D Buhrman Jason S JS Valyi-Nagy Tibor T Gemeinhart Richard A RA Shukla Deepak D

Investigative ophthalmology & visual science 20160101 1

<h4>Purpose</h4>To prolong the release of a heparan sulfate binding peptide, G2-C, using a commercially available contact lens as a delivery vehicle and to demonstrate the ability of the released peptide to block herpes simplex virus-1 (HSV-1) infection using in vitro, ex vivo, and in vivo models of corneal HSV-1 infection.<h4>Methods</h4>Commercially available contact lenses were immersed in peptide solution for 5 days prior to determining the release of the peptide at various time points. Cyto ...[more]

PMID: 26780322

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Project description:Cell surface heparan sulfate (HS) serves as an initial receptor for many different viruses, including herpes simplex virus types 1 and 2 (HSV-1 and 2, respectively). Glycoproteins C and B (gC and gB) are the major components of the viral envelope that mediate binding to HS. In this study, purified gB and gC homologous proteins as well as purified HSV-1 and HSV-2 virions were compared for the ability to bind isolated HS receptor molecules. HSV-1 gC and HSV-2 gC bound comparable amounts of HS. Similarly, HSV-1 gB and its HSV-2 counterpart showed no difference in the HS-binding capabilities. Despite the similar HS-binding potentials of gB and gC homologs, HSV-1 virions bound more HS than HSV-2 particles. Purified gC and gB proteins differed with respect to sensitivity of their interaction with HS to increased concentrations of sodium chloride in the order gB-2 > gB-1 > gC-1 > gC-2. The corresponding pattern for binding of whole HSV virions to cells in the presence of increased ionic strength of the medium was HSV-2 gC-neg1 > HSV-1 gC(-)39 > HSV-1 KOS 321 > HSV-2 333. These results relate the HS-binding activities of individual glycoproteins with the cell-binding abilities of whole virus particles. In addition, these data suggest a greater contribution of electrostatic forces for binding of gB proteins and gC-negative mutants compared with binding of gC homologs and wild-type HSV strains. Binding of wild-type HSV-2 virions was the least sensitive to increased ionic strength of the medium, suggesting that the less extensive binding of HS molecules by HSV-2 than by HSV-1 can be compensated for by a relatively weak contribution of electrostatic forces to the binding. Furthermore, gB and gC homologs exhibited different patterns of sensitivity of binding to cells to inhibition with selectively N-, 2-O-, and 6-O-desulfated heparin compounds. The O-sulfate groups of heparin were found to be more important for interaction with gB-1 than gB-2. These results indicate that HSV-1 and HSV-2 differ in their interaction with HS.

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Extended Release of an Anti-Heparan Sulfate Peptide From a Contact Lens Suppresses Corneal Herpes Simplex Virus-1 Infection.

Purpose

Methods

Results

Conclusions

Publications

Extended Release of an Anti-Heparan Sulfate Peptide From a Contact Lens Suppresses Corneal Herpes Simplex Virus-1 Infection.

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