• FluTrackers.com Inc. does not provide medical advice. Information on this web site is collected from various internet resources, and the FluTrackers board of directors makes no warranty to the safety, efficacy, correctness or completeness of the information posted on this site by any author or poster. The information collated here is for instructional and/or discussion purposes only and is NOT intended to diagnose or treat any disease, illness, or other medical condition. Every individual reader or poster should seek advice from their personal physician/healthcare practitioner before considering or using any interventions that are discussed on this website. By continuing to access this website you agree to consult your personal physican before using any interventions posted on this website, and you agree to hold harmless FluTrackers.com Inc., the board of directors, the members, and all authors and posters for any effects from use of any medication, supplement, vitamin or other substance, device, intervention, etc. mentioned in posts on this website, or other internet venues referenced in posts on this website.
  • We are not asking for any donations. Do not donate to any entity who says they are raising funds for us.

JACC Basic Transl Sci . The Integrin Binding Peptide, ATN-161, as a Novel Therapy for SARS-CoV-2 Infection

tetano

Editor, Senior Moderator
JACC Basic Transl Sci


. 2020 Oct 16.
doi: 10.1016/j.jacbts.2020.10.003. Online ahead of print.
The Integrin Binding Peptide, ATN-161, as a Novel Therapy for SARS-CoV-2 Infection


Brandon J Beddingfield[SUP] 1 2 [/SUP], Naoki Iwanaga[SUP] 3 [/SUP], Prem P Chapagain[SUP] 4 5 [/SUP], Wenshu Zheng[SUP] 6 [/SUP], Chad J Roy[SUP] 1 2 [/SUP], Tony Y Hu[SUP] 6 [/SUP], Jay K Kolls[SUP] 3 [/SUP], Gregory J Bix[SUP] 7 8 9 10 11 [/SUP]



Affiliations
Free PMC article

Abstract

Many efforts to design and screen therapeutics for the current severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2) pandemic have focused on inhibiting viral host cell entry by disrupting ACE2 binding with the SARS-CoV-2 spike protein. This work focuses on the potential to inhibit SARS-CoV-2 entry through a hypothesized α5β1 integrin-based mechanism, and indicates that inhibiting the spike protein interaction with α5β1 integrin (+/- ACE2), and the interaction between α5β1 integrin and ACE2 using a novel molecule ATN-161 represents a promising approach to treat COVID-19.

Keywords: ACE2; ACE2, angiotensin-converting enzyme II; ANOVA, analysis of variance; ATN-161; BSA, bovine serum albumin; COVID-19; COVID-19, coronavirus disease 2019; CPE, cytopathic effect; DMEM, Dulbecco’s modified eagle media; ELISA, Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay; FBS, fetal bovine serum; FN, fibronectin; HRP, horse radish peroxidase; IC50, half-maximal inhibitory concentration; KGD, lysine-glycine-aspartate; MOI, multiplicity of infection; MnCl2, Manganese Chloride; NIAID, National Institutes of Allergy and Infectious Disease; NIH, National Institutes of Health; PDB, protein data bank; RBD, receptor binding domain; RGD, arginine-glycine-aspartate; SARS-CoV-2; SARS-CoV-2, severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus; SD, standard deviation; TMB, 3,3’,5,5’-tetramethylbenzidine; Veh, vehicle; alpha5beta1 integrin; host-cell entry; qPCR, quantitative polymerase chain reaction; receptor binding domain; therapeutic; viral spike protein; α5β1, alpha5beta1.
 
Back
Top Bottom