Caracterização estrutural e das interações entre a Proteína G do hRSV e potenciais inibidores
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2012-01-16
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Sabbag, Mariana Pela [UNESP]
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Universidade Estadual Paulista (Unesp)
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As infecções respiratórias agudas (IRAs) constituem a principal causa de mortalidade infantil no mundo, e o Vírus Respiratório Sincicial Humano (hRSV – Human Respiratory Syncytial Virus) é um dos principais agentes etiológicos das IRAs. Este vírus pertencente à família Paramyxoviridae, é envelopado, de simetria helicoidal, cujo genoma é RNA de fita simples não segmentada. A infectividade do vírus está relacionada com suas proteínas de membrana e dentre elas a glicoproteína G, que é responsável pela ligação do vírus à célula hospedeira e conseqüente instalação da infecção. Esta glicoproteína exerce um importante papel como antígeno de reconhecimento, sendo alvo para identificação do RSV através de anticorpos. Existem evidências de que esta proteína se liga a receptores glicosilados na célula hospedeira, porém ainda não foi descrito um receptor para a proteína G na célula. Para elucidar estes mecanismos de interação, foram realizados estudos experimentais e teóricos desta proteína. Os domínios solúveis da região N-terminal (1 a 38 aa) e C-terminal (67 a 298 aa), com 231 aminoácidos da glicoproteína G do hRSV foram clonados e a região N-terminal foi expressa em bactéria BL21 pLysS. Em paralelo, foi realizada a caracterização teórica desta proteína, e foram avaliados os possíveis sítios de interação da mesma com glicosaminoglicanos (heparina). Foram obtidos dois modelos teóricos para a proteína G do hRSV, bem como dois modelos de interação com heparina, determinando portanto, um possível sítio de ocorrência de interação. O conhecimento da estrutura da proteína G é de grande importância para elucidar a composição da estrutura e os mecanismos de interação com potenciais ligantes e deste modo, em um passo posterior, propor mecanismos de reconhecimento celular pelo hRSV, através de glicosaminoglicanos
Acute Respiratory Infections (ARI) are the leading cause of infant mortality in the world, and the Human Respiratory Syncytial Virus (hRSV) is one of the main agents of ARI. This virus belongs to Paramyxoviridae family, has a lipidic envelope, helical symmetry and its genome is a single-stranded RNA. The viral infectivity is related to its membrane proteins and among them the G glycoprotein, which is responsible for binding the virus to the host cell and consequent infection. This glycoprotein plays an important role as antigen recognition, being the target for hRSV identification through antibodies. There are evidences that this protein binds to host cell glycosylated receptors, but it has not been described a receptor for G protein in the cell yet. To elucidate these interaction mechanisms and understand the process of viral infectivity, we performed experimental and theoretical studies of this protein. The soluble domains of the N-terminal (1-38 aa) and C-terminal regions (67-298 aa), with 231 amino acids of the hRSV G glycoprotein have been cloned and the N-terminal region was expressed in BL21 pLysS bacteria. In a later trial these peptides will be purified and biophysical tests will be done. It was also performed a theoretical characterization of this protein, to assess the possible interaction sites with glycosaminoglycan (heparin). It were obtained two theoretical models for the hRSV G protein as well as two interaction models with heparin, in order to determine a possible site of occurrence of interaction. Knowledge of G protein structure is of great importance to elucidate the mechanism of viral infectivity and interaction mechanisms with potential ligants, and the results obtained in this work will allow us, in a later step, to propose mechanisms of cellular recognition by hRSV through glycosaminoglycans
Acute Respiratory Infections (ARI) are the leading cause of infant mortality in the world, and the Human Respiratory Syncytial Virus (hRSV) is one of the main agents of ARI. This virus belongs to Paramyxoviridae family, has a lipidic envelope, helical symmetry and its genome is a single-stranded RNA. The viral infectivity is related to its membrane proteins and among them the G glycoprotein, which is responsible for binding the virus to the host cell and consequent infection. This glycoprotein plays an important role as antigen recognition, being the target for hRSV identification through antibodies. There are evidences that this protein binds to host cell glycosylated receptors, but it has not been described a receptor for G protein in the cell yet. To elucidate these interaction mechanisms and understand the process of viral infectivity, we performed experimental and theoretical studies of this protein. The soluble domains of the N-terminal (1-38 aa) and C-terminal regions (67-298 aa), with 231 amino acids of the hRSV G glycoprotein have been cloned and the N-terminal region was expressed in BL21 pLysS bacteria. In a later trial these peptides will be purified and biophysical tests will be done. It was also performed a theoretical characterization of this protein, to assess the possible interaction sites with glycosaminoglycan (heparin). It were obtained two theoretical models for the hRSV G protein as well as two interaction models with heparin, in order to determine a possible site of occurrence of interaction. Knowledge of G protein structure is of great importance to elucidate the mechanism of viral infectivity and interaction mechanisms with potential ligants, and the results obtained in this work will allow us, in a later step, to propose mechanisms of cellular recognition by hRSV through glycosaminoglycans
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Virologia, HRSV (Vírus), Vírus respiratório sincicial humano, Proteína G, Modelagem molecular, G protein, Molecular docking
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SABBAG, Mariana Pela. Caracterização estrutural e das interações entre a Proteína G do hRSV e potenciais inibidores. 2012. 66 f. Dissertação (mestrado) - Universidade Estadual Paulista, Instituto de Biociências, Letras e Ciências Exatas, 2012.