TY - JOUR
T1 - Rationally designed chemokine-based toxin targeting the viral G protein-coupled receptor US28 potently inhibits cytomegalovirus infection in vivo
AU - Spiess, Katja
AU - Jeppesen, Mads G.
AU - Malmgaard-Clausen, Mikkel
AU - Krzywkowski, Karen
AU - Dulal, Kalpana
AU - Cheng, Tong
AU - Hjortø, Gertrud M.
AU - Larsen, Olav
AU - Burg, John S.
AU - Jarvis, Michael A.
AU - Garcia, K. Christopher
AU - Zhu, Hua
AU - Kledal, Thomas N.
AU - Rosenkilde, Mette M.
PY - 2015/7/7
Y1 - 2015/7/7
N2 - Significance
All drugs currently used for the clinical treatment of human cytomegalovirus (HCMV) infection are associated with considerable adverse side effects and with the development of drug resistance that results in therapy failure. Here we describe a novel, rationally designed fusion toxin protein (FTP)-based strategy to target HCMV on the basis of its virally expressed G protein-coupled receptor (US28) and cognate chemokine ligand. Viral G protein-coupled receptors are expressed by a number of other clinically important viruses. We suggest that FTP-based molecules targeting virally expressed 7TM receptors may represent a new class of drugs amenable for development against complex viral pathogens.
AB - Significance
All drugs currently used for the clinical treatment of human cytomegalovirus (HCMV) infection are associated with considerable adverse side effects and with the development of drug resistance that results in therapy failure. Here we describe a novel, rationally designed fusion toxin protein (FTP)-based strategy to target HCMV on the basis of its virally expressed G protein-coupled receptor (US28) and cognate chemokine ligand. Viral G protein-coupled receptors are expressed by a number of other clinically important viruses. We suggest that FTP-based molecules targeting virally expressed 7TM receptors may represent a new class of drugs amenable for development against complex viral pathogens.
U2 - 10.1073/pnas.1509392112
DO - 10.1073/pnas.1509392112
M3 - Article
SN - 0027-8424
VL - 112
SP - 8427
EP - 8432
JO - Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
JF - Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
IS - 27
ER -