Compounds and methods for inhibiting hepatitis C virus replication
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    发明授权
    Compounds and methods for inhibiting hepatitis C virus replication 有权
    用于抑制丙型肝炎病毒复制的化合物和方法

    公开(公告)号:US07465537B2

    公开(公告)日:2008-12-16

    申请号:US11119587

    申请日:2005-05-01

    IPC分类号: C12Q1/68 C12N4/48

    摘要: The inventors have discovered that an ATPase-deficient dominant-negative mutant NS3 protein of hepatitis C virus inhibits activity of the wild-type NS3 protein and inhibits replication of hepatitis C virus (HCV). The solved crystal structure of a multi-enzyme NS3 complex on a DNA substrate is also provided. The inventors have tested a peptide matching the sequence of a portion of NS3 that interacts with another NS3 molecule for inhibiting HCV replication. The peptide inhibits HCV replication. Accordingly, the invention provides a method of inhibiting HCV replication in cells infected with HCV involving transforming the cells with a vector expressing a dominant-negative mutant NS3 gene. The invention also provides a method of inhibiting HCV replication in cells infected with HCV involving administering to the cells a dominant-negative mutant NS3 protein. The invention also provides peptides and agents that inhibit HCV replication and methods of identifying agents that inhibit HCV replication.

    摘要翻译: 本发明人已经发现,丙型肝炎病毒的ATP酶缺陷型显性失活突变体NS3蛋白抑制野生型NS3蛋白的活性并抑制丙型肝炎病毒(HCV)的复制。 还提供了DNA酶底物上多酶NS3复合物的溶解晶体结构。 发明人已经测试了与NS3的一部分序列匹配的肽,其与另一NS3分子相互作用以抑制HCV复制。 肽抑制HCV复制。 因此,本发明提供了抑制HCV感染细胞中HCV复制的方法,涉及用表达显性失活突变体NS3基因的载体转化细胞。 本发明还提供了一种在感染HCV的细胞中抑制HCV复制的方法,包括向细胞施用显性失活突变体NS3蛋白。 本发明还提供抑制HCV复制的肽和试剂以及鉴定抑制HCV复制的药剂的方法。