Title:
INHIBITORS OF INFECTION
Document Type and Number:
WIPO Patent Application WO2006038131
Kind Code:
A3
Abstract:
Fusion inhibitor peptides are provided comprising a sequence derived from an HR2 domain. In preferred embodiments, the peptides are capable of oligomerization. Also provided are nucleic acids encoding the peptides, vectors comprising the nucleic acids and host cells transformed with the vectors. The peptides may be used as medicaments. Also provided are methods for expressing a protein comprising one or more transmembrane domain(s) in an expression system. The methods comprise fusing a sequence encoding an 18-mer peptide, or a functional equivalent thereof, to a gene encoding the protein and expressing the resultant gene-fusion product in an expression system.
Inventors:
HINZ ANDREAS (FR)
LENZ OLIVER (BE)
WEISSENHORN WINFRIED (FR)
LENZ OLIVER (BE)
WEISSENHORN WINFRIED (FR)
Application Number:
PCT/IB2005/003968
Publication Date:
August 24, 2006
Filing Date:
October 07, 2005
Export Citation:
Assignee:
EUROPEAN MOLECULAR BIOLOGY LAB EMBL (DE)
HINZ ANDREAS (FR)
LENZ OLIVER (BE)
WEISSENHORN WINFRIED (FR)
HINZ ANDREAS (FR)
LENZ OLIVER (BE)
WEISSENHORN WINFRIED (FR)
International Classes:
C07K14/16; A61K38/16
Domestic Patent References:
| WO2001037881A2 | 2001-05-31 | |||
| WO2005080418A2 | 2005-09-01 |
Other References:
LIU S ET AL: "Interaction between heptad repeat 1 and 2 regions in spike protein of SARS-associated coronavirus: implications for virus fusogenic mechanism and identification of fusion inhibitors", LANCET THE, LANCET LIMITED. LONDON, GB, vol. 363, no. 9413, 20 March 2004 (2004-03-20), pages 938 - 947, XP004497211, ISSN: 0140-6736
YANG X ET AL: "Highly stable trimers formed by human immunodeficiency virus type 1 envelope glycoproteins fused with the trimeric motif of T4 bacteriophage fibritin", JOURNAL OF VIROLOGY, THE AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR MICROBIOLOGY, US, vol. 76, no. 9, May 2002 (2002-05-01), pages 4634 - 4642, XP002321404, ISSN: 0022-538X
EGELHOFER M ET AL: "INHIBITION OF HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS TYPE 1 ENTRY IN CELLS EXPRESSING GP41-DERIVED PEPTIDES", JOURNAL OF VIROLOGY, THE AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR MICROBIOLOGY, US, vol. 78, no. 2, January 2004 (2004-01-01), pages 568 - 575, XP009029114, ISSN: 0022-538X
BALDWIN C E ET AL: "Inhibiting HIV-1 entry with fusion inhibitors", CURRENT MEDICINAL CHEMISTRY, BENTHAM SCIENCE PUBLISHERS BV, BE, vol. 10, no. 17, September 2003 (2003-09-01), pages 1633 - 1642, XP009017205, ISSN: 0929-8673
LENZ OLIVER ET AL: "Trimeric membrane-anchored gp41 inhibits HIV membrane fusion", JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY, vol. 280, no. 6, 11 February 2005 (2005-02-11), pages 4095 - 4101, XP002378227, ISSN: 0021-9258
YANG X ET AL: "Highly stable trimers formed by human immunodeficiency virus type 1 envelope glycoproteins fused with the trimeric motif of T4 bacteriophage fibritin", JOURNAL OF VIROLOGY, THE AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR MICROBIOLOGY, US, vol. 76, no. 9, May 2002 (2002-05-01), pages 4634 - 4642, XP002321404, ISSN: 0022-538X
EGELHOFER M ET AL: "INHIBITION OF HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS TYPE 1 ENTRY IN CELLS EXPRESSING GP41-DERIVED PEPTIDES", JOURNAL OF VIROLOGY, THE AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR MICROBIOLOGY, US, vol. 78, no. 2, January 2004 (2004-01-01), pages 568 - 575, XP009029114, ISSN: 0022-538X
BALDWIN C E ET AL: "Inhibiting HIV-1 entry with fusion inhibitors", CURRENT MEDICINAL CHEMISTRY, BENTHAM SCIENCE PUBLISHERS BV, BE, vol. 10, no. 17, September 2003 (2003-09-01), pages 1633 - 1642, XP009017205, ISSN: 0929-8673
LENZ OLIVER ET AL: "Trimeric membrane-anchored gp41 inhibits HIV membrane fusion", JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY, vol. 280, no. 6, 11 February 2005 (2005-02-11), pages 4095 - 4101, XP002378227, ISSN: 0021-9258
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