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Chasing cellular partners of respiratory syncytial virus

Grant number: 13/50299-2
Support Opportunities:Regular Research Grants
Duration: October 01, 2013 - September 30, 2017
Field of knowledge:Biological Sciences - Microbiology - Biology and Physiology of Microorganisms
Convênio/Acordo: ANR - Blanc
Principal Investigator:Armando Morais Ventura
Grantee:Armando Morais Ventura
Principal researcher abroad: Jean-François Éléouët
Institution abroad: Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique (INRA), France
Host Institution: Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas (ICB). Universidade de São Paulo (USP). São Paulo , SP, Brazil

Abstract

Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) is the chief worldwide viral cause of severe acute respiratory tract iIIness in infants and calves. After fifty years of research, there is still no vaccine available for humans. In such context, the development of antiviral drugs with a wide spectrum is an attractive and economical alternative to vaccination. RSV is an enveloped virus and its negative strand RNA genome is encapsidated by the nucleoprotein N, forming a ribonucleoprotein complex. RSV infection induces the formation of spherical inclusion bodies (IBs) found in the cytoplasm of infected cells, and their architecture, ultrastructure, the exact composition, organization and functioning remains unknown. The Brazilian team has already identified some cellular partners for severa I RSV proteins including N, P and M. The French team has identified a cellular partner for M2-1 and developed powerful tools for the dissection of RSV-cell protein interactions. This proposal is based on the collaborative work of severaI groups and our common goal is to characterize virus-cell interactions at the molecular level, to investigate the structure and composition of IBs where viral genome transcription and replication take place using new technologies, and to define molecular targets for the development of antivirals. (AU)

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(References retrieved automatically from Web of Science and SciELO through information on FAPESP grants and their corresponding numbers as mentioned in the publications by the authors)
SCUDERO, ORLANDO BONITO; SANTIAGO, VERONICA FEIJOLI; PALMISANO, GIUSEPPE; SIMABUCO, FERNANDO MOREIRA; VENTURA, ARMANDO MORAIS. The respiratory syncytial virus M2-2 protein is targeted for proteasome degradation and inhibits translation and stress granules assembly. PLoS One, v. 18, n. 7, p. 26-pg., . (19/19435-3, 13/50299-2)

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