肺和外源表面活性剂在SARS-CoV-2尖端蛋白上吸附
Kolattukudy P Santo1, Alexander V Neimark1
1Department of Chemical and Biochemical Engineering, Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey, Piscataway, NJ 08854, USA.
Journal of colloid and interface science
|July 1, 2023
概括
像胆固醇这样的表面活性剂可以与SARS-CoV-2的Spike蛋白结合,可能阻止它进入细胞. 这一发现有助于通过准病毒进入机制来开发新的COVID-19治疗方法.
科学领域:
- 生物物理学的生物物理.
- 计算化学的计算化学
- 病毒学 病毒学
背景情况:
- 由SARS-CoV-2引起的COVID-19通过含有病毒的空气中的颗粒传播.
- 病毒通过与ACE2受体结合的Spike蛋白进入细胞.
- 研究正在探索表面活性剂来抑制这种重要相互作用.
研究的目的:
- 研究肺表面活性剂在SARS-CoV-2尖端蛋白S1-域上的吸附机制.
- 了解像胆固醇和二甲基硫酸盐这样的表面活性剂如何与Spike蛋白相互作用.
- 为了确定阻止病毒进入的潜在治疗点.
主要方法:
- 使用粗粒度的分子动力学模拟.
- 这项研究的重点是表面活性剂和Spike蛋白S1-域之间的物理化学相互作用.
- 分析了吸附模式和结合亲和力.
主要成果:
- 表面活性剂形成状聚合物,这些聚合物选择性地粘附在尖端蛋白的ACE2结合区域上.
- 胆固醇呈现出显著更高的吸附性和与尖端蛋白S1-域的更强的相互作用.
- 优先吸附发生在受体结合域 (RBD) 中的阴离子残留物 (氨酸,氨酸) 上,这对ACE2相互作用至关重要,并且在德尔塔/欧米克朗变异中突出.
结论:
- 表面活性剂聚合物对SARS-CoV-2尖端蛋白质的关键区域具有强烈的选择性粘附.
- 这些发现支持特定表面活性剂在预防和治疗COVID-19中的治疗潜力.
- 这项研究提供了对胆固醇对SARS-CoV-2感染和变种感染性影响的机制的见解.
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