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Protein to combat Ebola discovered in humans, find researchers

Northwestern University used mass spectrometry -- a technique that identifies specific elements in a sample by mass -- to search for interactions between human proteins and Ebola virus proteins.

By: Agencies   | | Published: December 15, 2018 11:07 am
Tags: Ebola  ebola disease  Ebola virus care  Latest Ebola Treatment  
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Strong evidence for an interaction between the Ebola virus protein VP30 and the human protein RBBP6. © Shutterstock

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In the study, the team from Northwestern University used mass spectrometry — a technique that identifies specific elements in a sample by mass — to search for interactions between human proteins and Ebola virus proteins. Also Read - 10th Ebola outbreak in Congo over as 11th epidemic spreads its tentacles



They found strong evidence for an interaction between the Ebola virus protein VP30 and the human protein RBBP6, Xinhua news agency reported on Thursday. Also Read - New Ebola outbreak hits Democratic Republic of Congo amidst COVID-19 pandemic

The results were published in the journal Cell.

Further, structural and computational analysis narrowed the interaction down to a small, 23-amino acid-long peptide chain. This small group of amino acids alone is sufficient to disrupt the Ebola virus life cycle.

“If you take that peptide and put it into human cells, you can block Ebola virus infection,” said co-lead author Judd Hultquist, assistant professor of medicine in the division of infectious disease at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine.

“Conversely, when you remove the RBBP6 protein from human cells, Ebola virus replicates much faster.

“This is a key interaction,” said Nevan Krogan, a senior author of the study and a professor of cellular and molecular pharmacology at the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF).

“The question is whether we can manipulate it in an effective pharmacological way for it to have therapeutic value.”

“What we envision is a small molecule drug that mimics this human protein and could be used in response to an Ebola virus outbreak,” said Hultquist.
Source: IANS

Published : December 15, 2018 11:07 am
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