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Ebolavirus Entry: From Molecular Characterization to Drug Discovery

Cristiano Salata
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Arianna Calistri
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Gualtiero Alvisi
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Michele Celestino
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Cristina Parolin
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Giorgio Palu'
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Version 1 : Received: 20 February 2019 / Approved: 21 February 2019 / Online: 21 February 2019 (13:13:34 CET)

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Salata, C.; Calistri, A.; Alvisi, G.; Celestino, M.; Parolin, C.; Palù, G. Ebola Virus Entry: From Molecular Characterization to Drug Discovery. Viruses 2019, 11, 274. Salata, C.; Calistri, A.; Alvisi, G.; Celestino, M.; Parolin, C.; Palù, G. Ebola Virus Entry: From Molecular Characterization to Drug Discovery. Viruses 2019, 11, 274.

Abstract

Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) is one of the most lethal transmissible infections characterized by a high fatality rate, and caused by members of the Filoviridae family. The recent large outbreak of EVD in West Africa (2013-2016), highlighted the worldwide danger of this disease and its impact on global public health and economy. The development of highly needed anti-Filoviridae antivirals has been so far hampered by the shortage of tools to study their life cycle in vitro, and therefore screen for potential active compounds outside a biosafety level-4 (BSL-4) containment. Importantly, the development of surrogate models to in vitro study of Filoviridae entry in a BSL-2 setting, such as viral pseudotypes and Ebola virus like particles, tremendously boosted both our knowledge on viral life cycle and the identification of promising anti-Filoviridae compounds interfering with viral entry. In this context, the combination of such surrogate systems with large-scale small molecule compounds and haploid genetic screenings, as well as rational drug design and drug repurposing approaches will prove priceless in our quest for the development of a treatment for EVD.

Keywords

Ebolavirus; Filoviridae; VSV; retroviral vectors; virus like particles; pseudovirus; antivirals; small molecules; viral entry.

Subject

Biology and Life Sciences, Virology

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