Correlation between membrane partitioning and functional activity in a single lipid vesicle assay establishes design guidelines for antiviral peptides

Joshua A. Jackman, Rathi Saravanan, Yibang Zhang, Seyed R. Tabaei, Nam Joon Cho*

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Abstract

The nanometer-scale discrimination of virus-rupturing peptides is tested using lipid membrane platforms. In combination with single-vesicle analysis of peptide-induced vesicle rupture, a correlation between membrane partitioning and biologically relevant activities is established. Taken together, the findings support that the degree of rupture activity should be balanced by membrane curvature-selectivity for optimal therapeutic properties of antiviral peptides.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)2372-2379
Number of pages8
JournalSmall
Volume11
Issue number20
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - May 27 2015
Externally publishedYes

Bibliographical note

Publisher Copyright:
© 2015 WILEY-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim.

ASJC Scopus Subject Areas

  • Biotechnology
  • General Chemistry
  • Biomaterials
  • General Materials Science
  • Engineering (miscellaneous)

Keywords

  • antiviral agents
  • nanomedicine
  • peptides
  • structure-property relationships
  • vesicles

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