Affiliation:
1. Laboratory of Membrane and Ion Channel Modeling, Institute of Cytology of Russian Academy of Sciences, Tikhoretsky 4, 194064 Saint Petersburg, Russia
Abstract
The life cycle of Ebola and Marburg viruses includes a step of the virion envelope fusion with the cell membrane. Here, we analyzed whether the fusion of liposome membranes under the action of fragments of fusion peptides of Ebola and Marburg viruses depends on the composition of lipid vesicles. A fluorescence assay and electron microscopy were used to quantify the fusogenic activity of the virus fusion peptides and to identify the lipid determinants affecting membrane merging. Differential scanning calorimetry of lipid phase transitions revealed alterations in the physical properties of the lipid matrix produced by virus fusion peptides. Additionally, we found that plant polyphenols, quercetin, and myricetin inhibited vesicle fusion induced by the Marburg virus fusion peptide.
Funder
Russian Foundation of Science
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