Projects funded by the NCN


Information on the principal investigator and host institution

Information of the project and the call

Keywords

Equipment

Delete all

In vivo and in vitro structure of influenza virus RNA. The structural determinants behind the inhibition of influenza virus proliferation with modified antisense oligonucleotides, siRNAs and small molecule ligands

2015/19/B/NZ1/02803

Keywords:

RNA influenza virus RNA structure antisense oligonucleotides siRNA small molecule ligands

Descriptors:

  • NZ1_4: Structural biology
  • NZ1_1: Molecular biology
  • NZ1_2: Biochemistry

Panel:

NZ1 - Molecular biology, structural biology, biotechnology: molecular biology, structural biology, biotechnology

Host institution :

Instytut Chemii Bioorganicznej Polskiej Akademii Nauk

woj. wielkopolskie

Other projects carried out by the institution 

Principal investigator (from the host institution):

prof. Elżbieta Kierzek 

Number of co-investigators in the project: 6

Call: OPUS 10 - announced on 2015-09-15

Amount awarded: 985 100 PLN

Project start date (Y-m-d): 2016-06-20

Project end date (Y-m-d): 2020-06-19

Project duration:: 48 months (the same as in the proposal)

Project status: Project settled

Project description

Download the project description in a pdf file

Note - project descriptions were prepared by the authors of the applications themselves and placed in the system in an unchanged form.

Equipment purchased [PL]

  1. Aparat do elektroforezy pionowej z chłodzeniem i akcesoriami (8 100 PLN)
  2. aparat do analiz typu Western Blot z osprzętem i zestawem początkowym (18 000 PLN)
  3. Zasilacz wysokonapięciowy do elektroforezy (9 500 PLN)
  4. Aspirator próżniowy z końcówkami do pracy w komorze laminarnej (14 700 PLN)
  5. aparat gradientowy PCR.
  6. Cieplarka z obiegiem CO2 (34 500 PLN)
  7. Zestaw komputerowy (komputer, monitor i drukarka laserowa) (8 000 PLN)
  8. zamrażarka niskotemperaturowa (-80C) z wyposażeniem (35 500 PLN)

Information in the final report

  • Publication in academic press/journals (6)
  1. Modified RNA triplexes: Thermodynamics, structure and biological potential.
    Authors:
    M. Szabat, E. Kierzek, R. Kierzek
    Academic press:
    Scientific Reports (rok: 2018, tom: 8, strony: 13023), Wydawca: Nature Publishing Group
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.1038/s41598-018-31387-5 - link to the publication
  2. Influenza virus segment 5 (+)RNA - secondary structure and new targets for antiviral strategies
    Authors:
    M. Soszynska-Jozwiak, P. Michalak, W. N. Moss, R. Kierzek, J. Kesy, E. Kierzek
    Academic press:
    Scientific Reports (rok: 2017, tom: 7, strony: 15041), Wydawca: Nature Publishing Group
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.1038/s41598-017-15317-5 - link to the publication
  3. A Short Chemically Modified dsRNA-Binding PNA (dbPNA) Inhibits Influenza Viral Replication by Targeting Viral RNA Panhandle Structure
    Authors:
    J. Kesy, K.M. Patil, S.R. Kumar, Z.Y. Shu, H.Y. Yong, L. Zimmermann, A.A.L. Ong, D.F.K. Toh, M.S. Krishna, L.X. Yang, J.L. Decout, D.H. Luo, M. Prabakaran, G. Chen, E. Kierzek
    Academic press:
    Bioconjugate Chemistry (rok: 2019, tom: 30, strony: 931-943), Wydawca: American Chemical Society
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.1021/acs.bioconjchem.9b00039 - link to the publication
  4. RNA Secondary Structure Motifs of the Influenza A Virus as Targets for siRNA-Mediated RNA Interference
    Authors:
    J. Piasecka, E. Lenartowicz, M. Soszynska-Jozwiak, B. Szutkowska, R. Kierzek, E. Kierzek
    Academic press:
    Molecular Therapy - Nucleic Acids (rok: 2020, tom: 19, strony: 627–642), Wydawca: Elsevier Inc.
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.1016/j.omtn.2019.12.018 - link to the publication
  5. Secondary structure of the segment 5 genomic RNA of influenza A virus and its application for designing antisense oligonucleotides
    Authors:
    P. Michalak, M. Soszynska-Jozwiak, E. Biala, W.N. Moss, J. Kesy, B. Szutkowska, E. Lenartowicz, R. Kierzek, E. Kierzek
    Academic press:
    Scientific Reports (rok: 2019, tom: 9, strony: 3801), Wydawca: Nature Publishing Group
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.1038/s41598-019-40443-7 - link to the publication
  6. Secondary structure model of the naked segment 7 influenza A virus genomic RNA
    Authors:
    Ruszkowska A., Lenartowicz E., Moss W. N., Kierzek R., Kierzek E
    Academic press:
    Biochemical Journal (rok: 2017, tom: 473, strony: 4327-4348), Wydawca: Portland Press
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.1042/BCJ20160651 - link to the publication