Potent Antiviral Activities of Type I Interferons to SARS-CoV-2 Infection

The historical outbreak of COVID-19 disease not only constitutes a global public health crisis, but also has a devastating social and economic impact. The disease is caused by a newly identified coronavirus, Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). There is an urgent need to identify antivirals to curtail the COVID-19 pandemic. Herein, we report the remarkable sensitivity of SARS-CoV-2 to recombinant human interferons α and β (IFNα/β). Treatment with IFN-α or IFN-β at a concentration of 50 international units (IU) per milliliter drastically reduce viral titers by 3.4 log or 4.5 log, respectively in Vero cells. The EC50 of IFN-α and IFN-β treatment is 1.35 IU/ml and 0.76 IU/ml, respectively, in Vero cells. These results suggested that SARS-CoV-2 is more sensitive to many other human pathogenic viruses, including the SARS-CoV. Overall, our results demonstrate the potent efficacy of human Type I IFN in suppressing SARS-CoV-2 replication, a finding which could inform future treatment options for COVID-19.

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UpdateIn: Antiviral Res. 2020 Jul;179:104811. - PMID 32360182

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2020

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2020

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - year:2020

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bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology - (2020) vom: 05. Apr.

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Mantlo, Emily [VerfasserIn]
Bukreyeva, Natalya [VerfasserIn]
Maruyama, Junki [VerfasserIn]
Paessler, Slobodan [VerfasserIn]
Huang, Cheng [VerfasserIn]

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Antivirals
COVID-19
Innate immune
Interferon
Preprint
SARS-CoV-2

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Date Revised 28.03.2024

published: Electronic

UpdateIn: Antiviral Res. 2020 Jul;179:104811. - PMID 32360182

Citation Status PubMed-not-MEDLINE

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10.1101/2020.04.02.022764

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NLM310907977