Identifying Inhibitors of -1 Programmed Ribosomal Frameshifting in a Broad Spectrum of Coronaviruses

Recurrent outbreaks of novel zoonotic coronavirus (CoV) diseases in recent years have highlighted the importance of developing therapeutics with broad-spectrum activity against CoVs. Because all CoVs use -1 programmed ribosomal frameshifting (-1 PRF) to control expression of key viral proteins, the frameshift signal in viral mRNA that stimulates -1 PRF provides a promising potential target for such therapeutics. To test the viability of this strategy, we explored whether small-molecule inhibitors of -1 PRF in SARS-CoV-2 also inhibited -1 PRF in a range of bat CoVs-the most likely source of future zoonoses. Six inhibitors identified in new and previous screens against SARS-CoV-2 were evaluated against the frameshift signals from a panel of representative bat CoVs as well as MERS-CoV. Some drugs had strong activity against subsets of these CoV-derived frameshift signals, while having limited to no effect on -1 PRF caused by frameshift signals from other viruses used as negative controls. Notably, the serine protease inhibitor nafamostat suppressed -1 PRF significantly for multiple CoV-derived frameshift signals. These results suggest it is possible to find small-molecule ligands that inhibit -1 PRF specifically in a broad spectrum of CoVs, establishing frameshift signals as a viable target for developing pan-coronaviral therapeutics.

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CommentIn: Viruses. 2022 Jul 13;14(7):. - PMID 35891506

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2022

Erschienen:

2022

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:14

Enthalten in:

Viruses - 14(2022), 2 vom: 18. Jan.

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Munshi, Sneha [VerfasserIn]
Neupane, Krishna [VerfasserIn]
Ileperuma, Sandaru M [VerfasserIn]
Halma, Matthew T J [VerfasserIn]
Kelly, Jamie A [VerfasserIn]
Halpern, Clarissa F [VerfasserIn]
Dinman, Jonathan D [VerfasserIn]
Loerch, Sarah [VerfasserIn]
Woodside, Michael T [VerfasserIn]

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Antiviral Agents
Coronavirus
Journal Article
Programmed ribosomal frameshifting
RNA, Messenger
Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
SARS-CoV-2
Therapeutics
Translation
Viral Proteins

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Date Completed 08.03.2022

Date Revised 03.08.2022

published: Electronic

CommentIn: Viruses. 2022 Jul 13;14(7):. - PMID 35891506

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.3390/v14020177

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM337472785