Identification of fangchinoline as a broad-spectrum enterovirus inhibitor through reporter virus based high-content screening

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Hand, foot, and mouth disease (HFMD) is a common pediatric illness mainly caused by enteroviruses, which are important human pathogens. Currently, there are no available antiviral agents for the therapy of enterovirus infection. In this study, an excellent high-content antiviral screening system utilizing the EV-A71-eGFP reporter virus was developed. Using this screening system, we screened a drug library containing 1042 natural compounds to identify potential EV-A71 inhibitors. Fangchinoline (FAN), a bis-benzylisoquinoline alkaloid, exhibits potential inhibitory effects against various enteroviruses that cause HFMD, such as EV-A71, CV-A10, CV-B3 and CV-A16. Further investigations revealed that FAN targets the early stage of the enterovirus life cycle. Through the selection of FAN-resistant EV-A71 viruses, we demonstrated that the VP1 protein could be a potential target of FAN, as two mutations in VP1 (E145G and V258I) resulted in viral resistance to FAN. Our research suggests that FAN is an efficient inhibitor of EV-A71 and has the potential to be a broad-spectrum antiviral drug against human enteroviruses.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2024

Erschienen:

2024

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - year:2024

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Virologica Sinica - (2024) vom: 05. März

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Zhang, Qiu-Yan [VerfasserIn]
Li, Jia-Qi [VerfasserIn]
Li, Qi [VerfasserIn]
Zhang, Yang [VerfasserIn]
Zhang, Zhe-Rui [VerfasserIn]
Li, Xiao-Dan [VerfasserIn]
Zhang, Hong-Qing [VerfasserIn]
Deng, Cheng-Lin [VerfasserIn]
Yang, Feng-Xia [VerfasserIn]
Xu, Yi [VerfasserIn]
Zhang, Bo [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

EV-A71
Enterovirus
Fangchinoline (FAN)
Hand, foot, and mouth disease (HFMD)
High-content screening
Journal Article

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Date Revised 23.03.2024

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status Publisher

doi:

10.1016/j.virs.2024.02.006

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM369426053