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Inhibition of Zika virus replication by G-quadruplex-binding ligands

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العنوان: Inhibition of Zika virus replication by G-quadruplex-binding ligands
المؤلفون: Prativa Majee, Aryamav Pattnaik, Bikash R. Sahoo, Uma Shankar, Asit K. Pattnaik, Amit Kumar, Debasis Nayak
المصدر: Molecular Therapy: Nucleic Acids, Vol 23, Iss , Pp 691-701 (2021)
بيانات النشر: Elsevier, 2021.
سنة النشر: 2021
المجموعة: LCC:Therapeutics. Pharmacology
مصطلحات موضوعية: Zika virus, G-quadruplex structure, Braco-19, TMPyP4, virus growth, RNA synthesis, Therapeutics. Pharmacology, RM1-950
الوصف: Zika virus (ZIKV), a mosquito-transmitted Flavivirus, emerged in the last decade causing serious diseases and affecting human health globally. Currently, no licensed vaccines or antivirals are available to combat ZIKV, although several vaccine candidates are in the pipeline. In recent years, the presence of non-canonical G-quadruplex (GQ) secondary structures in viral genomes has ignited significant attention as potential targets for antiviral strategy. In this study, we identified several novel conserved potential GQ structures by analyzing published ZIKV genome sequences using an in-house algorithm. Biophysical and biochemical analysis of the RNA sequences containing these potential GQ sequences suggested the existence of such structures in the ZIKV genomes. Studies with known GQ structure-binding and -stabilizing ligands such as Braco-19 and TMPyP4 provided support for this contention. The presence of these ligands in cell culture media led to significant inhibition of infectious ZIKV yield, as well as reduced viral genome replication and viral protein production. Overall, our results, for the first time, show that ZIKV replication can be inhibited by GQ structure-binding and -stabilizing compounds and suggest a new strategy against ZIKV infection mitigation and control.
نوع الوثيقة: article
وصف الملف: electronic resource
اللغة: English
تدمد: 2162-2531
Relation: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S216225312030411X; https://doaj.org/toc/2162-2531
DOI: 10.1016/j.omtn.2020.12.030
URL الوصول: https://doaj.org/article/00d88d20ffe54481bdf793145775ef1e
رقم الانضمام: edsdoj.00d88d20ffe54481bdf793145775ef1e
قاعدة البيانات: Directory of Open Access Journals
الوصف
تدمد:21622531
DOI:10.1016/j.omtn.2020.12.030