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Yin C, Zhao H, Xia X, Pan Z, Li D, Zhang L. Picornavirus 2C proteins: structure-function relationships and interactions with host factors. Front Cell Infect Microbiol 2024; 14:1347615. [PMID: 38465233 PMCID: PMC10921941 DOI: 10.3389/fcimb.2024.1347615] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/01/2023] [Accepted: 02/07/2024] [Indexed: 03/12/2024] Open
Abstract
Picornaviruses, which are positive-stranded, non-enveloped RNA viruses, are known to infect people and animals with a broad spectrum of diseases. Among the nonstructural proteins in picornaviruses, 2C proteins are highly conserved and exhibit multiple structural domains, including amphipathic α-helices, an ATPase structural domain, and a zinc finger structural domain. This review offers a comprehensive overview of the functional structures of picornaviruses' 2C protein. We summarize the mechanisms by which the 2C protein enhances viral replication. 2C protein interacts with various host factors to form the replication complex, ultimately promoting viral replication. We review the mechanisms through which picornaviruses' 2C proteins interact with the NF-κB, RIG-I, MDA5, NOD2, and IFN pathways, contributing to the evasion of the antiviral innate immune response. Additionally, we provide an overview of broad-spectrum antiviral drugs for treating various enterovirus infections, such as guanidine hydrochloride, fluoxetine, and dibucaine derivatives. These drugs may exert their inhibitory effects on viral infections by targeting interactions with 2C proteins. The review underscores the need for further research to elucidate the precise mechanisms of action of 2C proteins and to identify additional host factors for potential therapeutic intervention. Overall, this review contributes to a deeper understanding of picornaviruses and offers insights into the antiviral strategies against these significant viral pathogens.
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- Chunhui Yin
- Department of Clinical Laboratory Medicine, The First Affiliated Hospital of Shandong First Medical University & Shandong Provincial Qianfoshan Hospital, Jinan, Shandong, China
- Department of Pathogen Biology, School of Clinical and Basic Medical Sciences, Shandong First Medical University & Shandong Academy of Medical Sciences, Jinan, Shandong, China
- Medical Science and Technology Innovation Center, Shandong First Medical University & Shandong Academy of Medical Sciences, Jinan, Shandong, China
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- Department of Clinical Laboratory Medicine, The First Affiliated Hospital of Shandong First Medical University & Shandong Provincial Qianfoshan Hospital, Jinan, Shandong, China
- Department of Pathogen Biology, School of Clinical and Basic Medical Sciences, Shandong First Medical University & Shandong Academy of Medical Sciences, Jinan, Shandong, China
- Medical Science and Technology Innovation Center, Shandong First Medical University & Shandong Academy of Medical Sciences, Jinan, Shandong, China
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- Department of Pathogen Biology, School of Clinical and Basic Medical Sciences, Shandong First Medical University & Shandong Academy of Medical Sciences, Jinan, Shandong, China
- Medical Science and Technology Innovation Center, Shandong First Medical University & Shandong Academy of Medical Sciences, Jinan, Shandong, China
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- Department of Pathogen Biology, School of Clinical and Basic Medical Sciences, Shandong First Medical University & Shandong Academy of Medical Sciences, Jinan, Shandong, China
- Medical Science and Technology Innovation Center, Shandong First Medical University & Shandong Academy of Medical Sciences, Jinan, Shandong, China
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- Department of Pathogen Biology, School of Clinical and Basic Medical Sciences, Shandong First Medical University & Shandong Academy of Medical Sciences, Jinan, Shandong, China
- Medical Science and Technology Innovation Center, Shandong First Medical University & Shandong Academy of Medical Sciences, Jinan, Shandong, China
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- Department of Clinical Laboratory Medicine, The First Affiliated Hospital of Shandong First Medical University & Shandong Provincial Qianfoshan Hospital, Jinan, Shandong, China
- Department of Pathogen Biology, School of Clinical and Basic Medical Sciences, Shandong First Medical University & Shandong Academy of Medical Sciences, Jinan, Shandong, China
- Medical Science and Technology Innovation Center, Shandong First Medical University & Shandong Academy of Medical Sciences, Jinan, Shandong, China
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Wang M, Zhao D, Li J, Zhu L, Duan X, Zhang Y, Li Y, Liu F. AAACH is a conserved motif in a cis-acting replication element that is artificially inserted into Senecavirus A genome. Virus Res 2024; 339:199269. [PMID: 37952688 PMCID: PMC10694738 DOI: 10.1016/j.virusres.2023.199269] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/03/2023] [Revised: 11/09/2023] [Accepted: 11/10/2023] [Indexed: 11/14/2023]
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Cis-acting replication element (cre) is required for generating a diuridylylated VPg that acts as a protein primer to initiate the synthesis of picornaviral genome or antigenome. The cre is a stem-loop structure, dependent of different picornaviruses, located in different genomic regions. The AAACA motif is highly conserved in the apical loop of cre among several picornaviral members, and plays a key role in synthesizing a diuridylylated VPg. We previously demonstrated that senecavirus A (SVA) also possesses an AAACA-containing cre in its genome. Its natural cre (Nc), if functionally inactivated through site-directed mutagenesis (SDM), would confer a lethal impact on virus recovery, whereas an artificial cre (Ac) is able to compensate for the Nc-caused functional inactivation, leading to successful rescue of a viable SVA. In this study, we constructed a set of SVA cDNA clones. Each of them contained one functionally inactivated Nc, and an extra SDM-modified Ac. Every cDNA clone had a unique SDM-modified Ac. The test of virus recovery showed that only two SVAs were rescued from their individual cDNA clones. They were AAACU- and AAACC-containing Ac genotypes. Both viruses were serially passaged in vitro for analyzing their viral characteristics. The results showed that both AAACU and AAACC genotypes were genetically stable during twenty passages, implying when the Nc was functionally inactivated, SVA could still use an AAACH-containing Ac to complete its own replication cycle.
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- Mengyao Wang
- College of Veterinary Medicine, Qingdao Agricultural University, Qingdao, 266109, China
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- College of Veterinary Medicine, Qingdao Agricultural University, Qingdao, 266109, China
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- Market Supervision Administration of Huangdao District, Qingdao, 266500, China
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- College of Veterinary Medicine, Qingdao Agricultural University, Qingdao, 266109, China
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- Qingdao Center for Animal Disease Control & Prevention, Qingdao, 266199, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Microbial Technology, Shandong University, Qingdao, 266237, China
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- Qingdao Center for Animal Disease Control & Prevention, Qingdao, 266199, China.
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- College of Veterinary Medicine, Qingdao Agricultural University, Qingdao, 266109, China.
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Wang Q, Meng H, Ge D, Shan H, Geri L, Liu F. Structural and nonstructural proteins of Senecavirus A: Recent research advances, and lessons learned from those of other picornaviruses. Virology 2023; 585:155-163. [PMID: 37348144 DOI: 10.1016/j.virol.2023.06.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/06/2023] [Revised: 06/04/2023] [Accepted: 06/06/2023] [Indexed: 06/24/2023]
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Senecavirus A (SVA) is an emerging virus, causing vesicular disease in swine. SVA is a single-stranded, positive-sense RNA virus, which is the only member of the genus Senecavirus in the family Picornaviridae. SVA genome encodes 12 proteins: L, VP4, VP2, VP3, VP1, 2A, 2B, 2C, 3A, 3B, 3C and 3D. The VP1 to VP4 are structural proteins, and the others are nonstructural proteins. The replication of SVA in host cells is a complex process coordinated by an elaborate interplay between the structural and nonstructural proteins. Structural proteins are primarily involved in the invasion and assembly of virions. Nonstructural proteins modulate viral RNA translation and replication, and also take part in antagonizing the antiviral host response and in disrupting some cellular processes to allow virus replication. Here, we systematically reviewed the molecular functions of SVA structural and nonstructural proteins by reference to literatures of SVA itself and other picornaviruses.
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- Qianqian Wang
- College of Veterinary Medicine, Qingdao Agricultural University, Qingdao, 266109, China; College of Veterinary Medicine, Inner Mongolia Agricultural University, Hohhot, 010011, China
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- College of Veterinary Medicine, Qingdao Agricultural University, Qingdao, 266109, China
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- Qingdao Lijian Bio-tech Co., Ltd., Qingdao, 266114, China
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- College of Veterinary Medicine, Qingdao Agricultural University, Qingdao, 266109, China
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- College of Veterinary Medicine, Inner Mongolia Agricultural University, Hohhot, 010011, China.
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- College of Veterinary Medicine, Qingdao Agricultural University, Qingdao, 266109, China.
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Meng H, Wang X, Wang L, Wang Q, Zhu L, Sang Y, Liu F. Identification of cis-acting replication element in VP2-encoding region of Senecavirus A genome. Vet Microbiol 2023; 280:109717. [PMID: 36893554 DOI: 10.1016/j.vetmic.2023.109717] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/12/2022] [Revised: 02/27/2023] [Accepted: 03/01/2023] [Indexed: 03/06/2023]
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Picornavirus possesses one positive-sense, single-stranded RNA genome, in which a cis-acting replication element (cre) is located. The cre is a stem-loop structure that harbors a conserved AAACA motif within its loop region. This motif functions as a template for adding two U residues to the viral VPg, therefore generating a VPg-pUpU that is required for viral RNA synthesis. Senecavirus A (SVA) is an emerging picornavirus. Its cre has not been identified as yet. In the present study, one putative cre containing a typical AAACA motif was computationally predicted to exist within the VP2-encoding sequence of SVA. To test the role of this putative cre, 22 SVA cDNA clones with different point mutations in their cre-formed sequences were constructed in an attempt to rescue replication-competent SVAs. A total of 11 viruses were rescued from their individual cDNA clones, implying that some mutated cres exerted lethal impacts on SVA replication. To eliminate these impacts, an intact cre was artificially inserted into those SVA cDNA clones without ability of recovering virus. The artificial cre was proven to be able of compensating for some, but not all, defects caused by mutated cres, leading to successful recovery of SVAs. These results indicated that the putative cre of SVA was functionally similar to those of other picornaviruses, perhaps involved in the uridylylation of VPg.
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- Hailan Meng
- College of Veterinary Medicine, Qingdao Agricultural University, Qingdao 266109, China
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- College of Veterinary Medicine, Shandong Agricultural University, Tai'an 271018, China
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- University Hospital, Qingdao Agricultural University, Qingdao 266109, China
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- College of Veterinary Medicine, Qingdao Agricultural University, Qingdao 266109, China; College of Veterinary Medicine, Inner Mongolia Agricultural University, Hohhot 010011, China
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- College of Veterinary Medicine, Qingdao Agricultural University, Qingdao 266109, China
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- College of Veterinary Medicine, Qingdao Agricultural University, Qingdao 266109, China
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- College of Veterinary Medicine, Qingdao Agricultural University, Qingdao 266109, China.
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Meng H, Wang Q, Liu M, Li Z, Hao X, Zhao D, Dong Y, Liu S, Zhang F, Cui J, Ni B, Shan H, Liu F. The 5′-end motif of Senecavirus A cDNA clone is genetically modified in 36 different ways for uncovering profiles of virus recovery. Front Microbiol 2022; 13:957849. [PMID: 36060787 PMCID: PMC9428520 DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2022.957849] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/31/2022] [Accepted: 07/19/2022] [Indexed: 11/26/2022] Open
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Senecavirus A (SVA) is an emerging picornavirus. Its genome is one positive-sense, single-stranded RNA. The viral protein (VPg) is covalently linked to the extreme 5′ end of the SVA genome. A complex hairpin-pseudoknot-hairpin (HPH) RNA structure was computationally predicted to form at the 5′ end of the SVA genome. A total of three extra “U” residues (UUU) served as a linker between the HPH structure and the VPg, causing putative UUU–HPH formation at the extreme 5′ end of the SVA genome. It is unclear how the UUU–HPH structure functions. One SVA cDNA clone (N0) was constructed previously in our laboratory. Here, the N0 was genetically tailored for reconstructing a set of 36 modified cDNA clones (N1 to N36) in an attempt to rescue replication-competent SVAs using reverse genetics. The results showed that a total of nine viruses were successfully recovered. Out of them, five were independently rescued from the N1 to N5, reconstructed by deleting the first five nucleotides (TTTGA) one by one from the extreme 5′ end of N0. Interestingly, these five viral progenies reverted to the wild-type or/and wild-type-like genotype, suggesting that SVA with an ability to repair nucleotide defects in its extreme 5′ end. The other four were independently rescued from the N26 to N29, containing different loop-modifying motifs in the first hairpin of the HPH structure. These four loop-modifying motifs were genetically stable after serial passages, implying the wild-type loop motif was not a high-fidelity element in the first hairpin during SVA replication. The other genetically modified sequences were demonstrated to be lethal elements in the HPH structure for SVA recovery, suggesting that the putative HPH formation was a crucial cis-acting replication element for SVA propagation.
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- Hailan Meng
- College of Veterinary Medicine, Qingdao Agricultural University, Qingdao, China
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- College of Veterinary Medicine, Qingdao Agricultural University, Qingdao, China
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- Department of Animal Medicine, Shandong Vocational Animal Science and Veterinary College, Weifang, China
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- College of Veterinary Medicine, Qingdao Agricultural University, Qingdao, China
- Surveillance Laboratory of Livestock Diseases, China Animal Health and Epidemiology Center, Qingdao, China
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- Qingdao Workstation of Animal Husbandry, Qingdao, China
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- College of Veterinary Medicine, Qingdao Agricultural University, Qingdao, China
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- Surveillance Laboratory of Livestock Diseases, China Animal Health and Epidemiology Center, Qingdao, China
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- Surveillance Laboratory of Livestock Diseases, China Animal Health and Epidemiology Center, Qingdao, China
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- Surveillance Laboratory of Livestock Diseases, China Animal Health and Epidemiology Center, Qingdao, China
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- Surveillance Laboratory of Livestock Diseases, China Animal Health and Epidemiology Center, Qingdao, China
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- Surveillance Laboratory of Livestock Diseases, China Animal Health and Epidemiology Center, Qingdao, China
- *Correspondence: Bo Ni
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- College of Veterinary Medicine, Qingdao Agricultural University, Qingdao, China
- Hu Shan
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- College of Veterinary Medicine, Qingdao Agricultural University, Qingdao, China
- Fuxiao Liu
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Eruera AR, McSweeney AM, McKenzie-Goldsmith GM, Ward VK. Protein Nucleotidylylation in +ssRNA Viruses. Viruses 2021; 13:1549. [PMID: 34452414 PMCID: PMC8402628 DOI: 10.3390/v13081549] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/01/2021] [Revised: 07/30/2021] [Accepted: 08/02/2021] [Indexed: 12/22/2022] Open
Abstract
Nucleotidylylation is a post-transcriptional modification important for replication in the picornavirus supergroup of RNA viruses, including members of the Caliciviridae, Coronaviridae, Picornaviridae and Potyviridae virus families. This modification occurs when the RNA-dependent RNA polymerase (RdRp) attaches one or more nucleotides to a target protein through a nucleotidyl-transferase reaction. The most characterized nucleotidylylation target is VPg (viral protein genome-linked), a protein linked to the 5' end of the genome in Caliciviridae, Picornaviridae and Potyviridae. The nucleotidylylation of VPg by RdRp is a critical step for the VPg protein to act as a primer for genome replication and, in Caliciviridae and Potyviridae, for the initiation of translation. In contrast, Coronaviridae do not express a VPg protein, but the nucleotidylylation of proteins involved in replication initiation is critical for genome replication. Furthermore, the RdRp proteins of the viruses that perform nucleotidylylation are themselves nucleotidylylated, and in the case of coronavirus, this has been shown to be essential for viral replication. This review focuses on nucleotidylylation within the picornavirus supergroup of viruses, including the proteins that are modified, what is known about the nucleotidylylation process and the roles that these modifications have in the viral life cycle.
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- Department of Microbiology & Immunology, School of Biomedical Sciences, University of Otago, PO Box 56, Dunedin 9054, New Zealand; (A.-R.E.); (A.M.M.); (G.M.M.-G.)
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Sun Y, Zheng Q, Wang Y, Pang Z, Liu J, Yin Z, Lou Z. Activity-Based Protein Profiling Identifies ATG4B as a Key Host Factor for Enterovirus 71 Proliferation. J Virol 2019; 93:e01092-19. [PMID: 31554687 PMCID: PMC6880168 DOI: 10.1128/jvi.01092-19] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/02/2019] [Accepted: 09/18/2019] [Indexed: 01/11/2023] Open
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Virus-encoded proteases play diverse roles in the efficient replication of enterovirus 71 (EV71), which is the causative agent of human hand, foot, and mouth disease (HFMD). However, it is unclear how host proteases affect viral proliferation. Here, we designed activity-based probes (ABPs) based on an inhibitor of the main EV71 protease (3Cpro), which is responsible for the hydrolysis of the EV71 polyprotein, and successfully identified host candidates that bind to the ABPs. Among the candidates, the host cysteine protease autophagy-related protein 4 homolog B (ATG4B), a key component of the autophagy machinery, was demonstrated to hydrolytically process the substrate of EV71 3Cpro and had activity comparable to that of the viral protease. Genetic disruption of ATG4B confirmed that the enzyme is indispensable for viral proliferation in vivo Our results not only further the understanding of host-virus interactions in EV71 biology but also provide a sample for the usage of activity-based proteomics to reveal host-pathogen interactions.IMPORTANCE Enterovirus 71 (EV71), one of the major pathogens of human HFMD, has caused outbreaks worldwide. How EV71 efficiently assesses its life cycle with elaborate interactions with multiple host factors remains to be elucidated. In this work, we deconvoluted that the host ATG4B protein processes the viral polyprotein with its cysteine protease activity and helps EV71 replicate through a chemical biology strategy. Our results not only further the understanding of the EV71 life cycle but also provide a sample for the usage of activity-based proteomics to reveal host-pathogen interactions.
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- Yang Sun
- Center of Basic Molecular Science, Department of Chemistry, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China
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- Center of Basic Molecular Science, Department of Chemistry, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China
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- Center of Basic Molecular Science, Department of Chemistry, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China
- School of Life Science, Tianjin University, Tianjin, China
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- Center of Basic Molecular Science, Department of Chemistry, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China
- Department of Molecular Medicine, The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, California, USA
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- Center of Basic Molecular Science, Department of Chemistry, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China
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- Center of Basic Molecular Science, Department of Chemistry, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China
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- Collaborative Innovation Center of Biotherapy, School of Medicine, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China
- MOE Key Laboratory of Protein Science, School of Medicine, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China
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Wang X, Li B, Guo Y, Shen S, Zhao L, Zhang P, Sun Y, Sui SF, Deng F, Lou Z. Molecular basis for the formation of ribonucleoprotein complex of Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever virus. J Struct Biol 2016; 196:455-465. [PMID: 27666016 DOI: 10.1016/j.jsb.2016.09.013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/27/2016] [Revised: 09/20/2016] [Accepted: 09/20/2016] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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Negative-sense single-strand RNA (-ssRNA) viruses comprise a large family of pathogens that cause severe human infectious diseases. All -ssRNA viruses encode a nucleocapsid protein (NP) to encapsidate the viral genome, which, together with polymerase, forms a ribonucleoprotein complex (RNP) that is packaged into virions and acts as the template for viral replication and transcription. In our previous work, we solved the monomeric structure of NP encoded by Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever virus (CCHFV), which belongs to the Nairovirus genus within the Bunyaviridae family, and revealed its unusual endonuclease activity. However, the mechanism of CCHFV RNP formation remains unclear, due to the difficulty in reconstructing the oligomeric CCHFV NP-RNA complex. Here, we identified and isolated the oligomeric CCHFV NP-RNA complex that formed in expression cells. Sequencing of RNA extracted from the complex revealed sequence specificity and suggested a potential encapsidation signal facilitating the association between NP and viral genome. A cryo-EM reconstruction revealed the ring-shaped architecture of the CCHFV NP-RNA oligomer, thus defining the interaction between the head and stalk domains that results in NP multimerization. This structure also suggested a modified gating mechanism for viral genome encapsidation, in which both the head and stalk domains participate in RNA binding. This work provides insight into the distinct mechanism underlying CCHFV RNP formation compared to other -ssRNA viruses.
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- Xiaojing Wang
- State Key Laboratory of Biomembrane, Beijing Advanced Innovation Center for Structural Biology, School of Life Sciences, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China
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- School of Medicine and MOE Laboratory of Protein Science, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China; School of Pharmacy, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI 53705, USA
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- College of Pharmacy and State Key Laboratory of Medicinal Chemical Biology, Nankai University, Tianjin 300071, China; National Laboratory of Macromolecules, Institute of Biophysics, Chinese Academy of Science, Beijing 100101, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Virology, Wuhan Institute of Virology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan 430071, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Biomembrane, Beijing Advanced Innovation Center for Structural Biology, School of Life Sciences, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China
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- School of Medicine and MOE Laboratory of Protein Science, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China
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- National Laboratory of Macromolecules, Institute of Biophysics, Chinese Academy of Science, Beijing 100101, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Biomembrane, Beijing Advanced Innovation Center for Structural Biology, School of Life Sciences, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China.
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- State Key Laboratory of Virology, Wuhan Institute of Virology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan 430071, China.
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- School of Medicine and MOE Laboratory of Protein Science, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China; College of Pharmacy and State Key Laboratory of Medicinal Chemical Biology, Nankai University, Tianjin 300071, China; State Key Laboratory of Biotherapy and Collaborative Innovation Center of Biotherapy, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610041, China.
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Yang Q, Jie Q, Shaw N, Li L, Rao Z, Yin Z, Lou Z. Studies on Inhibition of Proliferation of Enterovirus-71 by Compound YZ-LY-0. Int J Biol Sci 2015; 11:1337-47. [PMID: 26640412 PMCID: PMC4643065 DOI: 10.7150/ijbs.12996] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/19/2015] [Accepted: 09/16/2015] [Indexed: 02/05/2023] Open
Abstract
In recent years, hand-foot-and-mouth disease (HFMD), which is caused by Enteroviruses, has emerged as a serious illness. It affects mainly children under the age of five and results in high fatality rates. Enterovirus 71 (EV71) is the main causative agent of HFMD in China and currently there are no effective anti-viral drugs available to treat HFMD. In the present study, we screened compounds for inhibition of proliferation of EV71. Compound YZ-LY-0 stalled the life cycle of EV71. The inhibitor exhibited EC50 value of 0.29 μm against SK-EV006 strain of EV71. Notably, YZ-LY-0 had low cytotoxicity (CC50 > 100 μM) and a high selectivity index (over 300) in Vero and RD cells. YZ-LY-0 in combination with an EV71 RdRp inhibitor or an entry inhibitor showed an antagonistic effect at very low concentrations. However, at higher concentrations the inhibitors exhibited a synergistic effect in inhibiting viral replication. Preliminary results on investigation of the mechanism of inhibition indicate that YZ-LY-0 does not block the entry of the virus in the host cell, but instead inhibits an early stage of EV71 replication. Our studies provide a potential clinical therapeutic option against EV71 infections and suggest that a combined application of YZ-LY-0 with other inhibitors could be more effective in the treatment of HFMD.
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- Qingzhan Yang
- 1. School of Medicine, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China
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- 2. Tsinghua-Peking Center for Life Sciences, School of Life Sciences, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China
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- 1. School of Medicine, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China ; 3. National Laboratory of Macromolecules, Institute of Biophysics, Chinese Academy of Science, Beijing 100101, China
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- 5. State Key Laboratory of Biotherapy and Cancer Center, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, and Collaborative Innovation Center for Biotherapy, Chengdu, 610041, China
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- 1. School of Medicine, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China ; 3. National Laboratory of Macromolecules, Institute of Biophysics, Chinese Academy of Science, Beijing 100101, China ; 5. State Key Laboratory of Biotherapy and Cancer Center, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, and Collaborative Innovation Center for Biotherapy, Chengdu, 610041, China
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- 4. College of Pharmacy & State Key Laboratory of Elemento-Organic Chemistry, Nankai University, Tianjin 300071, China; Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemical Science and Engineering (Tianjin), Tianjin 300071, China
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- 1. School of Medicine, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China ; 5. State Key Laboratory of Biotherapy and Cancer Center, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, and Collaborative Innovation Center for Biotherapy, Chengdu, 610041, China
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RNA-Dependent RNA Polymerases of Picornaviruses: From the Structure to Regulatory Mechanisms. Viruses 2015; 7:4438-60. [PMID: 26258787 PMCID: PMC4576190 DOI: 10.3390/v7082829] [Citation(s) in RCA: 47] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/11/2015] [Revised: 07/24/2015] [Accepted: 07/29/2015] [Indexed: 12/25/2022] Open
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RNA viruses typically encode their own RNA-dependent RNA polymerase (RdRP) to ensure genome replication within the infected cells. RdRP function is critical not only for the virus life cycle but also for its adaptive potential. The combination of low fidelity of replication and the absence of proofreading and excision activities within the RdRPs result in high mutation frequencies that allow these viruses a rapid adaptation to changing environments. In this review, we summarize the current knowledge about structural and functional aspects on RdRP catalytic complexes, focused mainly in the Picornaviridae family. The structural data currently available from these viruses provided high-resolution snapshots for a range of conformational states associated to RNA template-primer binding, rNTP recognition, catalysis and chain translocation. As these enzymes are major targets for the development of antiviral compounds, such structural information is essential for the design of new therapies.
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Shang L, Zhang S, Yang X, Sun J, Li L, Cui Z, He Q, Guo Y, Sun Y, Yin Z. Biochemical characterization of recombinant Enterovirus 71 3C protease with fluorogenic model peptide substrates and development of a biochemical assay. Antimicrob Agents Chemother 2015; 59:1827-36. [PMID: 25421478 PMCID: PMC4356770 DOI: 10.1128/aac.04698-14] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/03/2014] [Accepted: 11/17/2014] [Indexed: 02/08/2023] Open
Abstract
Enterovirus 71 (EV71), a primary pathogen of hand, foot, and mouth disease (HFMD), affects primarily infants and children. Currently, there are no effective drugs against HFMD. EV71 3C protease performs multiple tasks in the viral replication, which makes it an ideal antiviral target. We synthesized a small set of fluorogenic model peptides derived from cleavage sites of EV71 polyprotein and examined their efficiencies of cleavage by EV71 3C protease. The novel peptide P08 [(2-(N-methylamino)benzoyl) (NMA)-IEALFQGPPK(DNP)FR] was determined to be the most efficiently cleaved by EV71 3C protease, with a kinetic constant kcat/Km of 11.8 ± 0.82 mM(-1) min(-1). Compared with literature reports, P08 gave significant improvement in the signal/background ratio, which makes it an attractive substrate for assay development. A Molecular dynamics simulation study elaborated the interactions between substrate P08 and EV71 3C protease. Arg39, which is located at the bottom of the S2 pocket of EV71 3C protease, may participate in the proteolysis process of substrates. With an aim to evaluate EV71 3C protease inhibitors, a reliable and robust biochemical assay with a Z' factor of 0.87 ± 0.05 was developed. A novel compound (compound 3) (50% inhibitory concentration [IC50] = 1.89 ± 0.25 μM) was discovered using this assay, which effectively suppressed the proliferation of EV 71 (strain Fuyang) in rhabdomyosarcoma (RD) cells with a highly selective index (50% effective concentration [EC50] = 4.54 ± 0.51 μM; 50% cytotoxic concentration [CC50] > 100 μM). This fast and efficient assay for lead discovery and optimization provides an ideal platform for anti-EV71 drug development targeting 3C protease.
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- Luqing Shang
- College of Pharmacy & State Key Laboratory of Elemento-Organic Chemistry, Nankai University, Tianjin, People's Republic of China Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemical Science and Engineering (Tianjin), Tianjin, People's Republic of China
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- College of Pharmacy & State Key Laboratory of Elemento-Organic Chemistry, Nankai University, Tianjin, People's Republic of China Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemical Science and Engineering (Tianjin), Tianjin, People's Republic of China
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- College of Pharmacy & State Key Laboratory of Elemento-Organic Chemistry, Nankai University, Tianjin, People's Republic of China Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemical Science and Engineering (Tianjin), Tianjin, People's Republic of China
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- College of Pharmacy & State Key Laboratory of Elemento-Organic Chemistry, Nankai University, Tianjin, People's Republic of China
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- College of Pharmacy & State Key Laboratory of Elemento-Organic Chemistry, Nankai University, Tianjin, People's Republic of China Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemical Science and Engineering (Tianjin), Tianjin, People's Republic of China
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- College of Pharmacy & State Key Laboratory of Elemento-Organic Chemistry, Nankai University, Tianjin, People's Republic of China Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemical Science and Engineering (Tianjin), Tianjin, People's Republic of China
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- High-Throughput Molecular Drug Discovery Center, Tianjin International Joint Academy of Biotechnology & Medicine, Tianjin, People's Republic of China
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- College of Pharmacy & State Key Laboratory of Elemento-Organic Chemistry, Nankai University, Tianjin, People's Republic of China
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- National Laboratory of Macromolecules, Institute of Biophysics, Chinese Academy of Science, Beijing, People's Republic of China
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- College of Pharmacy & State Key Laboratory of Elemento-Organic Chemistry, Nankai University, Tianjin, People's Republic of China Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemical Science and Engineering (Tianjin), Tianjin, People's Republic of China
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Peptidyl aldehyde NK-1.8k suppresses enterovirus 71 and enterovirus 68 infection by targeting protease 3C. Antimicrob Agents Chemother 2015; 59:2636-46. [PMID: 25691647 DOI: 10.1128/aac.00049-15] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/09/2015] [Accepted: 02/13/2015] [Indexed: 02/05/2023] Open
Abstract
Enterovirus (EV) is one of the major causative agents of hand, foot, and mouth disease in the Pacific-Asia region. In particular, EV71 causes severe central nervous system infections, and the fatality rates from EV71 infection are high. Moreover, an outbreak of respiratory illnesses caused by an emerging EV, EV68, recently occurred among over 1,000 young children in the United States and was also associated with neurological infections. Although enterovirus has emerged as a considerable global public health threat, no antiviral drug for clinical use is available. In the present work, we screened our compound library for agents targeting viral protease and identified a peptidyl aldehyde, NK-1.8k, that inhibits the proliferation of different EV71 strains and one EV68 strain and that had a 50% effective concentration of 90 nM. Low cytotoxicity (50% cytotoxic concentration, >200 μM) indicated a high selective index of over 2,000. We further characterized a single amino acid substitution inside protease 3C (3C(pro)), N69S, which conferred EV71 resistance to NK-1.8k, possibly by increasing the flexibility of the substrate binding pocket of 3C(pro). The combination of NK-1.8k and an EV71 RNA-dependent RNA polymerase inhibitor or entry inhibitor exhibited a strong synergistic anti-EV71 effect. Our findings suggest that NK-1.8k could potentially be developed for anti-EV therapy.
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Paul AV, Wimmer E. Initiation of protein-primed picornavirus RNA synthesis. Virus Res 2015; 206:12-26. [PMID: 25592245 DOI: 10.1016/j.virusres.2014.12.028] [Citation(s) in RCA: 67] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/03/2014] [Revised: 12/16/2014] [Accepted: 12/24/2014] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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Plus strand RNA viruses use different mechanisms to initiate the synthesis of their RNA chains. The Picornaviridae family constitutes a large group of plus strand RNA viruses that possess a small terminal protein (VPg) covalently linked to the 5'-end of their genomes. The RNA polymerases of these viruses use VPg as primer for both minus and plus strand RNA synthesis. In the first step of the initiation reaction the RNA polymerase links a UMP to the hydroxyl group of a tyrosine in VPg using as template a cis-replicating element (cre) positioned in different regions of the viral genome. In this review we will summarize what is known about the initiation reaction of protein-primed RNA synthesis by the RNA polymerases of the Picornaviridae. As an example we will use the RNA polymerase of poliovirus, the prototype of Picornaviridae. We will also discuss models of how these nucleotidylylated protein primers might be used, together with viral and cellular replication proteins and other cis-replicating RNA elements, during minus and plus strand RNA synthesis.
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- Aniko V Paul
- Department of Molecular Genetics and Microbiology, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY 11790, United States.
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- Department of Molecular Genetics and Microbiology, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY 11790, United States
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Kempf BJ, Barton DJ. Picornavirus RNA polyadenylation by 3D(pol), the viral RNA-dependent RNA polymerase. Virus Res 2015; 206:3-11. [PMID: 25559071 PMCID: PMC4801031 DOI: 10.1016/j.virusres.2014.12.030] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/23/2014] [Revised: 12/15/2014] [Accepted: 12/24/2014] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
Abstract
Picornaviral RdRPs are responsible for the polyadenylation of viral RNA. Reiterative transcription mechanisms occur during replication of poly(A) tails. Conserved RdRP structures influence the size of poly(A) tails. Common features of picornavirus RdRPs and telomerase reverse transcriptase. Poly(A) tails are a telomere of picornavirus RNA genomes.
Poly(A) tails are functionally important features of all picornavirus RNA genomes. Some viruses have genomes with relatively short poly(A) tails (encephalomyocarditis virus) whereas others have genomes with longer poly(A) tails (polioviruses and rhinoviruses). Here we review the polyadenylation of picornavirus RNA as it relates to the structure and function of 3Dpol. Poliovirus 3Dpol uses template-dependent reiterative transcription mechanisms as it replicates the poly(A) tails of viral RNA (Steil et al., 2010). These mechanisms are analogous to those involved in the polyadenylation of vesicular stomatitis virus and influenza virus mRNAs. 3Dpol residues intimately associated with viral RNA templates and products regulate the size of poly(A) tails in viral RNA (Kempf et al., 2013). Consistent with their ancient evolutionary origins, picornavirus 3Dpol and telomerase reverse transcriptase (TERT) share structural and functional features. Structurally, both 3Dpol and TERT assume a “right-hand” conformation with thumb, palm and fingers domains encircling templates and products. Functionally, both 3Dpol and TERT use template-dependent reiterative transcription mechanisms to synthesize repetitive sequences: poly(A) tails in the case of picornavirus RNA genomes and DNA telomeres in the case of eukaryotic chromosomes. Thus, picornaviruses and their eukaryotic hosts (humans and animals) maintain the 3′ ends of their respective genomes via evolutionarily related mechanisms.
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- Brian J Kempf
- Department of Immunology and Microbiology, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Aurora, CO 80045, United States
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- Department of Immunology and Microbiology, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Aurora, CO 80045, United States.
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Shang L, Wang Y, Qing J, Shu B, Cao L, Lou Z, Gong P, Sun Y, Yin Z. An adenosine nucleoside analogue NITD008 inhibits EV71 proliferation. Antiviral Res 2014; 112:47-58. [PMID: 25446894 DOI: 10.1016/j.antiviral.2014.10.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/29/2014] [Revised: 10/12/2014] [Accepted: 10/14/2014] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
Abstract
Enterovirus 71 (EV71), one of the major causative agents of Hand-Foot-Mouth Disease (HFMD), causes severe pandemics and hundreds of deaths in the Asia-Pacific region annually and is an enormous public health threat. However, effective therapeutic antiviral drugs against EV71 are rare. Nucleoside analogues have been successfully used in the clinic for the treatment of various viral infections. We evaluated a total of 27 nucleoside analogues and discovered that an adenosine nucleoside analogue NITD008, which has been reported to be an antiviral reagent that specifically inhibits flaviviruses, effectively suppressed the propagation of different strains of EV71 in RD, 293T and Vero cells with a relatively high selectivity index. Triphosphorylated NITD008 (ppp-NITD008) functions as a chain terminator to directly inhibit the RNA-dependent RNA polymerase activity of EV71, and it does not affect the EV71 VPg uridylylation process. A significant synergistic anti-EV71 effect of NITD008 with rupintrivir (AG7088) (a protease inhibitor) was documented, supporting the potential combination therapy of NITD008 with other inhibitors for the treatment of EV71 infections.
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- Luqing Shang
- College of Pharmacy & State Key Laboratory of Elemento-Organic Chemistry, Nankai University, Tianjin 300071, China
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- National Laboratory of Macromolecules, Institute of Biophysics, Chinese Academy of Science, Beijing 100101, China
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- Tsinghua-Peking Center for Life Sciences, Key Laboratory of Bioorganic Phosphorus Chemistry & Chemical Biology (Ministry of Education), Department of Chemistry, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Virology, Wuhan Institute of Virology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan 430071, China
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- College of Pharmacy & State Key Laboratory of Elemento-Organic Chemistry, Nankai University, Tianjin 300071, China; School of Medicine, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China
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- School of Medicine, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China; Collaborative Innovation Center for Biotherapy, State Key Laboratory of Biotherapy and Cancer Center, West China Hospital, West China Medical School, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Virology, Wuhan Institute of Virology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan 430071, China
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- National Laboratory of Macromolecules, Institute of Biophysics, Chinese Academy of Science, Beijing 100101, China.
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- College of Pharmacy & State Key Laboratory of Elemento-Organic Chemistry, Nankai University, Tianjin 300071, China.
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