Pelliccia Sveva, Wu Yu-Hsuan, Coluccia Antonio, La Regina Giuseppe, Tseng Chin-Kai, Famiglini Valeria, Masci Domiziana, Hiscott John, Lee Jin-Ching, Silvestri Romano
a Department of Drug Chemistry and Technologies , Sapienza University of Rome, Laboratory affiliated to Istituto Pasteur Italia - Fondazione Cenci Bolognetti , Roma , Italy.
b Institute of Basic Medical Sciences , College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University , Tainan , Taiwan.
J Enzyme Inhib Med Chem. 2017 Dec;32(1):1091-1101. doi: 10.1080/14756366.2017.1355791.
Dengue virus (DENV) is the leading mosquito-transmitted viral infection in the world. With more than 390 million new infections annually, and up to 1 million clinical cases with severe disease manifestations, there continues to be a need to develop new antiviral agents against dengue infection. In addition, there is no approved anti-DENV agents for treating DENV-infected patients. In the present study, we identified new compounds with anti-DENV replication activity by targeting viral replication enzymes - NS5, RNA-dependent RNA polymerase (RdRp) and NS3 protease, using cell-based reporter assay. Subsequently, we performed an enzyme-based assay to clarify the action of these compounds against DENV RdRp or NS3 protease activity. Moreover, these compounds exhibited anti-DENV activity in vivo in the ICR-suckling DENV-infected mouse model. Combination drug treatment exhibited a synergistic inhibition of DENV replication. These results describe novel prototypical small anti-DENV molecules for further development through compound modification and provide potential antivirals for treating DENV infection and DENV-related diseases.
登革病毒(DENV)是全球主要的蚊媒传播病毒感染源。每年有超过3.9亿例新感染病例,多达100万例出现严重疾病表现的临床病例,因此持续需要研发针对登革热感染的新型抗病毒药物。此外,目前尚无批准用于治疗登革病毒感染患者的抗登革病毒药物。在本研究中,我们通过基于细胞的报告基因检测,靶向病毒复制酶——NS5、RNA依赖性RNA聚合酶(RdRp)和NS3蛋白酶,鉴定出具有抗登革病毒复制活性的新化合物。随后,我们进行了基于酶的检测,以阐明这些化合物对登革病毒RdRp或NS3蛋白酶活性的作用。此外,这些化合物在ICR乳鼠登革病毒感染模型中表现出体内抗登革病毒活性。联合药物治疗对登革病毒复制具有协同抑制作用。这些结果描述了新型的原型抗登革病毒小分子,可通过化合物修饰进行进一步开发,并为治疗登革病毒感染和登革热相关疾病提供了潜在的抗病毒药物。