Du Taofeng, Shi Yunpeng, Xiao Shuqi, Li Na, Zhao Qin, Zhang Angke, Nan Yuchen, Mu Yang, Sun Yani, Wu Chunyan, Zhang Hongtao, Zhou En-Min
Department of Preventive Veterinary Medicine, College of Veterinary Medicine, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, Shaanxi, 712100, China.
Experimental Station of Veterinary Pharmacology and Veterinary Biotechnology, Ministry of Agriculture, Yangling, Shaanxi, 712100, China.
BMC Vet Res. 2017 Oct 10;13(1):298. doi: 10.1186/s12917-017-1218-x.
Porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome virus (PRRSV) could lead to pandemic diseases and huge financial losses to the swine industry worldwide. Curcumin, a natural compound, has been reported to serve as an entry inhibitor of hepatitis C virus, chikungunya virus and vesicular stomatitis virus. In this study, we investigated the potential effect of curcumin on early stages of PRRSV infection.
Curcumin inhibited infection of Marc-145 cells and porcine alveolar macrophages (PAMs) by four different genotype 2 PRRSV strains, but had no effect on the levels of major PRRSV receptor proteins on Marc-145 cells and PAMs or on PRRSV binding to Marc-145 cells. However, curcumin did block two steps of the PRRSV infection process: virus internalization and virus-mediated cell fusion.
Our results suggested that an inhibition of genotype 2 PRRSV infection by curcumin is virus strain-independent, and mainly inhibited by virus internalization and cell fusion mediated by virus. Collectively, these results demonstrate that curcumin holds promise as a new anti-PRRSV drug.
猪繁殖与呼吸综合征病毒(PRRSV)可引发全球性疾病,给全球养猪业造成巨大经济损失。姜黄素是一种天然化合物,据报道可作为丙型肝炎病毒、基孔肯雅病毒和水疱性口炎病毒的进入抑制剂。在本研究中,我们调查了姜黄素对PRRSV感染早期阶段的潜在影响。
姜黄素可抑制4种不同的2型PRRSV毒株对Marc-145细胞和猪肺泡巨噬细胞(PAM)的感染,但对Marc-145细胞和PAM上主要PRRSV受体蛋白的水平或PRRSV与Marc-145细胞的结合没有影响。然而,姜黄素确实阻断了PRRSV感染过程的两个步骤:病毒内化和病毒介导的细胞融合。
我们的结果表明,姜黄素对2型PRRSV感染的抑制作用与病毒毒株无关,主要通过病毒内化和病毒介导的细胞融合受到抑制。总体而言,这些结果表明姜黄素有望成为一种新型抗PRRSV药物。