USE OF NIGERICIN TO TREAT AND PREVENT VACCINIA VIRUS INFECTIONS
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    发明公开
    USE OF NIGERICIN TO TREAT AND PREVENT VACCINIA VIRUS INFECTIONS 审中-公开
    尼日利亚用于治疗和预防疫苗病毒感染中的用途

    公开(公告)号:EP2618825A1

    公开(公告)日:2013-07-31

    申请号:EP11827867.0

    申请日:2011-09-16

    IPC分类号: A61K31/35 A61P31/20

    CPC分类号: A61K31/35

    摘要: Poxviruses remain a significant public health concern due to their potential use as bioterrorist agents and the spread of animal borne poxviruses, such as monkeypox virus, to humans. Thus, the identification of small molecule inhibitors of poxvirus replication is warranted. Vaccinia virus is the prototypic member of the
    Orthopoxvirus genus, which also includes variola and monkeypox virus. In this study, we demonstrate that the carboxylic ionophore nigericin is a potent inhibitor of vaccinia virus replication in several human cell lines, in HeLa cells, we found that the 50% inhibitory concentration of nigericin against vaccinia virus was 7.9 nM, with a selectivity index of 1038. We present data demonstrating that nigericin targets vaccinia virus replication at a post-entry stage. While nigericin moderately inhibits both early vaccinia gene transcription and translation, viral DNA replication and intermediate and late gene expression are severely compromised in the presence of nigericin. Our results demonstrate that nigericin has the potential to be further developed into an effective antiviral to treat poxvirus infections.