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ANTIVIRAL RESEARCH
Volume 150, Issue -, Pages 193-201Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.antiviral.2017.12.019
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Antiviral; Ebola virus; Filovirus; Marburg virus; Vesicular stomatitis virus; Zika virus
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- Basler [U19 AI109664]
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Ebola virus (EBOV) is an enveloped negative-sense, single-stranded RNA virus of the filovirus family that causes severe disease in humans. Approved therapies for EBOV disease are lacking. EBOV RNA synthesis is carried out by a virus-encoded complex with RNA-dependent RNA polymerase activity that is required for viral propagation. This complex and its activities are therefore potential antiviral targets. To identify potential lead inhibitors of EBOV RNA synthesis, a library of small molecule compounds was screened against a previously established assay of EBOV RNA synthesis, the EBOV minigenome assay (MGA), in 384 well microplate format. The screen identified 56 hits that inhibited EBOV MGA activity by more than 70% while exhibiting less than 20% cell cytotoxicity. Inhibitory chemical scaffolds included angelicin derivatives, derivatives of the antiviral compound GSK983 and benzoquinolines. Structure-activity relationship (SAR) studies of the benzoquinoline scaffold produced similar to 50 analogs and led to identification of an optimized compound, SW456, with a submicromolar IC50 in the EBOV MGA and antiviral activity against infectious EBOV in cell culture. The compound was also active against a MGA for another deadly filovirus, Marburg virus. It also exhibited antiviral activity towards a negative sense RNA virus from the rhabdovirus family, vesicular stomatitis virus, and a positive-sense RNA virus, Zika virus. Overall, these data demonstrate the potential of the EBOV MGA to identify anti-EBOV compounds and identifies the benzoquinoline series as a broad-spectrum antiviral lead.
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