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ANTIVIRAL RESEARCH
Volume 85, Issue 3, Pages 490-495Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.antiviral.2009.12.002
Keywords
Moronic acid; Epstein-Barr virus; Lyric cycle
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- National Health Research Institute of the Republic of China, Taiwan [NHRI-EX98-9503BC]
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Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) expresses two transcription factors, Rta and Zta, during the immediate-early stage of the lyric cycle to activate the transcription of viral lytic genes. Our immunoblotting and flow cytometry analyses find that moronic acid, found in galls of Rhus chinensis and Brazilian propolis, at 10 mu M inhibits the expression of Rta, Zta, and an EBV early protein, EA-D, after lytic induction with sodium butyrate. This study also finds that moronic acids inhibits the capacity of Rta to activate a promoter that contains an Rta-response element, indicating that moronic acid interferes with the function of Rta. On the other hand, moronic acid does not appear to influence with the transactivation function of Zta. Therefore, the lack of expression of Zta and EA-D after moronic acid treatment is attributable to the inhibition of the transactivation functions of Rta. Because the expression of Zta, EA-D and many EBV lytic genes depends on Rta, the treatment of P3HR1 cells with moronic acid substantially reduces the numbers of EBV particles produced by the cells after lytic induction. This study suggests that moronic acid is a new structural lead for anti-EBV drug development. (C) 2009 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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