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JOURNAL OF GENERAL VIROLOGY
卷 87, 期 -, 页码 1217-1228出版社
MICROBIOLOGY SOC
DOI: 10.1099/vir.0.81667-0
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- NIAID NIH HHS [R21 AI059247-01, R21 AI059247-02, R21 AI053620, R21 AI053619, R21 AI053620-01, R21 AI053620-02, R21 AI059247, R21 AI053619-01, R21 AI053619-02] Funding Source: Medline
- NIDCR NIH HHS [R21 DE015061-01, R21 DE015061-02] Funding Source: Medline
Several disulfide-based and azoic compounds have shown antiviral and virucidal properties against arenaviruses in virus yield-inhibition and inactivation assays, respectively. The most effective virucidal agent, the aromatic disulfide NSC20625, was able to inactivate two strains of the prototype arenavirus species Lymphocytic choriomeningitis virus (LCMV). Inactivated viral particles retained the biological functions of the virion envelope glycoproteins in virus binding and uptake, but were unable to perform viral RNA replication. Furthermore, in inactivated virions, the electrophoretic profile of the Z protein was altered when analysed under non-reducing conditions, whereas the patterns of the proteins NP and GP1 remained unaffected. Treatment of a recombinant LCMV Z protein with the virucidal agents induced unfolding and oligomerization of Z to high-molecular-mass aggregates, probably due to metal-ion ejection and the formation of intermolecular disulfide bonds through the cysteine residues of the Z RING finger. NSC20625 also exhibited antiviral properties in LCMV-infected cells without affecting other cellular RING-motif proteins, such as the promyelocytic leukaemia protein PML. Altogether, the investigations described here illustrate the potential of the Z protein as a promising target for therapy and the prospects of the Z-reactive compounds to prevent arenavirus dissemination.
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