Evidence map›Paper›PMID 17488817›Full record

ArticleProceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America2007

Unique antiviral mechanism discovered in anti-hepatitis B virus research with a natural product analogue.

Chunxiao Ying, Ying Li, Chung-Hang Leung, Michael D Robek, Yung-Chi Cheng

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Article in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 2007. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 23 papers.

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23citing papers in PubMed
3.3field-weighted citation impact, top 8% of its field
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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

23 citing papers in PubMed, 76 citations in OpenAlex.

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  18. HBV life cycle and novel drug targets.Hepatology international · 2011
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Chunxiao YingDepartment of Pharmacology, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT 06520-8066, USA.
Ying Li
Chung-Hang Leung
Michael D Robek
Yung-Chi Cheng
Harvard University · USYale University · US

Funding

Mechanism and in vivo anti-HBV study of a novel class of non-nucleoside compoundsR01AI073299 · NIAID · YALE UNIVERSITY · PI CHENG, YUNG-CHI · 2007 to 2010
$1.5M
NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI073299NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI73299
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Helioxanthin is a natural product that inhibits the replication of a number of viruses. We found that a previously undescribed helioxanthin analogue, 8-1, exhibited potent anti-hepatitis B virus (HBV) activity with little cytotoxicity. 8-1 suppressed both HBV RNA and protein expression, as well as DNA replication of both wild-type and 3TC-resistant virus. Time-course analyses revealed that RNA expression was blocked first after treatment with 8-1, followed by viral proteins, and then DNA. 8-1 inhibited the activity of all HBV promoters by decreasing the binding of hepatocyte nuclear factor 4 (HNF-4), HNF-3, and fetoprotein factor to the precore/core promoter enhancer II region. The amount of HNF-4 and HNF-3 was decreased posttranscriptionally by 8-1 in HBV-producing cells, but not in HBV-negative cells. Therefore, 8-1 suppresses HBV replication by posttranscriptional down-regulation of critical transcription factors in HBV-producing cells, thus diminishing HBV promoter activity and blocking viral gene expression and replication. This mechanism is unique and different from other anti-HBV compounds previously described.

Indexed as

Antiviral AgentsBenzodioxolesCell DeathCell LineDNA, ViralDown-RegulationHepatitis B virusHepatocyte Nuclear FactorsHumansLamivudineLignansModels, BiologicalPhthalazinesPromoter Regions, GeneticProtein BindingRNA Stability8-1 compoundAntiviral AgentsBenzodioxolesDNA, ViralhelioxanthinHepatocyte Nuclear FactorsLamivudineLignansPhthalazinesRNA, ViralViral ProteinsXanthines

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PMID17488817
PMCPMC1895983
OpenAlexW2150456870

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