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ArticlePloS one2009

Aurintricarboxylic acid is a potent inhibitor of influenza A and B virus neuraminidases.

Anwar M Hashem, Anathea S Flaman, Aaron Farnsworth, Earl G Brown, Gary Van Domselaar, Runtao He, Xuguang Li

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Article in PloS one, 2009. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. An erratum has been issued. Cited by 25 papers.

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25citing papers in PubMed
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25 citing papers in PubMed, 58 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Anwar M HashemCentre for Biologics Research, Biologics and Genetic Therapies Directorate, HPFB, Health Canada, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada; Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. [corrected].
Anathea S Flaman
Aaron Farnsworth
Earl G Brown
Gary Van Domselaar
Runtao He
Xuguang Li
Health Canada · CAPublic Health Agency of Canada · CAUniversity of Ottawa · CA

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundInfluenza viruses cause serious infections that can be prevented or treated using vaccines or antiviral agents, respectively. While vaccines are effective, they have a number of limitations, and influenza strains resistant to currently available anti-influenza drugs are increasingly isolated. This necessitates the exploration of novel anti-influenza therapies. METHODOLOGY/PRINCIPAL

findingsWe investigated the potential of aurintricarboxylic acid (ATA), a potent inhibitor of nucleic acid processing enzymes, to protect Madin-Darby canine kidney cells from influenza infection. We found, by neutral red assay, that ATA was protective, and by RT-PCR and ELISA, respectively, confirmed that ATA reduced viral replication and release. Furthermore, while pre-treating cells with ATA failed to inhibit viral replication, pre-incubation of virus with ATA effectively reduced viral titers, suggesting that ATA may elicit its inhibitory effects by directly interacting with the virus. Electron microscopy revealed that ATA induced viral aggregation at the cell surface, prompting us to determine if ATA could inhibit neuraminidase. ATA was found to compromise the activities of virus-derived and recombinant neuraminidase. Moreover, an oseltamivir-resistant H1N1 strain with H274Y was also found to be sensitive to ATA. Finally, we observed additive protective value when infected cells were simultaneously treated with ATA and amantadine hydrochloride, an anti-influenza drug that inhibits M2-ion channels of influenza A virus. CONCLUSIONS/SIGNIFICANCE: Collectively, these data suggest that ATA is a potent anti-influenza agent by directly inhibiting the neuraminidase and could be a more effective antiviral compound when used in combination with amantadine hydrochloride.

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AmantadineAnimalsAurintricarboxylic AcidBetainfluenzavirusCell LineCulture MediaCytoprotectionDogsDrug Resistance, ViralDrug SynergismEnzyme InhibitorsInclusion Bodies, ViralInfluenza A virusNeuraminidaseOseltamivirRNA, ViralAmantadineAurintricarboxylic AcidCulture MediaEnzyme InhibitorsNeuraminidaseOseltamivirRNA, Viral

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PMID20020057
PMCPMC2792043
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