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ArticleJournal of virology2021

Mechanism through Which Retrocyclin Targets Flavivirus Multiplication.

Xiaoying Jia, Jiao Guo, Weirong Yuan, Lingling Sun, Yang Liu, Minmin Zhou, Gengfu Xiao, Wuyuan Lu, Alfredo Garzino-Demo, Wei Wang

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Article in Journal of virology, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

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6citing papers in PubMed
1.8field-weighted citation impact, top 16% of its field
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6 citing papers in PubMed, 11 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

10 authors at 2 institutions in 3 countries.

Xiaoying JiaState Key Laboratory of Virology, Wuhan Institute of Virology, Center for Biosafety Mega-Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan, China.
Jiao GuoState Key Laboratory of Virology, Wuhan Institute of Virology, Center for Biosafety Mega-Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan, China.
Weirong YuanDepartment of Microbiology and Immunology, the Institute of Human Virology, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, USA.
Lingling SunDepartment of Microbiology and Immunology, the Institute of Human Virology, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, USA.
Yang LiuState Key Laboratory of Virology, Wuhan Institute of Virology, Center for Biosafety Mega-Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan, China.
Minmin ZhouState Key Laboratory of Virology, Wuhan Institute of Virology, Center for Biosafety Mega-Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan, China.
Gengfu XiaoState Key Laboratory of Virology, Wuhan Institute of Virology, Center for Biosafety Mega-Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan, China.
Wuyuan LuDepartment of Microbiology and Immunology, the Institute of Human Virology, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, USA.
Alfredo Garzino-DemoDepartment of Microbiology and Immunology, the Institute of Human Virology, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, USA.
Wei WangState Key Laboratory of Virology, Wuhan Institute of Virology, Center for Biosafety Mega-Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan, China.
Chinese Academy of Sciences · CNUniversity of Maryland, Baltimore · US

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Currently, there are no approved drugs for the treatment of flavivirus infection. Accordingly, we tested the inhibitory effects of the novel θ-defensin retrocyclin-101 (RC-101) against flavivirus infection and investigated the mechanism underlying the potential inhibitory effects. First, RC-101 robustly inhibited both Japanese encephalitis virus (JEV) and Zika virus (ZIKV) infections. RC-101 exerted inhibitory effects on the entry and replication stages. Results also indicated that the nonstructural protein NS2B-NS3 serine protease might serve as a potential viral target. Furthermore, RC-101 inhibited protease activity at the micromolar level. We also demonstrated that with respect to the glycoprotein E protein of flavivirus, the DE loop of domain III (DIII), which is the receptor-binding domain of the E protein, might serve as another viral target of RC-101. Moreover, a JEV DE mutant exhibited resistance to RC-101, which was associated with deceased binding affinity of RC-101 to DIII. These findings provide a basis for the development of RC-101 as a potential candidate for the treatment of flavivirus infection.

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AnimalsAntiviral AgentsChlorocebus aethiopsCricetinaeDefensinsEncephalitis, JapaneseEncephalitis Virus, JapaneseHumansPeptidesProtein DomainsVero CellsViral Envelope ProteinsViral Nonstructural ProteinsVirus InternalizationVirus ReplicationZika VirusAntiviral AgentsDefensinsglycoprotein E, FlavivirusNS2B protein, flavivirusPeptidesRC 101theta-defensinViral Envelope ProteinsViral Nonstructural Proteinsantiviral effectDE loopflavivirusNS2B-NS3 proteaseretrocyclin-101

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PMID33980602
PMCPMC8274595
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