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ArticleMicrobial biotechnology2021

Profiling the physiological pitfalls of anti-hepatitis C direct-acting agents in budding yeast.

Galal Yahya, Nashwa Hashem Mohamed, Jordi Pijuan, Noura M Seleem, Rasha Mosbah, Steffen Hess, Ahmed A Abdelmoaty, Rafa Almeer, Mohamed M Abdel-Daim, Hamoud Shulaywih Alshaman and 3 more

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Article in Microbial biotechnology, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

13 authors at 7 institutions in 5 countries.

Galal YahyaDepartment of Microbiology and Immunology, Faculty of Pharmacy, Zagazig University, Al Sharqia, 44519, Egypt.ORCID 0000-0002-9466-7863
Nashwa Hashem MohamedHospitals of Zagazig University, Al Sharqia, Egypt.
Jordi PijuanLaboratory of Neurogenetics and Molecular Medicine - IPER, Institut de Recerca Sant Joan de Déu, Barcelona, 08950, Spain.ORCID 0000-0003-0350-6376
Noura M SeleemDepartment of Microbiology and Immunology, Faculty of Pharmacy, Zagazig University, Al Sharqia, 44519, Egypt.
Rasha MosbahInfection Control Unit, Hospitals of Zagazig University, Al Sharqia, Egypt.
Steffen HessDepartment of Cell Biology, Faculty of Biology, Technical University of Kaiserslautern, Kaiserslautern, Germany.
Ahmed A AbdelmoatyDepartment of Tropical Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Zagazig University, Zagazig, 44519, Egypt.
Rafa AlmeerDepartment of Zoology, College of Science, King Saud University, P.O. Box 2455, Riyadh, 11451, Saudi Arabia.
Mohamed M Abdel-DaimDepartment of Zoology, College of Science, King Saud University, P.O. Box 2455, Riyadh, 11451, Saudi Arabia.
Hamoud Shulaywih AlshamanDepartment of Urology, King Salman armed forces hospital, Tabuk, Saudi Arabia.
Ibrahim JuraibyGeneral Directorate of Health Affairs, Ministry of Health, Jazan, 82723, Saudi Arabia.
Kamel MetwallyDepartment of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, Faculty of Pharmacy, Tabuk University, Tabuk, 47713, Saudi Arabia.
Zuzana StorchovaDepartment of Molecular Genetics, Faculty of Biology, Technical University of Kaiserslautern, Paul-Ehrlich Str. 24, Kaiserslautern, 67663, Germany.
Zagazig University · EGUniversity of Kaiserslautern · DEArmed Forces Hospital · SAHealth Affairs · USHospital Sant Joan de Déu Barcelona · ESKing Saud University · SASuez Canal University · EG

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Sofosbuvir and Daclatasvir are among the direct-acting antiviral (DAA) medications prescribed for the treatment of chronic hepatitis C (CHC) virus infection as combination therapy with other antiviral medications. DAA-based therapy achieves high cure rates, reaching up to 97% depending on the genotype of the causative hepatitis C virus (HCV). While DAAs have been approved as an efficient and well-tolerated therapy for CHC, emerging concerns about adverse cardiac side effects, higher risk of recurrence and occurrence of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) and doubts of genotoxicity have been reported. In our study, we investigated in detail physiological off-targets of DAAs and dissected the effects of these drugs on cellular organelles using budding yeast, a unicellular eukaryotic organism. DAAs were found to disturb the architecture of the endoplasmic reticulum (ER) and the mitochondria, while showing no apparent genotoxicity or DNA damaging effect. Our study provides evidence that DAAs are not associated with genotoxicity and highlights the necessity for adjunctive antioxidant therapy to mitigate the adverse effects of DAAs on ER and mitochondria.

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Carcinoma, HepatocellularHepatitis CHepatitis C, ChronicLiver NeoplasmsSaccharomycetalesAntiviral AgentsDrug Therapy, CombinationHepacivirusHumansAntiviral Agents

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PMID34378349
PMCPMC8449668
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