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ArticleViruses2021

The Valproic Acid Derivative Valpromide Inhibits Pseudorabies Virus Infection in Swine Epithelial and Mouse Neuroblastoma Cell Lines.

Sabina Andreu, Inés Ripa, Beatriz Praena, José Antonio López-Guerrero, Raquel Bello-Morales

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Article in Viruses, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 11 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

11 citing papers in PubMed, 12 citations in OpenAlex.

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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 2 countries.

Sabina AndreuDepartamento de Biología Molecular, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Cantoblanco, 28049 Madrid, Spain.ORCID 0000-0003-0600-4152
Inés RipaDepartamento de Biología Molecular, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Cantoblanco, 28049 Madrid, Spain.ORCID 0000-0001-7007-5401
Beatriz PraenaMU Bond Life Sciences Center, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO 65211-7310, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-4628-7575
José Antonio López-GuerreroDepartamento de Biología Molecular, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Cantoblanco, 28049 Madrid, Spain.ORCID 0000-0003-2817-5956
Raquel Bello-MoralesDepartamento de Biología Molecular, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Cantoblanco, 28049 Madrid, Spain.ORCID 0000-0002-4415-6483
Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas · ESUniversity of Missouri · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Pseudorabies virus (PRV) infection of swine can produce Aujeszky's disease, which causes neurological, respiratory, and reproductive symptoms, leading to significant economic losses in the swine industry. Although humans are not the natural hosts of PRV, cases of human encephalitis and endophthalmitis caused by PRV infection have been reported between animals and workers. Currently, a lack of specific treatments and the emergence of new PRV strains against which existing vaccines do not protect makes the search for effective antiviral drugs essential. As an alternative to traditional nucleoside analogues such as acyclovir (ACV), we studied the antiviral effect of valpromide (VPD), a compound derived from valproic acid, against PRV infection in the PK15 swine cell line and the neuroblastoma cell line Neuro-2a. First, the cytotoxicity of ACV and VPD in cells was compared, demonstrating that neither compound was cytotoxic at a specific concentration range after 24 h exposure. Furthermore, the lack of direct virucidal effect of VPD outside of an infected cell environment was demonstrated. Finally, VPD was shown to have an antiviral effect on the viral production of two strains of pseudorabies virus (wild type NIA-3 and recombinant PRV-XGF) at the concentrations ranging from 0.5 to 1.5 mM, suggesting that VPD could be a suitable alternative to nucleoside analogues as an antiherpetic drug against Aujeszky's disease.

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AnimalsAntiviral AgentsCell LineCell SurvivalHerpesvirus 1, SuidMiceNeuroblastomaPseudorabiesSwineSwine DiseasesValproic AcidAntiviral AgentsdipropylacetamideValproic AcidantiviralherpesvirusPRVpseudorabies virusSuHV-1suid herpesvirus 1valpromide

Identifiers

PMID34960791
PMCPMC8708079
OpenAlexW4200560355

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