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ArticleVirologica Sinica2023

ASFV transcription reporter screening system identifies ailanthone as a broad antiviral compound.

Yuhang Zhang, Zhenjiang Zhang, Fan Zhang, Jiwen Zhang, Jun Jiao, Min Hou, Nianchao Qian, Dongming Zhao, Xiaofeng Zheng, Xu Tan

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Article in Virologica Sinica, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 12 papers.

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12citing papers in PubMed
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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

10 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Yuhang ZhangCollege of Veterinary Medicine, Hunan Agricultural University, Changsha 410128, China.
Zhenjiang ZhangState Key Laboratory of Veterinary Biotechnology, Harbin Veterinary Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Harbin 150009, China.
Fan ZhangBeijing Advanced Innovation Center for Structural Biology, Beijing Frontier Research Center for Biological Structure, MOE Key Laboratory of Bioorganic Phosphorus Chemistry & Chemical Biology, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Tsinghua-Peking Center for Life Sciences, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China.
Jiwen ZhangState Key Laboratory of Veterinary Biotechnology, Harbin Veterinary Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Harbin 150009, China.
Jun JiaoBeijing Advanced Innovation Center for Structural Biology, Beijing Frontier Research Center for Biological Structure, MOE Key Laboratory of Bioorganic Phosphorus Chemistry & Chemical Biology, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Tsinghua-Peking Center for Life Sciences, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China.
Min HouBeijing Advanced Innovation Center for Structural Biology, Beijing Frontier Research Center for Biological Structure, MOE Key Laboratory of Bioorganic Phosphorus Chemistry & Chemical Biology, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Tsinghua-Peking Center for Life Sciences, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China.
Nianchao QianBeijing Advanced Innovation Center for Structural Biology, Beijing Frontier Research Center for Biological Structure, MOE Key Laboratory of Bioorganic Phosphorus Chemistry & Chemical Biology, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Tsinghua-Peking Center for Life Sciences, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China.
Dongming ZhaoState Key Laboratory of Veterinary Biotechnology, Harbin Veterinary Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Harbin 150009, China. Electronic address: zhaodongming@caas.cn.
Xiaofeng ZhengCollege of Veterinary Medicine, Hunan Agricultural University, Changsha 410128, China. Electronic address: zheng.x@hunau.edu.cn.
Xu TanBeijing Advanced Innovation Center for Structural Biology, Beijing Frontier Research Center for Biological Structure, MOE Key Laboratory of Bioorganic Phosphorus Chemistry & Chemical Biology, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Tsinghua-Peking Center for Life Sciences, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China; Institute of Health and Medicine, Hefei Comprehensive National Science Center, Hefei 230601 China. Electronic address: mosaictan@hotmail.com.
Center for Life Sciences · CNChinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences · CNHunan Agricultural University · CN

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

African swine fever (ASF) is an acute, highly contagious and deadly viral disease in swine that jeopardizes the worldwide pig industry. Unfortunately, there are no authoritative vaccine and antiviral drug available for ASF control. African swine fever virus (ASFV) is the etiological agent of ASF. Among the ASFV proteins, p72 is the most abundant component in the virions and thus a potential target for anti-ASFV drug design. Here, we constructed a luciferase reporter system driven by the promoter of p72, which is transcribed by the co-transfected ASFV RNA polymerase complex. Using this system, we screened over 3200 natural product compounds and obtained three potent candidates against ASFV. We further evaluated the anti-ASFV effects and proved that among the three candidates, ailanthone (AIL) inhibits the replication of ASFV at the nanomolar concentration (IC

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African Swine Fever VirusAntiviral AgentsBiological ProductsGenes, ReporterProstaglandin-E SynthasesQuassinsAfrican Swine FeverAnimalsCapsid ProteinsDrug Evaluation, PreclinicalHEK293 CellsHepatitis B virusHumansInhibitory Concentration 50LuciferasesPromoter Regions, GeneticailanthoneAntiviral AgentsBiological Productscapsid protein p72, African swine fever virusCapsid ProteinsLuciferasesProstaglandin-E SynthasesQuassinsAfrican swine fever virus (ASFV)Ailanthone (AIL)Broad-spectrum antiviral drugsReplication inhibition

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