ReviewRNA biology2024
Decoding the genome of SARS-CoV-2: a pathway to drug development through translation inhibition.
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- Broad-spectrum host-targeting antivirals for rhinovirus infections: mechanisms and future perspectives.Frontiers in immunology · 2026Review
- Exosome: an overview on enhanced biogenesis by small molecules.Naunyn-Schmiedeberg's archives of pharmacology · 2025Review
- Garcinone C inhibits pseudorabies virus replication through EGF/PI3K/Akt axis.Frontiers in cellular and infection microbiology · 2025Article
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Abstract
The severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) causes the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic and is continuously spreading globally. The continuous emergence of new SARS-CoV-2 variants keeps posing threats, highlighting the need for fast-acting, mutation-resistant broad-spectrum therapeutics. Protein translation is vital for SARS-CoV-2 replication, producing early non-structural proteins for RNA replication and transcription, and late structural proteins for virion assembly. Targeted blocking of viral protein translation is thus a potential approach to developing effective anti-SARS-CoV-2 drugs. SARS-CoV-2, as an obligate parasite, utilizes the host's translation machinery. Translation-blocking strategies that target the SARS-CoV-2 mRNA, especially those that target its conserved elements are generally preferred. In this review, we discuss the current understanding of SARS-CoV-2 translation, highlighting the important conserved motifs and structures involved in its regulation. We also discuss the current strategies for blocking SARS-CoV-2 translation through viral RNA degradation or RNA element dysfunction.
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