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ArticleActa pharmacologica Sinica2025

Identification of Licoflavone C as a cap-dependent endonuclease inhibitor against severe fever with thrombocytopenia syndrome virus.

Xiao Gao, Xiao-Xue He, Xue-Rui Zhu, Yan Wu, Jia Lu, Xin-Lan Chen, Chen-Shu Zhao, Hao-Yu Li, Zhong-Fa Zhang, Shu-Wen Liu and 2 more

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Article in Acta pharmacologica Sinica, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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Xiao Gao *State Key Laboratory of Virology and Biosafety, Wuhan Institute of Virology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan, 430200, China.
Xiao-Xue He *State Key Laboratory of Virology and Biosafety, Wuhan Institute of Virology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan, 430200, China.
Xue-Rui ZhuState Key Laboratory of Virology and Biosafety, Wuhan Institute of Virology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan, 430200, China.
Yan WuState Key Laboratory of Virology and Biosafety, Wuhan Institute of Virology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan, 430200, China.
Jia LuState Key Laboratory of Virology and Biosafety, Wuhan Institute of Virology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan, 430200, China.
Xin-Lan ChenState Key Laboratory of Virology and Biosafety, Wuhan Institute of Virology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan, 430200, China.
Chen-Shu ZhaoState Key Laboratory of Virology and Biosafety, Wuhan Institute of Virology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan, 430200, China.
Hao-Yu LiState Key Laboratory of Virology and Biosafety, Wuhan Institute of Virology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan, 430200, China.
Zhong-Fa ZhangState Key Laboratory of Virology and Biosafety, Wuhan Institute of Virology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan, 430200, China.
Shu-Wen LiuSchool of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, 510515, China.
Geng-Fu XiaoState Key Laboratory of Virology and Biosafety, Wuhan Institute of Virology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan, 430200, China.
Xiao-Yan PanState Key Laboratory of Virology and Biosafety, Wuhan Institute of Virology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan, 430200, China. panxy@wh.iov.cn.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Severe fever with thrombocytopenia syndrome virus (SFTSV) is a tick-borne virus with a high fatality rate. Currently no approved drugs or vaccines are available against it. Sharing a common replication mechanism with negative-stranded, segmented viruses (NSVs), SFTSV utilizes a cap-dependent endonuclease (CEN) domain of the L segment to execute the cap-snatching process upon genome transcription initiation. Given the crucial role of CEN in the life cycle of NSVs, it is considered a promising target for discovery of antiviral agents against SFTSV. In this study, we established a high-throughput FRET-based enzymatic screening system to discover inhibitors of SFTSV CEN from a chemical library containing 3467 natural compounds. Finally, three compounds, i.e., Licoflavone C, 3,4-dicaffeoylquinic acid, and oleanolic acid displayed exceptional antiviral effects and minimal cytotoxicity. Licoflavone C (EC

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Antiviral AgentsEndonucleasesEnzyme InhibitorsFlavonesPhlebovirusSevere Fever with Thrombocytopenia SyndromeAnimalsHumansMiceAntiviral AgentsEndonucleasesEnzyme InhibitorsFlavonesantiviralcap-dependent endonucleaseflavonoidsLicoflavone Csevere fever with thrombocytopenia syndrome virus

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PMCPMC12373745

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