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ArticleAntimicrobial agents and chemotherapy2026

Optimization of the antiviral spectrum of cyclophilin inhibitors targeting respiratory viruses.

Laurent Softic, Bryan Jimenez-Araya, Nazim Ahnou, Maxime Duval, Quentin Nevers, Rozenn Brillet, Jean-Francois Guichou, Christophe Rodriguez, Patrice Bruscella, Jean-Michel Pawlotsky and 2 more

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Article in Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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12 authors.

Laurent Softic *Team "Viruses, Hepatology, Cancer", Institut Mondor, INSERM U955, Université Paris-Est, Créteil, France.ORCID 0000-0001-6040-5040
Bryan Jimenez-Araya *Team "Viruses, Hepatology, Cancer", Institut Mondor, INSERM U955, Université Paris-Est, Créteil, France.ORCID 0009-0006-1962-0666
Nazim AhnouTeam "Viruses, Hepatology, Cancer", Institut Mondor, INSERM U955, Université Paris-Est, Créteil, France.
Maxime DuvalTeam "Viruses, Hepatology, Cancer", Institut Mondor, INSERM U955, Université Paris-Est, Créteil, France.
Quentin NeversUnité de Virologie et Immunologie Moléculaires (VIM), INRAE, Université Paris-Saclay, Jouy-en-Josas, France.
Rozenn BrilletTeam "Viruses, Hepatology, Cancer", Institut Mondor, INSERM U955, Université Paris-Est, Créteil, France.
Jean-Francois GuichouCentre de Biologie Structurale (CBS), CNRS UMR 5048, INSERM U 1054, Université de Montpellier, Montpellier, France.
Christophe RodriguezTeam "Viruses, Hepatology, Cancer", Institut Mondor, INSERM U955, Université Paris-Est, Créteil, France.ORCID 0000-0002-9817-5006
Patrice BruscellaTeam "Viruses, Hepatology, Cancer", Institut Mondor, INSERM U955, Université Paris-Est, Créteil, France.
Jean-Michel Pawlotsky *Team "Viruses, Hepatology, Cancer", Institut Mondor, INSERM U955, Université Paris-Est, Créteil, France.ORCID 0000-0003-0745-7559
Slim Fourati *Team "Viruses, Hepatology, Cancer", Institut Mondor, INSERM U955, Université Paris-Est, Créteil, France.ORCID 0000-0002-1236-5467
Abdelhakim Ahmed-Belkacem *Team "Viruses, Hepatology, Cancer", Institut Mondor, INSERM U955, Université Paris-Est, Créteil, France.ORCID 0000-0001-6489-5091

Funding

Agence Nationale de Recherches sur le Sida et les Hépatites Virales ANRS-MIE EMERGENFondation pour la Recherche Médicale EQU202003010618
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

We evaluated the antiviral activity of a library of 36 urea-based small-molecule cyclophilin inhibitors (SMCypIs) against human respiratory syncytial virus (hRSV) and human metapneumovirus (hMPV). Structure-spectrum analysis revealed virus-specific structural requirements for antiviral efficacy. By combining the key determinants identified for each virus, we rationally designed optimized dual-acting derivatives. Among these, the optimized compound F832/33 emerged as a potent, broad-spectrum antiviral agent with nanomolar activity against both hRSV and hMPV, submicromolar inhibition of cyclophilin (Cyp) peptidyl-prolyl isomerase (PPIase) activity, and no detectable cytotoxicity. Interestingly, no direct correlation was observed between Cyp PPIase inhibition and antiviral potency, suggesting that Cyp engagement rather than enzymatic inhibition

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Antiviral AgentsCyclophilinsMetapneumovirusRespiratory Syncytial Virus, HumanAnimalsCell LineCyclosporineHumansStructure-Activity RelationshipVero CellsVirus ReplicationalisporivirAntiviral AgentsCyclophilinsCyclosporinebroad-spectrum antiviralscyclophilinsHTArespiratory virusesSMCypIs

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PMID42467054
PMCPMC13435934

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