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ArticlebioRxiv : the preprint server for biology2026

Sirtuin 1 Is Required for Optimal Mammarenavirus Multiplication.

Haydar Witwit, Roaa Khafaji, Patricia Mingo-Casas, Ana-Belén Blázquez, Miguel A Martín-Acebes, Juan Carlos de la Torre

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Article in bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology, 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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6 authors.

Haydar WitwitDepartment of Immunology and Microbiology, The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, CA 92037, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-0174-8454
Roaa KhafajiIndependent researcher, Chula Vista, CA, 91910, USA.ORCID 0009-0006-9142-4483
Patricia Mingo-CasasDepartment of Biotechnology, Instituto Nacional de Investigación y Tecnología Agraria y Alimentaria, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (INIA-CSIC), 28040, Madrid, Spain.
Ana-Belén BlázquezDepartment of Biotechnology, Instituto Nacional de Investigación y Tecnología Agraria y Alimentaria, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (INIA-CSIC), 28040, Madrid, Spain.ORCID 0000-0002-0847-0977
Miguel A Martín-AcebesDepartment of Biotechnology, Instituto Nacional de Investigación y Tecnología Agraria y Alimentaria, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (INIA-CSIC), 28040, Madrid, Spain.
Juan Carlos de la TorreDepartment of Immunology and Microbiology, The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, CA 92037, USA.

Funding

A Virus-Free Cell Platform To Discover Inhibitors Of Lassa Fever VirusR01AI125626 · NIAID · SCRIPPS RESEARCH INSTITUTE, THE · PI DE LA TORRE, JUAN C. · 2017 to 2019
$1.3M
Modulation of Lassa Virus vRNP Activity By Host Cell FactorsR21AI128556 · NIAID · SCRIPPS RESEARCH INSTITUTE, THE · PI DE LA TORRE, JUAN C. · 2017 to 2018
$554k
NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI125626NIAID NIH HHS R21 AI128556
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Mammarenaviruses (MaAv) cause persistent infections in diverse rodent reservoirs worldwide and several are zoonotic pathogens with an important public-health burden in their endemic regions. Moreover, the globally distributed MaAv lymphocytic choriomeningitis virus (LCMV) is an underrecognized pathogen of clinical significance in congenital infections and immunocompromised individuals. The lack of FDA-approved vaccines or antivirals for MaAv infections underscores the urgent need for novel anti-MaAv therapeutic strategies. Neutral sphingomyelinase 2 (nSMase2) was recently identified as a host factor contributing to LCMV multiplication, and its inhibitor cambinol exhibits dose-dependent antiviral activity against LCMV but the underlying mechanisms remain undefined. Here, we show that cambinol disrupts multiple stages of the LCMV life cycle. Cambinol inhibits the pH-dependent fusion event mediated by MaAv glycoprotein, a step required for completion of virus cell entry. It also reduces viral ribonucleoprotein (vRNP)-directed genome replication and transcription and impairs the budding activity of the virus matrix Z protein. Cambinol also inhibits sirtuins 1 and 2 (Sirt-1 and Sirt-2), two NAD

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hemorrhagic feverhost-directed antiviralLCMVmammarenavirusesneutral sphingomyelinase 2nSMase2SIRT1sirtuinviral life cycle

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PMCPMC13419570

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