Identification of a Series of Compounds with Potent Antiviral Activity for the Treatment of Enterovirus Infections
作者:Angus M. MacLeod、Dale R. Mitchell、Nicholas J. Palmer、Hervé Van de Poël、Katja Conrath、Martin Andrews、Pieter Leyssen、Johan Neyts
DOI:10.1021/ml400095m
日期:2013.7.11
Rhinovirus (genus enterovirus) infections are responsible for many of the severe exacerbations of asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. Other members of the genus can cause life-threatening acute neurological infections. There is currently no antiviral drug approved for the treatment of such infections. We have identified a series of potent, broad-spectrum antiviral compounds that inhibit the replication of the human rhinovirus, Coxsackie virus, poliovirus, and enterovirus-71. The mechanism of action of the compounds has been established as inhibition of a lipid kinase, PI4KIII beta. Inhibition of hepatitis C replication in a replicon assay correlated with enterovirus inhibition.