van Cleef Koen W R, Overheul Gijs J, Thomassen Michael C, Marjakangas Jenni M, van Rij Ronald P
Department of Medical Microbiology, Radboud University Medical Center, Radboud Institute for Molecular Life Sciences, Nijmegen, The Netherlands.
Department of Medical Microbiology, Radboud University Medical Center, Radboud Institute for Molecular Life Sciences, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 2016 Mar 25;60(4):2554-7. doi: 10.1128/AAC.02462-15. Print 2016 Apr.
Despite the enormous disease burden associated with dengue virus infections, a licensed antiviral drug is lacking. Here, we show that the paracetamol (acetaminophen) metabolite AM404 inhibits dengue virus replication. Moreover, we find that mutations in NS4B that were previously found to confer resistance to the antiviral compounds NITD-618 and SDM25N also render dengue virus insensitive to AM404. Our work provides further support for NS4B as a direct or indirect target for antiviral drug development.
尽管登革热病毒感染带来了巨大的疾病负担,但目前仍缺乏经许可的抗病毒药物。在此,我们表明对乙酰氨基酚(扑热息痛)的代谢产物AM404可抑制登革热病毒复制。此外,我们发现,先前发现的对抗病毒化合物NITD-618和SDM25N具有抗性的NS4B突变,也会使登革热病毒对AM404不敏感。我们的工作为将NS4B作为抗病毒药物开发的直接或间接靶点提供了进一步的支持。