
Dengue fever is an acute infectious disease caused by dengue virus (DENV) and transmitted by Aedes mosquitoes. There is no effective vaccine or antiviral drug available to date to prevent or treat dengue disease. Recently, RNA-dependent RNA polymerase (RdRp), a class of polymerases involved in the synthesis of complementary RNA strands using single-stranded RNA, has been proposed as a promising drug target. Hence, we screened new molecules against DENV RdRp using our previously constructed virtual screening method. Mol-5, [1,2,4]triazolo[1,5-a]pyrimidine derivative, was screened out from an antiviral compound library (~8000 molecules). Using biophysical methods, we confirmed the direct interactions between mol-5 and purified DENV RdRp protein. In luciferase assay, mol-5 inhibited NS5-RdRp activity with an IC50 value of 1.28 ± 0.2 μM. In the cell-based cytopathic effect (CPE) assay, mol-5 inhibited DENV2 infectivity with an EC50 value of 4.5 ± 0.08 μM. Mol-5 also potently inhibited DENV2 RNA replication as observed in immunofluorescence assay and qRT-PCR. Both the viral structural (E) and non-structural (NS1) proteins of DENV2 were dose-dependently decreased by treatment with mol-5 (2.5-10 μM). Mol-5 treatment suppressed DENV2-induced inflammation in host cells, but had no direct effect on host defense (JAK/STAT-signaling pathway). These results demonstrate that mol-5 could be a novel RdRp inhibitor amenable for further research and development.
2, 610, Microbial Sensitivity Tests, Viral Nonstructural Proteins, Antiviral Agents, Dengue virus, Article, 5-a]pyrimidine derivative, antiviral agent, Dengue, Pharmaceutical Sciences, Cricetinae, Animals, Cells, Cultured, Cell Proliferation, JAK/STAT signaling pathway, Inflammation, 4]triazolo[1, Dengue Virus, Surface Plasmon Resonance, Triazoles, Farmaceutiska vetenskaper, RNA-Dependent RNA Polymerase, Recombinant Proteins, RdRp inhibitor, Molecular Docking Simulation, Pyrimidines, inflammation, [1
2, 610, Microbial Sensitivity Tests, Viral Nonstructural Proteins, Antiviral Agents, Dengue virus, Article, 5-a]pyrimidine derivative, antiviral agent, Dengue, Pharmaceutical Sciences, Cricetinae, Animals, Cells, Cultured, Cell Proliferation, JAK/STAT signaling pathway, Inflammation, 4]triazolo[1, Dengue Virus, Surface Plasmon Resonance, Triazoles, Farmaceutiska vetenskaper, RNA-Dependent RNA Polymerase, Recombinant Proteins, RdRp inhibitor, Molecular Docking Simulation, Pyrimidines, inflammation, [1
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