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VIRUSES-BASEL
卷 14, 期 2, 页码 -出版社
MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/v14020177
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coronavirus; SARS-CoV-2; programmed ribosomal frameshifting; translation; therapeutics
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Recurrent outbreaks of novel zoonotic coronavirus diseases in recent years have emphasized the importance of developing therapeutics with broad-spectrum activity against coronaviruses. Researchers explored whether small-molecule inhibitors of -1 programmed ribosomal frameshifting in SARS-CoV-2 also inhibited this process in a range of bat coronaviruses. The results showed that some drugs had strong activity against a broad spectrum of coronaviruses, establishing frameshift signals as a viable target for developing pan-coronaviral therapeutics.
Recurrent outbreaks of novel zoonotic coronavirus (CoV) diseases in recent years have highlighted the importance of developing therapeutics with broad-spectrum activity against CoVs. Because all CoVs use -1 programmed ribosomal frameshifting (-1 PRF) to control expression of key viral proteins, the frameshift signal in viral mRNA that stimulates -1 PRF provides a promising potential target for such therapeutics. To test the viability of this strategy, we explored whether small-molecule inhibitors of -1 PRF in SARS-CoV-2 also inhibited -1 PRF in a range of bat CoVs-the most likely source of future zoonoses. Six inhibitors identified in new and previous screens against SARS-CoV-2 were evaluated against the frameshift signals from a panel of representative bat CoVs as well as MERS-CoV. Some drugs had strong activity against subsets of these CoV-derived frameshift signals, while having limited to no effect on -1 PRF caused by frameshift signals from other viruses used as negative controls. Notably, the serine protease inhibitor nafamostat suppressed -1 PRF significantly for multiple CoV-derived frameshift signals. These results suggest it is possible to find small-molecule ligands that inhibit -1 PRF specifically in a broad spectrum of CoVs, establishing frameshift signals as a viable target for developing pan-coronaviral therapeutics.
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