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Hypericin Inhibit Alpha-Coronavirus Replication by Targeting 3CL Protease.
Zhang, Yue; Chen, Huijie; Zou, Mengmeng; Oerlemans, Rick; Shao, Changhao; Ren, Yudong; Zhang, Ruili; Huang, Xiaodan; Li, Guangxing; Cong, Yingying.
  • Zhang Y; Veterinary Pathology Laboratory, College of Veterinary Medicine, Heilongjiang Key Laboratory for Animal and Comparative Medicine, Northeast Agricultural University, Harbin 150030, China.
  • Chen H; Veterinary Pathology Laboratory, College of Veterinary Medicine, Heilongjiang Key Laboratory for Animal and Comparative Medicine, Northeast Agricultural University, Harbin 150030, China.
  • Zou M; College of Pharmaceutical Engineering, Jilin Agriculture Science and Technology University, Jilin 132101, China.
  • Oerlemans R; Veterinary Pathology Laboratory, College of Veterinary Medicine, Heilongjiang Key Laboratory for Animal and Comparative Medicine, Northeast Agricultural University, Harbin 150030, China.
  • Shao C; Department of Drug Design, University of Groningen, 9713 AV Groningen, The Netherlands.
  • Ren Y; Veterinary Pathology Laboratory, College of Veterinary Medicine, Heilongjiang Key Laboratory for Animal and Comparative Medicine, Northeast Agricultural University, Harbin 150030, China.
  • Zhang R; Department of Computer Science and Technology, College of Electrical and Information Technology, Northeast Agricultural University, Harbin 150030, China.
  • Huang X; Veterinary Pathology Laboratory, College of Veterinary Medicine, Heilongjiang Key Laboratory for Animal and Comparative Medicine, Northeast Agricultural University, Harbin 150030, China.
  • Li G; Veterinary Pathology Laboratory, College of Veterinary Medicine, Heilongjiang Key Laboratory for Animal and Comparative Medicine, Northeast Agricultural University, Harbin 150030, China.
  • Cong Y; Veterinary Pathology Laboratory, College of Veterinary Medicine, Heilongjiang Key Laboratory for Animal and Comparative Medicine, Northeast Agricultural University, Harbin 150030, China.
Viruses ; 13(9)2021 09 14.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: covidwho-1411090
ABSTRACT
The porcine epidemic diarrhea virus (PEDV) is an Alphacoronavirus (α-CoV) that causes high mortality in infected piglets, resulting in serious economic losses in the farming industry. Hypericin is a dianthrone compound that has been shown as an antiviral activity on several viruses. Here, we first evaluated the antiviral effect of hypericin in PEDV and found the viral replication and egression were significantly reduced with hypericin post-treatment. As hypericin has been shown in SARS-CoV-2 that it is bound to viral 3CLpro, we thus established a molecular docking between hypericin and PEDV 3CLpro using different software and found hypericin bound to 3CLpro through two pockets. These binding pockets were further verified by another docking between hypericin and PEDV 3CLpro pocket mutants, and the fluorescence resonance energy transfer (FRET) assay confirmed that hypericin inhibits the PEDV 3CLpro activity. Moreover, the alignments of α-CoV 3CLpro sequences or crystal structure revealed that the pockets mediating hypericin and PEDV 3CLpro binding were highly conserved, especially in transmissible gastroenteritis virus (TGEV). We then validated the anti-TGEV effect of hypericin through viral replication and egression. Overall, our results push forward that hypericin was for the first time shown to have an inhibitory effect on PEDV and TGEV by targeting 3CLpro, and it deserves further attention as not only a pan-anti-α-CoV compound but potentially also as a compound of other coronaviral infections.
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Full text: Available Collection: International databases Database: MEDLINE Main subject: Antiviral Agents / Perylene / Virus Replication / Coronavirus Infections / Alphacoronavirus / Coronavirus 3C Proteases / Anthracenes Type of study: Experimental Studies / Prognostic study Limits: Animals Language: English Year: 2021 Document Type: Article Affiliation country: V13091825

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Full text: Available Collection: International databases Database: MEDLINE Main subject: Antiviral Agents / Perylene / Virus Replication / Coronavirus Infections / Alphacoronavirus / Coronavirus 3C Proteases / Anthracenes Type of study: Experimental Studies / Prognostic study Limits: Animals Language: English Year: 2021 Document Type: Article Affiliation country: V13091825