Your browser doesn't support javascript.
In vitro evaluation of the activity of teriflunomide against SARS-CoV-2 and the human coronaviruses 229E and OC43
Biochemistry and Biophysics Reports ; : 101395, 2022.
Article in English | ScienceDirect | ID: covidwho-2122336
ABSTRACT
Previous data have suggested an antiviral effect of teriflunomide, including against severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2), the agent underlying the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. We undertook an in vitro investigation to evaluate the inhibitory activity of teriflunomide against SARS-CoV-2 in a cell-based assay. Teriflunomide was added to Vero (kidney epithelial) cells that had been infected with SARS-CoV-2. A nucleocapsid immunofluorescence assay was performed to examine viral inhibition with teriflunomide and any potential cytotoxic effect. The 50% effective concentration (EC50) for teriflunomide against SARS-CoV-2 was 15.22 μM. No cytotoxicity was evident for teriflunomide in the Vero cells (i.e., the 50% cytotoxic concentration [CC50] was greater than the highest test concentration of 100 μM). The data were supported by additional experiments using other coronaviruses and human cell lines. In the SARS-CoV-2-infected Vero cells, the prodrug leflunomide had an EC50 of 16.49 μM and a CC50 of 54.80 μM. Our finding of teriflunomide-mediated inhibition of SARS-CoV-2 infection at double-digit micromolar potency adds to a growing body of evidence for a broad-ranging antiviral effect of teriflunomide.
Keywords

Full text: Available Collection: Databases of international organizations Database: ScienceDirect Type of study: Experimental Studies Language: English Journal: Biochemistry and Biophysics Reports Year: 2022 Document Type: Article

Similar

MEDLINE

...
LILACS

LIS


Full text: Available Collection: Databases of international organizations Database: ScienceDirect Type of study: Experimental Studies Language: English Journal: Biochemistry and Biophysics Reports Year: 2022 Document Type: Article