| Literature DB >> 27347558 |
Wouter A van der Linden1, Christopher J Schulze1, Andrew S Herbert2, Tyler B Krause3, Ariel A Wirchnianski2, John M Dye2, Kartik Chandran3, Matthew Bogyo1.
Abstract
The recent Ebola virus outbreak in western Africa highlights the need for novel therapeutics that target Ebola virus and other filoviruses. Filoviruses require processing by host cell-derived cysteine cathepsins for productive infection. Here we report the generation of a focused library of cysteine cathepsin inhibitors and subsequent screening to identify compounds with potent activity against viral entry and replication. Our top compounds show highly potent and broad-spectrum activity against cysteine cathepsins and were able to effectively block entry of Ebola and Marburg viruses. These agents are promising leads for development as antifilovirus therapeutics.Entities:
Keywords: Ebola virus; cathepsin inhibitor; filovirus; inhibition of host cell entry
Year: 2016 PMID: 27347558 PMCID: PMC4918641 DOI: 10.1021/acsinfecdis.5b00130
Source DB: PubMed Journal: ACS Infect Dis ISSN: 2373-8227 Impact factor: 5.084