| Literature DB >> 28559253 |
Maryam Ehteshami1, Longhu Zhou1, Sheida Amiralaei1, Jadd R Shelton1, Jong Hyun Cho1, Hongwang Zhang1, Hao Li1, Xiao Lu1, Tugba Ozturk1, Richard Stanton1, Franck Amblard1, Tamara R McBrayer2, Steven J Coats2, Raymond F Schinazi3.
Abstract
Nucleoside analog inhibitors (NAIs) are an important class of antiviral agents. Although highly effective, some NAIs with activity against hepatitis C virus (HCV) can cause toxicity, presumably due to off-target inhibition of host mitochondrial RNA polymerase (POLRMT). The in vitro nucleotide substrate specificity of POLRMT was studied in order to explore structure-activity relationships that can facilitate the identification of nontoxic NAIs. These findings have important implications for the development of all anti-RNA virus NAIs.Entities:
Keywords: antiviral agents; hepatitis C virus; toxicity
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Year: 2017 PMID: 28559253 PMCID: PMC5527647 DOI: 10.1128/AAC.00492-17
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Antimicrob Agents Chemother ISSN: 0066-4804 Impact factor: 5.191