TY - JOUR
AU - Peinado, Rafaela dos Santos
AU - Saivish, Marielena Vogel
AU - Menezes, Gabriela de Lima
AU - Fulco, Umberto Laino
AU - da Silva, Roosevelt Alves
AU - Korostov, Karolina
AU - Eberle, Raphael Josef
AU - Melo, Paulo A.
AU - Nogueira, Maurício Lacerda
AU - Pacca, Carolina Colombelli
AU - Arni, Raghuvir Krishnaswamy
AU - Coronado, Mônika Aparecida
TI - The search for an antiviral lead molecule to combat the neglected emerging Oropouche virus
JO - Current research in microbial sciences
VL - 6
SN - 2666-5174
CY - Amsterdam
PB - Elsevier B.V.
M1 - FZJ-2025-00503
SP - 100238 -
PY - 2024
AB - Oropouche virus (OROV) is a member of the Peribunyaviridae family and the causative agent of a dengue-like febrile illness transmitted by mosquitoes. Although mild symptoms generally occur, complications such as encephalitis and meningitis may develop. A lack of proper diagnosis, makes it a potential candidate for new epidemics and outbreaks like other known arboviruses such as Dengue, Yellow Fever and Zika virus. The study of natural molecules as potential antiviral compounds is a promising alternative for antiviral therapies. Wedelolactone (WDL) has been demonstrated to inhibit some viral proteins and virus replication, making it useful to target a wide range of viruses. In this study, we report the in silico effects of WDL on the OROV N-terminal polymerase and its potential inhibitory effects on several steps of viral infection in mammalian cells in vitro, which revealed that WDL indeed acts as a potential inhibitor molecule against OROV infection.
LB - PUB:(DE-HGF)16
C6 - 38745914
UR - <Go to ISI:>//WOS:001240427000001
DO - DOI:10.1016/j.crmicr.2024.100238
UR - https://juser.fz-juelich.de/record/1037158
ER -