Publications
2018
Schaeffer Evelyne, Flacher Vincent, Neuberg Patrick, Hoste Astrid, Brulefert Adrien, Fauny Jean-Daniel, Wagner Alain, Mueller Christopher G
Inhibition of dengue virus infection by mannoside glycolipid conjugates Journal Article
In: Antiviral Research, vol. 154, pp. 116–123, 2018, ISSN: 1872-9096.
Abstract | Links | BibTeX | Tags: Animals, Antiviral Agents, Cell Line, Cell Membrane, Chemistry, Chlorocebus aethiops, Dendritic Cells, Dengue, Dengue virus, development, Drug, Drug Discovery, Flavivirus, function, Fusion, Glycolipids, Health, Hep G2 Cells, Human, Humans, immunopathology, infection, inhibition, inhibitors, Inhibitory Concentration 50, lipid, Macrophages, Mannosides, Membrane, Serogroup, Skin, Team-Mueller, vaccine, Vaccines, Vero Cells, viral Infection, virus, Virus Replication
@article{schaeffer_inhibition_2018b,
title = {Inhibition of dengue virus infection by mannoside glycolipid conjugates},
author = {Evelyne Schaeffer and Vincent Flacher and Patrick Neuberg and Astrid Hoste and Adrien Brulefert and Jean-Daniel Fauny and Alain Wagner and Christopher G Mueller},
doi = {10.1016/j.antiviral.2018.04.005},
issn = {1872-9096},
year = {2018},
date = {2018-01-01},
journal = {Antiviral Research},
volume = {154},
pages = {116--123},
abstract = {Dengue virus (DENV), a mosquito-borne flavivirus, causes severe and potentially fatal symptoms in millions of infected individuals each year. Although dengue fever represents a major global public health problem, the vaccines or antiviral drugs proposed so far have not shown sufficient efficacy and safety, calling for new antiviral developments. Here we have shown that a mannoside glycolipid conjugate (MGC) bearing a trimannose head with a saturated lipid chain inhibited DENV productive infection. It showed remarkable cell promiscuity, being active in human skin dendritic cells, hepatoma cell lines and Vero cells, and was active against all four DENV serotypes, with an IC50 in the low micromolar range. Time-of-addition experiments and structure-activity analyses revealed the importance of the lipid chain to interfere with an early viral infection step. This, together with a correlation between antiviral activity and membrane polarization by the lipid moiety indicated that the inhibitor functions by blocking viral envelope fusion with the endosome membrane. These finding establish MGCs as a novel class of antivirals against the DENV.},
keywords = {Animals, Antiviral Agents, Cell Line, Cell Membrane, Chemistry, Chlorocebus aethiops, Dendritic Cells, Dengue, Dengue virus, development, Drug, Drug Discovery, Flavivirus, function, Fusion, Glycolipids, Health, Hep G2 Cells, Human, Humans, immunopathology, infection, inhibition, inhibitors, Inhibitory Concentration 50, lipid, Macrophages, Mannosides, Membrane, Serogroup, Skin, Team-Mueller, vaccine, Vaccines, Vero Cells, viral Infection, virus, Virus Replication},
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2006
Galiana-Arnoux Delphine, Dostert Catherine, Schneemann Anette, Hoffmann Jules A, Imler Jean-Luc
Essential function in vivo for Dicer-2 in host defense against RNA viruses in drosophila Journal Article
In: Nature Immunology, vol. 7, no. 6, pp. 590–597, 2006, ISSN: 1529-2908.
Abstract | Links | BibTeX | Tags: Animals, Genetically Modified, hoffmann, imler, M3i, Mutation, Nodaviridae, Ribonuclease III, RNA, RNA Helicases, RNA Interference, RNA Viruses, Viral, Viral Proteins, Virus Replication
@article{galiana-arnoux_essential_2006,
title = {Essential function in vivo for Dicer-2 in host defense against RNA viruses in drosophila},
author = {Delphine Galiana-Arnoux and Catherine Dostert and Anette Schneemann and Jules A Hoffmann and Jean-Luc Imler},
doi = {10.1038/ni1335},
issn = {1529-2908},
year = {2006},
date = {2006-06-01},
journal = {Nature Immunology},
volume = {7},
number = {6},
pages = {590--597},
abstract = {The fruit fly Drosophila melanogaster is a model system for studying innate immunity, including antiviral host defense. Infection with drosophila C virus triggers a transcriptional response that is dependent in part on the Jak kinase Hopscotch. Here we show that successful infection and killing of drosophila with the insect nodavirus flock house virus was strictly dependent on expression of the viral protein B2, a potent inhibitor of processing of double-stranded RNA mediated by the essential RNA interference factor Dicer. Conversely, flies with a loss-of-function mutation in the gene encoding Dicer-2 (Dcr-2) showed enhanced susceptibility to infection by flock house virus, drosophila C virus and Sindbis virus, members of three different families of RNA viruses. These data demonstrate the importance of RNA interference for controlling virus replication in vivo and establish Dcr-2 as a host susceptibility locus for virus infections.},
keywords = {Animals, Genetically Modified, hoffmann, imler, M3i, Mutation, Nodaviridae, Ribonuclease III, RNA, RNA Helicases, RNA Interference, RNA Viruses, Viral, Viral Proteins, Virus Replication},
pubstate = {published},
tppubtype = {article}
}