[HTML][HTML] Targeting membrane-bound viral RNA synthesis reveals potent inhibition of diverse coronaviruses including the middle East respiratory syndrome virus

A Lundin, R Dijkman, T Bergström, N Kann… - PLoS …, 2014 - journals.plos.org
Coronaviruses raise serious concerns as emerging zoonotic viruses without specific antiviral
drugs available. Here we screened a collection of 16671 diverse compounds for anti-human …

Conserved coronavirus proteins as targets of broad-spectrum antivirals

CC Melo-Filho, T Bobrowski, HJ Martin, Z Sessions… - Antiviral Research, 2022 - Elsevier
Coronaviruses are a class of single-stranded, positive-sense RNA viruses that have caused
three major outbreaks over the past two decades: Middle East respiratory syndrome–related …

[HTML][HTML] Mechanisms of coronavirus nsp1-mediated control of host and viral gene expression

K Nakagawa, S Makino - Cells, 2021 - mdpi.com
Many viruses disrupt host gene expression by degrading host mRNAs and/or manipulating
translation activities to create a cellular environment favorable for viral replication. Often …

Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus nsp1 inhibits host gene expression by selectively targeting mRNAs transcribed in the nucleus while sparing mRNAs of …

KG Lokugamage, K Narayanan, K Nakagawa… - Journal of …, 2015 - Am Soc Microbiol
ABSTRACT The newly emerged Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS-
CoV) and severe acute respiratory syndrome CoV (SARS-CoV) represent highly pathogenic …

Recent discovery and development of inhibitors targeting coronaviruses

T Pillaiyar, S Meenakshisundaram, M Manickam - Drug discovery today, 2020 - Elsevier
Human coronaviruses (CoVs) are enveloped viruses with a positive-sense single-stranded
RNA genome. Currently, six human CoVs have been reported including human coronavirus …

The endonucleolytic RNA cleavage function of nsp1 of Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus promotes the production of infectious virus particles in specific …

K Nakagawa, K Narayanan, M Wada, VL Popov… - Journal of …, 2018 - Am Soc Microbiol
Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV) nsp1 suppresses host gene
expression in expressed cells by inhibiting translation and inducing endonucleolytic …

Broad-spectrum coronavirus antiviral drug discovery

AL Totura, S Bavari - Expert opinion on drug discovery, 2019 - Taylor & Francis
Introduction: The highly pathogenic coronaviruses severe acute respiratory syndrome
coronavirus (SARS-CoV) and Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV) …

Expression and cleavage of middle east respiratory syndrome coronavirus nsp3-4 polyprotein induce the formation of double-membrane vesicles that mimic those …

D Oudshoorn, K Rijs, RWAL Limpens, K Groen… - MBio, 2017 - Am Soc Microbiol
ABSTRACT Betacoronaviruses, such as Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus
(MERS-CoV), are important pathogens causing potentially lethal infections in humans and …

Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus NS4b protein inhibits host RNase L activation

JM Thornbrough, BK Jha, B Yount, SA Goldstein, Y Li… - MBio, 2016 - Am Soc Microbiol
Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV) is the first highly pathogenic
human coronavirus to emerge since severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus (SARS …

Coronaviruses resistant to a 3C-like protease inhibitor are attenuated for replication and pathogenesis, revealing a low genetic barrier but high fitness cost of …

X Deng, SE StJohn, HL Osswald, A O'Brien… - Journal of …, 2014 - Am Soc Microbiol
Viral protease inhibitors are remarkably effective at blocking the replication of viruses such
as human immunodeficiency virus and hepatitis C virus, but they inevitably lead to the …