Antiviral effect of the heparan sulfate mimetic, PI-88, against dengue and encephalitic flaviviruses |
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Authors: | Lee Eva Pavy Megan Young Nicolie Freeman Craig Lobigs Mario |
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Affiliation: | Division of Immunology and Genetics, John Curtin School of Medical Research, The Australian National University, P.O. Box 334, Canberra, ACT 2601, Australia. |
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Abstract: | Many viruses, including flaviviruses, display affinity for cell surface heparan sulfate (HS) proteoglycans with biological relevance in virus attachment/entry. This raises the possibility of the application of HS mimetics in antiviral therapy. We have evaluated the antiviral effect of the sulfated polysaccharides, suramin, pentosan polysulfate (PPS) and PI-88, which are currently approved or in trial for clinical use, against dengue virus (DEN) and the encephalitic flaviviruses, Japanese encephalitis virus, West Nile virus, and Murray Valley encephalitis virus. A flow cytometry-based method for the measurement of inhibition of virus infectivity was developed, which showed the in vitro antiviral activity of the three compounds, albeit with differences in efficiency which were virus-dependent. The 50% effective concentration (EC(50)) values for DEN inhibition were in the order: PPS
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