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    Antiviral Res. 2006 Oct;72(1):1-9. Epub 2006 May 4.

    Antiviral effects of glycosylation and glucose trimming inhibitors on human parainfluenza virus type 3.

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    Department of Veterinary Hygiene, Veterinary School, Nippon Veterinary & Life Science University, 1-7-1 Kyounan, Musashino, Tokyo 180-8602, Japan. ytanaka@nvlu.ac.jp

    Abstract

    Endoplasmic reticulum (ER) alpha-glucosidase inhibitors block the trimming of N-linked glycosylation and thus prevent the production of several viruses. The present study investigates the antiviral effects of the alpha-glucosidase and alpha-mannosidase inhibitors (castanospermine, 1-deoxynojirimycin, bromoconduritol, deoxymannojirimycin and swainsonine) on human parainfluenza virus type 3 (HPIV3). The alpha-glucosidase inhibitors (castanospermine, 1-deoxynojirimycin) in recombinant expression systems reduced the surface and intracellular expression of both HPIV3 F and HN proteins. On the other hand, alpha-mannosidase inhibitors prevented processing of the oligosaccharides on HPIV3 glycoproteins into the complex form. Consequently, alpha-glycosidase inhibitors (castanospermine and 1-deoxynojirimycin) significantly inhibited viral fusion activity. We demonstrated that the alpha-glucosidase inhibitors (castanospermine and 1-deoxynojirimycin) reduced the infectivity of newly released viral particles. We postulate that alpha-glucosidase inhibitors can prevent the first steps of HPIV3 envelope glycoprotein processing and that the inhibition of glucose trimming has antiviral effects.

    PMID:
    16730076
    [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

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