Baicalein suppresses Coxsackievirus B3 replication by inhibiting caspase-1 and viral protease 2A  

作　　者：Yanyan Dong Enze Shao Siwei Li Ruiqi Wang Dan Wang Lixin Wang Hong Yang Yingxia He Tian Luan Yang Chen Yao Wang Lexun Lin Yan Wang Zhaohua Zhong Wenran Zhao 

机构地区：[1]Department of Cell Biology,Harbin Medical University,Harbin 150081,China [2]Department of Microbiology,Harbin Medical University,Harbin 150081,China

出　　处：《Virologica Sinica》2024年第4期685-693,共9页中国病毒学（英文版）

基　　金：supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(82172247 and 81971920 to WZ,82072278 to ZZ,and 82202493 to LL,82302502 to Yao Wang);Natural Science Foundation of Heilongjiang Province of China(YQ2023H003);China Postdoctoral Science Foundation(2021M693818);Heilongjiang Postdoctoral Fund,Heilongjiang Province of China(LBH-Z21023).

摘　　要：Myocarditis is an inflammatory disease of the cardiac muscle and one of the primary causes of dilated cardiomyopathy.Group B coxsackievirus(CVB)is one of the leading causative pathogens of viral myocarditis,which primarily affects children and young adults.Due to the lack of vaccines,the development of antiviral medicines is crucial to controlling CVB infection and the progression of myocarditis.In this study,we investigated the antiviral effect of baicalein,a flavonoid extracted from Scutellaria baicaleinsis.Our results demonstrated that baicalein treatment significantly reduced cytopathic effect and increased cell viability in CVB3-infected cells.In addition,significant reductions in viral protein 3D,viral RNA,and viral particles were observed in CVB3-infected cells treated with baicalein.We found that baicalein exerted its inhibitory effect in the early stages of CVB3 infection.Baicalein also suppressed viral replication in the myocardium and effectively alleviated myocarditis induced by CVB3 infection.Our study revealed that baicalein exerts its antiviral effect by inhibiting the activity of caspase-1 and viral protease 2A.Taken together,our findings demonstrate that baicalein has antiviral activity against CVB3 infection and may serve as a potential therapeutic option for the myocarditis caused by enterovirus infection.

关 键 词：BAICALEIN Coxsackievirus B(CVB) MYOCARDITIS 2A protease CASPASE-1 

分 类 号：R373[医药卫生—病原生物学]