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A pan-serotype dengue virus inhibitor targeting the NS3-NS4B interaction. | LitMetric

AI Article Synopsis

  • Dengue virus causes about 96 million infections each year, leading to illnesses like dengue fever, and there are currently no medicines to fight it.
  • A new powerful drug called JNJ-A07 can block the dengue virus very effectively by stopping two important virus proteins from working together.
  • Testing in mice showed that JNJ-A07 can quickly reduce the amount of virus in the body, and researchers are now working on a similar version of this drug.

Article Abstract

Dengue virus causes approximately 96 million symptomatic infections annually, manifesting as dengue fever or occasionally as severe dengue. There are no antiviral agents available to prevent or treat dengue. Here, we describe a highly potent dengue virus inhibitor (JNJ-A07) that exerts nanomolar to picomolar activity against a panel of 21 clinical isolates that represent the natural genetic diversity of known genotypes and serotypes. The molecule has a high barrier to resistance and prevents the formation of the viral replication complex by blocking the interaction between two viral proteins (NS3 and NS4B), thus revealing a previously undescribed mechanism of antiviral action. JNJ-A07 has a favourable pharmacokinetic profile that results in outstanding efficacy against dengue virus infection in mouse infection models. Delaying start of treatment until peak viraemia results in a rapid and significant reduction in viral load. An analogue is currently in further development.

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