articlePLoS PathogensNov 4, 2010GOLD OA

Zn2+ Inhibits Coronavirus and Arterivirus RNA Polymerase Activity In Vitro and Zinc Ionophores Block the Replication of These Viruses in Cell Culture

AJAartjan J.W. te VelthuisSHSjoerd H. E. van den WormASAmy SimsRSRalph S. BaricEJEric J. Snijder

Leiden University Medical Center · University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

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Abstract

Increasing the intracellular Zn(2+) concentration with zinc-ionophores like pyrithione (PT) can efficiently impair the replication of a variety of RNA viruses, including poliovirus and influenza virus. For some viruses this effect has been attributed to interference with viral polyprotein processing. In this study we demonstrate that the combination of Zn(2+) and PT at low concentrations (2 µM Zn(2+) and 2 µM PT) inhibits the replication of SARS-coronavirus (SARS-CoV) and equine arteritis virus (EAV) in cell culture. The RNA synthesis of these two distantly related nidoviruses is catalyzed by an RNA-dependent RNA polymerase (RdRp), which is the core enzyme of their multiprotein replication and transcription…

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  • RNA-dependent RNA polymerase
  • RNA
  • Biology
  • RNA polymerase
  • Viral replication
  • Arterivirus
  • Virology
  • Transcription (linguistics)
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