PHOTODYNAMIC INACTIVATION OF INFECTIVITY OF HUMAN-IMMUNODEFICIENCY-VIRUS AND OTHER ENVELOPED VIRUSES USING HYPERICIN AND ROSE-BENGAL - INHIBITION OF FUSION AND SYNCYTIA FORMATION
PHOTODYNAMIC INACTIVATION OF INFECTIVITY OF HUMAN-IMMUNODEFICIENCY-VIRUS AND OTHER ENVELOPED VIRUSES USING HYPERICIN AND ROSE-BENGAL - INHIBITION OF FUSION AND SYNCYTIA FORMATION
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DOI:
10.1073/pnas.90.1.158
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发表时间:
1993-01-01
影响因子:
11.1
通讯作者:
VANDEROEF, R
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作者:
LENARD, J;RABSON, A;VANDEROEF, R
The mechanism of the antiviral activity of hypericin was characterized and compared with that of rose bengal. Both compounds inactivate enveloped (but not unenveloped) viruses upon illumination by visible light. Human immunodeficiency and vesicular stomatitis viruses were photodynamically inactivated by both dyes at nanomolar concentrations. Photodynamic inactivation of fusion (hemolysis) by vesicular stomatitis, influenza, and Sendai viruses was induced by both dyes under similar conditions (e.g., I50 = 20-50 nM for vesicular stomatitis virus), suggesting that loss of infectivity resulted from inactivation of fusion. Syncytium formation, between cells activated to express human immunodeficiency virus gp120 on their surfaces and CD4+ cells, was inhibited by illumination in the presence of 1 muM hypericin. Hypericin and rose bengal thus exert similar virucidal effects. Both presumably act by the same mechanism-namely, the inactivation of the viral fusion function by singlet oxygen produced upon illumination. The implications of this photodynamic antiviral action for the potential therapeutic usefulness of both hypericin and rose bengal are discussed.