The approved pediatric drug suramin identified as a clinical candidate for the treatment of EV71 infection—suramin inhibits EV71 infection in vitro and in vivo

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Ren, Peijun
Zou, Gang
Bailly, Benjamin
Xu, Shanshan
Zeng, Mei
Chen, Xinsheng
Shen, Liang
Zhang, Ying
Guillon, Patrice
Arenzana-Seisdedos, Fernando
Buchy, Philippe
Li, Jian
von Itzstein, Mark
Li, Qihan
Altmeyer, Ralf
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2014
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Enterovirus 71 (EV71) causes severe central nervous system infections, leading to cardiopulmonary complications and death in young children. There is an urgent unmet medical need for new pharmaceutical agents to control EV71 infections. Using a multidisciplinary approach, we found that the approved pediatric antiparasitic drug suramin blocked EV71 infectivity by a novel mechanism of action that involves binding of the naphtalentrisulonic acid group of suramin to the viral capsid. Moreover, we demonstrate that when suramin is used in vivo at doses equivalent to or lower than the highest dose already used in humans, it significantly decreased mortality in mice challenged with a lethal dose of EV71 and peak viral load in adult rhesus monkeys. Thus, suramin inhibits EV71 infection by neutralizing virus particles prior to cell attachment. Consequently, these findings identify suramin as a clinical candidate for further development as a therapeutic or prophylactic treatment for severe EV71 infection.

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Emerging Microbes & Infections

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3

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9

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Microbiology

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