Rashid, Nor N. and Yusof, R. and Rothan, H. A. (2020) Antiviral and virucidal activities of sulphated polysaccharides against Japanese encephalitis virus. Tropical Biomedicine, 37 (3). pp. 713-721. ISSN 01275720,
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Japanese encephalitis virus (JEV), a member of the family Flaviviridae, causes severe neurological disorders in humans. JEV infections represent one of the most widely spread mosquito-borne diseases, and therefore, it has been considered as an endemic disease. An effective antiviral drug is still unavailable to treat JEV, and current drugs only provide supportive treatment to alleviate the symptoms and stabilize patients' conditions. This study was designed to evaluate the antiviral activity of the sulphated polysaccharides `Carrageenan,'' a linear sulphated polysaccharide that is extracted from red edible seaweeds against JEV replication in vitro. Viral inactivation, attachment, and post-infection assays were used to determine the mode of inhibition of Carrageenan. Virus titters after each application were evaluated by plaque formation assay. MTT assay was used to determine the 50% cytotoxic concentration (CC50), and ELISA-like cell-based assay and immunostaining and immunostaining techniques were used to evaluate the 50% effective concentration (EC50). This study showed that Carrageenan inhibited JEV at an EC50 of 15 mu g/ml, in a dose-dependent manner with CC50 more than 200 mu g/mL in healthy human liver cells (WRL68). The mode of inhibition assay showed that the antiviral effects of Carrageenan are mainly due to their ability to inhibit the early stages of virus infection such as the viral attachment and the cellular entry stages. Our investigation showed that Carrageenan could be considered as a potent antiviral agent to JEV infection. Further experimental and clinical studies are needed to investigate the potential applications of Carrageenan for clinical intervention against JEV infection.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Funders: | Ministry of Higher Education [Grant No: TRGS 2014-2] |
| Uncontrolled Keywords: | Antiviral Agents; Carrageenan; Cell Line; Encephalitis Virus, Japanese; Humans; Rhodophyta; Virus Attachment; Virus Internalization; Virus Replication |
| Subjects: | Q Science > QH Natural history > QH301 Biology R Medicine > R Medicine (General) |
| Divisions: | Faculty of Medicine > Department of Molecular Medicine |
| Depositing User: | Ms Zaharah Ramly |
| Date Deposited: | 28 Oct 2024 07:33 |
| Last Modified: | 28 Oct 2024 07:33 |
| URI: | http://eprints.um.edu.my/id/eprint/36453 |
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