BACKGROUND We investigated the efficacy of a 3C protease inhibitor (3CPI) in a murine coxsackievirus B3 (CVB3) myocarditis model. CVB3 is a primary cause of viral myocarditis. The CVB3 genome encodes a single polyprotein that undergoes a series of proteolytic events to produce several viral proteins. Most of this proteolysis is catalyzed by the 3C protease (3CP). METHODS AND RESULTS By way of...

Chrysin is a 5,7-dihydroxyflavone and was recently shown to potently inhibit enterovirus 71 (EV71) by suppressing viral 3C protease (3C(pro)) activity. In the current study, we investigated whether chrysin also shows antiviral activity against coxsackievirus B3 (CVB3), which belongs to the same genus (Enterovirus) as EV71, and assessed its ability to prevent the resulting acute pancreatitis and...

RIG-I-like receptors (RLRs) MDA5 and RIG-I are key players in the innate antiviral response. Upon recognition of viral RNA, they interact with MAVS, eventually inducing type I interferon production. The interferon induction pathway is commonly targeted by viruses. How enteroviruses suppress interferon production is incompletely understood. MDA5 has been suggested to undergo caspaseand proteasom...

A new Firmicutes isolate, strain HV4-6-A5C, was obtained from the hydrolysis stage of a mesophilic and anaerobic two-stage lab-scale leach-bed system for biomethanation of fresh grass. It is assumed that the bacterial isolate contributes to plant biomass degradation. Here, we report a draft annotated genome sequence of this organism.

ELEMENTS DURING CHONDRULE FORMATION. G. Libourel, A. N. Krot and L. Tissandier, CRPGCNRS 15, Rue Notre-Dame des Pauvres, BP20, 54501 Vandoeuvre les Nancy, France, ENSG-INPL, BP40, 54501 Vandoeuvre les Nancy, France ([email protected]), Hawai'i Institute of Geophysics and Planetology, School of Ocean and Earth Science and Technology, University of Hawai'i at Manoa, Honolulu, HI 96822, USA.

in this research, we studied the structure, properties and nmr parameters of interaction f2 gas with pristine and 3c-doped (8, 0) zigzag models of boron phosphide nanotubes (bpnts). in order to reach these aims, we considered four different configurations for adsorption of f2gas on the outer and inner surfaces of bpnts. the structures of all models were optimized by using density functional the...

enteroviruses are the causative agents of a number of diseases in humans. group b coxsackieviruses are believed to be the most common viral agents responsible for human heart disease. genomic data of enteroviruses has allowed developing new molecular approaches such as nucleic acid sequence based amplification (nasba) for detection of such viruses. in this study, coxsackievirus b3 (cvb3) was de...

The host response to Coxsackievirus infection is complex, including T lymphocytes, B lymphocytes, natural killer cells, and macrophages. Although Coxsackievirus infection induces expression of inducible nitric oxide synthase (NOS2; EC 1.14.13.39) in macrophages, the precise role of NOS2 in the host response to Coxsackievirus myocarditis has been unclear. We show, by using mice homozygous for a ...