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Evaluation of antiviral activities of Houttuynia cordata Thunb. extract, quercetin, quercetrin and cinanserin on murine coronavirus and dengue virus infection.[Pubmed:26851778]

Asian Pac J Trop Med. 2016 Jan;9(1):1-7.

OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the in vitro activities of the ethyl acetate (EA) fraction of Houttuynia cordata (H. cordata) Thunb. (Saururaceae) and three of its constituent flavonoids (quercetin, quercitrin and rutin) against murine coronavirus and dengue virus (DENV). METHODS: The antiviral activities of various concentrations of the EA fraction of H. cordata and flavonoids were assessed using virus neutralization tests against mouse hepatitis virus (MHV) and DENV type 2 (DENV-2). Cinanserin hydrochloride was also tested against MHV. The EA fraction of H. cordata was tested for acute oral toxicity in C57BL/6 mice. RESULTS: The EA fraction of H. cordata inhibited viral infectivity up to 6 d. Cinanserin hydrochloride was able to inhibit MHV for only 2 d. The 50% inhibitory concentrations (IC50) of the EA fraction of H. cordata added before the viral adsorption stage were 0.98 mug/mL for MHV and 7.50 mug/mL for DENV-2 with absence of cytotoxicity. The mice fed with the EA fraction up to 2000 mg/kg did not induce any signs of acute toxicity, with normal histological features of major organs. Certain flavonoids exhibited comparatively weaker antiviral activity, notably quercetin which could inhibit both MHV and DENV-2. This was followed by quercitrin which could inhibit DENV-2 but not MHV, whereas rutin did not exert any inhibitory effect on either virus. When quercetin was combined with quercitrin, enhancement of anti-DENV-2 activity and reduced cytotoxicity were observed. However, the synergistic efficacy of the flavonoid combination was still less than that of the EA fraction. CONCLUSIONS: The compounds in H. cordata contribute to the superior antiviral efficacy of the EA fraction which lacked cytotoxicity in vitro and acute toxicity in vivo. H. cordata has much potential for the development of antiviral agents against coronavirus and dengue infections.

Molecular structural basis of ligand selectivity for 5-HT2 versus 5-HT1C cortical receptors.[Pubmed:1407003]

Naunyn Schmiedebergs Arch Pharmacol. 1992 Jul;346(1):4-11.

A molecular structural criterion of ligand selectivity for the 5-HT2 versus 5-HT1C receptor was hypothesized on the basis of radioligand binding data. Despite the large number of compounds which have been tested at both receptors, analysis of published data led to the identification of only five agents which are greater than 10-fold selective for the 5-HT2 versus the 5-HT1C receptor. Comparison of the two-dimensional structures revealed that, although these five compounds represent three distinct structural classes, they share a common structural feature located in the region hypothesized to be involved in receptor binding: a carbonyl or carboxyl oxygen interposed spatially between an aromatic ring and nitrogen atom. This structural feature was used to predict the relative selectivity of compounds that had not previously been analyzed at both the 5-HT2 and 5-HT1C receptors. All six drugs tested which contain the identified reactive carbonyl or carboxyl group were found to be selective for the 5-HT2 versus the 5-HT1C receptor with selectivity ratios ranging from 26 to 380. By contrast, three agents which are structurally similar but do not contain the reactive carbonyl or carboxyl group displayed equally high affinity for both receptor binding sites. Since the physiological roles of the 5-HT2 and 5-HT1C receptor are markedly different, it would be of potential clinical and scientific value to utilize this molecular structural feature to further identify chemical compounds which would selectively interact with only one of the two receptors.

Cinanserin hydrochloride (SQ 10643) is a potent, selective and highly affinity 5-HT2 receptor antagonist with a Ki of 41 nM. Cinanserin hydrochloride has a much higher binding affinity for the 5-HT2 than for the 5-HT1 receptor (Ki of 3500 nM). Cinanserin is also an inhibitor of 3C-like proteinase of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus and strongly reduces virus replication in vitro.

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