Assessment of Repurposed Compounds for Antiviral Activity Against Measles Virus
Abstract
Background: There is currently no approved antiviral therapy against measles virus (MeV). Repurposing available compounds with broad antiviral activity may rapidly identify candidate drugs for clinical evaluation. Here we evaluated the antiviral activity of the clinically approved drugs azelastine hydrochloride and zafirlukast as well as the flavonoids quercetin and isoquercetin against MeV in preventative and therapeutic in vitro studies.
Methods: Compounds were tested for antiviral activity against MeV in preventative (prophylactic and virucidal) and therapeutic (steady-state and persistent) assays in Vero/hSLAM cells. Viral loads and cell viability were measured 48h post-infection, and dose-response curves were used to calculate EC50 values. Flavonoids were also tested in the presence of 1 mM ascorbic acid.
Results: Azelastine hydrochloride did not show evidence of antiviral activity against MeV under these conditions, whereas zafirlukast, quercetin, and isoquercetin showed therapeutic activity against MeV. The addition of ascorbic acid enhanced the therapeutic potency of quercetin to 4.2-4.8 µM and of isoquercetin to 10.7-10.9 µM. Antiviral activity was dose-dependent when administered post-infection.
Conclusion: Among the four compounds tested, quercetin showed the most potent therapeutic antiviral activity against MeV in vitro . Isoquercetin and zafirkulast also showed therapeutic activity. These findings support further evaluation of quercetin, isoquercetin, and…
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