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Antonio Real-Hohn1, Rong Zhu2, Haleh Ganjian3
1Vienna Biocentre, Max Perutz Laboratories, Medical University of Vienna, Center of Med. Biochemistry, Dr. Bohr Gasse 9/3, A-1030 Vienna, Austria.
Abstract:
The neutrophil extracellular trap (ET) is a eukaryotic host defense machinery that operates by capturing and concentrating pathogens in a filamentous network manufactured by neutrophils and made of DNA, histones, and many other components. Respiratory virus-induced ETs are involved in tissue damage and impairment of the alveolar-capillary barrier, but they also aid in fending off infection. We found that the small organic compound pyridostatin (PDS) forms somewhat similar fibrillary structures in Tris buffer in a concentration-dependent manner. Common cold viruses promote this process and become entrapped in the network, decreasing their infectivity by about 70% in tissue culture. We propose studying this novel mechanism of virus inhibition for its utility in preventing viral infection.
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