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Methods to Classify Cytoplasmic Foci as Mammalian Stress Granules
Published on: May 12, 2017
Harnessing stress granule formation by small molecules to inhibit the cellular replication of SARS-CoV-2
Wan Gi Byun1, Jihye Lee2, Seungtaek Kim2
1CRI Center for Chemical Proteomics, Department of Chemistry, Seoul National University, Seoul, 08826, Korea. sbpark@snu.ac.kr.
Abstract:
We identified small-molecule enhancers of cellular stress granules by observing molecular crowding of proteins and RNAs in a time-dependent manner. Hit molecules sensitized the IRF3-mediated antiviral mechanism in the presence of poly(I:C) and inhibited the replication of SARS-CoV-2 by inducing stress granule formation. Thus, modulating multimolecular crowding can be a promising strategy against SARS-CoV-2.
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