{"database":"biostudies-literature","file_versions":[],"scores":null,"additional":{"submitter":["You Q"],"funding":["Nanjing University-Ningxia University Collaborative Project","National Natural Science Foundation of China","Major Research and Development Project"],"pagination":["53"],"full_dataset_link":["https://www.ebi.ac.uk/biostudies/studies/S-EPMC11776205"],"repository":["biostudies-literature"],"omics_type":["Unknown"],"volume":["25(1)"],"pubmed_abstract":["<h4>Background</h4>Enterovirus 71 (EV71) is one of the major causative agents of hand, foot, and mouth disease (HFMD), and can cause severe cerebral complications and even fatality in children younger than 5 years old. However, there is no specific medication for EV71 infection in clinical practice. Our previous studies had identified the 6-thioguanine (6-TG), an FDA-approved anticancer drug, as a potential antiviral agent, but its anti-EV71 activity is largely unknown, therefore, we aim to explore the antiviral effect of 6-TG on EV71.<h4>Results</h4>6-TG significantly suppressed EV71 mRNA level, VP1 protein expression, and viral progeny production in HT-29 cells. In EV71-infected HT-29 cells, the 50% cytotoxicity concentration of 6-TG (CC<sub>50</sub>) was > 2000 µM and the 50% inhibitory concentration of 6-TG against EV71 (IC<sub>50</sub>) was 0.9302 µM. Interestingly, the selectivity index (SI) value of 6-TG against EV71 was > 2150.1, which was higher than the SI value (> 66.7) of ribavirin. Mechanistically, 6-TG treatment reduced the expression of baculoviral IAP repeat containing 3 (BIRC3), and further inhibited EV71 replication by attenuating BIRC3-mediated the complete autophagy.<h4>Conclusions</h4>6-TG exerted a significant inhibitory effect on EV71 infection in vitro and prevented EV71-induced the complete autophagy by decreasing BIRC3 expression. Our work provided a basis for the further development of 6-TG as a therapy for EV71-associated HFMD."],"journal":["BMC microbiology"],"pubmed_title":["6-thioguanine inhibits EV71 replication by reducing BIRC3-mediated autophagy."],"pmcid":["PMC11776205"],"funding_grant_id":["2018ZX10301406","U22A20335, 31970149 and 81900823","2017BN04"],"pubmed_authors":["Wu J","Liu Y","Zhang F","Wu Z","He Y","Cai Y","You Q","Lyu R","Jiang N","Chen D"],"additional_accession":[]},"is_claimable":false,"name":"6-thioguanine inhibits EV71 replication by reducing BIRC3-mediated autophagy.","description":"<h4>Background</h4>Enterovirus 71 (EV71) is one of the major causative agents of hand, foot, and mouth disease (HFMD), and can cause severe cerebral complications and even fatality in children younger than 5 years old. However, there is no specific medication for EV71 infection in clinical practice. Our previous studies had identified the 6-thioguanine (6-TG), an FDA-approved anticancer drug, as a potential antiviral agent, but its anti-EV71 activity is largely unknown, therefore, we aim to explore the antiviral effect of 6-TG on EV71.<h4>Results</h4>6-TG significantly suppressed EV71 mRNA level, VP1 protein expression, and viral progeny production in HT-29 cells. In EV71-infected HT-29 cells, the 50% cytotoxicity concentration of 6-TG (CC<sub>50</sub>) was > 2000 µM and the 50% inhibitory concentration of 6-TG against EV71 (IC<sub>50</sub>) was 0.9302 µM. Interestingly, the selectivity index (SI) value of 6-TG against EV71 was > 2150.1, which was higher than the SI value (> 66.7) of ribavirin. Mechanistically, 6-TG treatment reduced the expression of baculoviral IAP repeat containing 3 (BIRC3), and further inhibited EV71 replication by attenuating BIRC3-mediated the complete autophagy.<h4>Conclusions</h4>6-TG exerted a significant inhibitory effect on EV71 infection in vitro and prevented EV71-induced the complete autophagy by decreasing BIRC3 expression. Our work provided a basis for the further development of 6-TG as a therapy for EV71-associated HFMD.","dates":{"release":"2025-01-01T00:00:00Z","publication":"2025 Jan","modification":"2025-04-04T22:23:59.317Z","creation":"2025-04-04T22:23:59.317Z"},"accession":"S-EPMC11776205","cross_references":{"pubmed":["39881250"],"doi":["10.1186/s12866-025-03752-8"]}}