病毒复制
离子通道
重新调整用途
药物重新定位
病毒进入
药物发现
病毒
生物
病毒学
药品
医学
生物信息学
药理学
遗传学
受体
生态学
作者
Tristan Russell,Disha Gangotia,Gerald Barry
标识
DOI:10.1016/j.biopha.2022.113850
摘要
As diseases caused by new and emerging viruses continue to be a major threat to humans and animals worldwide the need for new therapeutic options intensifies. A wide variety of viruses including Influenza A virus, Human immunodeficiency virus, Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus and severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus require ion channels for efficient replication. Thus, targeting host ion channels may serve as an effective means to attenuate virus replication and help treat viral diseases. Targeting host ion channels is an attractive therapeutic option because a range of ion channel-blocking compounds already exist for the treatment of other human diseases and some of these possess in vitro and sometimes in vivo antiviral activity. Therefore, identifying the specific ion channels involved in replicative cycles could provide opportunities to repurpose these ion channel inhibitors for treating viral diseases. Furthermore, optimised methodologies for identifying effective ion channel targeting drugs and their mechanisms of action could enable rapid responses to newly emerged viruses. This review discusses the potential of ion channels as suitable drug targets to treat diseases caused by viruses by describing known ion channel targeting drugs including their antiviral activity; by summarising prior research demonstrating the requirement for host ion channels for efficient replication of some viruses; and by hypothesising about the role these drugs might play in our ongoing fight against viral diseases.
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