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VER-155008 Induced Hsp70 Proteins Expression in Fish Cell Cultures While Impeding Replication of Two RNA Viruses

VER-155008 Induced Hsp70 Proteins Expression in Fish Cell Cultures While Impeding Replication of Two RNA Viruses

Phuc H Pham, Bibi S H Sokeechand, Mark E Hamilton, Ehab Misk, Ginny Jones, Lucy E J Lee, John S Lumsden, Niels C Bols

Antiviral Res. 2019 Feb;162:151-162.

PMID: 30625344

Abstract:

The heat-shock protein 70 (Hsp70) inhibitor, VER-155008 (VER), was explored as a potential antiviral agent for two RNA viruses important to fish aquaculture, viral hemorrhagic septicemia virus (VHSV) and infectious pancreatic necrosis virus (IPNV). Studies were done at a temperature of 14 °C, and with cell lines commonly used to propagate these viruses. These were respectively EPC from fathead minnow for VHSV and CHSE-214 from Chinook salmon embryo for IPNV. Additionally, both viruses were studied with the Atlantic salmon heart endothelial cell line ASHe. For both VHSV and IPNV, 25 μM VER impeded replication. This was evidenced by delays in the development of cytopathic effect (CPE) and the expression of viral proteins, N for VHSV and VP2 for IPNV, and by less production of viral RNA and of viral titre. As VER inhibits the activity of Hsp70 family members, these results suggest that VHSV and IPNV utilize one or more Hsp70s in their life cycles. Yet neither virus induced Hsp70. Surprisingly VER alone induced Hsp70, but whether this induction modulated VER's antiviral effects is unknown. Exploring this apparent paradox in the future should improve the usefulness of VER as an antiviral agent.

Chemicals Related in the Paper:

Catalog Number	Product Name	Structure	CAS Number	Price
AP1134156312	VER-155008		1134156-31-2	Price

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