Key result
Protein-protein interaction analysis identified 38 ASFV-interacting swine proteins, predicting drugs like Polaprezinc and Geldanamycin as potential antivirals against African swine fever virus.
Computational protein-protein interaction analysis identified potential antiviral drugs, such as Geldanamycin, targeting ASFV-interacting swine proteins.
Predicted antivirals require in vivo confirmation; leaves open efficacy in swine before any translational consideration.
The African swine fever virus (ASFV) has severely influenced the swine industry of the world. Unfortunately, there is currently no effective antiviral drug or vaccine against the virus. Identification of new anti-ASFV drugs is urgently needed. Here, an up-to-date set of protein-protein interactions between ASFV and swine were curated by integration of protein-protein interactions from multiple sources. Thirty-eight swine proteins were observed to interact with ASFVs and were defined as ASFV-interacting swine proteins. The ASFV-interacting swine proteins were found to play a central role in the swine protein-protein interaction network, with significant larger degree, betweenness and smaller shortest path length than other swine proteins. Some of ASFV-interacting swine proteins also interacted with several other viruses and could be taken as potential targets of drugs for broad-spectrum effect, such as HSP90AB1. Finally, the antiviral drugs which targeted ASFV-interacting swine proteins and ASFV proteins were predicted. Several drugs with either broad-spectrum effect or high specificity on ASFV-interacting swine proteins were identified, such as Polaprezinc and Geldanamycin. Structural modeling and molecular dynamics simulation showed that Geldanamycin could bind with swine HSP90AB1 stably. This work could not only deepen our understanding towards the ASFV-swine interactions, but also help for the development of effective antiviral drugs against the ASFVs.
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Zhu et al. (2020) studied African swine fever virus (ASFV). Antiviral drug prediction (e.g., Polaprezinc, Geldanamycin) was evaluated on Identification of ASFV-interacting swine proteins and potential antiviral drugs. Protein-protein interaction analysis identified 38 ASFV-interacting swine proteins, predicting drugs like Polaprezinc and Geldanamycin as potential antivirals against African swine fever virus.
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