Viruses, Vol. 12, Pages 122: 5,6-Dichloro-2-phenyl-benzotriazoles: New Potent Inhibitors of Orthohantavirus

Viruses, Vol. 12, Pages 122: 5,6-Dichloro-2-phenyl-benzotriazoles: New Potent Inhibitors of Orthohantavirus Viruses doi: 10.3390/v12010122 Authors: Giuseppina Sanna Sandra Piras Silvia Madeddu Bernardetta Busonera Boris Klempa Paola Corona Roberta Ibba Gabriele Murineddu Antonio Carta Roberta Loddo Orthohantaviruses, previously known as hantaviruses (family Hantaviridae, order Bunyavirales), are emerging zoonoses hosted by different rodent and insectivore species. Orthohantaviruses are transmitted by aerosolized excreta (urine, saliva and feces) of their reservoir hosts. When transmitted to humans, they cause hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome (HFRS) in Asia and Europe and hantavirus (cardio) pulmonary syndrome (HPS) in the Americas. Clinical studies have shown that early treatments of HFRS patients with ribavirin (RBV) improve prognosis. Nevertheless, there is the need for urgent development of specific antiviral drugs. In the search for new RNA virus inhibitors, we recently identified a series of variously substituted 5,6-dichloro-1(2)-phenyl-1(2)H-benzo[d][1,2,3]triazole derivatives active against the human respiratory syncytial virus (HRSV). Interestingly, several 2-phenyl-benzotriazoles resulted in fairly potent inhibitors of the Hantaan virus in a chemiluminescence focus reduction assay (C-FRA) showing an EC50 = 4–5 µM, ten-fold more active than ribavirin. Currently, there are no FDA approved drugs for the treatme...
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