Influenza is an acute respiratory infection caused by influenza viruses(IFV),According to the World Health Organization(WHO),seasonal IFV epidemics result in approximately 3-5 million cases of severe illness,leading t...Influenza is an acute respiratory infection caused by influenza viruses(IFV),According to the World Health Organization(WHO),seasonal IFV epidemics result in approximately 3-5 million cases of severe illness,leading to about half a million deaths worldwide,along with severe economic losses and social burdens.Unfortunately,frequent mutations in IFV lead to a certain lag in vaccine development as well as resistance to existing antiviral drugs.Therefore,it is of great importance to develop anti-IFV drugs with high efficiency against wild-type and resistant strains,needed in the fight against current and future outbreaks caused by different IFV strains.In this review,we summarize general strategies used for the discovery and development of antiviral agents targeting multiple IFV strains(including those resistant to available drugs).Structure-based drug design,mechanism-based drug design,multivalent interaction-based drug design and drug repurposing are amongst the most relevant strategies that provide a framework for the development of antiviral drugs targeting IFV.展开更多
Fluorescent sensing for specific detection of berberine is an important issue in view of its potential jeopardization to food safety and human health,but remains less investigated.To the best of our knowledge,there is...Fluorescent sensing for specific detection of berberine is an important issue in view of its potential jeopardization to food safety and human health,but remains less investigated.To the best of our knowledge,there is no fluorescence turn-on and ratiometric sensors available for specific detection of berberine.In this study,calix[4]carbazole(3)has been synthesized and its property of recognizing berberine ha s been evaluated by UV-vis,fluorescence,NMR,DLS and TEM techniques.The results show that 3 selectively recognizes berberine among the tested drugs and detects it with turn-on and ratiometric fluorescence due to their co-assembly nature.Moreover,3 is not only low toxic and can reduce toxicity of berberine to human normal liver L02 cell,but also can release berberine to tumor HepG2 cells at acid micro-environment.It therefore holds a great potential for further exploration。展开更多
基金financial support from the National Natural Science Foundation of China(NSFC No.82173677)the Science Foundation for Outstanding Young Scholars of Shandong Province(ZR2020JQ31,China)+1 种基金the China Postdoctoral Science Foundation(2022M711938)supported in part by the Ministry of Science and Innovation of Spain through grant PID2019-104176RB-I00/AEI/10.13039/501100011033 awarded to Luis Menendez-Arias-A.
文摘Influenza is an acute respiratory infection caused by influenza viruses(IFV),According to the World Health Organization(WHO),seasonal IFV epidemics result in approximately 3-5 million cases of severe illness,leading to about half a million deaths worldwide,along with severe economic losses and social burdens.Unfortunately,frequent mutations in IFV lead to a certain lag in vaccine development as well as resistance to existing antiviral drugs.Therefore,it is of great importance to develop anti-IFV drugs with high efficiency against wild-type and resistant strains,needed in the fight against current and future outbreaks caused by different IFV strains.In this review,we summarize general strategies used for the discovery and development of antiviral agents targeting multiple IFV strains(including those resistant to available drugs).Structure-based drug design,mechanism-based drug design,multivalent interaction-based drug design and drug repurposing are amongst the most relevant strategies that provide a framework for the development of antiviral drugs targeting IFV.
基金the Natural Science Foundation of Liaoning Province(No.20180550874)。
文摘Fluorescent sensing for specific detection of berberine is an important issue in view of its potential jeopardization to food safety and human health,but remains less investigated.To the best of our knowledge,there is no fluorescence turn-on and ratiometric sensors available for specific detection of berberine.In this study,calix[4]carbazole(3)has been synthesized and its property of recognizing berberine ha s been evaluated by UV-vis,fluorescence,NMR,DLS and TEM techniques.The results show that 3 selectively recognizes berberine among the tested drugs and detects it with turn-on and ratiometric fluorescence due to their co-assembly nature.Moreover,3 is not only low toxic and can reduce toxicity of berberine to human normal liver L02 cell,but also can release berberine to tumor HepG2 cells at acid micro-environment.It therefore holds a great potential for further exploration。
