Antiviral activity of methylelaiophylin, an alpha-glucosidase inhibitor

J Microbiol Biotechnol. 2011 Mar;21(3):263-6.

Abstract

Methylelaiophylin isolated from Streptomyces melanosporofaciens was selected as an alpha-glucosidase inhibitor with an IC50 value of 10 micrometer. It showed mixedtype inhibition of alpha-glucosidase with a Ki value of 5.94 micrometer. In addition, methylelaiophylin inhibited the intracellular trafficking of hemagglutinin-neuramidase (HN), a glycoprotein of Newcastle disease virus (NDV), in baby hamster kidney (BHK) cells. Methylelaiophylin inhibited the cell surface expression of NDV-HN glycoprotein without significantly affecting HN glycoprotein synthesis in NDV-infected BHK cells.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Antiviral Agents / isolation & purification
  • Antiviral Agents / pharmacology*
  • Cells, Cultured
  • Cricetinae
  • Glycoside Hydrolase Inhibitors*
  • HN Protein / metabolism
  • Inhibitory Concentration 50
  • Macrolides / isolation & purification
  • Macrolides / pharmacology*
  • Newcastle disease virus / drug effects*
  • Newcastle disease virus / growth & development
  • Protein Transport / drug effects
  • Streptomyces / chemistry*
  • Streptomyces / metabolism

Substances

  • Antiviral Agents
  • Glycoside Hydrolase Inhibitors
  • HN Protein
  • Macrolides
  • elaiophylin