Dataset Information

Prophylactic Antiheparanase Activity by PG545 Is Antiviral In Vitro and Protects against Ross River Virus Disease in Mice.

ABSTRACT: Recently we reported on the efficacy of pentosan polysulfate (PPS), a heparan sulfate mimetic, to reduce the recruitment of inflammatory infiltrates and protect the cartilage matrix from degradation in Ross River virus (RRV)-infected PPS-treated mice. Here, we describe both prophylactic and therapeutic treatment with PG545, a low-molecular-weight heparan sulfate mimetic, for arthritogenic alphaviral infection. We first assessed antiviral activity in vitro through a 50% plaque reduction assay. Increasing concentrations of PG545 inhibited plaque formation prior to viral adsorption in viral strains RRV T48, Barmah Forest virus 2193, East/Central/South African chikungunya virus (CHIKV), and Asian CHIKV, suggesting a strong antiviral mode of action. The viral particle-compound dissociation constant was then evaluated through isothermal titration calorimetry. Furthermore, prophylactic RRV-infected PG545-treated mice had reduced viral titers in target organs corresponding to lower clinical scores of limb weakness and immune infiltrate recruitment. At peak disease, PG545-treated RRV-infected mice had lower concentrations of the matrix-degrading enzyme heparanase in conjunction with a protective effect on tissue morphology, as seen in the histopathology of skeletal muscle. Enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay quantification of cartilage oligomeric matrix protein and cross-linked C-telopeptides of type II collagen as well as knee histopathology showed increased matrix protein degradation and cartilage erosion in RRV-infected phosphate-buffered saline-treated mice compared to their PG545-treated RRV-infected counterparts. Taken together, these findings suggest that PG545 has a direct antiviral effect on arthritogenic alphaviral infection and curtails RRV-induced inflammatory disease when administered as a prophylaxis.

SUBMITTER: Supramaniam A

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5913976 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

ACCESS DATA

Publications

Prophylactic Antiheparanase Activity by PG545 Is Antiviral <i>In Vitro</i> and Protects against Ross River Virus Disease in Mice.

Supramaniam Aroon A Liu Xiang X Ferro Vito V Herrero Lara J LJ

Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy 20180327 4

Recently we reported on the efficacy of pentosan polysulfate (PPS), a heparan sulfate mimetic, to reduce the recruitment of inflammatory infiltrates and protect the cartilage matrix from degradation in Ross River virus (RRV)-infected PPS-treated mice. Here, we describe both prophylactic and therapeutic treatment with PG545, a low-molecular-weight heparan sulfate mimetic, for arthritogenic alphaviral infection. We first assessed antiviral activity <i>in vitro</i> through a 50% plaque reduction as ...[more]

PMID: 29437628

Similar Datasets

Project description:BackgroundStatistical models are regularly used in the forecasting and surveillance of infectious diseases to guide public health. Variable selection assists in determining factors associated with disease transmission, however, often overlooked in this process is the evaluation and suitability of the statistical model used in forecasting disease transmission and outbreaks. Here we aim to evaluate several modelling methods to optimise predictive modelling of Ross River virus (RRV) disease notifications and outbreaks in epidemiological important regions of Victoria and Western Australia.Methodology/principal findingsWe developed several statistical methods using meteorological and RRV surveillance data from July 2000 until June 2018 in Victoria and from July 1991 until June 2018 in Western Australia. Models were developed for 11 Local Government Areas (LGAs) in Victoria and seven LGAs in Western Australia. We found generalised additive models and generalised boosted regression models, and generalised additive models and negative binomial models to be the best fit models when predicting RRV outbreaks and notifications, respectively. No association was found with a model's ability to predict RRV notifications in LGAs with greater RRV activity, or for outbreak predictions to have a higher accuracy in LGAs with greater RRV notifications. Moreover, we assessed the use of factor analysis to generate independent variables used in predictive modelling. In the majority of LGAs, this method did not result in better model predictive performance.Conclusions/significanceWe demonstrate that models which are developed and used for predicting disease notifications may not be suitable for predicting disease outbreaks, or vice versa. Furthermore, poor predictive performance in modelling disease transmissions may be the result of inappropriate model selection methods. Our findings provide approaches and methods to facilitate the selection of the best fit statistical model for predicting mosquito-borne disease notifications and outbreaks used for disease surveillance.

Dataset Information

Prophylactic Antiheparanase Activity by PG545 Is Antiviral In Vitro and Protects against Ross River Virus Disease in Mice.

Publications

Prophylactic Antiheparanase Activity by PG545 Is Antiviral <i>In Vitro</i> and Protects against Ross River Virus Disease in Mice.

Similar Datasets

OmicsDI is part of the ELIXIR infrastructure