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Inhibition of Herpes Simplex Virus-1 Replication by Natural Compound Honokiol

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Honokiol is a pleiotropic natural compound isolated from Magnolia and has multiple biological and clinically relevant effects, including anticancer and antimicrobial function. However, the antiviral activity of honokiol has not yet been well studied. Here we showed that honokiol had no effect on herpes simplex virus-1 (HSV-1) entry, but inhibited HSV-1 viral DNA replication, gene expression and the production of new progeny viruses. The combination of honokiol and clinical drug acyclovir augmented inhibition of HSV-1 infection. Our results illustrate that honokiol could be a potential new candidate for clinical consideration in the treatment of HSV-1 infection alone or combination with other therapeutics.

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Acknowledgements

We thank Dr. Chunfu Zheng (Fujian Medical University) for providing the HSV-1-GFP virus. This work was supported by the grant from National Key Research and Development Program (2016YFA0502100).

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    Shuai Liu, Long Li & Lingbing Tan

  2. Key Laboratory of Molecular Virology & Immunology, Institut Pasteur of Shanghai, Shanghai, 200031, China

    Shuai Liu, Long Li, Lingbing Tan & Xiaozhen Liang

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XL conceived and designed the experiments. SL, LL and LT performed the experiments and analyzed the data. XL wrote and finalized the manuscript. All authors read and approved the final manuscript.

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Liu, S., Li, L., Tan, L. et al. Inhibition of Herpes Simplex Virus-1 Replication by Natural Compound Honokiol. Virol. Sin. 34, 315–323 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12250-019-00104-5

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