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ArticleCellular and molecular life sciences : CMLS2024

FGF receptor kinase inhibitors exhibit broad antiviral activity by targeting Src family kinases.

Debora Stefanova, Dominik Olszewski, Mirco Glitscher, Michael Bauer, Luca Ferrarese, Daria Wüst, Eberhard Hildt, Urs F Greber, Sabine Werner

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Article in Cellular and molecular life sciences : CMLS, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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Debora StefanovaInstitute of Molecular Health Sciences, Department of Biology, ETH Zürich, Otto-Stern-Weg 7, Zürich, 8093, Switzerland. debora.stefanova@biol.ethz.ch.
Dominik OlszewskiDepartment of Molecular Life Sciences, University of Zürich, Winterthurerstrasse 190, Zurich, 8057, Switzerland.
Mirco GlitscherPaul-Ehrlich-Institute, Department of Virology, D-63225, Langen, Germany.
Michael BauerDepartment of Molecular Life Sciences, University of Zürich, Winterthurerstrasse 190, Zurich, 8057, Switzerland.
Luca FerrareseInstitute of Molecular Health Sciences, Department of Biology, ETH Zürich, Otto-Stern-Weg 7, Zürich, 8093, Switzerland.
Daria WüstInstitute of Molecular Health Sciences, Department of Biology, ETH Zürich, Otto-Stern-Weg 7, Zürich, 8093, Switzerland.
Eberhard HildtPaul-Ehrlich-Institute, Department of Virology, D-63225, Langen, Germany.
Urs F GreberDepartment of Molecular Life Sciences, University of Zürich, Winterthurerstrasse 190, Zurich, 8057, Switzerland.
Sabine WernerInstitute of Molecular Health Sciences, Department of Biology, ETH Zürich, Otto-Stern-Weg 7, Zürich, 8093, Switzerland. sabine.werner@biol.ethz.ch.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7397-8710

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The development of antiviral strategies is a key task of biomedical research, but broad-spectrum virus inhibitors are scarce. Here we show that fibroblast growth factor receptor (FGFR) tyrosine kinase inhibitors reduce infection of several cell types with DNA and RNA viruses by blocking early stages of infection, but not viral cell association. Unexpectedly, their antiviral activity was largely independent of FGFR kinase inhibition. RNA profiling showed upregulation of interferon response genes by FGFR inhibitors, but their expression did not correlate with the antiviral activity in infected cells. Using bioinformatics analysis of kinome data, targeted kinase assays, siRNA-mediated knock-down and pharmacological inhibition experiments, we show that blockade of Src family kinases, in particular Lyn, is mainly responsible for the antiviral activity of FGFR inhibitors. These results identify FGFR inhibitors as broad-spectrum antiviral agents and suggest the poorly studied Lyn kinase as a promising target for the treatment of viral infections.

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Antiviral AgentsProtein Kinase InhibitorsReceptors, Fibroblast Growth Factorsrc-Family KinasesAnimalsCell LineHumansAntiviral Agentslyn protein-tyrosine kinaseProtein Kinase InhibitorsReceptors, Fibroblast Growth Factorsrc-Family KinasesFGFFGFRInterferon response genesLyn kinaseSrc kinaseViral infection

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PMID39621133
PMCPMC11612106

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