Genome-wide CRISPR screens identify CLC-2 as a drug target for anti-herpesvirus therapy: tackling herpesvirus drug resistance

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第一作者： Yang, Fayu

作者： Yang, Fayu;Wei, Nan;Cai, Shuo;Liu, Jing;Zhang, Hao;Shang, Lu;Wang, Mi;Liu, Yingchun;Zhang, Lifang;Fei, Chenzhong;Tong, Wu;Liu, Changlong;Tong, Guangzhi;Gu, Feng;Yang, Fayu;Wei, Nan;Cai, Shuo;Liu, Jing;Zhang, Hao;Shang, Lu;Wang, Mi;Liu, Yingchun;Zhang, Lifang;Fei, Chenzhong;Gu, Feng;Yang, Fayu;Lan, Qingping;Kuang, Ersheng;Zheng, Bo

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关键词： herpesviruses; CRISPR; host-directed therapy; CLC-2; DIDS

期刊名称：SCIENCE CHINA-LIFE SCIENCES （ 影响因子：9.5； 五年影响因子：8.1 ）

ISSN： 1674-7305

年卷期： 2025 年 68 卷 2 期

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摘要： The emergence of drug resistance to virus (i.e., acyclovir (ACV) to herpesviruses) has been termed one of the common clinical issues, emphasizing the discovery of new antiviral agents. To address it, a genome-wide clustered regularly interspaced short palindromic repeats (CRISPR) screening was performed in mouse haploid embryonic stem cells infected with pseudorabies virus (PRV), an alpha-herpesvirus causing human and pig diseases. The results demonstrated that type 2 voltage-gated chloride channels (CLC-2) encoded by one of the identified genes, CLCN2, is a potential drug target for anti-herpesvirus therapy. CLC-2 inhibitors, omeprazole (OME) and 4,4 '-diisothiocyanostilbene-2,2 '-disulfonic acid (DIDS), can efficiently inhibit infection of multiple herpesviruses in cellulo (i.e., PRV, HSV and EBV), and effectively treat murine herpes simplex encephalitis (HSE). Additionally, DIDS was found to inhibit HSV-1 replication by blocking the PI3K/Akt pathway. Most importantly, both DIDS and OME were able to inhibit ACV-resistant HSV-1 strain infection. The study's findings suggest that targeting host-cell factors such as CLC-2 may be a promising approach to tackling herpesvirus drug resistance. The discovery of CLC-2 as a potential drug target for anti-herpesvirus therapy provides a new direction for the development of novel antiviral agents.

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