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Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy, May 2004, p. 1900-1903, Vol. 48, No. 5
0066-4804/04/$08.00+0     DOI: 10.1128/AAC.48.5.1900-1903.2004
Copyright © 2004, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.

Effects of Maribavir and Selected Indolocarbazoles on Epstein-Barr Virus Protein Kinase BGLF4 and on Viral Lytic Replication

Edward Gershburg,1 Ke Hong,1 and Joseph S. Pagano1,2,3*

Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center,1 Department of Microbiology and Immunology,2 Department of Medicine, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina 275993

Received 1 October 2003/ Returned for modification 4 December 2003/ Accepted 21 January 2004

The human cytomegalovirus (HCMV) homolog of the Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) protein kinase (PK), UL97, is inhibited by maribavir (1263W94) and selected indolocarbazoles. Here we show that only one of these indolocarbazoles (K252a), but not maribavir, inhibits autophosphorylation of the EBV PK, BGLF4. However, maribavir and another indolocarbazole, NGIC-I, do inhibit EBV DNA synthesis, suggesting that although these last compounds inhibit both HCMV and EBV, they seem to operate through differ-ent pathways.


* Corresponding author. Mailing address: Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, CB 7295, Chapel Hill, NC 27599-7295. Phone: (919) 966-5907. Fax: (919) 966-9673. E-mail: joseph_pagano{at}med.unc.edu.


Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy, May 2004, p. 1900-1903, Vol. 48, No. 5
0066-4804/04/$08.00+0     DOI: 10.1128/AAC.48.5.1900-1903.2004
Copyright © 2004, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.




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