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The introduction of combined anti-retroviral therapy (cART) in 1996, along with a continual breakthrough in anti-human immunodeficiency virus-1 (HIV-1) drugs, has improved the life expectancies of HIV-1-infected individuals. However, the incidence of drug-resistant viruses between individuals undergoing cART and treatment-naïve individuals is a common challenge. Therefore, there is a requirement to explore potential drug targets by considering various stages of the viral life cycle. For instance, the late stage, or viral release stage, remains uninvestigated extensively in antiviral drug discovery. In this study, we prepared a natural plant library and selected candidate plant extracts that inhibited HIV-1 release based on our laboratory-established screening system. The plant extracts from Epilobium hirsutum L. and Chamerion angustifolium (L.) Holub, belonging to the family Onagraceae, decreased HIV-1 release and accelerated the apoptosis in HIV-1-infected T cells but not uninfected T cells. A flavonol glycoside quercetin with oenothein B in Onagraceae reduced HIV-1 release in HIV-1-infected T cells. Moreover, extracts from Chamerion angustifolium (L.) Holub and Senna alexandrina Mill. inhibited the infectivity of progeny viruses. Together, these results suggest that C. angustifolium (L.) Holub contains quercetin with oenothein B that synergistically blocks viral replication and kills infected cells via an apoptotic pathway. Consequently, the plant extracts from the plant library of Turkey might be suitable candidates for developing novel anti-retroviral drugs that target the late phase of the HIV-1 life cycle.

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Yurika Tahara, Mikako Fujita, Tianli Zhang, Dongxing Wang, Hiroshi Tateishi, Akihiro Togami, Perpetual Nyame, Hiromi Terasawa, Nami Monde, Joyce Appiah-Kubi, Wright Ofotsu Amesimeku, Doaa Husham Majeed Alsaadi, Mikiyo Wada, Koji Sugimura, Sevgi Gezici, Halilibrahim Ciftci, Faruk Karahan, Nazim Sekeroglu, Masami Otsuka, Tomohiro Sawa, Yosuke Maeda, Takashi Watanabe, Kazuaki Monde. Turkish Plants, Including Quercetin and Oenothein B, Inhibit the HIV-1 Release and Accelerate Cell Apoptosis. Biological & pharmaceutical bulletin. 2023;46(11):1535-1547

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PMID: 37914356

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