The quinoline MK-571 is the most commonly used inhibitor of multidrug resistance protein-1 (MRP-1) but was originally developed as a cysteinyl leukotriene receptor 1 (CysLTR1) antagonist. While studying the modulatory effect of MRP-1 on anti-hepatitis C virus (HCV) direct acting-antivirals (DAA) efficiency, we observed an unexpected anti-HCV effect of compound MK-571 alone. This anti-HCV activity was characterized in Huh7.5 cells stably harboring a subgenomic genotype 1b replicon. A dose-dependent decrease of HCV RNA levels was observed upon MK-571 administration, with an EC₅₀ of 9±0.3 μM and a maximum HCV RNA level reduction of approximatively 1 Log₁₀. MK-571 also reduced the replication of the HCV full-length J6/JFH1 model in a dose-dependent manner. However, probenecid and apigenin homodimer (APN), two specific inhibitors of MRP-1, had no effect on HCV replication. In contrast, the CysLTR1 antagonists SR2640 increased HCV-SGR RNA levels in a dose-dependent manner, with a maximum increase of 10-fold. In addition, a combination of natural CysLTR1 agonist (LTD4) or antagonists (zafirlukast, cinalukast, and SR2640) with MK-571 completely reversed its antiviral effect, suggesting its anti-HCV activity is related to CysLTR1 rather to MRP-1 inhibition. In conclusion, we showed that MK-571 inhibits HCV replication in hepatoma cell cultures by acting as a CysLTR1 receptor antagonist, thus unraveling a new host-virus interaction in the HCV life cycle.

People travelling to the UK will be quarantined for two weeks upon arrival as part of measures to prevent a second peak of the coronavirus pandemic.

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Prime Minister Boris Johnson will reportedly announce the news before year's end, in a move that could disrupt relationships between the UK and US government.

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नागपूर येथील राष्ट्रीय स्वयंसेवक संघाच्या मुख्यालयात संघाच्या तृतीय वर्षाचा समारोपाचा कार्यक्रम सुरु आहे. माजी राष्ट्रपती प्रणव मुखर्जी मुख्य अतिथी म्हणून या कार्यक्रमाला उपस्थित आहेत.

प्रणव दा, आज तुम्हाला नागपूर संघ मुख्यालयात राष्ट्रीय स्वयंसेवक संघाच्या व्यासपीठावरपाहून लाखो काँग्रेस कार्यकर्त्यांना दु:ख झाले आहे असे आनंद शर्मा यांनी म्हटले आहे.

राष्ट्र उभारणीत जेव्हा समाज सहभागी होतो तेव्हाच सरकार काही तरी करु शकते. स्वातंत्र्य मिळण्याआधी देशासाठी आपल्याला एकत्र काम केले पाहिजे यावर सर्वांचे एकमत होते.

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According to the ‘Daily Mirror', Johnson's divorce from Wheeler, his second wife, was finalised with the grant of the decree just before the birth of the baby on April 29.

The stakes in finding a vaccine against the coronavirus couldn’t be higher. In just a few months the disease has claimed more than a quarter of a million lives and shattered economies worldwide.

After weeks of rumor and speculation, Mikhail Saakashvili, the former Georgian president who is wanted for embezzlement at home, has been appointed as head of Ukraine’s executive council on reforms.
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