Antiviral Activity of Paulownia tomentosa against Enterovirus 71 of Hand, Foot and Mouth Disease

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  • Ji Ping
    Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Molecular Medicine, Medical School, Nanjing University Nanjing Children’s Hospital Affiliated with Nanjing Medical University
  • Chen Changmai
    College of Life Sciences, Nanjing University
  • Hu Yanan
    Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Molecular Medicine, Medical School, Nanjing University
  • Zhan Zixuan
    Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Molecular Medicine, Medical School, Nanjing University
  • Pan Wei
    Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Molecular Medicine, Medical School, Nanjing University
  • Li Rongrong
    Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Molecular Medicine, Medical School, Nanjing University
  • Li Erguang
    Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Molecular Medicine, Medical School, Nanjing University
  • Ge Hui-Ming
    College of Life Sciences, Nanjing University
  • Yang Guang
    Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Molecular Medicine, Medical School, Nanjing University Nanjing Children’s Hospital Affiliated with Nanjing Medical University

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  • Antiviral Activity of <i>Paulownia tomentosa</i> against Enterovirus 71 of Hand, Foot, and Mouth Disease

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The bark, leaves, and flowers of Paulownia trees have been used in traditional Chinese medicine to treat infectious and inflammatory diseases. We investigated the antiviral effects of Paulownia tomentosa flowers, an herbal medicine used in some provinces of P. R. China for the treatment of skin rashes and blisters. Dried flowers of P. tomentosa were extracted with methanol and tested for antiviral activity against enterovirus 71 (EV71) and coxsackievirus A16 (CAV16), the predominant etiologic agents of hand, foot, and mouth disease in P. R. China. The extract inhibited EV71 infection, although no effect was detected against CAV16 infection. Bioactivity-guided fractionation was performed to identify apigenin as an active component of the flowers. The EC50 value for apigenin to block EV71 infection was 11.0 µM, with a selectivity index of approximately 9.3. Although it is a common dietary flavonoid, only apigenin, and not similar compounds like naringenin and quercetin, were active against EV71 infection. As an RNA virus, the genome of EV71 has an internal ribosome entry site that interacts with heterogeneous nuclear ribonucleoproteins (hnRNPs) and regulates viral translation. Cross-linking followed by immunoprecipitation and reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) analysis showed that EV71 RNA was associated with hnRNPs A1 and A2. Apigenin treatment disrupted this association, indicating that apigenin suppressed EV71 replication through a novel mechanism by targeting the trans-acting factors. This study therefore validates the effects of Paulownia against EV71 infection. It also yielded mechanistic insights on apigenin as an active compound for the antiviral activity of P. tomentosa against EV71 infection.

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