Phytomedicine : international journal of phytotherapy and phytopharmacology · 2026
Tannic acid inhibits viral replication by disrupting nucleocapsid condensation.
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Pan Jie, Jiang Shao-Zhen, Zhu Yunkai, Li Xiao-Wei, Yu Liu-Bing, Wang Ziqiao, Shen Bei-Lei, Luo Rong-Bo, Fan Ling-Jun, Yu Yin, Qian Bing-Shuo, Wang Zheng-Jie, Liu Yu, Cai Hong, Xue Wen, Xia Tian, Han Qiu-Ying, Wang Kai, Xu Xin, He Xin-Hua, Chen Yuan, Gao Yuwei, Li Ai-Ling, Li Tao, Zhang Rong, Zhao Ming, Zhou Tao
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BACKGROUND: Viruses continue to threaten global health, highlighting the urgent need for antiviral strategies with broad-spectrum activity. The nucleocapsid (N) protein undergoes liquid-liquid phase separation (LLPS), a conserved process essential for viral assembly. However, pharmacological targeting of this process remains largely unexplored.
PURPOSE: This study aimed to establish a high-content screening platform to discover small-molecule inhibitors of the conserved LLPS of the SARS-CoV-2 nucleocapsid protein and to evaluate their broad-spectrum antiviral activity and anti-inflammatory effects.
METHODS: We established a high-content imaging-based screening platform to identify small-molecule inhibitors of SARS-CoV-2 nucleocapsid protein LLPS. Candidate compounds were evaluated for antiviral activity using immunofluorescence microscopy, quantitative RT-PCR, and virus-like particle systems. Antiviral efficacy and immunomodulatory effects were further validated in SARS-CoV-2-infected cell and mouse models.
RESULTS: We identified tannic acid (TA) as a potent inhibitor that disrupts nucleocapsid protein condensation by binding to multiple regions of nucleocapsid and interfering with nucleocapsid-RNA interactions. Tannic acid robustly suppressed SARS-CoV-2 replication in vitro and in vivo. In parallel, tannic acid attenuated virus-induced inflammatory responses by interacting with G3BP1 and suppressing NF-κB signaling. Importantly, tannic acid maintained inhibitory activity against nucleocapsid proteins from major SARS-CoV-2 variants and exhibited broad-spectrum antiviral effects against multiple human coronaviruses, influenza A virus, and vesicular stomatitis virus.
CONCLUSIONS: These findings demonstrate that targeting nucleocapsid protein LLPS represents a conserved antiviral strategy resilient to viral evolution and identify tannic acid as a promising lead compound with dual antiviral and anti-inflammatory properties.
PURPOSE: This study aimed to establish a high-content screening platform to discover small-molecule inhibitors of the conserved LLPS of the SARS-CoV-2 nucleocapsid protein and to evaluate their broad-spectrum antiviral activity and anti-inflammatory effects.
METHODS: We established a high-content imaging-based screening platform to identify small-molecule inhibitors of SARS-CoV-2 nucleocapsid protein LLPS. Candidate compounds were evaluated for antiviral activity using immunofluorescence microscopy, quantitative RT-PCR, and virus-like particle systems. Antiviral efficacy and immunomodulatory effects were further validated in SARS-CoV-2-infected cell and mouse models.
RESULTS: We identified tannic acid (TA) as a potent inhibitor that disrupts nucleocapsid protein condensation by binding to multiple regions of nucleocapsid and interfering with nucleocapsid-RNA interactions. Tannic acid robustly suppressed SARS-CoV-2 replication in vitro and in vivo. In parallel, tannic acid attenuated virus-induced inflammatory responses by interacting with G3BP1 and suppressing NF-κB signaling. Importantly, tannic acid maintained inhibitory activity against nucleocapsid proteins from major SARS-CoV-2 variants and exhibited broad-spectrum antiviral effects against multiple human coronaviruses, influenza A virus, and vesicular stomatitis virus.
CONCLUSIONS: These findings demonstrate that targeting nucleocapsid protein LLPS represents a conserved antiviral strategy resilient to viral evolution and identify tannic acid as a promising lead compound with dual antiviral and anti-inflammatory properties.