Treatment With Lopinavir/Ritonavir or Interferon-β1b Improves Outcome of MERS-CoV Infection in a Nonhuman Primate Model of Common Marmoset

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Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV) causes severe disease in human with an overall case-fatality rate of >35%. Effective antivirals are crucial for improving the clinical outcome of MERS. Although a number of repurposed drugs, convalescent-phase plasma, antiviral peptides, and neutralizing antibodies exhibit anti-MERS-CoV activity in vitro, most are not readily available or have not been evaluated in nonhuman primates. We assessed 3 repurposed drugs with potent in vitro anti-MERS-CoV activity (mycophenolate mofetil [MMF], lopinavir/ritonavir, and interferon-β1b) in common marmosets with severe disease resembling MERS in humans. The lopinavir/ritonavir-treated and interferon-β1b-treated animals had better outcome than the untreated animals, with improved clinical (mean clinical scores ↓50.9%-95.0% and ↓weight loss than the untreated animals), radiological (minimal pulmonary infiltrates), and pathological (mild bronchointerstitial pneumonia) findings, and lower mean viral loads in necropsied lung (↓0.59-1.06 log10 copies/glyceraldehyde 3-phosphate dehydrogenase [GAPDH]; P < .050) and extrapulmonary (↓0.11-1.29 log10 copies/GAPDH; P < .050 in kidney) tissues. In contrast, all MMF-treated animals developed severe and/or fatal disease with higher mean viral loads (↑0.15-0.54 log10 copies/GAPDH) than the untreated animals. The mortality rate at 36 hours postinoculation was 67% (untreated and MMF-treated) versus 0-33% (lopinavir/ritonavir-treated and interferon-β1b-treated). Lopinavir/ritonavir and interferon-β1b alone or in combination should be evaluated in clinical trials. MMF alone may worsen MERS and should not be used.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2015

Erschienen:

2015

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:212

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The Journal of infectious diseases - 212(2015), 12 vom: 15. Dez., Seite 1904-13

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Chan, Jasper Fuk-Woo [VerfasserIn]
Yao, Yanfeng [VerfasserIn]
Yeung, Man-Lung [VerfasserIn]
Deng, Wei [VerfasserIn]
Bao, Linlin [VerfasserIn]
Jia, Lilong [VerfasserIn]
Li, Fengdi [VerfasserIn]
Xiao, Chong [VerfasserIn]
Gao, Hong [VerfasserIn]
Yu, Pin [VerfasserIn]
Cai, Jian-Piao [VerfasserIn]
Chu, Hin [VerfasserIn]
Zhou, Jie [VerfasserIn]
Chen, Honglin [VerfasserIn]
Qin, Chuan [VerfasserIn]
Yuen, Kwok-Yung [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

2494G1JF75
77238-31-4
Animal
Antiviral Agents
Common marmoset
Coronavirus
Interferon
Interferon-beta
Journal Article
Kaletra
Lopinavir
MERS
Mycophenolate
O3J8G9O825
Primate
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Ritonavir
Treatment

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Date Completed 08.03.2016

Date Revised 03.04.2020

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1093/infdis/jiv392

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NLM251115003