The prophylactic and therapeutic activity of a broadly active ribonucleoside analog in a murine model of intranasal venezuelan equine encephalitis virus infection

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The New World alphaviruses Venezuelan, Eastern, and Western equine encephalitis viruses (VEEV, EEEV and WEEV, respectively) commonly cause a febrile disease that can progress to meningoencephalitis, resulting in significant morbidity and mortality. To address the need for a therapeutic agent for the treatment of Alphavirus infections, we identified and pursued preclinical characterization of a ribonucleoside analog EIDD-1931 (β-D-N4-hydroxycytidine, NHC), which has shown broad activity against alphaviruses in vitro and has a very high genetic barrier for development of resistance. To be truly effective as a therapeutic agent for VEEV infection a drug must penetrate the blood brain barrier and arrest virus replication in the brain. High plasma levels of EIDD-1931 are rapidly achieved in mice after oral dosing. Once in the plasma EIDD-1931 is efficiently distributed into organs, including brain, where it is rapidly converted to its active 5'-triphosphate. EIDD-1931 showed a good safety profile in mice after 7-day repeated dosing with up to 1000 mg/kg/day doses. In mouse model studies, EIDD-1931 was 90-100% effective in protecting mice against lethal intranasal infection when therapeutic treatment was started as late as 24 h post-infection, and partial protection was achieved when treatment was delayed for 48 h post-infection. These results support further preclinical development of EIDD-1931 as a potential anti-alphavirus drug.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2019

Erschienen:

2019

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:171

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Antiviral research - 171(2019) vom: 05. Nov., Seite 104597

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Painter, George R [VerfasserIn]
Bowen, Richard A [VerfasserIn]
Bluemling, Gregory R [VerfasserIn]
DeBergh, John [VerfasserIn]
Edpuganti, Vindhya [VerfasserIn]
Gruddanti, Prabhakar R [VerfasserIn]
Guthrie, David B [VerfasserIn]
Hager, Michael [VerfasserIn]
Kuiper, Damien L [VerfasserIn]
Lockwood, Mark A [VerfasserIn]
Mitchell, Deborah G [VerfasserIn]
Natchus, Michael G [VerfasserIn]
Sticher, Zachary M [VerfasserIn]
Kolykhalov, Alexander A [VerfasserIn]

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Alphavirus
Antiviral Agents
CNS penetration
Journal Article
Murine model
Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural
Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.
Ribonucleoside analog
Ribonucleosides
Therapeutic treatment

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Date Completed 08.07.2020

Date Revised 08.07.2020

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1016/j.antiviral.2019.104597

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NLM301031266