Longitudinal Analysis of Neutralizing Potency against SARS-CoV-2 in the Recovered Patients after Treatment with or without Favipiravir

The effect of treatment with favipiravir, an antiviral purine nucleoside analog, for coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) on the production and duration of neutralizing antibodies for SARS-CoV-2 was explored. There were 17 age-, gender-, and body mass index-matched pairs of favipiravir treated versus control selected from a total of 99 patients recovered from moderate COVID-19. These subjects participated in the longitudinal (>6 months) analysis of (i) SARS-CoV-2 spike protein’s receptor-binding domain IgG, (ii) virus neutralization assay using authentic virus, and (iii) neutralization potency against original (WT) SARS-CoV-2 and cross-neutralization against B.1.351 (beta) variant carrying triple mutations of K417N, E484K, and N501Y. The results demonstrate that the use of favipiravir: (1) significantly accelerated the elimination of SARS-CoV-2 in the case vs. control groups (p = 0.027), (2) preserved the generation and persistence of neutralizing antibodies in the host, and (3) did not interfere the maturation of neutralizing potency of anti-SARS-CoV-2 and neutralizing breadth against SARS-CoV-2 variants. In conclusion, treatment of COVID-19 with favipiravir accelerates viral clearance and does not interfere the generation or maturation of neutralizing potency against both WT SARS-CoV-2 and its variants.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2022

Erschienen:

2022

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:14

Enthalten in:

Viruses - 14(2022), 4 vom: 24. März

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Shinada, Kanako [VerfasserIn]
Sato, Takashi [VerfasserIn]
Moriyama, Saya [VerfasserIn]
Adachi, Yu [VerfasserIn]
Shinoda, Masahiro [VerfasserIn]
Ota, Shinichiro [VerfasserIn]
Morikawa, Miwa [VerfasserIn]
Mineshita, Masamichi [VerfasserIn]
Matsumura, Takayuki [VerfasserIn]
Takahashi, Yoshimasa [VerfasserIn]
Shinkai, Masaharu [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Amides
Antibodies, Neutralizing
Antibodies, Viral
COVID-19
EW5GL2X7E0
Favipiravir
Immunoglobulin G
Journal Article
Neutralization breadth index
Neutralizing antibody
Neutralizing potency index
Pyrazines
SARS-CoV-2
Spike Glycoprotein, Coronavirus
Spike protein, SARS-CoV-2

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Date Completed 26.04.2022

Date Revised 08.03.2023

published: Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.3390/v14040670

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM339875704