Combination treatment of influenza A virus infections in cell culture and in mice with the cyclopentane neuraminidase inhibitor RWJ-270201 and ribavirin.
Combination treatment of influenza A virus infections in cell culture and in mice with the cyclopentane neuraminidase inhibitor RWJ-270201 and ribavirin.
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使用环戊烷神经氨酸酶抑制剂 RWJ-270201 和利巴韦林联合治疗细胞培养物和小鼠中的甲型流感病毒感染。
DOI：
10.1159/000057668
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发表时间：
2002
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影响因子：
3.3
通讯作者：
Sidwell,RobertW
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作者：
Smee,DonaldF;Bailey,KevinW;Morrison,AnnC;Sidwell,RobertW
Treatment of virus infections with compounds acting by different mechanisms may lead to more potent effects when these agents are used in combination. Under this premise, two known active influenza virus inhibitors, ribavirin and the novel cyclopentane influenza virus neuraminidase inhibitor (1S,2S,3R,4R)-3-[(1S)-(acetylamino)-2-ethylbutyl]-4-[(aminoiminomethyl)amino]-2-hydroxy-cyclopentanecarboxylic acid (RWJ-270201, BCX-1812) were studied. Experiments in cell culture demonstrated that RWJ-270201 plus ribavirin synergistically reduced extracellular influenza A/NWS/33 (H1N1) virus yields at low concentrations of each inhibitor. Mice were treated with ribavirin at 20 and 6.25 mg/kg/day combined with RWJ-270201 at 1, 0.32, or 0.1 mg/kg/day, or used alone. Treatments were twice daily for 5 days starting 4 h before exposure to influenza A/NWS virus. Only RWJ-270201 alone at 1 mg/kg/day significantly prevented mortality. In contrast, most drug combinations increased survival significantly compared to the placebo group. Doses of the two compounds used in combination delayed the mean day of death, and improved arterial oxygen saturation levels, as measured on day 11 of the infection. The combination of the two inhibitors produced additive to synergistic interactions in these mouse experiments with no enhancement of host toxicity. Treatment of influenza infections in the clinical setting may benefit by these two agents in combination.
