Genistein, a general kinase inhibitor, as a potential antiviral for arenaviral hemorrhagic fever as described in the Pirital virus-Syrian golden hamster model.

Autor: Vela EM; Battelle Memorial Institute, 505 King Avenue, Columbus, OH 43201, USA. velae@battelle.org, Knostman KA, Mott JM, Warren RL, Garver JN, Vela LJ, Stammen RL
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Antiviral research [Antiviral Res] 2010 Sep; Vol. 87 (3), pp. 318-28. Date of Electronic Publication: 2010 Jun 25.
DOI: 10.1016/j.antiviral.2010.06.007
Abstrakt: Arenaviruses are rodent-borne negative strand RNA viruses and infection of these viruses in humans may result in disease and hemorrhagic fever. To date, supportive care, ribavirin, and in some cases immune plasma remain the foremost treatment options for arenaviral hemorrhagic fever. Research with the hemorrhagic fever causing-arenaviruses usually requires a Biosafety level (BSL)-4 environment; however, surrogate animal model systems have been developed to preliminarily study and screen various vaccines and antivirals. The Syrian golden hamster-Pirital virus (PIRV) surrogate model of hemorrhagic fever provides an opportunity to test new antivirals in an ABSL-3 setting. Thus, we challenged hamsters, implanted with telemetry, with PIRV and observed viremia and tissue viral titers, and changes in core body temperature, hematology, clinical chemistry, and coagulation parameters. Physical signs of disease of the PIRV-infected hamsters included weight loss, lethargy, petechial rashes, epistaxis, ocular orbital and rectal hemorrhage, and visible signs of neurologic disorders. However, treating animals with genistein, a plant derived isoflavone and general kinase inhibitor, resulted in increased survival rates and led to an improved clinical profile. In all, the results from this study demonstrate the potential of a general kinase inhibitor genistein as an antiviral against arenaviral hemorrhagic fever.
(2010 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.)
Databáze: MEDLINE
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