Abstract | BACKGROUND: METHODOLOGY/PRINCIPAL FINDINGS: CCHF virus-infected IFNAR-/- mice died 2-6 days post infection with elevated aminotransferase levels and high virus titers in blood and organs. Main pathological alteration was acute hepatitis with extensive bridging necrosis, reactive hepatocyte proliferation, and mild to moderate inflammatory response with monocyte/macrophage activation. Virus-infected and apoptotic hepatocytes clustered in the necrotic areas. Ribavirin, arbidol, and T-705 suppressed virus replication in vitro by ≥3 log units (IC50 0.6-2.8 µg/ml; IC90 1.2-4.7 µg/ml). Ribavirin [100 mg/(kg×d)] did not increase the survival rate of IFNAR-/- mice, but prolonged the time to death (p<0.001) and reduced the aminotransferase levels and the virus titers. Arbidol [150 mg/(kg×d)] had no efficacy in vivo. Animals treated with T-705 at 1 h [15, 30, and 300 mg/(kg×d)] or up to 2 days [300 mg/(kg×d)] post infection survived, showed no signs of disease, and had no virus in blood and organs. Co-administration of ribavirin and T-705 yielded beneficial rather than adverse effects. CONCLUSIONS/SIGNIFICANCE: Activated hepatic macrophages and monocyte-derived cells may play a role in the proinflammatory cytokine response in CCHF. Clustering of infected hepatocytes in necrotic areas without marked inflammation suggests viral cytopathic effects. T-705 is highly potent against CCHF virus in vitro and in vivo. Its in vivo efficacy exceeds that of the current standard drug for treatment of CCHF, ribavirin.
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Authors | Lisa Oestereich, Toni Rieger, Melanie Neumann, Christian Bernreuther, Maria Lehmann, Susanne Krasemann, Stephanie Wurr, Petra Emmerich, Xavier de Lamballerie, Stephan Ölschläger, Stephan Günther |
Journal | PLoS neglected tropical diseases
(PLoS Negl Trop Dis)
Vol. 8
Issue 5
Pg. e2804
(May 2014)
ISSN: 1935-2735 [Electronic] United States |
PMID | 24786461
(Publication Type: Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't)
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Chemical References |
- Amides
- Antiviral Agents
- Indoles
- Pyrazines
- Receptor, Interferon alpha-beta
- Ribavirin
- umifenovir
- favipiravir
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Topics |
- Amides
(administration & dosage, pharmacology, therapeutic use, toxicity)
- Animals
- Antiviral Agents
(administration & dosage, pharmacology, therapeutic use, toxicity)
- Chlorocebus aethiops
- Disease Models, Animal
- Female
- Hemorrhagic Fever Virus, Crimean-Congo
(drug effects)
- Hemorrhagic Fever, Crimean
(drug therapy, virology)
- Indoles
(administration & dosage, pharmacology, therapeutic use, toxicity)
- Liver
(chemistry, immunology, pathology, virology)
- Male
- Mice
- Mice, Transgenic
- Pyrazines
(administration & dosage, pharmacology, therapeutic use, toxicity)
- Receptor, Interferon alpha-beta
(genetics)
- Ribavirin
(administration & dosage, pharmacology, therapeutic use, toxicity)
- Vero Cells
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