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Nitazoxanide, tizoxanide and other thiazolides are potent inhibitors of hepatitis B virus and hepatitis C virus replication
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Brent E. Korbaa, , , Abigail B. Monteroa, Kristine Farrara, Karen Gayea, Sampa Mukerjeea, Marc S. Ayersb and Jean-François Rossignolb, c
aDepartment of Microbiology and Immunology, Georgetown University Medical Center, 3900 Reservoir Rd. Washington, DC20007 USA
bThe Romark Institute for Medical Research, 3000 Bayport Drive, Tampa, FL 33607 USA
cDivision of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Department of Medicine, Stanford University School of Medicine, 269 Campus Drive, Stanford, CA 94305, USA
Received 13 February 2007; accepted 10 August 2007. Available online 4 September 2007.
Abstract
Nitazoxanide (NTZ), a thiazolide anti-infective, is active against anaerobic bacteria, protozoa, and a range of viruses in cell culture models, and is currently in phase II clinical development for treating chronic hepatitis C. In this report, we characterize the activities of NTZ and its active metabolite, tizoxanide (TIZ), along with other thiazolides against hepatitis B virus (HBV) and hepatitis C virus (HCV) replication in standard antiviral assays. NTZ and TIZ exhibited potent inhibition of both HBV and HCV replication. NTZ was equally effective at inhibiting replication of lamivudine (LMV) and adefovir dipovoxil (ADV)-resistant HBV mutants and against 2′-C-methyl cytidine (2′CmeC) and telaprevir (VX-950)-resistant HCV mutants. NTZ displayed synergistic interactions with LMV or ADV against HBV, and with recombinant interferon alpha-2b (IFN) or 2′CmeC against HCV. Pre-treatment of HCV replicon-containing cells with NTZ potentiated the effect of subsequent treatment with NTZ plus IFN, but not NTZ plus 2′CmeC. NTZ induced reductions in several HBV proteins (HBsAg, HBeAg, HBcAg) produced by 2.2.15 cells, but did not affect HBV RNA transcription. NTZ, TIZ, and other thiazolides are promising new antiviral agents that may enhance current or future anti-hepatitis therapies.
Keywords: Hepatitis B virus; Hepatitis C virus; Nitazoxanide; Thiazolides; Antiviral therapy |
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