Inhibition of Borna disease virus replication by ribavirin

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作者
Jordan, I
Briese, T
Averett, DR
Lipkin, WI [1 ]
机构
[1] Univ Calif Irvine, Dept Neurol, Lab Study Emerging Dis, Irvine, CA 92697 USA
[2] ICN Pharmaceut Inc, Costa Mesa, CA 92626 USA
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10.1128/JVI.73.9.7903-7906.1999
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Q93 [微生物学];
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071005 ; 100705 ;
摘要
The guanosine analogue ribavirin was tested for antiviral activity in two neural cell lines, human oligodendrocytes and rat glia, against Borna disease virus (BDV) strains V and He/80. Ribavirin treatment resulted in lower levels of virus and viral transcripts within 12 h. Addition of guanosine but not adenosine resulted in a profound reduction of the ribavirin effect. Ribavirin appears to be an effective antiviral agent for treatment of BDV infection in vitro. A likely mechanism for its activity is reduction of the intracellular GTP pool, resulting in inhibition of transcription and capping of BDV mRNAs.
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