Abstract |
The efficacy of 2-amino-7-[(1,3-dihydroxy-2-propoxy)methyl] purine ( S2242) was evaluated in several animal models for herpesvirus infections. Compound S2242 was more effective than acyclovir (i) when administered subcutaneously in a model for herpes simplex virus type 1 (HSV-1)-induced mortality in immunocompetent mice and (ii) when applied topically to hairless (hr/hr) mice that had been infected intracutaneously with HSV-2. In SCID (severe combined immune deficient) mice that had been infected with a thymidine kinase-deficient HSV-1 strain, S2242 (administered subcutaneously at a dosage of 50 mg/kg/day) completely protected against virus-induced mortality whereas foscarnet was less effective and acyclovir had no or little protective effect. Compound S2242 was far more effective than ganciclovir in preventing or delaying murine cytomegalovirus-induced mortality in immunocompetent and SCID mice. The compound was more effective when a given dose was fractionated and administered on subsequent days than when this dose was administered in one single injection. A 5-day treatment course with S2242 (10 and 50 mg/kg/day) for newborn mice that had been infected with a lethal dose of murine cytomegalovirus suppressed virus-induced mortality. Compound S2242 had no inhibitory effect on the growth of weanling (at 50 mg/kg for 5 days) and 3- to 4-week-old mice (at doses of 50 to 200 mg/kg for 6 weeks). However, akin to ganciclovir, compound S2242 significantly reduced testicle weight, testicle morphology, and spermatogenesis.
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Authors | J Neyts, G Jähne, G Andrei, R Snoeck, I Winkler, E De Clercq |
Journal | Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy
(Antimicrob Agents Chemother)
Vol. 39
Issue 1
Pg. 56-60
(Jan 1995)
ISSN: 0066-4804 [Print] United States |
PMID | 7695329
(Publication Type: Comparative Study, Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't)
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Chemical References |
- Antiviral Agents
- Purines
- S 2242
- Ganciclovir
- Acyclovir
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Topics |
- Acyclovir
(therapeutic use)
- Animals
- Antiviral Agents
(therapeutic use)
- Drug Evaluation, Preclinical
- Ganciclovir
(therapeutic use)
- Herpesviridae Infections
(drug therapy)
- Male
- Mice
- Mice, Hairless
- Mice, Nude
- Mice, SCID
- Models, Biological
- Purines
(therapeutic use)
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