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1. Antivirals Flashcards

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What is an antiviral?

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A drug that is effective against viruses by killing them/suppressing their ability to replicate.

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How many people were living with AIDS worldwide in 2012? How many were newly infected?

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  1. 3 million

- 2.3 million newly infected

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What happens to CD4+ T cells after infection with HIV?

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Initially decrease (~6 weeks)

  • then increase
  • then gradually decrease over years&raquo_space; death
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What happens to the number of copies of HIV RNA once infected?

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Initially increase rapidly (~6 weeks)

  • then decrease
  • years later increase again&raquo_space; death
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What type of molecule tends to cause acute viral infections?

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RNA

-don’t survive well

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Give some examples of acute viral infections.

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Influenza, measles, mumps, hep A

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What type of molecule tends to cause chronic viral infections?

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DNA

-relatively stable

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How is HIV different from most chronic viral infections?

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Caused by single-stranded RNA, but is copied to DNA during replication

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What are the 2 types of chronic infection?

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Latent (lying dormant)

Persistent (continuing to exist)

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Give some examples of latent chronic viral infections.

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Herpes simplex, cytomegalovirus

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Give some examples of persistent chronic viral infections.

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HIV, hep B, hep C

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What do viruses consist of?

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Nucleic acid (DNA/RNA)
Protein (coat/enzymes)
+/- Lipid envelope

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What sort of parasite are viruses?

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Intracellular

-they only replicate in cells

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What are the 2 types of proteins that most viruses are composed of?

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STRUCTURAL (core proteins - GAG, envelope proteins - ENV)

NON-STRUCTURAL (enzymes -POL)

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What are the stages of viral replication? (8)

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  1. Virus attaches to cell (receptor)
  2. Cell entry
  3. Virus uncoating
  4. Early protein production (viral enzymes)
  5. Replication
  6. Late transcription/translation (viral structural proteins)
  7. Virus assembly
  8. Virus release
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Do most viruses kill the cells they infect?

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No, they get released and&raquo_space; infect other cells

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How do we use the proteins that viruses encode to treat viral infections?

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They are unique proteins, so they are targets for molecular inhibition (anti-viral activity)

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What are the reactions that polmerases catalyse? (4)

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  • DNA to DNA
  • DNA to RNA
  • RNA to RNA
  • RNA to DNA
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Where are DNA to DNA/RNA polmerases found?

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Eukaryotes

DNA viruses

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Where are RNA to RNA polmerases found?

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RNA viruses

-not eukaryotes

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Where are RNA to DNA polymerases found?

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Retroviruses (HIV)
Hep B
(-not eukaryotes)

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What type of drug is azidothymidine (AZT)?

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Nucleoside Reverse Transcriptase Inhibitor (NRTI).

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What was azidothymidine developed as, and what is it now used to treat?

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  • Developed as an anti-cancer drug, but too toxic against normal cells
  • Now used to slow progressions of HIV as it works at lower concentrations (but it can become resistant)
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What are NRTIs?

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Nucleoside Reverse Transcriptase Inhibitors

- antiretroviral drugs used to treat HIV

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What are the main types of NRTIs?
- PYRIMIDINE ANALOGUES (thymidine & cytosine) | - PURINE ANALOGUES (adenine & guanidine)
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Give 2 examples of pyrimidine analogues.
THYMIDINE: Zidovudine CYTOSINE: Lamivudine
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Give 2 examples of purine analogues.
Abacavir | Tenofovir
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Which NRTIs are also effective against Hepatitis B, and why?
Lamividine & tenofovir | -Hep B contains reverse transcriptase enzyme
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What are NNRTIs and how do the work?
Non-Nucleoside Reverse Transcriptase Inhibitors. | -also inhibit reverse transcriptase (HIV prevention)
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Give 2 examples of NNRTIs.
Efavirenz | Nevirapine
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What are protease inhibitors (PIs)?
``` A class of antiviral drug commonly used to treat HIV and hepatitis. -Inhibit unique proteases in viruses ```
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Give some examples of protease inhibitors.
``` Atazanavir Darunavir Lopinavir Nelfinavir Ritonavir ``` -NB. -avir
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What is special about Ritonavir as a protease inhibitor?
It inhibits liver enzymes that break down other antivirals, so is used to "boost" the levels of other PIs.
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Name 3 newer HIV drugs.
- Fusion inhibitors - Integrase inhibitors - Chemokine receptor antagonists (co-receptor)
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Give an example of a fusion inhibitor (HIV drug).
Enfuviritide | -T20, given by IM injection
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Give an example of an integrase inhibitor (HIV drug).
Raltegravir | -prevent replication/fusion of the genome
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Give an example of a chemokine receptor anatagonist (HIV drug).
Maraviroc (CCR-5) | -blocks entry to cells
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What does HAART stand for?
Highly Active Anti-Retroviral Therapy
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What does HAART consist of?
- 2 NRTIs & NNRTI | - 2 NRTIs & boosted PI
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When is HAART used?
HIV treatment. Started when CD4+ decreases and taken lifelong -aims to decrease viral load & prevent additional infection
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How many nucleotides does the HIV genome contain?
~9000 nucleotides | -each contains 1+ mutations >> more adaptability to change
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What HIV mutation results in resistance to Lamivudine?
M184V mutation
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How could HIV potentially be cured?
Supressed on antivirals & destroy existing CD4 lymphocytes by conditioning >> stem cells restored by donor
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What would be the criteria for an HIV stem cell donor?
- HLA-matched | - Delta 32 homozygous allogenic
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What are interferons?
Proteins released by animal cells that inhibit viral replication (naturally occurring antivirals).
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How is hepatitis C treated?
Interferons & ribavirin. | - must be given from 3-12 months & can >> depression
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What are the 5 important antivirals?
``` Aciclovir Ganciclovir Oseltamivir & Zanamavir Ribavirin Interferons ```
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What is Aciclovir used to treat?
Herpes Simples (Rx) Varicella Zoster (nucleoside analogue)
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What is Ganciclovir used to treat?
Cytomegalovirus
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What are Oseltamivir & Zanamavir used to treat?
Influenza
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What is Ribavirin used to treat?
Hepatitis C | RSV
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What are Interferons used to treat?
Hepatitis C | Hepatitis B

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