LEC 9 - Antiviral Agents + Targets Flashcards
What is the conventional approach to control of viral diseases?
Vaccines
What is the objective of antiviral drug therapy?
Eradicate virus
Minimally impact the host
Prevent further viral invasion
What are the problems that people run into when developing anti-virals?
Need to penetrate host cells
Narrow therapeutic margin
Viral latency issues affect efficacy
Susceptibility testing is challenging/costly
What is the common way to classify antiviral drugs?
Through their mechanism of action
What are the five types of antivirals?
Immunomodulators
Ion channel blockers
Neuraminidase inhibitors
DNA/RNA synthesis inhibitors
Antiretroviral
What is the basic way that ion channel blockers work?
Block uncoating
What types of drugs are in the group of immunomodulators?
Interferons
Interleukins
Growth factors
What is the most dominant immunomodulator?
Type 1 interferon
What type of activity foes type 1 interferons have?
Antiviral activity
Immunomodulatory effects
What is Feline interferon-omega used for?
Cats - FeLV + FIV
Dogs - Parvo virus
What are the ion channel blockers?
Amantadines
(Amantadine + Rimantadine)
What are the amatadines used for?
Influenza A viruses
How does ion channel blockers work?
Block uncoating step of the life cycle
Insert into M2 protein channel - no H+ enters
No M1 protein dissociation
Keeps viral RNA within protein coat
Whats the normal steps in viral uncoating?
Endosomal acidification
Active viral M2 channel protein - H+ enters virion
Viral M1 matrix protein dissociates = viral uncoating
What causes resistance to ion channel blockers?
Mutations in M2 protein
Widespread, no longer recommended for use
What drugs are in the neuraminidase inhibitor family?
Oseltamivir + Zanamivir
What are the neuraminidase inhibitors used for?
Influenze A + B
How do the neuraminidase inhibitors work?
Block the release of Influenze A + B from host cell membrane
Sialic acid analods
Bind to NA and prevent enzymatic acitivty
Inhibits viral release - can’t infect new cells
What is the normal events that occur when Influenza A or B are released from the host cell?
replication occurs
Virus buds from host cell
remains bound to sialic acid on host cell membrane
Viral NA cleaves virus from salic acid
Virus released
How does resistance to NA inhibitors occur?
Sporadic cases
Mutation in NA
What infections has NA inhibitors been recommended for in dogs?
Canine parvo infection
What are the types of antiviral agents that are considered DNA/RNA synthesis inhibitors?
Nuceloside synthesis inhibitor
Nucleoside analogs - DNA
Nucleoside analogs - RNA
Nucleoside + Non-nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitors
How do nucleoside synthesis inhibitors work?
Directly inhibit DNA/RNA polymerase activity
What are the nucleoside synthesis inhibitors?
Foscarnet
What are the two types of nucleoside analogs for DNA syntesis?
Purine + Pyrimidine
What are the purine analogs?
Acyclovir
What are the pyrimidine analogs?
Cidofovir
Idoxuridine
Trifluridine