1. Favipiravir Inhibits Mayaro Virus Infection in Mice
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Julien Pompon, Antoine Nougairède, Ai-rada Pintong, Rodolphe Hamel, Pierre Roques, Michèle Bengue, Valérie Choumet, Xavier de Lamballerie, Dorothée Missé, Florian Liegeois, Génétique et évolution des maladies infectieuses (GEMI), Université de Montpellier (UM)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD [France-Sud]), Unité des Virus Emergents (UVE), Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD)-Aix Marseille Université (AMU)-Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM), Institut Hospitalier Universitaire Méditerranée Infection (IHU Marseille), Institut Pasteur de Guinée, Réseau International des Instituts Pasteur (RIIP), Immunologie des maladies virales, auto-immunes, hématologiques et bactériennes (IMVA-HB), Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM)-Université Paris-Saclay, Environnement et Risques infectieux - Environment and Infectious Risks (ERI), Institut Pasteur [Paris] (IP)-Université Paris Cité (UPCité), Université Paris Cité (UPCité), This work was supported by grants from the Agence Nationale de la Recherche (ANR-17-CE15-00029). This work was also publicly funded through the French National Research Agency under the 'Investissements d’avenir' program, with the reference ANR-16-IDEX-0006. Michele Bengue was supported by a fellowship from the Infectiopôle Sud foundation., ANR-16-IDEX-0006,MUSE,MUSE(2016), ANR-17-CE15-0029,ZIKAHOST,LES FACTEURS DE L'HÔTE ASSOCIÉS À LA NEUROPATHOGÉNICITÉ DU VIRUS ZIKA(2017), Delmas, Francine, MUSE - - MUSE2016 - ANR-16-IDEX-0006 - IDEX - VALID, LES FACTEURS DE L'HÔTE ASSOCIÉS À LA NEUROPATHOGÉNICITÉ DU VIRUS ZIKA - - ZIKAHOST2017 - ANR-17-CE15-0029 - AAPG2017 - VALID, and Maladies infectieuses et vecteurs : écologie, génétique, évolution et contrôle (MIVEGEC)
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mayaro ,Virus Replication ,Liver disease ,Mice ,Chlorocebus aethiops ,[SDV.MP.VIR] Life Sciences [q-bio]/Microbiology and Parasitology/Virology ,[SDV.MHEP.ME] Life Sciences [q-bio]/Human health and pathology/Emerging diseases ,0303 health sciences ,[SDV.MHEP.ME]Life Sciences [q-bio]/Human health and pathology/Emerging diseases ,biology ,Alanine Transaminase ,QR1-502 ,3. Good health ,Infectious Diseases ,Liver ,Pyrazines ,[SDV.MP.VIR]Life Sciences [q-bio]/Microbiology and Parasitology/Virology ,Female ,antiviral drug ,medicine.drug_class ,Alphavirus ,Favipiravir ,favipiravir ,Microbiology ,Antiviral Agents ,Virus ,Article ,Cell Line ,03 medical and health sciences ,In vivo ,Virology ,medicine ,Animals ,Aspartate Aminotransferases ,Vero Cells ,030304 developmental biology ,030306 microbiology ,business.industry ,Alphavirus Infections ,biology.organism_classification ,medicine.disease ,Amides ,In vitro ,Mice, Inbred C57BL ,Disease Models, Animal ,arbovirus ,Viral replication ,Antiviral drug ,business - Abstract
International audience; Mayaro virus (MAYV) is an emergent alphavirus that causes MAYV fever. It is often associated with debilitating symptoms, particularly arthralgia and myalgia. MAYV infection is becoming a considerable health issue that, unfortunately, lacks a specific antiviral treatment. Favipiravir, a broad-spectrum antiviral drug, has recently been shown to exert anti-MAYV activity in vitro. In the present study, the potential of Favipiravir to inhibit MAYV replication in an in vivo model was evaluated. Immunocompetent mice were orally administrated 300 mg/kg/dose of Favipiravir at pre-, concurrent-, or post-MAYV infection. The results showed a significant reduction in infectious viral particles and viral RNA transcripts in the tissues and blood of the pre- and concurrently treated infected mice. A significant reduction in the presence of both viral RNA transcript and infectious viral particles in the tissue and blood of pre- and concurrently treated infected mice was observed. By contrast, Favipiravir treatment post-MAYV infection did not result in a reduction in viral replication. Interestingly, Favipiravir strongly decreased the blood levels of the liver disease markers aspartate- and alanine aminotransferase in the pre- and concurrently treated MAYV-infected mice. Taken together, these results suggest that Favipiravir is a potent antiviral drug when administered in a timely manner.
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- 2021