MODERN ETHIOTROPIC CHEMOTHERAPY OF HUMAN CYTOMEGALOVIRUS INFECTION: CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS, MOLECULAR MECHANISM OF ACTION, DRUG RESISTANCE, NEW TRENDS AND PROSPECTS. PART 2
- Authors: Andronova V.L.1
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- National Research Centre for Epidemiology and Microbiology named after the honorary academician N.F. Gamaleya
- Issue: Vol 63, No 6 (2018)
- Pages: 250-260
- Section: REVIEWS
- Submitted: 20.01.2020
- Published: 20.12.2018
- URL: https://virusjour.crie.ru/jour/article/view/221
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.18821/0507-4088-2018-63-6-250-260
- ID: 221
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Abstract
A number of synthetic compounds, such as the nucleoside analog ganciclovir, its L-valine ester (a metabolic precursor of ganciclovir) and pyrophosphate analog foscarnet, are permitted for the treatment of HCMV-related diseases in the WHO European Region. The viral DNA- polymerase is used by all these drugs as a bio-target. However, the usage of standard anti-CMV therapy is accompanied by severe side effects, as well as the development of drug resistance in the virus, mainly in conditions of immunodeficiency. In this review, we focused on viral proteins of interest as new potential targets and their inhibitors, such as the inhibitor of human CMV terminology, lethermovir, which showed great activity in the third phase of clinical trials, inhibitors of viral cyclin-dependent kinase (maribavir, cyclopropavir ) and a number of compounds exhibiting anti-HCMV-activity, undergoing only preclinical trials in the experiment. Inclusion of new anti-CMV agents that are active against GСV/PFA/CDV-resistant strains of CMV into standard prophylactic and therapeutic regimens, will allow to increase the effectiveness of anti-CMV therapy, including in cases when standard therapy is ineffective. Areas covered: the international databases such as A MEDLINE, PubMed, eLIBRARY.RU, ClinicalTrials.gov., etc. with the purpose of obtaining information on compounds showing selective action against the human cytomegalovirus, the most promising for the development of drugs.
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V. L. Andronova
National Research Centre for Epidemiology and Microbiology named after the honorary academician N.F. Gamaleya
Author for correspondence.
Email: andronova.vl@yandex.ru
Russian Federation
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