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Antiviral Treatment Strategies (EXAM IV) Flashcards

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Antiviral treatment strategies/targets include:

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  1. Inhibitors of viral replication
  2. Virus entry
  3. Viral genome replication
  4. Viral release
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Every step in _____ is a potential target for antiviral treatment

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Viral replication

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Targeting _____ is generally not a feasible antiviral treatment strategy

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Host cell functions

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Why is targeting host cell functions not generally feasible?

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Due to toxicity

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What type of antiviral drugs act on the penetration step?

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Enfuvirtide & fusion inhibitors

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What type of antiviral drugs act after penetration & before uncoating?

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Rimantadine & Amantadine

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What type of antiviral drugs act on the genome replication phase?

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-Acyclovir
-Ganciclovir
-Foscarnet
-HIV reverse transcriptase inhibitors

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What type of antiviral drugs act after genome replication but before RNA synthesis?

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Ribavirin & interferon

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What type of antiviral drugs act after RNA synthesis & before protein synthesis?

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Interferon

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What type of antiviral drugs act after assembly but before release?

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Neuraminidase inhibitors

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HIV fusion inhibitor that binds to gp41 region that folds back onto itself & prevents fusion of membranes (very specific to HIV):

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Enfuvirtide

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Enfuvirtide is a ______ inhibitor

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HIV fusion

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Enfuvirtide binds to _____ region that folds back onto itself and prevents _______

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gp41 region; fusion of membranes

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CCR5 binding inhibitor:

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Maraviroc

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What step do both Enfuvirtide & Maraviroc work at?

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Virus entry

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This step in viral infection is used to prevent influenza infections & blocks penetration & uncoating of influenza A virus:

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Virus entry

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The drug used to prevent influenza entry & blocks penetration & uncoating of influenza A virus (basically blocks virus entry):

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Amantadine

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Analog of Amantadine:

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Rimantadine

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Amantadine & Rimantadine affect:

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M2’s function as an ion channel

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How does Amantadine & Rimantadine affect M2’s function as an ion channel?

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Following endocytosis, acidification of endosomes occur & M2 can function as ion channel & the acidification within vision drives the viral disassembly

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Following endocytosis, acidification of _____ occurs, then ____ can function as an ion channel

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Endosomes; M2

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Acidification within virion drives:

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Viral dissassembly

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Monoclonal antibodies (mAb’s) against SARS CoV-2 are:

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Viral entry inhibitors

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What is one treatment option for COVID-19?

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Monoclonal antibodies

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The monoclonal antibodies used to treat covid-19, bind _____ & _____

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SARS-CoV-2 virions; neutralize them

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Monoclonal antibodies bind SARS-CoV-2 virions & “neutralize” them meaning:

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They block the virus from interacting with ACE2 receptors & entering cells

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The first monoclonal antibody for treating covid-19 was derived from:

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A patient that had recovered from the disease

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When deriving the first monoclonal antibody, the patient that had recovered from the disease had serum that contains:

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A neutralizing IgG1 antibody, directed against the SARs-CoV-2 spike (S) protein

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Result of rational drug design (nucleoside analog) that target herpesviruses by inhibiting DNA synthesis:

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Acyclovir

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Acyclovir inhibits:

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DNA synthesis

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Why is Acyclovir specific to infected cells?

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Because viral thymidine kinase (TK) is much more efficient than cellular TK

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Describe Acyclovir’s effects on latency:

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No effect on latency

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What are two drugs that are structurally similar to acyclovir:

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  1. Deoxyguanosine
  2. Ganciclovir
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How does Acyclovir progress to Acyclovir monophosphate?

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Acted on by viral TK & ATP

35
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How does Acyclovir monophosphate progress to Acyclovir triphosphate?

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Acted on by cellular kinases & ATP

36
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Acyclovir is NOT effective against what herpesvirus?

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CMV

37
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Drug that is effective against CMV compared to Acyclovir, although it is more toxic:

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Ganciclovir

38
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Why is Ganciclovir more toxic than Acyclovir?

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Cellular TK uses drug better

39
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What is the nucleoside analog to Ganciclovir?

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Gancicivir

40
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Drug that DIRECTLY inhibits herpesvirus & cytomegalovirus DNA polymerase:

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Foscarnet

41
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What issues are seen with Foscarnet use?

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Nephrotoxicity issues

42
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Foscarnet is considered a _____ inhibitor

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Non-nucleoside

43
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A nucleoside analog that interferes with the action of viral RNA-dependent RNA polymerase:

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Remdesivir

44
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How does Remdesivir work?

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Interferes with action of viral RNA-dependent RNA polymerase & causes RNA synthesis termination after a few nucleotides

45
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What virus does Remdesivir aim to treat?

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SARS-CoV-2

46
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In hepatits C, what is responsible for cleaving viral proteins to their final mature sizes?

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Viral protease

47
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In hepatitis C, what is responsible for viral genome replication & transcription?

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Viral RNA-dependent RNA polymerase

48
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Discuss the treatment for Hepatitis C virus:

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Newer 2-drug combination therapies target specific HCV enzymes

49
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For hepatitis C, the newer 2-drug combination therapies target specific:

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HCV enzymes

50
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A Hep C treatment that functions as an inhibitor of RNA-dependent RNA polymerase:

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Sofosbuvir & Ledipasvir

51
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In addition to targeting specific HCV enzymes, and inhibiting RNA-dependent RNA polymerase, other HCV treatments target:

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Viral protease

52
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A SARS-CoV-2 protease inhibitor that inhibits the production of mature (cleaved) viral proteins:

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Paxlovid

53
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Paxlovid inhibits:

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Production of mature (cleaved) viral proteins

54
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Paxlovid is considered a protease inhibitor, but more specifically is:

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A peptidomimetic inhibitor

55
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If we are talking about a peptidomimetic inhibitor, we are discussing:

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Paxlovid

56
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A relatively broad-spectrum anti-DNA virus drug:

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Cidofovir

57
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Cidofovir inhibits:

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Viral DNA polymerase

58
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This drug is a nucleoside analog, use is mainly limited Cytomegalovirus retinitis in AIDs patients (toxicity limits dosage levels):

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Cidofovir

59
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List the categories of anti-HIV drugs:

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  1. Nucleoside analog reverse transcriptase inhibitors (NRTI)
  2. Nucleotide analog reverse transcriptase inhibitors (NtRTI)
  3. Nonnucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitors (NNRTI)
60
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Anti-HIV drug that needs to be phosphorylated by cellular enzymes before being used by HIV reverse transcriptase (RT) (Like acyclovir):

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NRTI

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HIV-RT uses this type of analog and since they lack a 3’-OH, DNA synthesis (reverse transcription) stops:

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Nucleoside analog reverse transcriptase inhibitors

62
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Act like NRTI but do not need to be phosphorylated (already contain phosphate):

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Nucleotide analog reverse transcriptase inhibitors (NtRTI)

63
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Bind sites on HIV RT enzyme that cause it to stop functioning, blocking reverse transcription:

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Nonnucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitors (NNRTI)

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HIV protease cleaves the initial HIV proteins to their final mature sizes, so these drugs attempt to mimic an HIV protease cut site, competitively inhibiting HIV protease:

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Protease inhibitors (Anti-HIV drugs)

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Protease inhibitors used to treat HIV may also be referred to as:

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Peptidomimetic inhibitors

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HAART:

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Highly active antiretroviral therapy

67
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At least three drugs in combination, including two nucleoside inhibitor plus a NNRTI or protease inhibitor:

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HAART

68
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Anti-HIV drug that blocks integration of HIV dsDNA into host cell chromosomal DNA:

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Integrase inhibitor

69
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What step do integrate inhibitors interfere with?

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Interferes with the strand transfer step

70
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List the steps of HIV replication/infection that are targeted by anti-viral therapies:

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  1. Entry
  2. Reverse transcription
  3. Integration
  4. Maturation
71
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Neuraminidase inhibitors are used against what virus and target what step?

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Influenza virus; Release of virus from envelope

72
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How do neuraminidase inhibitors function?

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Cleaves sialic acid

73
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What allows neuraminidase inhibitors to cleave sialic acid?

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Neuraminisase has enzymatic activity

74
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Neuraminidase inhibitors prevent efficient:

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Spread of virus from cell-to-cell

75
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Give an example of a neuraminidase inhibitor used against influenza virus:

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Tamiflu

76
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A broader-spectrum antiviral:

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Interferons

77
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Natural products discovered in 1957; assist the immune response:

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Interferons

78
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list the three ways in which interferons function as broad-spectrum antivirals:

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  1. Inhibit viral replication within host cells
  2. Activate natural killer cells & macrophages
  3. Increase antigen presentation to lymphocytes
79
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Effects of interferon therapy include:

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  1. Fatigue
  2. Fever
  3. Myalgias
80
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Interferon therapy was formerly the main treatment for ______ and also formerly used for ____

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Hepatitis C virus (HCV) & HBV

81
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A purine nucleoside analog that inhibits many RNA viruses & some DNA viruses:

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Ribavirin

82
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Ribivirn (a purine nucleoside analog) may be used to treat:

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  1. Influenza A & B
  2. Measles
  3. Respiratory syncytial virus

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