ANTIVIRALE THERAPIE GEGEN HEPATITIS B MIT 2',3'-DIDESOXYNUCLEOSIDEN.

摘要

A method is disclosed for the treatment of hepadnavirus infection in animals. Animals infected with duck hepatitis B virus may be treated with the 2 min ,3 min -dideoxynucleoside of adenine, guanine, hypoxanthine, 2,6-diaminopurine or various analogs of substituted purines. Several purine 2 min ,3 min -dideoxynucleosides inhibit duck hepatitis B virus in hepatocyte culture >99% at 1 mu g/ml. Potent in vivo efficacy of the 2,6-diaminopurine 2 min ,3 min -dideoxynucleoside for clearance of duck hepatitis B virus from the sera of Pekin ducks is demonstrated. The selective effect on hepadnavirus replication by the purine 2 min ,3 min -dideoxynucleosides is based on the discovery of an unexpected sensitivity of hepadnavirus to purine 2 min ,3 min -dideoxynucleoside analogs. These compounds present a new antiviral therapy of acute or persistent hepadnavirus infections.