Journal
ANTIVIRAL RESEARCH
Volume 75, Issue 2, Pages 104-112Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.antiviral.2006.11.013
Keywords
blood-brain barrier; Banzi virus; Semliki Forest virus; viral encephalitis; Ampligen
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- NIAID NIH HHS [N01-AI-15435, U54 AI065357, U54 AI065357-030020, U54 AI065357-01, N01AI15435] Funding Source: Medline
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Changes in the permeability of the blood-brain barrier (131313) were evaluated in two mouse models of viral encephalitis. The ability of sodium fluorescein (NaFl) to cross the BBB from the serum into the central nervous system was assayed in animals inoculated with virulent strains of either Banzi or Semliki Forest viruses. To test the hypothesis that increases in BBB permeability were associated with poor disease outcome subsequent experiments measured BBB permeability in conjunction with treatment with the interferon inducer Ampligen (Poly I:poly C12U). A single intraperitoneal injection of Ampligen (1 mg/kg) administered either 24 h or 4-6 h before, but not 24 h after, virus inoculation with Banzi virus provided significant improvements in survival, viral brain titers, weight change and BBB permeability. In comparison, a similar treatment with Ampligen administered either 24 h or 4-6 h before inoculation with Semliki Forest virus was able to significantly improve weight change, and BBB permeability, but only animals receiving Ampligen 4-6 h pre-virus showed a significantly improved mortality. In general, it was found that evaluation of BBB permeability was a more sensitive indicator of disease outcome and the antiviral efficacy Ampligen than either weight change or brain viral titers. (C) 2007 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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