期刊
ANTIVIRAL RESEARCH
卷 85, 期 3, 页码 496-503出版社
ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.antiviral.2009.12.004
关键词
Cytomegalovirus reactivation; Antiviral therapy; Murine CMV; Pulmonary injury
资金
- NIH [R01GM066115]
- Surgical Infection Society Foundation Wyeth Evaluative Research Fellowship
Introduction: Immunocompetent patients can reactivate latent cytomegalovirus (CMV) during critical illness and reactivation is associated with significantly worse outcomes. Prior to clinical trials in humans to prove causality, we sought to determine an optimal antiviral treatment strategy. Methods: Mice latently infected with murine CMV (MCMV) received a septic reactivation trigger and were randomized to receive one of four ganciclovir regimens or saline. Lungs were evaluated for viral transcriptional reactivation and fibrosis after each regimen. Influences of ganciclovir on early sepsis-induced pulmonary inflammation and T-cell activation were studied after sepsis induction. Results: All ganciclovir regimens reduced measurable MCMV transcriptional reactivation, and 10 mg/day for 7 or 21 days was most effective. Lower dose (5 mg/kg/day) or delayed therapy was associated with significant breakthrough reactivation. Higher doses of ganciclovir given early were associated with the lowest incidence of pulmonary fibrosis, and delay of therapy for I week was associated with significantly worse pulmonary fibrosis. Although bacterial sepsis induced activation of MCMV-specific pulmonary T-cells, this activation was not influenced by ganciclovir. Conclusion: These results suggest that antiviral treatment trials in humans should use 10 mg/kg/day ganciclovir administered as early as possible in at-risk patients to minimize reactivation events and associated pulmonary injury. (C) 2009 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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