In vitro antiviral activity of lactoferrin and ribavirin upon hantavirus (original) (raw)

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Bovine lactoferrin (LF) and ribavirin (Rbv) were tested as antiviral agents against Seoul type hantavirus (SR-11 strain) in vitro. Hantaviral foci number in Vero E6 cells infected with SR-11 was reduced with LF treatment by 5 days post infection to obtain a 50% effective dose (ED50) of 2500 μg/ml, while pretreatment with LF was highly efficacious having an ED50 of 39 μg/ml. Conversely, 1 h pretreatment with Rbv revealed no inhibition of viral focus formation but could significantly reduce the number of viral foci (ED50: 10 μg/ml) when used from the time of viral infection. One hour pre-treatment of the cell monolayer with LF and subsequent addition of Rbv revealed a synergistic anti-hantaviral effect against SR-11, <20 FFU/ml as compared to 105 foci/ml in the control. One hour treatment of SR-11 with LF prior to cell inoculation gave an ED50 of 312.5 μg/ml. Whereas, washing the LF-pretreated cell monolayer with PBS demonstrated minimal focus reduction, suggesting LF lightly adheres to cells. These results indicate that LF has anti-hantaviral activity in vitro and inhibition of virus adsorption to cells which play an important role in revealing the anti-hantaviral activity of LF. This paper reports for the first time the anti-hantaviral effect of LF.

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  1. Laboratory of Public Health, Graduate School of Veterinary Medicine, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan, , , , , , JP
    M. E. Murphy, H. Kariwa, T. Mizutani & I. Takashima
  2. Institute for Animal Experimentation, School of Medicine, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan, , , , , , JP
    K. Yoshimatsu & J. Arikawa

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  1. M. E. Murphy
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  2. H. Kariwa
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  3. T. Mizutani
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Received September 21, 1999 Accepted March 15, 2000

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Murphy, M., Kariwa, H., Mizutani, T. et al. In vitro antiviral activity of lactoferrin and ribavirin upon hantavirus.Arch. Virol. 145, 1571–1582 (2000). https://doi.org/10.1007/s007050070077

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