title: Comparison of the in vitro and in vivo anti-herpes activities of 1-beta-D-arabinofuranosylthymine and its 5'-monophosphate.
abstract: In vitro and in vivo anti-herpes activities of 1-beta-D-arabinofuranosylthymine 5'-monophosphate (ara-TMP) were compared with those of 1-beta-D-arabinofuranosylthymine (ara-T). On a molar basis ara-TMP was almost as active as ara-T against six strains of herpes simplex virus type 1 (HSV-1) and type 2 (HSV-2) as monitored by a cytopathogenicity-inhibition and a plaque reduction assay in human embryonic lung fibroblast cells. When tested against experimental encephalitis in mice inoculated intracerebrally with HSV-1, intraperitoneal or intravenous treatment with 150 mg/kg/day of ara-TMP or 100 mg/kg/day of ara-T, for 5 days was effective in increasing in the mean survival time of mice. For a single dose of ara-TMP, intravenous administration was more effective than intraperitoneal or oral administration. However, oral administration of ara-T was the most effective of the treatment regimens used. Substantial plasma levels of ara-T were detected for a longer time after oral administration of ara-T than after intravenous administration of ara-TMP or ara-T, suggesting that the efficacy of oral administration of ara-T may be correlated with the maintenance of the substantial blood drug levels.
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000998:Antiviral Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D001087:Arabinonucleosides / Q000378:metabolism / Q000627:therapeutic use* / Q000633:toxicity; D001088:Arabinonucleotides / Q000378:metabolism / Q000627:therapeutic use* / Q000633:toxicity; D002460:Cell Line; D002470:Cell Survival / Q000187:drug effects; D003588:Cytopathogenic Effect, Viral / Q000187:drug effects; D004660:Encephalitis / Q000188:drug therapy*; D006561:Herpes Simplex / Q000188:drug therapy*; D006801:Humans; D007700:Kinetics; D051379:Mice; D018139:Simplexvirus / Q000187:drug effects*; D013936:Thymidine / Q000031:analogs & derivatives* / Q000378:metabolism / Q000627:therapeutic use / Q000633:toxicity; D010948:Viral Plaque Assay
chemical_list: D000998:Antiviral Agents; D001087:Arabinonucleosides; D001088:Arabinonucleotides; C036104:1-beta-arabinofuranosylthymine 5'-monophosphate; C010032:thymine arabinoside; D013936:Thymidine