title: Failure of 2-deoxy-D-glucose in the treatment of experimental cutaneous and genital infections due to herpes simplex virus.
abstract: The effectiveness of 2-deoxy-D-glucose (2-DG) was evaluated in the treatment of cutaneous infections with herpes simplex virus type 1 (HSV-1) in mice and genital infections with HSV type 2 (HSV-2) in mice and guinea pigs. Groups of mice were inoculated in the lumbosacral or orofacial area with HSV-1 and treated topically three times a day with 0.2% or 0.5% 2-DG solution beginning 3 hr after inoculation. No effect on skin lesions, mortality, or latency was observed. Mice were inoculated intravaginally with HSV-2 and treated intravaginally three times a day with 0.2%-5% 2-DG in solution or suspended in miconazole nitrate cream beginning 6 hr, 24 hr, or 48 hr after inoculation. Replication of HSV-2 in the vagina and final mortality were not affected. Guinea pigs were infected intravaginally with HSV-2 and treated both intravaginally and topically on the external genitalia four times a day with 1% or 5% 2-DG in miconazole nitrate cream. Treatment initiated just prior to development of lesions (on day 3 after inoculation) did not alter vaginal virus replication, lesion development and severity, or virus titers in lesions.
mesh_terms: D000287:Administration, Topical; D000818:Animals; D003837:Deoxy Sugars / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D003847:Deoxyglucose / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000494:pharmacology / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D004353:Drug Evaluation, Preclinical; D005260:Female; D006168:Guinea Pigs; D006558:Herpes Genitalis / Q000188:drug therapy*; D006561:Herpes Simplex / Q000188:drug therapy*; D008297:Male; D051379:Mice; D018139:Simplexvirus / Q000187:drug effects / Q000254:growth & development; D014621:Vagina / Q000382:microbiology
chemical_list: D003837:Deoxy Sugars; D003847:Deoxyglucose