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High and continuous exposure of laninamivir, an anti-influenza drug, may work suppressively to generate low-susceptibility mutants in animals.
Journal of Infection and Chemotherapy : Official Journal of the Japan Society of Chemotherapy 2012 Februrary
Laninamivir octanoate (Inavir(®); Daiichi Sankyo, Tokyo, Japan) is an anti-influenza drug that provides complete treatment by a single inhalation. It works as a long-acting neuraminidase (NA) inhibitor by means of high and continuous exposure of laninamivir, its active metabolite, in the lungs of mice after intranasal administration. Even after 6 days after intranasal administration of 236 μg/kg laninamivir octanoate, the concentration of laninamivir in the lungs was maintained more than 2-3 orders higher than 50% inhibitory concentrations of laninamivir to N1 NAs, about 2 orders higher than N2 NA of seasonal influenza A viruses, and more than about 50 times higher than influenza B virus NA. From A/H1N1 influenza virus-infected and laninamivir octanoate-treated mice, no low-susceptibility mutants to laninamivir were obtained. In contrast, four different mutants to oseltamivir were obtained from mice administered oseltamivir phosphate, which required repeated administration for treatment under the experimental condition, showing similar virus load reduction between both compounds. This finding suggested the unique characteristics of laninamivir octanoate in mice may work suppressively to generate low-susceptibility mutants.
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