Solvent-induced virus inactivation by acidic arginine solution.

نویسندگان

  • Kazuko Tsujimoto
  • Misao Uozaki
  • Keiko Ikeda
  • Hisashi Yamazaki
  • Hirotoshi Utsunomiya
  • Masao Ichinose
  • A Hajime Koyama
  • Tsutomu Arakawa
چکیده

Viral clearance is a primary concern for parenteral protein biopharmaceuticals. Low pH, detergent/solvent wash, or heating, called pasteurization, has been the main process for virus inactivation. Detergent/solvent wash is also used to treat superficial infectious diseases, including herpes simplex virus (HSV) infections. Herein we examined virus inactivation effects of acidic arginine on HSV type 2 (HSV-2) as a function of pH and temperature in an attempt to find solvent conditions that are effective for virus inactivation, yet are compatible with in vivo applications. Aqueous arginine at 0.7 M was highly effective on HSV-2, more so at lower pH and higher temperature. Its effects were stronger than 0.1 M citrate, 0.1 M citrate/0.6 M NaCl or 0.7 M citrate at any pH and temperature. This demonstrates that strong virus inactivation effects of arginine are not simply due to ionic strength or high concentration and arginine possesses a unique property that results in irreversible damage in virus particles. Such strong virus inactivation effects can be used in vivo for certain superficial infectious diseases, such as genital infections.

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عنوان ژورنال:
  • International journal of molecular medicine

دوره 25 3  شماره 

صفحات  -

تاریخ انتشار 2010