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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2012 Nov 1.
Published in final edited form as: Antiviral Res. 2011 Sep 8;92(2):329–340. doi: 10.1016/j.antiviral.2011.09.001

Table 3.

Effects of 2’-deoxy-2’-fluorocytidine and 2’-deoxy-2’, 2’-difluorocytidine on the reolication of influenza viruses in MDCK cells.

Visul Assay Neutral Red Uptake Assay VYR
Assaya

Influenza
Virus
Virus Subtype Compound (µM) IC50b CC50c Sld IC50 CC50 SI IC90e
H1N1 A/CA/07/2009 2’-deoxy-2’-fluorocytidine 3.2 >100 >31 4.1 >100 >24 4.6
2’-deoxy-2’, 2’-difluorocytidine 0.18 2.1 11.7 0.16 1.1 6.9 0.13
H1N1 A/Hong Kong/2369/2009Rf 2’-deoxy-2’-fluorocytidine 2.1 >100 >48 7 .8 >100 >12.8 6.3
2’-deoxy-2’, 2’-difluorocytidine 0.05 >100 >200 0.054 >100 >1900 0.03
H3N2 A//Sydney/05/97 2’-deoxy-2’-fluorocytidine 0.59 >100 >170 2.5 >100 >40 6.7
2’-deoxy-2’, 2’-difluorocytidine 0.18 12 67 1.2 6.8 5.7 1.6
H3N2 A/Brisbane/10/2007 2’-deoxy-2’-fluorocytidine 1.0 >100 >100 14 >100 >7.1 6.8
2’-deoxy-2’, 2’-difluorocytidine 0.13 5.6 43 0.16 1.3 8.1 0.14
H1N1 X A/Hong Kong/213/2003H 2’-deoxy-2’-fluorocytidine 1.3 >100 >77 7.2 >100 >14 5.1
H5N1g 2’-deoxy-2’, 2’-difluorocytidine <0.032 >100 >3100 0.065 >100 >1538 0.04
H1N1 X A/Vietnam/1203/2004 H 2’-deoxy-2’-fluorocytidine 2.1 >100 >48 3.4 >100 >29 2.9
H5N1 2’-deoxy-2’, 2’-difluorocytidine <0.32 320 >1000 <0.32 160 >500 0.32
H5N1 A/Vietnam/1203/2004 2’-deoxy-2’-fluorocytidine 1.4 >100 >71 <0.032 26 >81 1.2
2’-deoxy-2’, 2’-difluorocytidine <0.032 >100 >3100 <0.032 >100 >3100 0.03
H5N1 A/Gull/PA/4175/83 2’-deoxy-2’-fluorocytidine 0.91 >100 >110 1.1 >100 >91 6.1
2’-deoxy-2’, 2’-difluorocytidine 0.21 >100 >480 0.27 >100 370 0.13
H5N1 A/Duck/MN/1525/81 2’-deoxy-2’-fluorocytidine 0.25 >100 >400 0.21 >100 >480 5.9
2’-deoxy-2’, 2’-difluorocytidine <0.32 530 >1700 <0.32 280 >880 0.25
B Malaysia/2506/2004 2’-deoxy-2’-fluorocytidine 1.9 >100 >53 4.1 >100 >24 7.3
2’-deoxy-2’, 2’-difluorocytidine <0.032 >100 >3100 0.068 >100 >1500 0.11
B Florida/4/2006 2’-deoxy-2’-fluorocytidine 1.0 >100 >100 1.4 >100 >71 2.1
2’-deoxy-2’, 2’-difluorocytidine <0.32 440 >1400 <0.32 140 >440 1.7

Values for CPE and NR assays are arithmetic means of three independent experiments. VYR assays were done one time.

a

Virus Yield Reduction Assay;

b

IC50: 50% virus inhibitory concentration;

c

CC50: 50% cell cytotoxic concentration of drug;

d

selective index: Visual and neutral red (NR) SI = CC50/IC50;

e

IC90: 90% virus inhibitory concentration (1log10 drop in virus titer);

f

R= oseltamivir resistant; A/Ann Arbor/6/60 H1N1 virus expressing hemagglutinin and neuraminidase from A/Vietnam/1203/2004 H5N1 virus.