The present invention relates to antisense antiviral compounds and methods of their use and production in inhibition of growth of viruses of the Orthomyxoviridae family and in the treatment of a viral infection. The compounds are particularly useful in the treatment of influenza virus infection in a mammal. Exemplary antisense antiviral compounds are substantially uncharged, or partially positively charged, morpholino oligonucleotides having 1) a nuclease resistant backbone, 2) 12-40 nucleotide bases, and 3) a targeting sequence of at least 12 bases in length that hybridizes to a target region selected from the following: a) the 5′ or 3′ terminal 25 bases of the negative sense viral RNA segment of Influenzavirus A, Influenzavirus B and Influenzavirus C; b) the terminal 30 bases of the 5′ or 3′ terminus of the positive sense vcRNA; c) the 45 bases surrounding the AUG start codon of an influenza viral mRNA and; d) 50 bases surrounding the splice donor or acceptor sites of influenza mRNAs subject to alternative splicing.
本发明涉及反义抗病毒化合物及其使用和生产方法,用于抑制Orthomyxoviridae家族病毒的生长和治疗病毒感染。这些化合物特别适用于哺乳动物流感病毒感染的治疗。示例性的反义抗病毒化合物是具有以下特征的基本无电荷或部分正电荷的morpholino寡核苷酸:1)
核酸酶耐受性骨架,2)12-40个核苷酸碱基,以及3)至少12个碱基的靶向序列,该序列与以下选定的目标区域杂交:a)Influenzavirus A,Influenzavirus B和Influenzavirus C负义病毒RNA片段的5'或3'端25个碱基; b)正义vcRNA的5'或3'端30个碱基;c)流感病毒mRNA的AUG起始密码子周围的45个碱基和;d)流感病毒mRNA的可选择剪接的剪接供体或受体位点周围的50个碱基。