BACKGROUND Acyclovir (ACV), a synthetic purine nucleoside analogue, is known to be toxic to gonads. OBJECTIVE The current study evaluated cytotoxicity of ACV on histopathological changes in testis tissue and serum testosterone and lipid peroxidation concentrations of male rats. MATERIALS AND METHODS Animals were divided into five groups. One group served as control and one group served as c...

BACKGROUND This objective of the review and analysis is to demonstrate that acyclovir (ACV) 3% ophthalmic ointment is superior to idoxuridine (IDU) in treating herpetic keratitis (HK) presenting as dendritic and geographic ulcer sub-types. METHODS DATA SOURCES Publications in human subjects were identified by searching the Ovid MEDLINE database through April 2011, combining medical subject...

A simple and selective carbon paste electrode has been developed for the electrochemicaldetermination of acyclovir (ACV). This electrode was designed by incorporation of multiwalledcarbon nanotubes (MWCNTs) and ZnO nanoparticles into the carbon paste matrix,and then poly (o-aminophenol; OAP) film were subsequently electropolymerized on it. Thesurface structure of nanoparticles were characterize...

A simple and selective carbon paste electrode has been developed for the electrochemicaldetermination of acyclovir (ACV). This electrode was designed by incorporation of multiwalledcarbon nanotubes (MWCNTs) and ZnO nanoparticles into the carbon paste matrix,and then poly (o-aminophenol; OAP) film were subsequently electropolymerized on it. Thesurface structure of nanoparticles were characterize...

Renal excretion is an important elimination pathway for antiviral agents, such as acyclovir (ACV), ganciclovir (GCV), and zidovudine (AZT). The purpose of this study was to elucidate the molecular mechanisms of renal ACV, GCV, and AZT transport using cells stably expressing human organic anion transporter 1 (hOAT1), hOAT2, hOAT3, and hOAT4, and human organic cation transporter 1 (hOCT1) and hOC...

Acyclovir (ACV) is an effective and widely used antiviral agent. However, its clinical application is limited by severe nephrotoxicity. We assessed ACV-induced nephrotoxicity and identified the differentially expressed proteins using mass spectrometry-based proteomic analysis. In total, 30 ICR mice were intraperitoneally administrated ACV (150 or 600 mg/kg per day) for 9 days. After administrat...

Acyclovir (ACV) has shown efficacy in the prophylactic suppression of human cytomegalovirus (HCMV) reactivation in immunocompromised renal transplant patients without the toxicity associated with ganciclovir (GCV). The HCMV UL97 gene product, a protein kinase, is responsible for the phosphorylation of GCV in HCMV-infected cells. This report provides evidence for the phosphorylation of ACV by UL...

Twenty immunocompetent patients, four females and 16 males, with severe recurrent genital herpes (median number of recurrences the previous year 16, range (8-24] entered an open continuous long-term suppressive treatment with oral acyclovir (ACV) for 12 months. The study included a dose-titration schedule: (ACV, 200 mg x 4/1-3 months, ACV, 400 mg x 2/4-6 months, ACV, 200 mg x 2/7-9 months, and ...

Thirty-one herpes simplex virus type one (HSV-1) isolates from 12 haematopoietic stem cell transplant recipients with persistent HSV infections despite acyclovir (ACV) prophylaxis or treatment, were genotypically and phenotypically characterized. The relationship between drug susceptibility of the isolates and mutations in thymidine kinase (TK) and DNA polymerase (DNA pol) genes was examined. I...