[pH-dependent hemolytic and neuraminidase activity of remantadine-sensitive and -resistant variants of influenza virus]

Vopr Virusol. 1983 Jan-Feb;28(1):30-2.
[Article in Russian]

Abstract

A comparative study of pH-dependence of hemolytic and neuraminidase activities of four remantadin-sensitive influenza A virus strains CAPV (classical avian plague virus) (H7N7), USSR/090/77 (H1N1), Ann Arbor (H2N2), and Texas (H3N2) and their remantadin-resistant variants was carried out. The original strains were shown to produce hemolysis in a narrow pH range (5.0 and 5.5) and to have maximal neuraminidase activity at the same pH values. In remantadin-resistant variants the optimal pH values for hemolytic and neuraminidase activities were higher by 0.5-1.0 than for the sensitive variants.

Publication types

  • Comparative Study
  • English Abstract

MeSH terms

  • Adamantane / analogs & derivatives*
  • Drug Resistance, Microbial
  • Genetic Variation / drug effects*
  • Hemolysis*
  • Hydrogen-Ion Concentration
  • Influenza A virus / drug effects
  • Influenza A virus / enzymology*
  • Neuraminidase / metabolism*
  • Rimantadine / pharmacology*

Substances

  • Rimantadine
  • Neuraminidase
  • Adamantane