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Telbivudine Action Pathway
Homo sapiens
Drug Action Pathway
Telbivudine is a synthetic thymidine nucleoside analog with specific activity against the hepatitis B virus. It is administered orally. Telbivudine is the unmodified β–L enantiomer of the naturally occurring nucleoside, thymidine. It undergoes phosphorylation via interaction with cellular kinases to form the active metabolite, telbivudine 5'-triphosphate.
Telbivudine 5'–triphosphate inhibits HBV DNA polymerase (reverse transcriptase) by competing with the natural substrate, thymidine 5'–triphosphate. This leads to the chain termination of DNA synthesis, thereby inhibiting viral replication. Incorporation of telbivudine 5'–triphosphate into viral DNA also causes DNA chain termination, resulting in inhibition of HBV replication. Telbivudine inhibits anticompliment or second-strand DNA. This causes DNA chain termination, preventing the growth of viral DNA. Less Viral DNA is transported into the nucleus, therefore, less viral DNA is integrated into the host DNA. Less viral proteins produced, fewer viruses can form.
References
Telbivudine Pathway References
Nash K: Telbivudine in the treatment of chronic hepatitis B. Adv Ther. 2009 Feb;26(2):155-69. doi: 10.1007/s12325-009-0004-y. Epub 2009 Feb 18.
Pubmed: 19225726
Gaeta GB, Stornaiuolo G: Therapy of chronic hepatitis B: focus on telbivudine. Dig Liver Dis. 2007 Nov;39 Suppl 3:S372-8. doi: 10.1016/S1590-8658(07)60017-6.
Pubmed: 18063258
Ruiz-Sancho A, Sheldon J, Soriano V: Telbivudine: a new option for the treatment of chronic hepatitis B. Expert Opin Biol Ther. 2007 May;7(5):751-61. doi: 10.1517/14712598.7.5.751.
Pubmed: 17477811
Overington JP, Al-Lazikani B, Hopkins AL: How many drug targets are there? Nat Rev Drug Discov. 2006 Dec;5(12):993-6. doi: 10.1038/nrd2199.
Pubmed: 17139284
Imming P, Sinning C, Meyer A: Drugs, their targets and the nature and number of drug targets. Nat Rev Drug Discov. 2006 Oct;5(10):821-34. doi: 10.1038/nrd2132.
Pubmed: 17016423
Lui YY, Chan HL: Treatment of chronic hepatitis B: focus on telbivudine. Expert Rev Anti Infect Ther. 2009 Apr;7(3):259-68. doi: 10.1586/eri.09.6.
Pubmed: 19344240
Lui YY, Chan HL: A review of telbivudine for the management of chronic hepatitis B virus infection. Expert Opin Drug Metab Toxicol. 2008 Oct;4(10):1351-61. doi: 10.1517/17425255.4.10.1351.
Pubmed: 18798704
Amarapurkar DN: Telbivudine: a new treatment for chronic hepatitis B. World J Gastroenterol. 2007 Dec 14;13(46):6150-5. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v13.i46.6150.
Pubmed: 18069753
Keam SJ: Telbivudine. Drugs. 2007;67(13):1917-29. doi: 10.2165/00003495-200767130-00011.
Pubmed: 17722961
Ruiz-Sancho A, Sheldon J, Soriano V: Telbivudine: a new option for the treatment of chronic hepatitis B. Expert Opin Biol Ther. 2007 May;7(5):751-61. doi: 10.1517/14712598.7.5.751.
Pubmed: 17477811
Jones R, Nelson M: Novel anti-hepatitis B agents: A focus on telbivudine. Int J Clin Pract. 2006 Oct;60(10):1295-9. doi: 10.1111/j.1742-1241.2006.01143.x.
Pubmed: 16981973
Wishart DS, Feunang YD, Guo AC, Lo EJ, Marcu A, Grant JR, Sajed T, Johnson D, Li C, Sayeeda Z, Assempour N, Iynkkaran I, Liu Y, Maciejewski A, Gale N, Wilson A, Chin L, Cummings R, Le D, Pon A, Knox C, Wilson M: DrugBank 5.0: a major update to the DrugBank database for 2018. Nucleic Acids Res. 2018 Jan 4;46(D1):D1074-D1082. doi: 10.1093/nar/gkx1037.
Pubmed: 29126136
Matthews SJ: Telbivudine for the management of chronic hepatitis B virus infection. Clin Ther. 2007 Dec;29(12):2635-53. doi: 10.1016/j.clinthera.2007.12.032.
Pubmed: 18201580
Dusheiko G, Danta M: Telbivudine for the treatment of chronic hepatitis B. Drugs Today (Barc). 2007 May;43(5):293-304. doi: 10.1358/dot.2007.43.5.1062671.
Pubmed: 17724496
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