METAL PROTOPORPHYRIN FOR TREATMENT OF BK VIRUS
The inactivation of BK virus in patients diagnosed with BK virus, those receiving a kidney that is infected or suspected of being infected by BK virus, or in the transplanted kidney before, during, and/or after transplant surgery is described.
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6 . A method of treating a patient undergoing a kidney transplant surgery comprising before the kidney transplant surgery administering an amount of a first metal protoporphyrin and iron source, and after the transplant surgery administering an amount of a second metal protoporphyrin effective to reduce or eliminate the effects of a BK virus.
7 . The method of claim 6 , wherein the first metal protoporphyrin and second metal protoporphyrin is tin protoporphyrin (SnPP).
8 . The method of claim 6 , wherein the non-enveloped virus is a BK virus.
9 . The method of claim 6 , wherein the metal protoporphyrin is administered at a dose rate ranging from 0.06 to 1.125 mg/kg/day.
10 . The method of claim 6 , wherein the metal protoporphyrin is administered at a daily dose ranging from 5 to 90 mg.
11 . A kidney storage solution comprising a metal protoporphyrin.
12 . The kidney storage solution of claim 11 , further comprising at least one impermeant, and sodium (Na + ) and potassium (K + ) electrolytes.
13 . The kidney storage solution of claim 12 , wherein the impermeant is selected from glucose, lactobionate, mannitol, raffinose, or combinations thereof.
14 . The kidney storage solution of claim 12 , further comprising one or more colloids, additional electrolytes, antioxidants, nutrients, additives, or combinations thereof.
15 . The kidney storage solution of claim 14 , wherein the kidney storage solution comprises at least one colloid, the colloid being selected from hydroxymethyl starch or PEG-35, or combinations thereof.
16 . The kidney storage solution of claim 14 , wherein the kidney storage solution comprises at least one additional electrolyte, the additional electrolyte being selected from calcium (Ca 2+ ), chlorine (Cl − ), sulphate (SO 4 2− ), phosphate (PO 4 3− ), bicarbonate (HCO 3 − ), citrate, or combinations thereof.
17 . The kidney storage solution of claim 14 , wherein the kidney storage solution comprises at least one antioxidant, the antioxidant being selected from allopurinol or glutathione, or combinations thereof.
18 . The kidney storage solution of claim 14 , wherein the kidney storage solution comprises at least one nutrient, the nutrient being selected from tryptophan, adenosine, adenine, glutamic acid, histidine, ketoglutarate, or combinations thereof.
19 . The kidney storage solution of claim 14 , wherein the kidney storage solution comprises at least one additive, the additive being selected from insulin, penicillin, dexamethasone, or combinations thereof.
20 . The kidney storage solution of claim 11 , wherein the osmolarity of the kidney storage solution ranges from 300-500 mOsm/L, and the pH ranges from 7.0 to 7.5.