A Murine Model of Invasive Aspergillosis: Variable Benefit of Interferon-Gamma Administration under In Vitro and In Vivo Conditions

2005 ◽  
Vol 6 (4) ◽  
pp. 397-407 ◽  
Author(s):  
Christopher P. Johnson ◽  
Charles E. Edmiston ◽  
Yong-Ran Zhu ◽  
Mark B. Adams ◽  
Allan M. Roza ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Invasive Aspergillosis ◽  
Interferon Gamma ◽  
Murine Model

scholarly journals 1346. The Tetrazole VT-1598 Is Efficacious in a Murine Model of Invasive Aspergillosis with a PK/PD Expected of a Mold-Active CYP51 Inhibitor

2018 ◽  
Vol 5 (suppl_1) ◽  
pp. S411-S412
Author(s):  
Edward P Garvey ◽  
Andrew Sharp ◽  
Peter Warn ◽  
Christopher M Yates ◽  
Robert J Schotzinger
Keyword(s):  
Antifungal Activity ◽  
Invasive Aspergillosis ◽  
Murine Model ◽  
Pathogenic Fungi ◽  
Rational Drug Design ◽  
Fungal Burden ◽  
Delayed Treatment ◽  
Rational Drug

Abstract Background VT-1598 is a novel fungal CYP51 inhibitor with potent in vitro activity against yeast, mold, and endemic pathogenic fungi (Wiederhold, JAC, 2017). Its tetrazole-based rational drug design imparts much greater selectivity vs. human CYPs (Yates, BMCL, 2017), which could reduce human CYP-related side effects and DDIs. We report here VT-1598’s in vivo activity in an invasive aspergillosis (IA) model. Methods MIC was determined as outlined in CLSI M38-A2. Plasma PK was measured after 4 days of oral doses in neutropenic ICR mice without fungal inoculation. In vivo antifungal activity was determined in a tail-vein IA model in neutropenic mice inoculated with A. fumigatus (AF) ATCC 204305 (N = 10 per dose). Two separate studies were conducted, with oral VT-1598 treatment starting either 48 hours prior (prophylaxis) or 5 hours postinoculation (delayed), with 4 days of postinoculation dosing, and kidney fungal burden measured 1 day post last dose by both CFU and qPCR. Drug control was 10 mg/kg AmBisome i.v. Results The MIC for VT-1598 against AF 204305 was 0.25 μg/mL. The plasma PK of VT-1598 was linearly proportional between the 5 and 40 mg/kg once-daily doses, with AUCs of 155 and 1,033 μg h/mL for the two doses, respectively. VT-1598 was similarly effective in reducing fungal burden when given in delayed treatment compared with prophylaxis, and both studies demonstrated a full dose–response (i.e., no to full reduction of fungal burden). When comparing fungal burdens of each dose group to the fungal burden at the start of treatment, the dose of VT-1598 to achieve fungal stasis ranged from 20.5 to 25.9 mg/kg and to achieve a 1-log10 fungal kill ranged from 30.9 to 50.5 mg/kg. Using the previously measured mouse plasma binding (>99.9%), the free AUC /MIC values for stasis and 1-log10 kill ranged from 2.1–2.7 and 3.2–5.2, respectively. These values are within the range of 1–11 that have been reported for posaconazole and isavuconazole (Lepak, AAC, 2013). Conclusion VT-1598 had potent antifungal activity in a murine model of IA. The PK/PD relationship was the same as clinically used mold-active CYP51 agents, suggesting that it could have similar clinical efficacy. If correct, the tetrazole-based greater selectivity may significantly differentiate VT-1598 from current IA therapies. Disclosures E. P. Garvey, Viamet Pharmaceuticals, Inc.: Employee, Salary. A. Sharp, Evotec (UK) Ltd.: Employee, Salary. P. Warn, Evotec (UK) Ltd.: Employee, Salary. C. M. Yates, Viamet Pharmaceuticals, Inc.: Employee, Salary. R. J. Schotzinger, Viamet Pharmaceuticals, Inc.: Board Member and Employee, Salary.

scholarly journals In Vitro Activities at pH 5.0 and pH 7.0 and In Vivo Efficacy of Flucytosine against Aspergillus fumigatus

2008 ◽  
Vol 52 (12) ◽  
pp. 4483-4485 ◽  
Author(s):  
Paul E. Verweij ◽  
Debbie T. A. Te Dorsthorst ◽  
Willem H. P. Janssen ◽  
Jacques F. G. M. Meis ◽  
Johan W. Mouton
Keyword(s):  
Invasive Aspergillosis ◽  
Aspergillus Fumigatus ◽  
Murine Model ◽  
Antifungal Agent ◽  
In Vivo Efficacy

ABSTRACT The antifungal agent flucytosine was found to be active in vitro against Aspergillus fumigatus isolates when the MIC was determined at pH 5.0 instead of pH 7.0. The in vitro MIC at pH 5.0 corresponded to the in vivo efficacy of flucytosine monotherapy in a murine model of invasive aspergillosis.

scholarly journals Efficacy of LY303366 against Amphotericin B-Susceptible and -Resistant Aspergillus fumigatus in a Murine Model of Invasive Aspergillosis

1998 ◽  
Vol 42 (4) ◽  
pp. 873-878 ◽  
Author(s):  
Paul E. Verweij ◽  
Karen L. Oakley ◽  
Jacqui Morrissey ◽  
Graham Morrissey ◽  
David W. Denning
Keyword(s):  
Survival Rate ◽  
Invasive Aspergillosis ◽  
Aspergillus Fumigatus ◽  
Amphotericin B ◽  
Murine Model ◽  
Survival Rates ◽  
In Vitro Susceptibility ◽  
Once Daily

ABSTRACT LY303366 is a novel antifungal echinocandin with excellent in vitro activity against Aspergillus spp. We compared four doses (1, 2.5, 10, and 25 mg/kg of body weight) of LY303366 with amphotericin B (0.5 to 5 mg/kg) in a temporarily neutropenic murine model of invasive aspergillosis against an amphotericin B-susceptible (AF210) and an amphotericin B-resistant (AF65) Aspergillus fumigatus isolate based on in vivo response. Mice were immunosuppressed with cyclophosphamide (200 mg/kg) and infected 3 days later. Treatment started 18 h after infection and lasted for 10 days. LY303366 was given once daily intravenously for 10 days, and amphotericin B (at 0.5, 2, and 5 mg/kg) was given once daily intraperitoneally for 10 days, or only on days 1, 2, 4, and 7 (at 5 mg/kg). Kidneys and lungs from survivors were cultured on day 11. Control mice in both experiments had 90 to 100% mortality. Amphotericin B at 0.5 mg/kg and LY303366 at 1 mg/kg yielded 10 to 20% survival rates for mice infected with either AF210 or AF65. Amphotericin B at 2 and 5 (both regimens) mg/kg yielded a 70 to 100% survival rate for mice infected with AF210 but a 10 to 30% survival rate for mice infected with AF65 (P = 0.01 to 0.04 compared with AF210). Against AF210 and AF65, LY303366 at 2.5, 10, and 25 mg/kg produced a survival rate of 70 to 80%, which was as effective as amphotericin B for AF210, but superior to amphotericin B for AF65 (P < 0.03 to 0.0006). For AF65, LY303366 at 10 and 25 mg/kg/day was superior to amphotericin B at 2 and 5 mg/kg/day in reducing tissue colony counts (P = 0.01 to 0.003), and for AF210, amphotericin B at 5 mg/kg/day and at 5 mg/kg in four doses was more effective than all four regimens of LY303366 in reducing renal culture counts (P = 0.01 to 0.0001). The present study shows, for the first time, that in vivo resistance of A. fumigatus to amphotericin B exists, although this could not be detected by in vitro susceptibility assays. Furthermore, LY303366 appears to be effective against amphotericin B-susceptible and -resistant A. fumigatus infection in this model and should be further evaluated clinically.

Tuberkulose - Screening

2011 ◽  
Vol 68 (7) ◽  
pp. 381-387
Author(s):  
Otto Schoch
Keyword(s):  
Mycobacterium Tuberculosis ◽  
Interferon Gamma ◽  
Wird Eine ◽  
Interferon Gamma Release Assays

Das primäre Ziel der Aktivitäten zur bevölkerungsbezogenen Tuberkulosekontrolle ist die Identifizierung von Patienten mit sputummikroskopisch positiver Lungentuberkulose. Wenn diese Patienten umgehend therapiert werden, haben sie nicht nur eine optimale Heilungschance, sondern übertragen auch den Krankheitserreger nicht weiter auf andere Personen. Das Screening, die systematische Suche nach Tuberkulose, erfolgt in der Regel radiologisch bei der Suche nach Erkrankten, während immunologische Teste bei der Suche nach einer Infektion mit Mycobacterium tuberculosis zur Anwendung kommen. Diese Infektion, die ein erhöhtes Risiko für die Entwicklung einer Tuberkulose-Erkrankung mit sich bringt, wird im Rahmen der Umgebungsuntersuchungen oder bei Hochrisikogruppen gesucht. Neben dem traditionellen in vivo Mantoux Hauttest stehen heute die neueren in vitro Blutteste, die sogenannten Interferon Gamma Release Assays (IGRA) zur Verfügung, die unter anderem den Vorteil einer höheren Spezifität mit sich bringen, weil die verwendeten Antigene der Mykobakterien-Wand beim Impfstamm Bacille Calmitte Guerin (BCG) und bei den meisten atypischen Mykobakterien nicht vorhanden sind. Zudem kann bei Immunsupprimierten dank einer mitgeführten Positivkontrolle eine Aussage über die Wahrscheinlichkeit eines falsch negativen Testresultates gemacht werden. Bei neu diagnostizierter Infektion mit Mycobacterium tuberculosis wird eine präventive Chemotherapie mit Isoniazid während 9 Monaten durchgeführt.

scholarly journals Preclinical Studies in Anti-Trypanosomatidae Drug Development

2021 ◽  
Vol 14 (7) ◽  
pp. 644
Author(s):  
Cintya Perdomo ◽  
Elena Aguilera ◽  
Ileana Corvo ◽  
Paula Faral-Tello ◽  
Elva Serna ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Rural Communities ◽  
Chagas Disease ◽  
Murine Model ◽  
Mammalian Cells ◽  
Drug Candidate ◽  
Murine Macrophages ◽  
Causative Agents ◽  
Trypanosomatid Parasites

The trypanosomatid parasites Trypanosoma brucei, Trypanosoma cruzi and Leishmania are the causative agents of human African trypanosomiasis, Chagas Disease and Leishmaniasis, respectively. These infections primarily affect poor, rural communities in the developing world, and are responsible for trapping sufferers and their families in a disease/poverty cycle. The development of new chemotherapies is a priority given that existing drug treatments are problematic. In our search for novel anti-trypanosomatid agents, we assess the growth-inhibitory properties of >450 compounds from in-house and/or “Pathogen Box” (PBox) libraries against L. infantum, L. amazonensis, L.braziliensis, T. cruzi and T. brucei and evaluate the toxicities of the most promising agents towards murine macrophages. Screens using the in-house series identified 17 structures with activity against and selective toward Leishmania: Compounds displayed 50% inhibitory concentrations between 0.09 and 25 μM and had selectivity index values >10. For the PBox library, ~20% of chemicals exhibited anti-parasitic properties including five structures whose activity against L. infantum had not been reported before. These five compounds displayed no toxicity towards murine macrophages over the range tested with three being active in an in vivo murine model of the cutaneous disease, with 100% survival of infected animals. Additionally, the oral combination of three of them in the in vivo Chagas disease murine model demonstrated full control of the parasitemia. Interestingly, phenotyping revealed that the reference strain responds differently to the five PBox-derived chemicals relative to parasites isolated from a dog. Together, our data identified one drug candidate that displays activity against Leishmania and other Trypanosomatidae in vitro and in vivo, while exhibiting low toxicity to cultured mammalian cells and low in vivo acute toxicity.

scholarly journals Sulfated poly-amido-saccharides (sulPASs) are anticoagulants in vitro and in vivo

2021 ◽  
Vol 12 (38) ◽  
pp. 12719-12725
Author(s):  
Maria Varghese ◽  
Rae S. Rokosh ◽  
Carolyn A. Haller ◽  
Stacy L. Chin ◽  
Jiaxuan Chen ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Murine Model ◽  
Protamine Sulfate ◽  
Clotting Time ◽  
Risk Of Bleeding ◽  
Increased Risk

Heparin mimicking sulfated poly-amido-saccharides (sulPASs) are anticoagulants resistant to heparanases and reversed by protamine sulfate. In an in vivo murine model, sulPASs extend clotting time without the increased risk of bleeding.

scholarly journals Interleukin 12 induces stable priming for interferon gamma (IFN-gamma) production during differentiation of human T helper (Th) cells and transient IFN-gamma production in established Th2 cell clones.

1994 ◽  
Vol 179 (4) ◽  
pp. 1273-1283 ◽  
Author(s):  
R Manetti ◽  
F Gerosa ◽  
M G Giudizi ◽  
R Biagiotti ◽  
P Parronchi ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
T Cells ◽  
Interferon Gamma ◽  
Specific Antigen ◽  
Th2 Cells ◽  
Interleukin 12 ◽  
T Helper ◽  
Ifn Gamma ◽  
Selection Of

Interleukin 12 (IL-12) facilitates the generation of a T helper type 1 (Th1) response, with high interferon gamma (IFN-gamma) production, while inhibiting the generation of IL-4-producing Th2 cells in polyclonal cultures of both human and murine T cells and in vivo in the mouse. In this study, we analyzed the effect of IL-12, present during cloning of human T cells, on the cytokine profile of the clones. The culture system used allows growth of clones from virtually every T cell, and thus excludes the possibility that selection of precommitted Th cell precursors plays a role in determining characteristics of the clones. IL-12 present during the cloning procedures endowed both CD4+ and CD8+ clones with the ability to produce IFN-gamma at levels severalfold higher than those observed in clones generated in the absence of IL-12. This priming was stable because the high levels of IFN-gamma production were maintained when the clones were cultured in the absence of IL-12 for 11 d. The CD4+ and some of the CD8+ clones produced variable amounts of IL-4. Unlike IFN-gamma, IL-4 production was not significantly different in clones generated in the presence or absence of IL-12. These data suggest that IL-12 primes the clone progenitors, inducing their differentiation to high IFN-gamma-producing clones. The suppression of IL-4-producing cells observed in polyclonally generated T cells in vivo and in vitro in the presence of IL-12 is not observed in this clonal model, suggesting that the suppression depends more on positive selection of non-IL-4-producing cells than on differentiation of individual clones. However, antigen-specific established Th2 clones that were unable to produce IFN-gamma with any other inducer did produce IFN-gamma at low but significant levels when stimulated with IL-12 in combination with specific antigen or insoluble anti-CD3 antibodies. This induction of IFN-gamma gene expression was transient, because culture of the established clones with IL-12 for up to 1 wk did not convert them into IFN-gamma producers when stimulated in the absence of IL-12. These results suggest that Th clones respond to IL-12 treatment either with a stable priming for IFN-gamma production or with only a transient low level expression of the IFN-gamma gene, depending on their stage of differentiation.

scholarly journals Quantitation of Candida albicans Ergosterol Content Improves the Correlation between In Vitro Antifungal Susceptibility Test Results and In Vivo Outcome after Fluconazole Treatment in a Murine Model of Invasive Candidiasis

2000 ◽  
Vol 44 (8) ◽  
pp. 2081-2085 ◽  
Author(s):  
Beth A. Arthington-Skaggs ◽  
David W. Warnock ◽  
Christine J. Morrison
Keyword(s):  
Murine Model ◽  
Invasive Candidiasis ◽  
Clinical Laboratory ◽  
Antifungal Susceptibility ◽  
Resistant Isolate ◽  
National Committee ◽  
Ergosterol Content ◽  
In Vitro Antifungal Susceptibility

ABSTRACT MIC end point determination for the most commonly prescribed azole antifungal drug, fluconazole, can be complicated by “trailing” growth of the organism during susceptibility testing by the National Committee for Clinical Laboratory Standards approved M27-A broth macrodilution method and its modified broth microdilution format. To address this problem, we previously developed the sterol quantitation method (SQM) for in vitro determination of fluconazole susceptibility, which measures cellular ergosterol content rather than growth inhibition after exposure to fluconazole. To determine if SQM MICs of fluconazole correlated better with in vivo outcome than M27-A MICs, we used a murine model of invasive candidiasis and analyzed the capacity of fluconazole to treat infections caused by C. albicansisolates which were trailers (M27-A MICs at 24 and 48 h, ≤1.0 and ≥64 μg/ml, respectively; SQM MIC, ≤1.0 μg/ml), as well as those which were fluconazole sensitive (M27-A and SQM MIC, ≤1.0 μg/ml) and fluconazole resistant (M27-A MIC, ≥64 μg/ml; SQM MIC, 54 μg/ml). Compared with the untreated controls, fluconazole therapy increased the survival of mice infected with a sensitive isolate and both trailing isolates but did not increase the survival of mice infected with a resistant isolate. These results indicate that the SQM is more predictive of in vivo outcome than the M27-A method for isolates that give unclear MIC end points due to trailing growth in fluconazole.

scholarly journals Anti-DKK1 mAb (BHQ880) as a potential therapeutic agent for multiple myeloma

Blood ◽  
2009 ◽  
Vol 114 (2) ◽  
pp. 371-379 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mariateresa Fulciniti ◽  
Pierfrancesco Tassone ◽  
Teru Hideshima ◽  
Sonia Vallet ◽  
Puru Nanjappa ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Multiple Myeloma ◽  
Cell Growth ◽  
Murine Model ◽  
Severe Combined Immunodeficiency ◽  
Neutralizing Antibody ◽  
Nuclear Factor Κb ◽  
Bone Lesions ◽  
Wnt Inhibitor

Abstract Decreased activity of osteoblasts (OBs) contributes to osteolytic lesions in multiple myeloma (MM). The production of the soluble Wnt inhibitor Dickkopf-1 (DKK1) by MM cells inhibits OB activity, and its serum level correlates with focal bone lesions in MM. Therefore, we have evaluated bone anabolic effects of a DKK1 neutralizing antibody (BHQ880) in MM. In vitro BHQ880 increased OB differentiation, neutralized the negative effect of MM cells on osteoblastogenesis, and reduced IL-6 secretion. In a severe combined immunodeficiency (SCID)–hu murine model of human MM, BHQ880 treatment led to a significant increase in OB number, serum human osteocalcin level, and trabecular bone. Although BHQ880 had no direct effect on MM cell growth, it significantly inhibited growth of MM cells in the presence of bone marrow stromal cells (BMSCs) in vitro. This effect was associated with inhibition of BMSC/MM cell adhesion and production of IL-6. In addition, BHQ880 up-regulated β-catenin level while down-regulating nuclear factor-κB (NF-κB) activity in BMSC. Interestingly, we also observed in vivo inhibition of MM cell growth by BHQ880 treatment in the SCID-hu murine model. These results confirm DKK1 as an important therapeutic target in myeloma and provide the rationale for clinical evaluation of BHQ880 to improve bone disease and to inhibit MM growth.

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