High-dose 15-deoxyspergualin monotherapy surpasses methylprednisolone in its therapeutic effect on advanced lupus nephritis in New Zealand Black/White Fl hybrid mice, and low-dose combination may be synergistic
| Autor: | Yoshihiko Masaki, Kouju Kamata, Michihito Okubo, Ken-ichi Amemiya, K. Inoue, Naoyuki Kobayashi |
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| Rok vydání: | 1993 |
| Předmět: |
Transplantation
medicine.medical_specialty Chemotherapy Kidney Proteinuria business.industry medicine.drug_class medicine.medical_treatment Therapeutic effect Urology medicine.disease Nephropathy Endocrinology medicine.anatomical_structure stomatognathic system Methylprednisolone Nephrology Internal medicine medicine Corticosteroid medicine.symptom business Saline medicine.drug |
| Zdroj: | Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation. 8:720-724 |
| ISSN: | 1460-2385 0931-0509 |
| DOI: | 10.1093/ndt/8.8.720 |
| Popis: | To compare the therapeutic effect of 15-deoxyspergualin with that of methylprednisolone on advanced lupus nephropathy of New Zealand black/white F1 hybrid (B/W) mice, and also to study the possible synergistic effect of both drugs, B/W mice were heminephrectomized at 32 weeks of age, and were divided into six groups. Each group of mice was treated with 50 microliters phosphate-buffered saline (PBS), 3 mg/kg methylprednisolone, 20 mg methylprednisolone, 0.6 mg DSP, 6 mg DSP, or with 3 mg methylprednisolone plus 0.6 mg DSP, s.c., four times per week for 8 weeks. Urine and blood samples (by tail vein venipuncture), as well as renal tissue specimens, were taken at 32 and 40 weeks of age. The degree of proteinuria, and serum anti-DNA activity (by ELISA) were determined. Renal specimens were evaluated with light- and immunofluorescence (C3)-microscopy, the degree of pathological changes being semi-quantitated and expressed as total light-microscopy (LM) and immunofluorescence (IF) scores. The survival rate at 40 weeks of age was significantly elevated in 0.6 mg DSP, 6 mg DSP, and methylprednisolone + DSP groups of mice compared with the control group. The appearance rate of significant post-treatment proteinuria was comparable among all groups. The difference (post-treatment titre--pretreatment titre) of serum anti-DNA activity in the 6 mg DSP and methylprednisolone + DSP groups were significantly less, while that of the 3 mg methylprednisolone group was greater compared with the control level. As for the total LM score, the levels significantly decreased in the 6 mg DSP, methylprednisolone + DSP and 3 mg methylprednisolone groups.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS) |
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