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Ševelová L, Vachek J. Effect of Methoxime Combined with Anticholinergic, Anticonvulsant or Anti-HCN Drugs in Tabun-Poisoned Mice. ACTA MEDICA (HRADEC KRÁLOVÉ) 2019. [DOI: 10.14712/18059694.2019.16] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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The effect of methoxime combined with a) atropine, b) benactyzine, c) atropine and natrium thiosulphate, d) atropine and diazepam on antidotal treatment effectiveness was studied in tabun-poisoned mice. In addition, the influence of pretreatment consisiting of pyridostigmine, benactyzine and trihexyphenidyle (PANPAL) administered 2 hours before tabun intoxication on the treatment effectivity of methoxime combined with e) atropine or f) benactyzine was tested. The most efficacious therapeutic mixture in non-pretreated mice was methoxime, atropine and diazepam. Natrium thiosulphate did not significantly increase neither decrease the antidotal treatment efficacy in comparison with methoxime and atropine alone. Pretreatment with PANPAL significantly decreased tabun toxicity (nearly 4 times in methoxime and benactyzine combination and more than 4 times in atropine and methoxime mixture). The present study demonstrates that the tabun toxicity in mice is more effectively reduced when PANPAL prophylactically is administered than in case of treatment with methoxime and cholinergic drug alone. We established that anticholinergic drug option in the therapeutic mixture of methoxime and anticholinergic drug did not cause the difference in the antidotal treatment effectivities.
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Guo L, Ma Q, Chen W, Fan W, Zhang J, Dai B. Synthesis and biological evaluation of novel N 9-heterobivalent β-carbolines as angiogenesis inhibitors. J Enzyme Inhib Med Chem 2019; 34:375-387. [PMID: 30734606 PMCID: PMC6327987 DOI: 10.1080/14756366.2018.1497619] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/12/2023] Open
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A series of novel N9-heterobivalent β-carbolines has been synthesized. All the novel compounds were tested for their anticancer activity against six tumour cell lines in vitro. Among these molecules, compounds 5b, and 5w exhibited strong cytotoxic activities with IC50 value of lower than 20 μM. Acute toxicities and antitumor efficacies of the selected compounds in mice were also evaluated, compounds 5b and 5w exhibited that tumour inhibition rate of over 40% in the Sarcoma 180 and Lewis lung cancer animal models. Preliminary structure-activity relationships (SARs) analysis indicated that: (1) C1-methylation and C7-methoxylation were favorable for increased activities; (2) 3-Pyridyl or 2-thienyl group substituent into position-1 of the β-carboline core, and the aryl substituent into another β-carboline ring might be detrimental to cytotoxic effects of this class compounds. Investigation of the preliminary mechanism of action demonstrated that compound 5b had obvious angiogenesis inhibitory effects in the chicken chorioallantoic membrane (CAM) assay.
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- Liang Guo
- a School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering/Key Laboratory for Green Processing of Chemical Engineering of XinJiang Bingtuan , Shihezi University , Shihezi , China
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- b XinJiang Huashidan Pharmaceutical Research Co. Ltd. , Urumqi , China
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- b XinJiang Huashidan Pharmaceutical Research Co. Ltd. , Urumqi , China
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- b XinJiang Huashidan Pharmaceutical Research Co. Ltd. , Urumqi , China
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- a School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering/Key Laboratory for Green Processing of Chemical Engineering of XinJiang Bingtuan , Shihezi University , Shihezi , China
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- a School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering/Key Laboratory for Green Processing of Chemical Engineering of XinJiang Bingtuan , Shihezi University , Shihezi , China
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Prophylactic potential of memantine against soman poisoning in rats. Toxicology 2019; 416:62-74. [DOI: 10.1016/j.tox.2019.01.012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/14/2018] [Revised: 01/15/2019] [Accepted: 01/18/2019] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Krejčová G, Kassa J. Anticholinergic Drugs – Functional Antidotes for the Treatment of Tabun Intoxication. ACTA MEDICA (HRADEC KRÁLOVÉ) 2019. [DOI: 10.14712/18059694.2018.59] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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1. To study the influence of antidotes on tabun-induced neurotoxicity, the rats were injected intramuscularly with organophosphate tabun (LD50). The efficacy of choice antidotal treatment consisting of acetylcholinesterase reactivator obidoxime and one of four anticholinergic drugs (atropine, benactyzine, biperiden, scopolamine) was compared. 2. Testing of tabun-induced neurotoxicity progress was carried out using the method Functional observational battery. The experimental animals as well as controls were observed at 24 hours and 7 days following tabun or saline administration. 3. The results were compared to the condition of animals without anticholinergic drug (oxime alone) and control rats that received physiological solution instead of tabun and treatment. Antidotal treatment involving centrally acting anticholinergic drugs (benactyzine, biperiden, scopolamine) showed significantly higher neuroprotective efficacy compared to antidotal treatment containing atropine.
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Bartošová L, Kunešová G, Kuča K, Vachek J. Therapeutic Efficacy of Different Antidotal Mixtures Against Poisoning with GF-Agent in Mice. ACTA MEDICA (HRADEC KRÁLOVÉ) 2018. [DOI: 10.14712/18059694.2018.99] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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The toxicity of cyclohexyl methylphosphonofluoridate (GF-agent; cyclosarin) and therapeutic efficacy of four oximes (trimedoxime, methoxime, obidoxime and HI-6) in combination with atropine or benactyzine (BNZ) was studied in mice. The oxime therapy combined with anticholinergic drug was administered intramusculary (i.m.) 1 or 2 min after i.m. GF-agent challenge. All the drugs were applied in dose of 20% of LD50. Obidoxime and trimedoxime that were combined with atropine were less effective than methoxime and HI-6 in combination with BNZ when applied 2 minutes after GF-agent poisoning. When the drugs were administered 1 min after GF-agent challenge already, in case of methoxime, the faster application of therapy resulted in significantly higher protective ratio, while for obidoxime the therapeutic effectivity did not depend significantly on the seasonableness of therapeutic intervention. The present findings show that all four combinations of oxime with anticholinergic drug decrease the GF-agent toxicity more than twofold regardless of the time of treatment administration.
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Kassa J. The Influence of the Time of Antidotal Treatment Administration on the Potency of Newly Developed Oximes to Counteract Acute Toxic Effects of Tabun in Mice. ACTA MEDICA (HRADEC KRÁLOVÉ) 2018. [DOI: 10.14712/18059694.2018.37] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/28/2022]
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1. The influence of the time of administration of antidotal treatment consisting of anticholinergic drug (atropine) and newly developed oxime (K027 or K048) on its effectiveness to eliminate tabun-induced lethal toxic effects was studied in mice. 2. The therapeutic efficacy of antidotal treatment of tabun-induced acute poisoning depends on the time of its administration regardless of the choice of the oxime. 3. Our results show that both oximes studied (K027, K048) are able to sufficiently eliminate lethal effects of tabun. Nevertheless, their efficacy significantly decreases when they were administered 5 min after tabun poisoning. 4. The findings support the hypothesis that both newly developed oximes appear to be suitable oximes to counteract acute toxicity of tabun although their ability to eliminate lethal toxic effects of tabun significantly decreases with prolonged time interval between tabun challenge and antidotal treatment administration.
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Kunešová G, Kassa J. Comparison of Effects of Different Antidotes on Tabun-Induced Cognitive Impairment in Rats Using Water Maze. ACTA MEDICA (HRADEC KRÁLOVÉ) 2018. [DOI: 10.14712/18059694.2017.122] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/28/2022]
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In the past, scientists focused on the development of antidotes (mainly anticholinergics in combination with reactivators of inhibited acetylcholinesterase – oximes) to increase the number of surviving nerve agent-intoxicated individuals. Recently, they are interested in antidotes able not only to protect nerve agent-poisoned men from lethal toxic effects but also to improve their life quality by improvement of their central cognitive functions. In our study, the water maze was used to measure spatial working learning and memory in the case of tabun-induced cognitive impairment in albino Wistar rats. Antidotal treatment consisted of atropine alone or a combination of atropine with an oxime (obidoxime, trimedoxime or oxime HI-6). Our results suggest that atropine alone is not sufficient as a treatment for saving cognitive functions impaired by tabun. On the other hand, the addition of oxime to atropine contributes to improvement of cognitive performance in tabun-poisoned rats regardless of type of oxime.
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Behavioral, cellular and molecular maladaptations covary with exposure to pyridostigmine bromide in a rat model of gulf war illness pain. Toxicol Appl Pharmacol 2018; 352:119-131. [PMID: 29803855 DOI: 10.1016/j.taap.2018.05.023] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/30/2018] [Revised: 05/16/2018] [Accepted: 05/20/2018] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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Many veterans of Operation Desert Storm (ODS) struggle with the chronic pain of Gulf War Illness (GWI). Exposure to insecticides and pyridostigmine bromide (PB) have been implicated in the etiology of this multisymptom disease. We examined the influence of 3 (DEET (N,N-diethyl-meta-toluamide), permethrin, chlorpyrifos) or 4 GW agents (DEET, permethrin, chlorpyrifos, pyridostigmine bromide (PB)) on the post-exposure ambulatory and resting behaviors of rats. In three independent studies, rats that were exposed to all 4 agents consistently developed both immediate and delayed ambulatory deficits that persisted at least 16 weeks after exposures had ceased. Rats exposed to a 3 agent protocol (PB excluded) did not develop any ambulatory deficits. Cellular and molecular studies on nociceptors harvested from 16WP (weeks post-exposure) rats indicated that vascular nociceptor Nav1.9 mediated currents were chronically potentiated following the 4 agent protocol but not following the 3 agent protocol. Muscarinic linkages to muscle nociceptor TRPA1 were also potentiated in the 4 agent but not the 3 agent, PB excluded, protocol. Although Kv7 activity changes diverged from the behavioral data, a Kv7 opener, retigabine, transiently reversed ambulation deficits. We concluded that PB played a critical role in the development of pain-like signs in a GWI rat model and that shifts in Nav1.9 and TRPA1 activity were critical to the expression of these pain behaviors.
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Guo L, Chen W, Cao R, Fan W, Ma Q, Zhang J, Dai B. Synthesis and structure-activity relationships of asymmetric dimeric β-carboline derivatives as potential antitumor agents. Eur J Med Chem 2018; 147:253-265. [PMID: 29448140 DOI: 10.1016/j.ejmech.2018.02.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/08/2017] [Revised: 02/02/2018] [Accepted: 02/02/2018] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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A series of newly asymmetric dimeric β-carbolines with a spacer of 4-6 methylene units between the indole nitrogen and the harmine oxygen were synthesized. Structures of all the novel synthesized compounds were confirmed by their spectral and analytical studies. All of the synthesized compounds were screened for their in vitro cytotoxic activity against nine cancer cell lines. The results revealed that compounds 7c, 7o and 7s exhibited the highest cytotoxic activities with IC50 values of less than 20 μM against the tumor cell lines tested. Acute toxicities and antitumor efficacies of the selected compounds in mice were also evaluated, and compound 7o exhibited potent antitumor activities with the tumor inhibition rate of over 40%. The wound healing assay displayed a specific impairment in the motility of the HT-29 cells, which suggested the anti-metastatic potential of compound 7o. Moreover, compound 7o had obvious angiogenesis inhibitory effects in the chicken chorioallantoic membrane (CAM) assay. Preliminary structure-activity relationship (SAR) analysis indicated that: (1) 3-phenylpropyl substituent at the N9-position of the indole ring was the most suitable group giving rise to potent cytotoxic agents; (2) the spacer length affected the antitumor potencies, and four methylene units were more favorable.
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- Liang Guo
- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Key Laboratory for Green Processing of Chemical Engineering of Xinjiang Bingtuan, Shihezi University, Shihezi 832003, PR China
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- Xinjiang Huashidan Pharmaceutical Research Co. Ltd., 175 He Nan East Road, Urumqi 830011, PR China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Sun Yat-sen University, 135 Xin Gang West Road, Guangzhou 510275, PR China
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- Xinjiang Huashidan Pharmaceutical Research Co. Ltd., 175 He Nan East Road, Urumqi 830011, PR China
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- Xinjiang Huashidan Pharmaceutical Research Co. Ltd., 175 He Nan East Road, Urumqi 830011, PR China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Key Laboratory for Green Processing of Chemical Engineering of Xinjiang Bingtuan, Shihezi University, Shihezi 832003, PR China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Key Laboratory for Green Processing of Chemical Engineering of Xinjiang Bingtuan, Shihezi University, Shihezi 832003, PR China.
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The influence of modulators of acetylcholinesterase on the resistance of mice against soman and on the effectiveness of antidotal treatment of soman poisoning in mice. J Appl Biomed 2018. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jab.2017.01.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Jia F, Wang J, Peng J, Zhao P, Kong Z, Wang K, Yan W, Wang R. The in vitro, in vivo antifungal activity and the action mode of Jelleine-I against Candida species. Amino Acids 2017; 50:229-239. [PMID: 29101485 DOI: 10.1007/s00726-017-2507-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/26/2017] [Accepted: 10/24/2017] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Recently, the mortality of life-threatening fungal infections increased dramatically. However, there are few antifungals existed. Antimicrobial peptides (AMPs) as promising antifungal candidates have attracted much attention. Here, we present a small antimicrobial peptide Jelleine-I that had potent in vitro and in vivo antifungal activity. Negligible hemolytic activity and in vivo toxicity were observed. Selectivity index (SI) of Jelleine-I is at least 4.6 times higher than amphotericin B. Jelleine-I could increase the production of cellular ROS and bind with genome DNA. This may contribute to its antifungal activity. Furthermore, drug resistance is not induced when the fungal cells were repeatedly treated by Jelleine-I. In conclusion, our results suggest that Jelleine-I may have the potential to be developed as a novel antifungal agent.
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- Fengjing Jia
- Key Laboratory of Preclinical Study for New Drugs of Gansu Province, School of Basic Medical Sciences, School of Life Sciences, Lanzhou University, 222 Tian Shui South Road, Lanzhou, 730000, People's Republic of China
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- Key Laboratory of Preclinical Study for New Drugs of Gansu Province, School of Basic Medical Sciences, School of Life Sciences, Lanzhou University, 222 Tian Shui South Road, Lanzhou, 730000, People's Republic of China
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- Key Laboratory of Preclinical Study for New Drugs of Gansu Province, School of Basic Medical Sciences, School of Life Sciences, Lanzhou University, 222 Tian Shui South Road, Lanzhou, 730000, People's Republic of China
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- Key Laboratory of Preclinical Study for New Drugs of Gansu Province, School of Basic Medical Sciences, School of Life Sciences, Lanzhou University, 222 Tian Shui South Road, Lanzhou, 730000, People's Republic of China
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- Institute of Food Safety, State Key Laboratory Base of Food Quality and Safety, Ministry of Science and Technology, Jiangsu Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Nanjing, 210014, China
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- Key Laboratory of Preclinical Study for New Drugs of Gansu Province, School of Basic Medical Sciences, School of Life Sciences, Lanzhou University, 222 Tian Shui South Road, Lanzhou, 730000, People's Republic of China.
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- Key Laboratory of Preclinical Study for New Drugs of Gansu Province, School of Basic Medical Sciences, School of Life Sciences, Lanzhou University, 222 Tian Shui South Road, Lanzhou, 730000, People's Republic of China.
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- Key Laboratory of Preclinical Study for New Drugs of Gansu Province, School of Basic Medical Sciences, School of Life Sciences, Lanzhou University, 222 Tian Shui South Road, Lanzhou, 730000, People's Republic of China.
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Kassa J, Korábečný J, Nepovimová E. The Evaluation of Benefit of Newly Prepared Reversible Inhibitors of Acetylcholinesterase and Commonly Used Pyridostigmine as Pharmacological Pretreatment of Soman-Poisoned Mice. ACTA MEDICA (HRADEC KRALOVE) 2017; 60:37-43. [PMID: 28418831 DOI: 10.14712/18059694.2017.45] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/07/2023]
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AIM The ability of four newly prepared reversible inhibitors of acetylcholinesterase (6-chlorotacrine, 7-phenoxytacrine, compounds 1 and 2) and currently used carbamate pyridostigmine to increase the resistance of mice against soman and the efficacy of antidotal treatment of soman-poisoned mice was evaluated. METHODS The evaluation of the effect of pharmacological pretreatment is based on the identification of changes of soman-induced toxicity that was evaluated by the assessment of its LD50 value and its 95% confidence limit using probitlogarithmical analysis of death occurring within 24 h after administration of soman. RESULTS 6-chlorotacrine was only able to markedly protect mice against acute toxicity of soman. In addition, the pharmacological pretreatment with 6-chlorotacrine or compound 2 was able to increase the efficacy of antidotal treatment (the oxime HI-6 in combination with atropine) of soman-poisoned mice. The other newly prepared reversible inhibitors of acetylcholinesterase (7-phenoxytacrine, compound 1) as well as commonly used pyridostigmine did not influence the efficacy of antidotal treatment. CONCLUSION These findings demonstrate that pharmacological pretreatment of somanpoisoned mice can be promising and useful in the case of administration of 6-chlorotacrine and partly compound 2.
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- Jiří Kassa
- Department of Toxicology and Military Pharmacy, Faculty of Military Health Sciences, University of Defence, Hradec Králové, Czech Republic.
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- Department of Toxicology and Military Pharmacy, Faculty of Military Health Sciences, University of Defence, Hradec Králové, Czech Republic
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- Department of Toxicology and Military Pharmacy, Faculty of Military Health Sciences, University of Defence, Hradec Králové, Czech Republic
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Kassa J, Korábečný J. Dose Dependent Prophylactic Efficacy of 6-Chlorotacrine in Soman-Poisoned Mice. ACTA MEDICA (HRADEC KRALOVE) 2017; 60:140-145. [PMID: 29716679 DOI: 10.14712/18059694.2018.9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
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AIM The influence of the dose on the ability of promising newly prepared reversible inhibitor of acetylcholinesterase (6-chlorotacrine) to increase the resistance of mice against soman and the efficacy of antidotal treatment of soman-poisoned mice was evaluated. METHODS The evaluation of the effect of pharmacological pretreatment is based on the identification of changes of soman-induced toxicity that was evaluated by the assessment of its LD50 value and its 95% confidence limit using probit-logarithmical analysis of death occurring within 24 hrs after administration of soman. RESULTS The dose of 6-chlorotacrine significantly influences the prophylactic efficacy of 6-chlorotacrine. Its highest dose was only able to significantly protect mice against acute toxicity of soman and increase the efficacy of antidotal treatment (atropine in combination with the oxime HI-6) of soman-poisoned mice. In addition, the highest dose of 6-chlorotacrine was significantly more effective to protect mice from soman poisoning than its lowest dose. CONCLUSION These findings demonstrate the important influence of the dose of 6-chlorotacine on its prophylactic efficacy in the case of pharmacological pretreatment of soman poisoning in mice.
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- Jiří Kassa
- Department of Toxicology and Military Pharmacy, Faculty of Military Health Sciences, Hradec Králové, Czech Republic.
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- Department of Toxicology and Military Pharmacy, Faculty of Military Health Sciences, Hradec Králové, Czech Republic
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Flunker LK, Nutter TJ, Johnson RD, Cooper BY. DEET potentiates the development and persistence of anticholinesterase dependent chronic pain signs in a rat model of Gulf War Illness pain. Toxicol Appl Pharmacol 2016; 316:48-62. [PMID: 28025109 DOI: 10.1016/j.taap.2016.12.014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/13/2016] [Revised: 12/16/2016] [Accepted: 12/20/2016] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
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Exposure to DEET (N,N-diethyl-meta-toluamide) may have influenced the pattern of symptoms observed in soldiers with GWI (Gulf War Illness; Haley and Kurt, 1997). We examined how the addition of DEET (400mg/kg; 50% topical) to an exposure protocol of permethrin (2.6mg/kg; topical), chlorpyrifos (CP; 120mg/kg), and pyridostigmine bromide (PB;13mg/kg) altered the emergence and pattern of pain signs in an animal model of GWI pain (Nutter et al., 2015). Rats underwent behavioral testing before, during and after a 4week exposure: 1) hindlimb pressure withdrawal threshold; 2) ambulation (movement distance and rate); and 3) resting duration. Additional studies were conducted to assess the influence of acute DEET (10-100μM) on muscle and vascular nociceptor Kv7, KDR, Nav1.8 and Nav1.9. We report that a 50% concentration of DEET enhanced the development and persistence of pain-signs. Rats exposed to all 4 compounds exhibited ambulation deficits that appeared 5-12weeks post-exposure and persisted through weeks 21-24. Rats exposed to only three agents (CP or PB excluded), did not fully develop ambulation deficits. When PB was excluded, rats also developed rest duration pain signs, in addition to ambulation deficits. There was no evidence that physiological doses of DEET acutely modified nociceptor Kv7, KDR, Nav1.8 or Nav1.9 activities. Nevertheless, DEET augmented protocols decreased the conductance of Kv7 expressed in vascular nociceptors harvested from chronically exposed rats. We concluded that DEET enhanced the development and persistence of pain behaviors, but the anticholinesterases CP and PB played a determinant role.
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- L K Flunker
- Division of Neuroscience, Dept. of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Box 100416, JHMHC, University of Florida College of Dentistry, Gainesville, FL 32610, USA.
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- Division of Neuroscience, Dept. of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Box 100416, JHMHC, University of Florida College of Dentistry, Gainesville, FL 32610, USA.
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- Dept. of Physiological Sciences, University of Florida College of Veterinary Science, Gainesville, FL 32610, USA.
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- Division of Neuroscience, Dept. of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Box 100416, JHMHC, University of Florida College of Dentistry, Gainesville, FL 32610, USA.
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Myhrer T, Aas P. Pretreatment and prophylaxis against nerve agent poisoning: Are undesirable behavioral side effects unavoidable? Neurosci Biobehav Rev 2016; 71:657-670. [PMID: 27773692 DOI: 10.1016/j.neubiorev.2016.10.017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/29/2016] [Revised: 09/28/2016] [Accepted: 10/19/2016] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
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The threat of chemical warfare agents like nerve agents requires life saving measures of medical pretreatment combined with treatment after exposure. Pretreatment (pyridostigmine) may cause some side effects in a small number of individuals. A comprehensive research on animals has been performed to clarify effects on behavior. The results from these studies are far from unambiguous, since pyridostigmine may produce adverse effects on behavior in animals in relatively high doses, but not in a consistent way. Other animal studies have examined the potential of drugs like physostigmine, galantamine, benactyzine, trihexyphenidyl, and procyclidine, but they all produce marked behavioral impairment at doses sufficient to contribute to protection against a convulsant dose of soman. Attempts have also been made to develop a combination of drugs capable of assuring full protection (prophylaxis) against nerve agents. However, common to all combinations is that they at anticonvulsant doses cause behavioral deficits. Therefore, the use of limited pretreatment doses may be performed without marked side effects followed by post-exposure therapy with a combination of drugs.
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- Trond Myhrer
- Norwegian Defence Research Establishment (FFI), Protection and Societal Security Division, Kjeller, Norway
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- Norwegian Defence Research Establishment (FFI), Protection and Societal Security Division, Kjeller, Norway.
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Myhrer T, Mariussen E, Enger S, Aas P. Supralethal poisoning by any of the classical nerve agents is effectively counteracted by procyclidine regimens in rats. Neurotoxicology 2015; 50:142-8. [PMID: 26318504 DOI: 10.1016/j.neuro.2015.08.012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/15/2015] [Revised: 08/18/2015] [Accepted: 08/24/2015] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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A treatment regimen consisting of HI-6, levetiracetam, and procyclidine (termed the triple regimen) has previously been shown to work as a universal therapy against soman poisoning in rats, since it has capacities to function as both prophylactic and therapeutic measure. The purpose of the present study was to examine whether the triple regimen may have antidotal efficacy against intoxication by other classical nerve agents than soman. The treatment was given 1 and 5 min after exposure to a supralethal dose of nerve agents, and the results showed that the triple regimen successfully prevented or terminated seizures and preserved the lives of rats exposed to 5×LD50 of soman, sarin, cyclosarin, or VX, but solely 3×LD50 of tabun was managed by this regimen. To meet the particular antidotal requirements of tabun, the triple regimen was reinforced with obidoxime and was made to a quadruple regimen that effectively treated rats intoxicated by 5×LD50 of tabun. The rats recovered very well and the majority gained pre-exposure body weight within 7 days. Neuropathology was seen in all groups regardless of whether the rats seized or not. The most extensive damage was produced by sarin and cyclosarin. Differentiation between the nerve agents' potency to cause lesions was probably seen because the efficacious treatments ensured survival of supralethal poisoning. A combination of 2 oximes and 2 anticonvulsants may be a prerequisite to counteract effectively high levels of poisoning by any classical nerve agent.
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- Trond Myhrer
- Norwegian Defence Research Establishment (FFI), Protection and Societal Security Division, PO Box 25, No-2027 Kjeller, Norway
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- Norwegian Defence Research Establishment (FFI), Protection and Societal Security Division, PO Box 25, No-2027 Kjeller, Norway
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- Norwegian Defence Research Establishment (FFI), Protection and Societal Security Division, PO Box 25, No-2027 Kjeller, Norway
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- Norwegian Defence Research Establishment (FFI), Protection and Societal Security Division, PO Box 25, No-2027 Kjeller, Norway.
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Kassa J, Korabecny J, Sepsova V, Tumova M. The Evaluation of Prophylactic Efficacy of Newly Developed Reversible Inhibitors of Acetylcholinesterase in Soman-Poisoned Mice - A Comparison with Commonly Used Pyridostigmine. Basic Clin Pharmacol Toxicol 2014; 115:571-6. [DOI: 10.1111/bcpt.12269] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/21/2014] [Accepted: 05/06/2014] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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- Jiri Kassa
- Department of Toxicology; Faculty of Military Health Sciences; Hradec Kralove Czech Republic
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- Department of Toxicology; Faculty of Military Health Sciences; Hradec Kralove Czech Republic
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- Department of Toxicology; Faculty of Military Health Sciences; Hradec Kralove Czech Republic
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- Department of Toxicology; Faculty of Military Health Sciences; Hradec Kralove Czech Republic
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Wu Q, Bai Z, Ma Q, Fan W, Guo L, Zhang G, Qiu L, Yu H, Shao G, Cao R. Synthesis and biological evaluation of novel bivalent β-carbolines as potential antitumor agents. MEDCHEMCOMM 2014. [DOI: 10.1039/c4md00098f] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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A series of bivalent β-carbolines with a spacer between the 3-carboxyl oxygens was synthesized and their cytotoxic activities in vitro and antitumor efficacies in vivo were evaluated. Compound 22 exhibited potent antitumor activity against Lewis lung cancer in mice with a tumor inhibition rate of 64.2%.
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- Qifeng Wu
- School of Life Science
- Sun Yat-sen University
- Guangzhou 510275, P R China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering
- Sun Yat-sen University
- Guangzhou 510275, P R China
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- Xinjiang Huashidan Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd
- Urumqi 830011, P R China
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- Xinjiang Huashidan Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd
- Urumqi 830011, P R China
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- Xinjiang Huashidan Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd
- Urumqi 830011, P R China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering
- Sun Yat-sen University
- Guangzhou 510275, P R China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering
- Sun Yat-sen University
- Guangzhou 510275, P R China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering
- Sun Yat-sen University
- Guangzhou 510275, P R China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering
- Sun Yat-sen University
- Guangzhou 510275, P R China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering
- Sun Yat-sen University
- Guangzhou 510275, P R China
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Zhang G, Cao R, Guo L, Ma Q, Fan W, Chen X, Li J, Shao G, Qiu L, Ren Z. Synthesis and structure--activity relationships of N²-alkylated quaternary β-carbolines as novel antitumor agents. Eur J Med Chem 2013; 65:21-31. [PMID: 23688697 DOI: 10.1016/j.ejmech.2013.04.031] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/22/2013] [Revised: 03/26/2013] [Accepted: 04/13/2013] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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A series of novel N(2)-alkylated quaternary β-carbolines was synthesized by modification of position-1, 2, 7 and 9 of β-carboline nucleus with various alkyl and arylated alkyl substituents, and their cytotoxic activities in vitro and antitumor potencies in mice were evaluated. Compound 3m was found to be the most potent antitumor agent. SARs analysis revealed that (1) the substituents in position-2 and 9 of β-carboline nucleus played a vital role in modulation of antitumor activity; (2) the benzyl and 3-phenylpropyl substituents in position-2 and 9 of β-carboline ring were the optimal substituents giving rise to significant antitumor agent. These compounds might be a novel promising class of antitumor agents with clinical development potential.
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- Guoxian Zhang
- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Sun Yat-sen University, 135 Xin Gang West Road, Guangzhou 510275, PR China
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Cao R, Fan W, Guo L, Ma Q, Zhang G, Li J, Chen X, Ren Z, Qiu L. Synthesis and structure-activity relationships of harmine derivatives as potential antitumor agents. Eur J Med Chem 2012; 60:135-43. [PMID: 23291116 DOI: 10.1016/j.ejmech.2012.11.045] [Citation(s) in RCA: 58] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/22/2012] [Revised: 11/28/2012] [Accepted: 11/29/2012] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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Harmine, a naturally occurring β-carboline alkaloid, showed good antitumor activities together with remarkable neurotoxic effects in animal models. In order to search for novel leading compounds endowed with better antitumor activities and less neurotoxicities, a series of harmine derivatives were designed and synthesized by modification of position-2, 7 and 9 of β-carboline nucleus, and their cytotoxic activities against human tumor cell lines were investigated. Acute toxicities and antitumor activities of the selected compounds in mice were also evaluated. Structure-activity relationships studies confirmed that (1) the 7-methoxy structural moiety was the pharmacophore responsible for the neurotoxic effects of this class of compounds; (2) the substituents in position-2 and 9 played a vital role in modulation of their antitumor activities.
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- Rihui Cao
- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Sun Yat-sen University, 135 Xin Gang Xi Road, Guangzhou 510275, PR China.
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Design, synthesis and in vitro and in vivo antitumor activities of novel bivalent β-carbolines. Eur J Med Chem 2012; 60:10-22. [PMID: 23279863 DOI: 10.1016/j.ejmech.2012.11.033] [Citation(s) in RCA: 49] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/10/2012] [Revised: 11/20/2012] [Accepted: 11/22/2012] [Indexed: 02/02/2023]
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A series of bivalent β-carbolines with a spacer of three to ten methylene units between the indole nitrogen was synthesized and evaluated as antitumor agents. The results demonstrated that compounds 18c, 21b, 25a and 31b exhibited strong cytotoxic activities with IC(50) value of lower than 20 μM against four tumor cell lines. Acute toxicities and antitumor efficacies of the selected compounds in mice were also evaluated, compounds 18b, 21b, 26a and 31b exhibited potent antitumor activities with tumor inhibition rate of over 40% in animal models. Preliminary structure-activity relationships analysis indicated that (1) the spacer length affected antitumor potencies, and four to six methylene units were more favorable; (2) the introduction of appropriate substituent into position-1 of β-carboline facilitated antitumor potencies.
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Kassa J, Musilek K, Koomlova M, Bajgar J. A Comparison of the Efficacy of Newly Developed Reversible Inhibitors of Acetylcholinesterase with Commonly Used Pyridostigmine as Pharmacological Pre-Treatment of Soman-Poisoned Mice. Basic Clin Pharmacol Toxicol 2011; 110:322-6. [DOI: 10.1111/j.1742-7843.2011.00808.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Non-enzymatic pretreatment of nerve agent (soman) poisoning: A brief state-of-the-art review. Toxicol Lett 2011; 206:35-40. [DOI: 10.1016/j.toxlet.2011.04.021] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/31/2011] [Accepted: 04/20/2011] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Berend S, Katalinić M, Vrdoljak AL, Kovarik Z, Kuca K, Radić B. In vivo experimental approach to treatment against tabun poisoning. J Enzyme Inhib Med Chem 2010; 25:531-6. [PMID: 20235800 DOI: 10.3109/14756360903357593] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Organophosphorus compounds pose a potential threat to both military and civilian populations. Since post-exposure therapy has its limitations, our research was focused on the possibility of improving pretreatment in order to limit the toxic effects of tabun. We determined the protective index of various combinations of atropine, oximes (K074, K048, and TMB-4), and pyridostigmine given to mice before tabun intoxication. Although the tested oximes showed very good therapeutic efficacy in tabun-poisoned mice, the given pretreatments improved therapy against tabun poisoning. These regimens ensured survival of all animals up to 25.2 LD(50) of tabun. Our results indicate that even pretreatment with atropine alone is sufficiently effective in enhancing the survival of mice poisoned by multiple doses of tabun, if oxime therapy follows. K048 is our oxime of choice for future research, as it shows better protective and reactivating potency.
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- Suzana Berend
- Institute for Medical Research and Occupational Health, Ksaverska c. 2, Zagreb, Croatia.
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Zhang BZ, Wang KR, Yan JX, Zhang W, Song JJ, Ni JM, Wang R. In vitro and in vivo antitumor effects of novel actinomycin D analogs with amino acid substituted in the cyclic depsipeptides. Peptides 2010; 31:568-73. [PMID: 20045716 DOI: 10.1016/j.peptides.2009.12.024] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/27/2009] [Revised: 12/19/2009] [Accepted: 12/19/2009] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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The actinomycin D (AMD) analogs in which the D-valine residues (the second amino acid residue in the cyclic depsipeptide of AMD) and the N-methyl-L-valine residues (the fifth amino acid residue in the cyclic depsipeptide of AMD) were replaced with D-Phe or l- and D-forms N-methylvalines, N-methylisoleucine, N-methylleucine, N-methylphenylalanine, N-methylalanine, and sarcosine were synthesized. The antimicrobial activity and cytotoxic activities of these compounds in vitro were investigated. The results showed that most D-valine substituted analogs had much lower antimicrobial activity and cytotoxic activities in vitro than AMD itself, but three N-methyl-L-valine substituted analogs had comparable or even more remarkable cytotoxic activities in vitro than AMD. Acute toxicities and antitumor effects of the N-methyl-L-valine substituted analogs in mice were also examined. The result showed that the acute toxicity of compound 4 L-methylleucine(5)-AMD analog is comparable to AMD itself and that of compound 3(L-Methylisoleucine(5)-AMD analog) is slightly more toxic, about 1.25-fold than AMD. However, the acute toxicity of compound 5 D-methylleucine5-AMD analog is about 2-fold lower than AMD. This suggested that the N-methyl-D-amino acid replacement in the cyclic ring might play a vital role in their decreased acute toxicities, and perhaps the N-methyl-D-leucine substituent is more favorable, though there may be a slight loss of antitumor activity. This finding may be helpful for the design and development of more potent antitumor agents together with low acute toxicity, and suggests that the N-methyl-D-leucine substituent has the potential to be used as antitumor drug lead.
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- Bang-zhi Zhang
- Key Laboratory of Preclinical Study for New Drugs of Gansu Province, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Institute of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, School of Life Sciences, and State Key Laboratory of Applied Organic Chemistry, Lanzhou University, 222 South Tianshui Road, Lanzhou 730000, PR China.
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Sakurada K, Ikegaya H, Ohta H, Fukushima H, Akutsu T, Watanabe K. Effects of oximes on mitochondrial oxidase activity. Toxicol Lett 2009; 189:110-4. [PMID: 19465093 DOI: 10.1016/j.toxlet.2009.05.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/05/2009] [Revised: 05/14/2009] [Accepted: 05/14/2009] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Oximes, including 2-pyridinealdoxime methiodide (2-PAM), are reactivators of acetylcholinesterase (AChE) inhibited by organophosphate poisoning. Unfortunately, their clinical use has been limited by their toxicity. To investigate the mechanism of this toxicity, the effects of oximes on the enzymes choline oxidase (ChOD) and cytochrome c oxidase (CyCOD) of the respiratory chain in mitochondria were examined. The oximes 2-PAM, obidoxime, and diacetylmonoxime significantly (P<0.01) inhibited ChOD activity, and the extent of inhibition correlated with the ability to reactivate inhibited AChE. When ChOD activity in mitochondrial extracts was tested, 2-PAM inhibited the activity by 75%, obidoxime and diacetylmonoxime did not significantly inhibit it, and 4-[(hydroxy-imino)methyl]-1-decylpyridinium bromide (4-PAD), which has greater toxicity, increased the amount of product generated in the assay to approximately 200% of normal levels. Similarly, 2-PAM inhibited the activity of CyCOD in mitochondrial extracts whereas obidoxime and diacetylmonoxime did not. One explanation for these findings is that, in addition to their inhibition of mitochondrial oxidases, the oximes may produce excessive reactive oxygen species such as H(2)O(2) in the mitochondrial fraction, which may account for some of their toxicity. This is a preliminary report related to the toxicities of oximes that may participate in the inactivation of mitochondrial oxidase enzymes. This hypothesis should be further investigated by in vivo study, including kinetic determination and free radical work.
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- Koichi Sakurada
- National Research Institute of Police Science, 6-3-1, Kashiwanoha, Kashiwa, Chiba 277-0882, Japan.
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Sevelová L, Bajgar J, Saxena A, Doctor BP. Protective Effect of Equine Butyrylcholinesterase in Inhalation Intoxication of Rats with Sarin: Determination of Blood and Brain Cholinesterase Activities. Inhal Toxicol 2008; 16:531-6. [PMID: 15204744 DOI: 10.1080/08958370490442511] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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The effect of pretreatment with equine butyrylcholinesterase (EqBuChE) on cholinesterase inhibition in the blood and brain of rats following inhalation intoxication with low concentrations (1.25 microg/L for 60 min) of sarin were studied. Animals pretreated with different doses of equine butyrylcholinesterase showed significant increases in plasma butyrylcholinesterase activity. However, erythrocyte acetylcholinesterase activity was unchanged. The decrease in acetylcholinesterase and butyrylcholinesterase activity after inhalation intoxication was dependent on the dose of equine butyrylcholinesterase used for pretreatment and was always greater for erythrocyte acetylcholinesterase. Acetylcholinesterase activity in different brain regions was unchanged following pretreatment with equine butyrylcholinesterase. After inhalation exposure to sarin, acetylcholinesterase activity was diminished markedly in the pontomedullar area (51.5% of normal activity) and frontal cortex (72.0% of normal activity), and slightly in basal ganglia (91.4% of normal activity). Plasma levels of sarin were determined using fluoride-induced reactivation of inhibited enzyme. As expected, the amounts of sarin in plasma were almost identical in rats pretreated with EqBuChE as well as in untreated rats. In pretreated animals, the plasma amount of sarin did not depend on the dose of equine butyrylcholinesterase used for pretreatment. Our results demonstrate that equine butyrylcholinesterase pretreatment can be considered as an effective prophylaxis against nerve agents (at least with sarin) and seems to be an alternative or superior to prophylaxis provided by reversible cholinesterase inhibitors.
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- Lucie Sevelová
- Department of Toxicology, Purkyne Military Medical Academy, Hradec Králové, Czech Republic.
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Logan TP, Allen ED, Way MR, Swift AT, Soni SD, Koplovitz I. A Method for the Analysis of Tabun in Multisol Using Gas Chromatographic Flame Photometric Detection. Toxicol Mech Methods 2008; 16:359-63. [DOI: 10.1080/15376520600620083] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/24/2022]
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Wang KR, Zhang BZ, Zhang W, Yan JX, Li X, Wang R. Potent antitumor effects of a novel actinomycin D analog Leu5AMD. Cancer Lett 2008; 268:38-45. [PMID: 18448241 DOI: 10.1016/j.canlet.2008.03.026] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/28/2007] [Revised: 03/17/2008] [Accepted: 03/17/2008] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
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Leu5AMD ([D-Val2, L-MeLeu5]2 AMD) is a novel actinomycin D (AMD) analog, in which both N-methylvalines were replaced by N-methylleucines. In the present study, an attempt has been made to investigate the effects of Leu5AMD on the proliferation of human gastric carcinoma cell line SGC-7901. The results showed that Leu5AMD inhibited the proliferation and induces apoptosis in SGC-7901 cells in a dose-dependent manner. Apoptosis induced by Leu5AMD was further confirmed by annexin V-FITC/PI dual staining assay. After treatment with Leu5AMD, the loss of mitochondrial potential and the decrease of bcl-2 gene expression were observed in apoptotic cells, suggesting that Leu5AMD may be involved in mitochondria and bcl-2 related apoptotic pathway. In addition, the in vivo antitumor effects of Leu5AMD on S-180 bearing mice and the acute toxicity on healthy mice were investigated. Treatment with Leu5AMD markedly suppressed the growth of Sarcoma xenograft. These results suggest that Leu5AMD may be used as a promising chemotherapeutical agent for patients affected by gastric carcinoma and other solid cancer.
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- Kai-Rong Wang
- Key Laboratory of Preclinical Study for New Drugs of Gansu Province, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Institute of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Lanzhou University, 222 South Tianshui Road, Lanzhou 730000, PR China
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Lucić Vrdoljak A, Calić M, Radić B, Berend S, Jun D, Kuca K, Kovarik Z. Pretreatment with pyridinium oximes improves antidotal therapy against tabun poisoning. Toxicology 2006; 228:41-50. [PMID: 16982122 DOI: 10.1016/j.tox.2006.08.012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/21/2006] [Revised: 08/10/2006] [Accepted: 08/11/2006] [Indexed: 10/24/2022]
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Oximes K033 [1,4-bis(2-hydroxyiminomethylpyridinium) butane dibromide] and K048 [1-(4-hydroxyiminomethylpyridinium)-4-(4-carbamoylpyridinium) butane dibromide] were tested as pretreatment drugs in tabun-poisoned mice followed by treatment with atropine plus K033, K048, K027 [1-(4-hydroxyiminomethylpyridinium)-3-(4-carbamoylpyridinium) propane dibromide], TMB-4 [1,3-bis(4-hydroxyiminomethylpyridinium) propane dibromide] and HI-6 [(1-(2-hydroxyiminomethylpyridinium)-3-(4-carbamoylpyridinium)-2-oxapropane dichloride)]. Oxime doses of 25% or 5% of its LD(50) were used for pretreatment 15 min before tabun-poisoning and for treatment 1 min after tabun administration to mice. The best therapeutic effect was obtained when oxime K048 (25% of its LD(50)) was used in both pretreatment and treatment with atropine. This regiment insured survival of all tested animals after the application of 10 LD(50) of tabun. In addition, since butyrylcholinesterase (BChE; EC 3.1.1.8) is considered an endogenous bioscavenger of anticholinesterase compounds and its interactions with oximes could be masked by AChE interactions, we evaluated kinetic parameters for interactions of tested oximes with native and tabun-inhibited human plasma BChE and compared them with results obtained previously for human erythrocyte acetylcholinesterase (AChE; EC 3.1.1.7). Progressive inhibition of BChE by tabun was slightly faster than that of AChE. The reactivation of tabun-inhibited BChE by oximes was very slow, and BChE binding affinity for oximes was lower than AChE's. Therefore, BChE could scavenge tabun prior to AChE inhibition, but fast oxime-assisted reactivation of tabun-inhibited AChE or protection of AChE by oxime against inhibition with tabun would not be obstructed by interaction between BChE and oximes.
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- Ana Lucić Vrdoljak
- Institute for Medical Research and Occupational Health, Ksaverska c 2, Zagreb, Croatia
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Cao R, Chen H, Peng W, Ma Y, Hou X, Guan H, Liu X, Xu A. Design, synthesis and in vitro and in vivo antitumor activities of novel β-carboline derivatives. Eur J Med Chem 2005; 40:991-1001. [PMID: 15950325 DOI: 10.1016/j.ejmech.2005.04.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 79] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/04/2004] [Revised: 04/18/2005] [Accepted: 04/22/2005] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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To further our SAR study on the chemistry and antitumor activity/neurotoxicity of beta-carboline alkaloids, several series of beta-carboline derivatives with various substituents were designed and synthesized from the starting material l-tryptophan on the basis of harmine chemical structure. Cytotoxic activities of these compounds were investigated in vitro. The results showed that some beta-carboline derivatives had significant cytotoxic activities against human tumor cell lines. Among all the synthesized beta-carboline derivatives, the compounds 27, 28 and 32, having a benzyl substituent at both position-2 and 9, respectively, were found to be the most potent compounds with IC50 value lower than 50 microM against all human tumor cell lines examined. Acute toxicities and antitumor activities of the selected beta-carboline derivatives in mice were also evaluated. The results demonstrated that a benzyl substituent at position-2 increased the antitumor activity as well as acute toxicity significantly. However an (ethoxycarbonyl)amino substituent at position-3 reduced the acute toxicity as well as antitumor activity remarkedly. These data suggested that (1) the antitumor potencies of beta-carboline derivatives were enhanced by the introduction of benzyl substituent into the position-2; (2) the acute toxicity of beta-carboline derivatives reduced dramatically by the introduction of an appropriate substituent into the position-3 and 9; (3) the beta-carboline structure might be an important basis for the design and synthesis of new antitumor drugs with significant antitumor activity and low toxicity.
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- R Cao
- Department of Biochemistry and Center for Biopharmaceutical Research, College of Life Sciences, Sun Yat-sen (Zhongshan) University, 135 Xin Gang Xi Road, Guangzhou 510275, China
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Chen Q, Chao R, Chen H, Hou X, Yan H, Zhou S, Peng W, Xu A. Antitumor and neurotoxic effects of novel harmine derivatives and structure-activity relationship analysis. Int J Cancer 2005; 114:675-82. [PMID: 15609303 DOI: 10.1002/ijc.20703] [Citation(s) in RCA: 109] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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Beta-carboline alkaloids such as harmine are present in medicinal plants such as Peganum harmala that have been used as folk medicine in anticancer therapy. In our study, 9 harmine derivatives (including harmine) were investigated for their antitumor effects and acute toxicities in mice, and the structure-activity relationship (SAR) was also analyzed. Administration of these compounds resulted in tumor inhibition rates of 15.3-49.5% in mice bearing Lewis Lung Cancer, sarcoma180 or HepA tumor, with the highest value of 49.5% from compound 6. Acute toxicity studies showed that all these compounds except compounds 2 and 5 caused remarkable acute neurotoxicities manifested by tremble, twitch and jumping. SAR analysis indicated that the formate substitution at R3 of the tricyclic skeleton reduced their neurotoxicity, while the short alkyl or aryl substitution at R9 increased the antitumor activity. The harmine and its derivatives resulted in in vitro cytotoxicity (IC50) values of 0.011-0.021 micromol/ml in HepG2 cells, with compound 8 being the most potent among all agents tested. Compounds 1, 6, 7 and 8 induced apoptosis in HepG2 cells, with the highest apoptotic rate (55.34%) from compound 6. Western blotting analysis demonstrated that compound 6 completely inhibited the expression of Bcl-2 gene, and compounds 1 and 8 produced a significant inhibition by 40 and 60%, respectively, compared to the control, while compound 7 did not alter the level of Bcl-2. Compounds 1, 6, 7 and 8 upregulated the expression of death receptor Fas by approximately 50-120%. All these findings indicate that compounds with both substitutions at R3 and R9 (such as compound 5) have high antitumor activity and low toxicity, which might be chosen as lead molecules for further development. Further studies on the effects of harmine derivatives on key regulators for tumor cell apoptosis are needed.
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- Qi Chen
- Department of Biochemistry and Center for Biopharmaceutical Research, School of Life Sciences, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, Peoples Republic of China
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Bajgar J. Organophosphates/nerve agent poisoning: mechanism of action, diagnosis, prophylaxis, and treatment. Adv Clin Chem 2004; 38:151-216. [PMID: 15521192 DOI: 10.1016/s0065-2423(04)38006-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 504] [Impact Index Per Article: 25.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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OP/nerve agents are still considered as important chemicals acting on living organisms and are widely used. They are characterized according to their action as compounds influencing cholinergic nerve transmission via inhibition of AChE. Modeling of this action and extrapolation of experimental data from animals to humans is more possible for highly toxic agents than for the OP. The symptoms of intoxication comprise nicotinic, muscarinic, and central symptoms; for some OP/nerve agents, a delayed neurotoxicity is observed. Cholinesterases (AChE and BuChE) are characterized as the main enzymes involved in the toxic effect of these compounds, including molecular forms. The activity of both enzymes (and molecular forms) is influenced by inhibitors (reversible, irreversible, and allosteric) and other factors, such as pathological states. There are different methods for cholinesterase determination; however, the most frequent is the method based on the hydrolysis of thiocholine esters and subsequent detection of free SH-group of the released thiocholine. The diagnosis of OP/nerve agent poisoning is based on anamnesis, the clinical status of the intoxicated organism, and on cholinesterase determination in the blood. For nerve agent intoxication, AChE in the red blood cell is more diagnostically important than BuChE activity in the plasma. This enzyme is a good diagnostic marker for intoxication with OP pesticides. Some other biochemical examinations are recommended, especially arterial blood gas, blood pH, minerals, and some other specialized parameters usually not available in all clinical laboratories. These special examinations are important for prognosis of the intoxication, for effective treatment, and for retrospective analysis of the agent used for exposure. Some principles of prophylaxis against OP/nerve agent poisoning comprising the administration of reversible cholinesterase inhibitors such as pyridostigmine (alone or in combination with other drugs), scavengers such as preparations of cholinesterases, some therapeutic drugs, and possible combinations are given. Basic principles of the treatment of nerve agent OP poisoning are described. They are based on the administration of anticholinergics (mostly atropine but some other anticholinergics can be recommended) as a symptomatic treatment, cholinesterase reactivators as a causal treatment (different types but without a universal reactivator against all OP/nerve agents) as the first aid and medical treatment, and anticonvulsants, preferably diazepam though some other effective benzodiazepines are available. New drugs for the treatment are under experimental study based on new approaches to the mechanism of action. Future trends in the complex research of these compounds, which is important not only for the treatment of intoxication but also for the quantitative and qualitative increase of our knowledge of toxicology, neurochemistry, neuropharmacology, clinical biochemistry, and analytical chemistry in general, are characterized.
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- Jirí Bajgar
- Purkyne Military Medical Academy, Hradec Králové, Czech Republic
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Cao R, Chen Q, Hou X, Chen H, Guan H, Ma Y, Peng W, Xu A. Synthesis, acute toxicities, and antitumor effects of novel 9-substituted β-carboline derivatives. Bioorg Med Chem 2004; 12:4613-23. [PMID: 15358288 DOI: 10.1016/j.bmc.2004.06.038] [Citation(s) in RCA: 133] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/03/2004] [Revised: 06/27/2004] [Accepted: 06/28/2004] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
Abstract
A series of novel 9-substituted beta-carboline derivatives was synthesized from harmine and l-tryptophan, respectively. Cytotoxic activities of these compounds in vitro were investigated. The results showed that most compounds of 9-substituted beta-carboline derivatives had more remarkable cytotoxic activities in vitro than their corresponding parent compounds. Acute toxicities and antitumor effects of the selected beta-carboline derivatives in mice were also examined. The results demonstrated that a short alkyl or benzyl substituent at position-9 increased the antitumor activities significantly and a ethoxycarbonyl or carboxyl substituent at position-3 reduced the acute toxicity and neurotoxicity of these beta-carboline derivatives dramatically. Moreover the compounds both with an alkoxycarbonyl or carboxyl substituent at position-3 and a short alkyl or benzyl substituent at positon-9 exhibited more significant antitumor activities and lower acute toxicities and neurotoxicities than the other compounds. The compound 8c, having an n-butyl and a carboxyl substituent at position-9 and 3, respectively, was found to have the highest antitumor effect and the lowest acute toxicity and neurotoxicity. These data suggested that (1) appropriate substituents at both position-9 and 3 of beta-carboline derivatives might play a crucial role in determining their enhanced antitumor activities and decreased acute toxicities and neurotoxic effects; (2) the beta-carboline derivatives have the potential to be used as antitumor drug leads.
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- Rihui Cao
- Department of Biochemistry and Center for Biopharmaceutical Research, College of Life Sciences, Sun Yat-sen (Zhongshan) University, 135 Xin Gang Xi Road, Guangzhou 510275, PR China
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Samnaliev I, Kassa J. A comparison of protective and anticonvulsive efficacy of two prophylactic mixtures in soman-poisoned rats. J Appl Biomed 2004. [DOI: 10.32725/jab.2004.014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/05/2022] Open
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Ševelová L, Kuča K, Krejčová G, Vachek J. The therapeutic efficacy of oxime treatment in cyclosarin-poisoned mice pretreated with a combination of pyridostigmine benactyzine and trihexyphenidyl. J Appl Biomed 2004. [DOI: 10.32725/jab.2004.019] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/05/2022] Open
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Sogorb MA, Vilanova E, Carrera V. Future applications of phosphotriesterases in the prophylaxis and treatment of organophosporus insecticide and nerve agent poisonings. Toxicol Lett 2004; 151:219-33. [PMID: 15177657 DOI: 10.1016/j.toxlet.2004.01.022] [Citation(s) in RCA: 104] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/05/2004] [Revised: 01/28/2004] [Accepted: 01/29/2004] [Indexed: 12/23/2022]
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Organophosphorus compounds (OPs) are being used as insecticides and warfare agents. OP insecticides represent an important problem of public health, causing around 200,000 deaths annually. The World Health Organization has pointed to the necessity to introduce new medical practices that improve the results of classical treatments. Many studies have shown that the administration of phosphotriesterases (enzymes that detoxify OPs through hydrolysis) is a promising treatment of persons poisoned with OPs. Such an enzyme-based treatment might introduce important improvements in the treatment of patients having ingested large amounts of OPs. Phosphotriesterases might also be suitable for prophylactic treatment of persons at risk to be severely exposed. The new experimental treatments do not exhibit the intrinsic neurotoxicity of the classical prophylaxis based on carbamates and antimuscarinic drugs. Experimental data suggest that might be time to initiate clinical trials in order to study the efficacy of phosphotriesterases in the therapy and prophylaxis of OP intoxication.
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- Miguel A Sogorb
- División de Toxicología, Instituto de Bioingeniería, Universidad Miguel Hernández, Avenida de la Universidad s/n, 03202 Elche, Spain.
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