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Ndungu K, Thuita J, Murilla G, Kagira J, Auma J, Mireji P, Ngae G, Okumu P, Gitonga P, Guya S, Mdachi R. The pathogenicity of blood stream and central nervous system forms of Trypanosoma brucei rhodesiense trypanosomes in laboratory mice: a comparative study. F1000Res 2023; 11:260. [PMID: 38162635 PMCID: PMC10755267 DOI: 10.12688/f1000research.75518.2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 11/01/2023] [Indexed: 01/03/2024] Open
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Background: Human African trypanosomiasis (HAT) develops in two stages namely early stage when trypanosomes are found in the blood and late stage when trypanosomes are found in the central nervous system (CNS). The two environments are different with CNS environment reported as being hostile to the trypanosomes than the blood environment. The clinical symptoms manifested by the disease in the two environments are different. Information on whether blood stream are pathologically different from CNS trypanosomes is lacking. This study undertook to compare the inter-isolate pathological differences caused by bloodstream forms (BSF) and central nervous system (CNS) of five Trypanosoma brucei rhodesiense ( Tbr) isolates in Swiss white mice. Methods: Donor mice infected with each of the five isolates were euthanized at 21 days post infection (DPI) for recovery of BSF trypanosomes in heart blood and CNS trypanosomes in brain supernatants. Groups of Swiss white mice (n = 10) were then infected with BSF or CNS forms of each isolate and monitored for parasitaemia, packed cell volume (PCV), body weight, survivorship, trypanosome length, gross and histopathology characteristics. Results: Amplification of SRA gene prior to trypanosome morphology and pathogenicity studies confirmed all isolates as T. b. rhodesiense. At 21 DPI, CNS trypanosomes were predominantly long slender (LS) while BSF were a mixture of short stumpy and intermediate forms. The density of BSF trypanosomes was on average 2-3 log-scales greater than that of CNS trypanosomes with isolate KETRI 2656 having the highest CNS trypanosome density. Conclusions: The pathogenicity study revealed clear differences in the virulence/pathogenicity of the five (5) isolates but no distinct and consistent differences between CNS and BSF forms of the same isolate. We also identified KETRI 2656 as a suitable isolate for acute menigo- encephalitic studies.
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- Kariuki Ndungu
- Biochemistry, Kenya Agricultural and Livestock Research Organization, Nairobi, P.O. Box 362 -00902, Kenya
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- Animal Science, Meru University of Science and Technology, Meru, P.O Box, 972-60200, Kenya
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- Administration, KAG East University, Nairobi, P.O.BOX 46328-00100, Kenya
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- Animal Science, Jomo Keyatta University of Science and Technology, Nairobi, P.O. Box 62000–00200, Kenya
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- Biochemistry, Kenya Agricultural and Livestock Research Organization, Nairobi, P.O. Box 362 -00902, Kenya
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- Bioinformatics, Centre for Geographic Medicine Research, Kilifi, P. O. Box 428-80108, Kenya
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- Food Crops Research Institute, Kenya Agricultural and Livestock Research Organization, Nairobi, P. O. Box 30148-00200, Kenya
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- Veterinary Pathology, University of Nairobi, Nairobi, P.O. Box 30197-00100, Kenya
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- Biochemistry, Kenya Agricultural and Livestock Research Organization, Nairobi, P.O. Box 362 -00902, Kenya
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- Biochemistry, Kenya Agricultural and Livestock Research Organization, Nairobi, P.O. Box 362 -00902, Kenya
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- Biochemistry, Kenya Agricultural and Livestock Research Organization, Nairobi, P.O. Box 362 -00902, Kenya
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Efficacy of diminazene diaceturate and isometamidium chloride hydrochloride for the treatment of Trypanosoma evansi in mice model. J Parasit Dis 2020; 45:131-136. [PMID: 33746398 DOI: 10.1007/s12639-020-01289-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/16/2020] [Accepted: 10/05/2020] [Indexed: 10/23/2022] Open
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Diminazene diaceturate (DIM) and isometamidium chloride hydrochloride (ISMM) have been widely used for the treatment of animal trypanosomosis. We evaluated the efficacy of standard doses of DIM and ISMM followed by their double doses for the treatment of Trypanosoma evansi in experimentally infected mice. A T. evansi strain obtained from a naturally infected camel in Afar was used. 25 swiss white mice randomly divided in to five groups were inoculated with 0.2 mL of blood containing 103 trypanosomes. At the peak of parasitemia (≈ 2 weeks post infection), groups A and B were treated with the standard dose (3.5 mg/kg body weight [BWT]) of DIM; groups C and D were treated with the standard dose (0.5 mg/kg BWT) of ISMM; and group E served as infected control. In the DIM standard dose groups, relapses and peak parasitemia were observed 20- and 25-days post treatment respectively. Similarly, relapses and peak parasitemia were observed 21- and 27-days post treatment in the ISMM standard dose groups. All mice in the control group died within two weeks post infection. Following relapses, mice were treated with the double doses of DIM (7 mg/kg BWT) or ISMM (1 mg/kg BWT). Parasitemia was not detected for 3 months following the double dose treatments. Following dexamethasone administration for 7 days, all but one mouse in the DIM group remained negative for another month. In general, although the T. evansi strain was resistant to the standard doses of DIM and ISMM their double doses completely cleared the infection.
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Response of Three Nigerian Breeds of Sheep Experimentally Infected with Trypanosoma vivax to Diminazene Aceturate Therapy. FOLIA VETERINARIA 2020. [DOI: 10.2478/fv-2020-0022] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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The efficacy of diminazene aceturate in three Nigerian breeds of sheep [West African Dwarf (WAD), Yankassa and Ouda] experimentally infected with Trypanosoma vivax was studied. Five rams of each breed were administered 0.5 ml of goat blood containing 2.5 × 106
T. vivax per millilitre intravenously, while three rams of each breed served as uninfected controls. The treatment with diminazene aceturate was intramuscularly administered to the infected sheep, when their packed cell volume (PCV) fell to 15 %, at a dosage of 7 mg.kg−1 b. w. The parameters measured were parasitaemia, live weight gain and PCV. By 24 hours post treatment (pt.), no trypanosomes were detected by either the Haematocrit Concentration Technique (HCT) or the Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) in the blood of any of the treated sheep. However, a relapse of parasitaemia occurred 17 to 32 days pt. in 46.7 % of the treated rams and these were retreated with 14 mg.kg−1 b. w. diminazene aceturate. There were gradual increments in the live weight gain and the PCV of the treated rams until the resurgence of parasitaemia. Ouda had the highest cases of relapse (80 %), the least mean live weight gain and was the only breed in which mortality was recorded despite the treatment. In conclusion, diminazene aceturate administered at 7 mg.kg−1 b. w. cleared the trypanosomes in the blood of all the treated sheep within 24 hours and this was accompanied by the restoration of lost weight and the reversal of anaemia. However, the subsequent resurgence of parasitaemia indicated that a dosage of 7 mg.kg−1 b. w. was no longer reliable for complete elimination of trypanosomes from all the tissues of the host.
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Canine trypanosomosis in Sri Lanka: An emerging problem reported from three distinct geographic locations. Parasitol Int 2020; 77:102129. [DOI: 10.1016/j.parint.2020.102129] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/18/2019] [Revised: 03/20/2020] [Accepted: 04/17/2020] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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Eke IG, Ezeh IO, Ezeudu TA, Eze UU, Anaga AO, Onyeyili PA. Efficacy of secnidazole-diminazene aceturate combination therapy in the late treatment of Trypanosoma brucei brucei infection in dogs. BRAZ J PHARM SCI 2020. [DOI: 10.1590/s2175-97902019000318042] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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Darsaud A, Bourdon L, Chevrier C, Keita M, Bouteille B, Queyroy A, Canini F, Cespuglio R, Dumas M, Buguet A. Clinical Follow-Up in the Rat Experimental Model of African-Trypanosomiasis. Exp Biol Med (Maywood) 2016; 228:1355-62. [PMID: 14681551 DOI: 10.1177/153537020322801114] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022] Open
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Animal models of Human African Trypanosomiasis (HAT) have been developed to understand the pathogenic mechanisms leading to the passage into the neurological phase, most of them referring to histological aspects but not clinical or behavioral data. Our study aimed at defining simple clinical and/or behavioral markers of the passage between the hemolymphatic phase and the meningo-encephalitic stage of the disease. Sprague-Dawley rats (n=24) were infected with Trypanosoma brucei brucei AnTat 1.1E. Food intake and body weight were measured daily from the day of infection until death. Hematocrit was measured twice a week. Behavioral disturbances were evaluated through an Open-field test. A sudden weight loss occurred on the twelfth day after infection, due to a significant drop of food intake starting two days before. The rats developed an anemic state shown by the hematocrit measurements. The Open-field test showed them to be less active and reactive as soon as the second week after infestation. A complementary histological study observed trypanosomes and inflammatory cells in the choroid plexus at the same period. These results are in favor of central nervous system functional disturbances. The observed weight loss is discussed as being a parameter of the entry in the meningo-encephalitic phase. The rat model reproduces neurological symptoms observed in the human disease and may prove to be useful for further neurohistological and therapeutic studies.
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- A Darsaud
- Centre de recherches du Service de santé des armées, département des facteurs humains, La Tronche cedex, France.
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Zhang Z, Koh CY, Ranade RM, Shibata S, Gillespie JR, Hulverson MA, Huang W, Nguyen J, Pendem N, Gelb MH, Verlinde CLMJ, Hol WGJ, Buckner FS, Fan E. 5-Fluoroimidazo[4,5-b]pyridine Is a Privileged Fragment That Conveys Bioavailability to Potent Trypanosomal Methionyl-tRNA Synthetase Inhibitors. ACS Infect Dis 2016; 2:399-404. [PMID: 27627628 PMCID: PMC5108244 DOI: 10.1021/acsinfecdis.6b00036] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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Fluorination
is a well-known strategy for improving the bioavailability of drug
molecules. However, its impact on efficacy is not easily predicted.
On the basis of inhibitor-bound protein crystal structures, we found
a beneficial fluorination spot for inhibitors targeting methionyl-tRNA
synthetase of Trypanosoma brucei. In
particular, incorporating 5-fluoroimidazo[4,5-b]pyridine
into inhibitors leads to central nervous system bioavailability and
maintained or even improved efficacy.
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- Zhongsheng Zhang
- Department of Biochemistry, University of Washington, 1705 N.E. Pacific Street, Seattle, Washington 98195, United States
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- Department of Biochemistry, University of Washington, 1705 N.E. Pacific Street, Seattle, Washington 98195, United States
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- Department of Medicine, Division of Allergy
and Infectious Diseases, and the Center for Emerging and Re-emerging
Infectious Diseases (CERID), University of Washington, 750 Republican
Street, Seattle, Washington 98109, United States
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- Department of Biochemistry, University of Washington, 1705 N.E. Pacific Street, Seattle, Washington 98195, United States
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- Department of Medicine, Division of Allergy
and Infectious Diseases, and the Center for Emerging and Re-emerging
Infectious Diseases (CERID), University of Washington, 750 Republican
Street, Seattle, Washington 98109, United States
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- Department of Medicine, Division of Allergy
and Infectious Diseases, and the Center for Emerging and Re-emerging
Infectious Diseases (CERID), University of Washington, 750 Republican
Street, Seattle, Washington 98109, United States
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- Department of Biochemistry, University of Washington, 1705 N.E. Pacific Street, Seattle, Washington 98195, United States
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- Department of Biochemistry, University of Washington, 1705 N.E. Pacific Street, Seattle, Washington 98195, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Bagley Hall, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington 98195, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Bagley Hall, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington 98195, United States
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- Department of Biochemistry, University of Washington, 1705 N.E. Pacific Street, Seattle, Washington 98195, United States
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- Department of Biochemistry, University of Washington, 1705 N.E. Pacific Street, Seattle, Washington 98195, United States
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- Department of Medicine, Division of Allergy
and Infectious Diseases, and the Center for Emerging and Re-emerging
Infectious Diseases (CERID), University of Washington, 750 Republican
Street, Seattle, Washington 98109, United States
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- Department of Biochemistry, University of Washington, 1705 N.E. Pacific Street, Seattle, Washington 98195, United States
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Burrell-Saward H, Ward TH. Bioluminescence Imaging to Detect Late Stage Infection of African Trypanosomiasis. JOURNAL OF VISUALIZED EXPERIMENTS : JOVE 2016. [PMID: 27284970 DOI: 10.3791/54032] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/31/2022]
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Human African trypanosomiasis (HAT) is a multi-stage disease that manifests in two stages; an early blood stage and a late stage when the parasite invades the central nervous system (CNS). In vivo study of the late stage has been limited as traditional methodologies require the removal of the brain to determine the presence of the parasites. Bioluminescence imaging is a non-invasive, highly sensitive form of optical imaging that enables the visualization of a luciferase-transfected pathogen in real-time. By using a transfected trypanosome strain that has the ability to produce late stage disease in mice we are able to study the kinetics of a CNS infection in a single animal throughout the course of infection, as well as observe the movement and dissemination of a systemic infection. Here we describe a robust protocol to study CNS infections using a bioluminescence model of African trypanosomiasis, providing real time non-invasive observations which can be further analyzed with optional downstream approaches.
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- Department of Infection and Immunity, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Diseases;
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Ercoli N, Minelli EB, Villarroel G. Chemotherapy ofTrypanosoma venezuelense (T. evansi), I. ANNALS OF TROPICAL MEDICINE AND PARASITOLOGY 2016. [DOI: 10.1080/00034983.1980.11687373] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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Kariuki C, Kagira JM, Mwadime V, Ngotho M. Virulence and pathogenicity of three Trypanosoma brucei rhodesiense stabilates in a Swiss white mouse model. Afr J Lab Med 2015; 4:137. [PMID: 38440306 PMCID: PMC10911654 DOI: 10.4102/ajlm.v4i1.137] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/27/2013] [Accepted: 08/18/2015] [Indexed: 03/06/2024] Open
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Background A key objective in basic research on human African trypanosomiasis (HAT) is developing a cheap and reliable experimental model of the disease for use in pathogenesis and drug studies. Objective With a view to improving current models, a study was undertaken to characterise the virulence and pathogenicity of three Trypanosoma brucei rhodesiense stabilates, labelled as International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI)-2918, ILRI-3953, and Institute of Primate Research (IPR)-001, infected into Swiss white mice. Methods Swiss white mice were infected intraperitoneally with trypanosomes and observed for parasitaemia using wet blood smears obtained by tail snipping. Induction of late-stage disease was undertaken using diminazene aceturate (40 mg/kg, Berenil) with curative treatment done using melarsoprol (3.6 mg/kg, Arsobal). Results The prepatent period for the stabilates ranged from three to four days with mean peak parasitaemia ranging from Log10 6.40 to 8.36. First peak parasitaemia for all stabilates varied between six and seven days post infection (DPI) followed by secondary latency in ILRI-2918 (15-17 DPI) and IPR-001 (17-19 DPI). Survival times ranged from six DPI (ILRI-3953) to 86 DPI (IPR-001). Hindleg paresis was observed in both ILRI-3953 (at peak parasitaemia) and ILRI-2918 (after relapse parasitaemia). Mice infected with IPR-001 survived until 54 DPI when curative treatment was undertaken. Conclusions This study demonstrated that the stabilates ILRI-2918 and ILRI-3953 were unsuitable for modelling late-stage HAT in mice. The stabilate IPR-001 demonstrated the potential to induce chronic trypanosomiasis in Swiss white mice for use in development of a late-stage model of HAT.
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- Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology,
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Muchiri MW, Ndung’u K, Kibugu JK, Thuita JK, Gitonga PK, Ngae GN, Mdachi RE, Kagira JM. Comparative pathogenicity of Trypanosoma brucei rhodesiense strains in Swiss white mice and Mastomys natalensis rats. Acta Trop 2015; 150:23-8. [PMID: 26099681 DOI: 10.1016/j.actatropica.2015.06.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/28/2015] [Revised: 06/08/2015] [Accepted: 06/12/2015] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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We evaluated Mastomys natelensis rat as an animal model for Rhodesian sleeping sickness. Parasitaemia, clinical and pathological characteristics induced by T. b. rhodesiense isolates, KETRI 3439, 3622 and 3637 were compared in Mastomys rats and Swiss white mice. Each isolate was intra-peritonially injected in mice and rat groups (n=12) at 1×10(4) trypanosomes/0.2mL. Pre-patent period (PP) range for KETRI 3439 and KETRI 3622-groups was 3-6 days for mice and 4-5 days for rats while for KETRI 3637-infected mice and rats was 5-9 and 4-12 days, respectively. Pairwise comparison between PP of mice and rats separately infected with either isolate showed no significant difference (p>0.05). The PP's of KETRI 3637-infected mice were significantly (p>0.01) longer than those infected with KETRI 3439 or KETRI 3622, a trend also observed in rats. The second parasitaemic wave was more prominent in mice. Clinical signs included body weakness, dyspnoea, peri-orbital oedema and extreme emaciation which were more common in rats. Survival time for KETRI 3439 and 3622-infected groups was significantly (p<0.05) longer in mice than rats but similar in KETRI 3637-infected groups. Inflammatory lesions were more severe in rats than mice. All mice and KETRI 3622-infected rats had splenomegaly, organ congestion with rats additionally showing prominent lymphadenopathy. KETRI 3439-infected rats showed hemorrhagic pneumonia, enteritis with moderate splenomegaly and lymphadenopathy. KETRI 3637-infected rats had the most severe lesions characterized by prominent splenomegaly, lymphadenopathy, hepatomegaly, enlarged adrenal glands, organ congestion, generalized oedemas, gastroenteritis, pneumonia and brain congestion. KETRI 3637-infected Mastomys is a suitable model for studying pathophysiology of HAT.
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Burrell-Saward H, Rodgers J, Bradley B, Croft SL, Ward TH. A sensitive and reproducible in vivo imaging mouse model for evaluation of drugs against late-stage human African trypanosomiasis. J Antimicrob Chemother 2014; 70:510-7. [PMID: 25298516 DOI: 10.1093/jac/dku393] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/25/2023] Open
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OBJECTIVES To optimize the Trypanosoma brucei brucei GVR35 VSL-2 bioluminescent strain as an innovative drug evaluation model for late-stage human African trypanosomiasis. METHODS An IVIS® Lumina II imaging system was used to detect bioluminescent T. b. brucei GVR35 parasites in mice to evaluate parasite localization and disease progression. Drug treatment was assessed using qualitative bioluminescence imaging and real-time quantitative PCR (qPCR). RESULTS We have shown that drug dose-response can be evaluated using bioluminescence imaging and confirmed quantification of tissue parasite load using qPCR. The model was also able to detect drug relapse earlier than the traditional blood film detection and even in the absence of any detectable peripheral parasites. CONCLUSIONS We have developed and optimized a new, efficient method to evaluate novel anti-trypanosomal drugs in vivo and reduce the current 180 day drug relapse experiment to a 90 day model. The non-invasive in vivo imaging model reduces the time required to assess preclinical efficacy of new anti-trypanosomal drugs.
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- Hollie Burrell-Saward
- Department of Immunology and Infection, Faculty of Infectious and Tropical Diseases, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, London WC1E 7HT, UK
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- Institute of Biodiversity, Animal Health and Comparative Medicine, College of Medical, Veterinary and Life Sciences, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G61 1QH, UK
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- Institute of Infection and Inflammation, College of Medical, Veterinary and Life Sciences, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G61 1QH, UK
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- Department of Immunology and Infection, Faculty of Infectious and Tropical Diseases, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, London WC1E 7HT, UK
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- Department of Immunology and Infection, Faculty of Infectious and Tropical Diseases, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, London WC1E 7HT, UK
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Cordycepin (3'-deoxyadenosine) pentostatin (deoxycoformycin) combination treatment of mice experimentally infected with Trypanosoma evansi. Parasitology 2013; 140:663-71. [PMID: 23361035 DOI: 10.1017/s0031182012001990] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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The aim of this study was to evaluate the anti-trypanosomal effect of treatment with 3'-deoxyadenosine (cordycepin) combined with deoxycoformycin (pentostatin: inhibitor of the enzyme adenosine deaminase) in vitro by using mice experimentally infected with Trypanosoma evansi. In vitro, a dose-dependent trypanocidal effect of cordycepin was observed against the parasite. In the in vivo trials, the two drugs were used individually and in combination of different doses. The drugs when used individually had no curative effect on infected mice. However, the combination of cordycepin (2 mg kg-1) and pentostatin (2 mg kg-1) was 100% effective in the T. evansi-infected groups. There was an increase in levels of some biochemical parameters, especially on liver enzymes, which were accompanied by histological lesions in the liver and kidneys. Based on these results we conclude that treatment using the combination of 3'-deoxyadenosine with deoxycoformycin has a curative effect on mice infected with T. evansi. However, the therapeutic protocol tested led to liver and kidney damage, manifested by hepatotoxicity and nephrotoxicity.
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Da Silva AS, Duck MRK, Fanfa VDR, Otto MA, Nunes JTS, Tonin AA, Jaques JA, Paim FC, Duarte MMMF, Monteiro SG. Trypanocidal activity of human plasma on Trypanosoma evansi in mice. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2012; 21:55-9. [PMID: 22534946 DOI: 10.1590/s1984-29612012000100011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/11/2011] [Accepted: 01/21/2012] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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This study aimed to test an alternative protocol with human plasma to control Trypanosoma evansi infection in mice. Plasma from an apparently 27-year-old healthy male, blood type A+, was used in the study. A concentration of 100 mg.dL(-1) apolipoprotein L1 (APOL1) was detected in the plasma. Forty mice were divided into four groups with 10 animals each. Group A comprised uninfected animals. Mice from groups B, C and D were inoculated with a T. evansi isolate. Group B was used as a positive control. At three days post-infection (DPI), the mice were administered intraperitoneally with human plasma. A single dose of 0.2 mL plasma was given to those in group C. The mice from group D were administered five doses of 0.2 mL plasma with a 24 hours interval between the doses. Group B showed high increasing parasitemia that led to their death within 5 DPI. Both treatments eliminated parasites from the blood and increased the longevity of animals. An efficacy of 50 (group C) and 80% (group D) of human plasma trypanocidal activity was found using PCR. This therapeutic success was likely achieved in the group D due to their higher levels of APOL1 compared with group C.
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- Aleksandro Schafer Da Silva
- Department of Microbiology and Parasitology, Universidade Federal de Santa Maria-UFSM, Prédio 20, Sala 4232, Campus Universitário, Camobi, CEP 97105-900, Santa Maria, RS, Brasil.
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Efficacy of Kelamidium® in the prevention and treatment of Trypanosoma brucei brucei infection in albino rats. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2011. [DOI: 10.1007/s00580-011-1389-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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Ngotho M, Kagira JM, Kariuki C, Maina N, Thuita JK, Mwangangi DM, Farah IO, Hau J. Influence of trypanocidal therapy on the haematology of vervet monkeys experimentally infected with Trypanosoma brucei rhodesiense. Acta Trop 2011; 119:14-8. [PMID: 21420376 DOI: 10.1016/j.actatropica.2011.02.013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/23/2010] [Revised: 01/17/2011] [Accepted: 02/27/2011] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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The aim of this study was to characterise the sequential haematological changes in vervet monkeys infected with Trypanosoma brucei rhodesiense and subsequently treated with sub-curative diminazene aceturate (DA) and curative melarsoprol (MelB) trypanocidal drugs. Fourteen vervet monkeys, on a serial timed-kill pathogenesis study, were infected intravenously with 10(4) trypanosomes of a stabilate T. b. rhodesiense KETRI 2537. They were treated with DA at 28 days post infection (dpi) and with MelB following relapse of infection at 140 dpi. Blood samples were obtained from the monkeys weekly, and haematology conducted using a haematological analyser. All the monkeys developed a disease associated with macrocytic hypochromic anaemia characterised by a reduction in erythrocytes (RBC), haemoglobin (HB), haematocrit (HCT), mean cell volume (MCV), platelet count (PLT), and an increase in the red cell distribution width (RDW) and mean platelet volume (MPV). The clinical disease was characteristic of human African trypanosomiasis (HAT) with a pre-patent period of 3 days. Treatment with DA cleared trypanosomes from both the blood and cerebrospinal fluid (CSF). The parasites relapsed first in the CSF and later in the blood. This treatment normalised the RBC, HCT, HB, PLT, MCV, and MPV achieving the pre-infection values within two weeks while RDW took up to 6 weeks to attain pre-infection levels after treatment. Most of the parameters were later characterised by fluctuations, and declined at one to two weeks before relapse of trypanosomes in the haemolymphatic circulation. Following MelB treatment at 140 dpi, most values recovered within two weeks and stabilised at pre-infection levels, during the 223 days post treatment monitoring period. It is concluded that DA and MelB treatments cause similar normalising changes in the haematological profiles of monkeys infected with T. b. rhodesiense, indicating the efficacy of the drugs. The infection related changes in haematology parameters, further characterise the vervet monkey as an optimal induced animal model of HAT. Serial monitoring of these parameters can be used as an adjunct in the diagnosis and prognosis of the disease outcome in the vervet monkey model.
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Da Silva AS, Wolkmer P, Nunes JT, Duck MR, Oliveira CB, Gressler LT, Costa MM, Zanette RA, Mazzanti CM, Lopes ST, Monteiro SG. Susceptibility of Trypanosoma evansi to cordycepin. Biomed Pharmacother 2011; 65:220-3. [DOI: 10.1016/j.biopha.2011.02.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/01/2010] [Accepted: 02/07/2011] [Indexed: 10/18/2022] Open
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Da Silva AS, Fanfa VR, Otto MA, Gressler LT, Tavares KC, Lazzarotto CR, Tonin AA, Miletti LC, Duarte MM, Monteiro SG. Susceptibility of Mice to Trypanosoma evansiTreated with Human Plasma Containing Different Concentrations of Apolipoprotein L-1. THE KOREAN JOURNAL OF PARASITOLOGY 2011; 49:427-30. [PMID: 22355213 PMCID: PMC3279684 DOI: 10.3347/kjp.2011.49.4.427] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/08/2011] [Revised: 10/02/2011] [Accepted: 10/02/2011] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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The aim of this study was to test the susceptibility of mice to Trypanosoma evansi treated with human plasma containing different concentrations of apolipoprotein L-1 (APOL1). For this experiment, a strain of T. evansi and human plasma (plasmas 1, 2, and 3) from 3 adult males clinically healthy were used. In vivo test used 50 mice divided in 5 groups (A to E) with 10 animals in each group. Animals of groups B to E were infected, and then treated with 0.2 ml of human plasma in the following outline: negative control (A), positive control (B), treatment with plasma 1 (C), treatment with plasma 2 (D), and treatment with plasma 3 (E). Mice treated with human plasma showed an increase in longevity of 40.9±0.3 (C), 20±9.0 (D) and 35.6±9.3 (E) days compared to the control group (B) which was 4.3±0.5 days. The number of surviving mice and free of the parasite (blood smear and PCR negative) at the end of the experiment was 90%, 0%, and 60% for groups C, D, and E, respectively. The quantification of APOL1 was performed due to the large difference in the treatments that differed in the source plasma. In plasmas 1, 2, and 3 was detected the concentration of 194, 99, and 115 mg/dl of APOL1, respectively. However, we believe that this difference in the treatment efficiency is related to the level of APOL1 in plasmas.
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- Aleksandro S. Da Silva
- Department of Microbiology and Parasitology, Universidade Federal de Santa Maria, Brazil
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- Department of Microbiology and Parasitology, Universidade Federal de Santa Maria, Brazil
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- Department of Microbiology and Parasitology, Universidade Federal de Santa Maria, Brazil
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- Department of Microbiology and Parasitology, Universidade Federal de Santa Maria, Brazil
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- Laboratory of Hemoparasites and Vectors Biochemistry, Universidade do Estado de Santa Catarina, Lages, Brazil
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- Laboratory of Hemoparasites and Vectors Biochemistry, Universidade do Estado de Santa Catarina, Lages, Brazil
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- Department of Microbiology and Parasitology, Universidade Federal de Santa Maria, Brazil
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- Laboratory of Hemoparasites and Vectors Biochemistry, Universidade do Estado de Santa Catarina, Lages, Brazil
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- Laboratory of Hemoparasites and Vectors Biochemistry, Universidade do Estado de Santa Catarina, Lages, Brazil
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Da Silva AS, Garcia Perez HA, Costa MM, França RT, De Gasperi D, Zanette RA, Amado JA, Lopes STA, Teixeira MMG, Monteiro SG. Horses naturally infected by Trypanosoma vivax in southern Brazil. Parasitol Res 2010; 108:23-30. [PMID: 20820805 DOI: 10.1007/s00436-010-2036-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/18/2010] [Accepted: 08/20/2010] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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In this study, we reported the first outbreak of the infection by Trypanosoma vivax in horses in southern Brazil, a non-endemic region where bovines have only recently been found infected by this trypanosome species. We evaluated 12 horses from a farm in southern Brazil, where four horses displayed pale mucous membranes, fever, weight loss, and swelling of abdomen, prepuce, or vulva. The diagnosis of T. vivax was confirmed in four horses by morphological parameters of trypomastigotes in blood smears and species-specific PCR. All T. vivax-infected animals showed anemia, and most showed increased levels of beta-1, beta-2, and gamma globulins. Horses were treated with diminazene aceturate, but cure was not achieved, and the disease relapsed after therapy. These findings demonstrated that Brazilian T. vivax isolates, which were already reported infecting cattle, buffaloes, goats, and sheep, can be highly pathogenic for horses, causing severe disease and even death of the animals due to the recurrence of the infection.
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- Aleksandro S Da Silva
- Department of Microbiology and Parasitology, Universidade Federal de Santa Maria, Faixa de Camobi-Km 9, Campus Universitário, Prédio 20, Sala 4232, Santa Maria, RS, Brazil, 97105-900.
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Da Silva A, Zanette R, Wolkmer P, Costa M, Garcia H, Lopes S, Santurio J, Teixeira M, Monteiro S. Diminazene aceturate in the control of Trypanosoma evansi infection in cats. Vet Parasitol 2009; 165:47-50. [DOI: 10.1016/j.vetpar.2009.06.025] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/10/2009] [Revised: 05/16/2009] [Accepted: 06/17/2009] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Trypanocidal activity of 8-methyl-5'-{[(Z)-4-aminobut-2-enyl]-(methylamino)}adenosine (Genz-644131), an adenosylmethionine decarboxylase inhibitor. Antimicrob Agents Chemother 2009; 53:3269-72. [PMID: 19451291 DOI: 10.1128/aac.00076-09] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/04/2023] Open
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Genzyme 644131, 8-methyl-5'-{[(Z)-4-aminobut-2-enyl](methylamino)}adenosine, is an analog of the enzyme activated S-adenosylmethionine decarboxylase (AdoMetDC) inhibitor and the trypanocidal agent MDL-7381, 5-{[(Z)-4-aminobut-2-enyl](methylamino)}adenosine. The analog differs from the parent in having an 8-methyl group on the purine ring that bestows favorable pharmacokinetic, biochemical, and trypanocidal activities. The compound was curative in acute Trypanosoma brucei brucei and drug-resistant Trypanosoma brucei rhodesiense model infections, with single-dose activity in the 1- to 5-mg/kg/day daily dose range for 4 days against T. brucei brucei and 25- to 50-mg/kg twice-daily dosing against T. brucei rhodesiense infections. The compound was not curative in the TREU 667 central nervous system model infection but cleared blood parasitemia and extended time to recrudescence in several groups. This study shows that AdoMetDC remains an attractive chemotherapeutic target in African trypanosomes and that chemical changes in AdoMetDC inhibitors can produce more favorable drug characteristics than the lead compound.
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Central nervous system involvement in goats undergoing primary infections withTrypanosoma bruceiand relapse infections after chemotherapy. Parasitology 2009. [DOI: 10.1017/s0031182000050964] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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Relapse of infection after trypanocidal drug treatment of trypanosome infections is normally attributed to drug resistance on the part of the parasite, under-dosage of the drug, or reinfection of the host. We have demonstrated relapse infections in goats arising from none of these. Fourteen goats infected withTrypanosoma bruceisuffered severe illness and 3 died within 45 days. Despite treatment with the trypanocidal drug Berenil, a 4th goat died 2 days later. Recovery of the remainder followed chemotherapy, and in 2 goats, necropsiecl 45 days after treatment, no trypanosomes or abnormalities were detected. However 2–3 months after Berenil chemotherapy, despite trypanosomes being undetectable in the blood during the intervening period, infections in 4 of the remaining 8 animals relapsed. At all stages of the primary and relapse infections, trypanosomes isolated from the blood of the goats were completely susceptible to Berenil when tested in mice, as were parasites isolated from cerebrospinal fluid and brain tissue at necropsy. At the time of treatment, only minimal cellular infiltration was found in the central nervous system (CNS), but death from the relapse infection was associated with a very severe meningoencephalitis. We conclude that the relapse infections were caused by the re-emergence of trypanosornes from the CNS, where sequestered parasites were inaccessible to the trypanocidal effects of the drug.
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Chukwu CC, Anene BM, Onuekwusi KO, Anika SM. Relapse infection after chemotherapy in dogs experimentally infected withTrypanosoma brucei brucei. J Small Anim Pract 2008. [DOI: 10.1111/j.1748-5827.1990.tb00748.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Thuita JK, Kagira JM, Mwangangi D, Matovu E, Turner CMR, Masiga D. Trypanosoma brucei rhodesiense transmitted by a single tsetse fly bite in vervet monkeys as a model of human African trypanosomiasis. PLoS Negl Trop Dis 2008; 2:e238. [PMID: 18846231 PMCID: PMC2565695 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0000238] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/29/2007] [Accepted: 04/17/2008] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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We have investigated the pathogenicity of tsetse (Glossina pallidipes)-transmitted cloned strains of Trypanosoma brucei rhodesiense in vervet monkeys. Tsetse flies were confirmed to have mature trypanosome infections by xenodiagnosis, after which nine monkeys were infected via the bite of a single infected fly. Chancres developed in five of the nine (55.6%) monkeys within 4 to 8 days post infection (dpi). All nine individuals were successfully infected, with a median pre-patent period of 4 (range = 4-10) days, indicating that trypanosomes migrated from the site of fly bite to the systemic circulation rapidly and independently of the development of the chancre. The time lag to detection of parasites in cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) was a median 16 (range = 8-40) days, marking the onset of central nervous system (CNS, late) stage disease. Subsequently, CSF white cell numbers increased above the pre-infection median count of 2 (range = 0-9) cells/microl, with a positive linear association between their numbers and that of CSF trypanosomes. Haematological changes showed that the monkeys experienced an early microcytic-hypochromic anaemia and severe progressive thrombocytopaenia. Despite a 3-fold increase in granulocyte numbers by 4 dpi, leucopaenia occurred early (8 dpi) in the monkey infection, determined mainly by reductions in lymphocyte numbers. Terminally, leucocytosis was observed in three of nine (33%) individuals. The duration of infection was a median of 68 (range = 22-120) days. Strain and individual differences were observed in the severity of the clinical and clinical pathology findings, with two strains (KETRI 3741 and 3801) producing a more acute disease than the other two (KETRI 3804 and 3928). The study shows that the fly-transmitted model accurately mimics the human disease and is therefore a suitable gateway to understanding human African trypanosomiasis (HAT; sleeping sickness).
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- John K. Thuita
- Trypanosomiasis Research Centre, (KARI-TRC), Kikuyu, Kenya
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- Trypanosomiasis Research Centre, (KARI-TRC), Kikuyu, Kenya
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- Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda
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- Division of Infection and Immunity, Institute of Biomedical and Life Sciences, and Wellcome Centre for Molecular Parasitology, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, United Kingdom
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- Molecular Biology and Biotechnology Department, International Centre of Insect Physiology and Ecology, Nairobi, Kenya
- Department of Biochemistry and Biotechnology, Kenyatta University, Nairobi, Kenya
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Akpa P, Ezeokonkwo R, Eze C, Anene B. Comparative efficacy assessment of pentamidine isethionate and diminazene aceturate in the chemotherapy of Trypanosoma brucei brucei infection in dogs. Vet Parasitol 2008; 151:139-49. [DOI: 10.1016/j.vetpar.2007.10.024] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/12/2007] [Revised: 10/27/2007] [Accepted: 10/30/2007] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
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Human African trypanosomiasis: pharmacological re-engagement with a neglected disease. Br J Pharmacol 2007; 152:1155-71. [PMID: 17618313 DOI: 10.1038/sj.bjp.0707354] [Citation(s) in RCA: 221] [Impact Index Per Article: 13.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022] Open
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This review discusses the challenges of chemotherapy for human African trypanosomiasis (HAT). The few drugs registered for use against the disease are unsatisfactory for a number of reasons. HAT has two stages. In stage 1 the parasites proliferate in the haemolymphatic system. In stage 2 they invade the central nervous system and brain provoking progressive neurological dysfunction leading to symptoms that include the disrupted sleep wake patterns that give HAT its more common name of sleeping sickness. Targeting drugs to the central nervous system offers many challenges. However, it is the cost of drug development for diseases like HAT, that afflict exclusively people of the world's poorest populations, that has been the principal barrier to new drug development and has led to them becoming neglected. Here we review drugs currently registered for HAT, and also discuss the few compounds progressing through clinical trials. Finally we report on new initiatives that might allow progress to be made in developing new and satisfactory drugs for this terrible disease.
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Anene BM, Ezeokonkwo RC, Mmesirionye TI, Tettey JNA, Brock JM, Barrett MP, De Koning HP. A diminazene-resistant strain ofTrypanosoma brucei bruceiisolated from a dog is cross-resistant to pentamidine in experimentally infected albino rats. Parasitology 2005; 132:127-33. [PMID: 16393361 DOI: 10.1017/s0031182005008760] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/25/2005] [Revised: 07/19/2005] [Accepted: 07/19/2005] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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Trypanosomosis is a major cause of mortality for dogs in Nigeria and treatment with diminazene aceturate has steadily become less effective, either as a result of low quality of the locally available diminazene preparations or of drug resistance. To investigate these alternatives, samples of locally obtained drugs were analysed for diminazene aceturate content and a strain ofTrypanosoma brucei bruceiwas isolated from a diminazene-refractory dog in Nsukka, south-eastern Nigeria, and used to infect albino rats. The quality of diminazene aceturate-based preparations was variable, with two preparations containing less than 95% of the stated active compound. Rats infected withT. bruceiisolated from the dog were treated 7 and 10 days after infection either with 7 mg/kg diminazene aceturate (intraperitoneally, once) or with 4 mg/kg pentamidine isethionate (intramuscularly, 7 consecutive days). Relapse rates were 100% for both trypanocides in the groups of rat treated 10 days post-infection, and 83% and 50% of rats treated 7 days after infection relapsed to diminazene aceturate and pentamidine isethionate, respectively. Careful consideration of physiological parameters showed that pentamidine was only marginally superior to diminazene aceturate as applied in this study. It was concluded that dogs in Nigeria are infected with genuinely diminazene aceturate-resistant trypanosomes that appear to be cross-resistant to pentamidine isethionate.
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- B M Anene
- Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Nigeria, Nsukka, Enugu State, Nigeria
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Eisler MC, Brandt J, Bauer B, Clausen PH, Delespaux V, Holmes PH, Ilemobade A, Machila N, Mbwambo H, McDermott J, Mehlitz D, Murilla G, Ndung'u JM, Peregrine AS, Sidibé I, Sinyangwe L, Geerts S. Standardised tests in mice and cattle for the detection of drug resistance in tsetse-transmitted trypanosomes of African domestic cattle. Vet Parasitol 2001; 97:171-82. [PMID: 11390069 DOI: 10.1016/s0304-4017(01)00415-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 61] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Resistance to the drugs used to control African animal trypanosomosis is increasingly recognised as a constraint to livestock production in sub-Saharan Africa. The most commonly used tests for detection of trypanocidal drug resistance are tests using mice or ruminants, but these suffer from lack of standardisation and hence it may be difficult to compare the results of different investigators. Tests in mice are less expensive than tests in ruminants, but while tests in mice they may be useful as a general guide to resistance in a geographic area they should not be extrapolated to cattle on an individual trypanosome level. Moreover, the commonly used protocols are too laborious for their application to large number of trypanosome isolates on an area-wide basis. This paper presents guidelines for standardised testing of trypanocidal drugs in vivo, and introduces a simplified single-dose test for use in mice, which is convenient for use in areas with limited laboratory facilities. The single-dose test is appropriate for characterisation of geographic areas in terms of trypanocidal drug resistance using large numbers of trypanosome isolates, for making comparisons between areas, and for monitoring changes in trypanocidal drug resistance over time. Multiple-dose tests may be used to determine the degree of resistance of individual stabilates to be determined precisely in mice are also described, but for logistical reasons these will rarely be conducted on more than a few stabilates, and testing of a larger number of stabilates in the single-dose test will generally provide more useful information. Finally, we describe tests in cattle that may be used to determine the efficacy of recommended curative doses of trypanocidal drugs for the treatment of infection with individual trypanosome isolates, including Trypanosoma vivax, which is rarely infective for mice.
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- M C Eisler
- Department of Veterinary Clinical Studies, University of Glasgow, Bearsden Road, G61 1QH, Scotland, Glasgow, UK.
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Jennings FW, Gichuki CW, Kennedy PGE, Rodgers J, Hunter CA, Murray M, Burke JM. The role of the polyamine inhibitor ef lornithine in the neuropathogenesis of experimental murine African trypanosomiasis. Neuropathol Appl Neurobiol 1997. [DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2990.1997.tb01206.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Bacchi CJ, Brun R, Croft SL, Alicea K, Bühler Y. In vivo trypanocidal activities of new S-adenosylmethionine decarboxylase inhibitors. Antimicrob Agents Chemother 1996; 40:1448-53. [PMID: 8726018 PMCID: PMC163348 DOI: 10.1128/aac.40.6.1448] [Citation(s) in RCA: 50] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/01/2023] Open
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A series of novel aromatic derivatives based on the structure of methylglyoxal bis(guanylhydrazone) (MGBG) was examined for trypanocidal activities in human and veterinary trypanosomes of African origin. One agent, CGP 40215A, a bicyclic analog of MGBG which also resembles the diamidines diminazene (Berenil) and pentamidine, was curative of infections by 19 isolates of Trypanosoma brucei subspecies as well as a Trypanosoma congolense isolate. Several of these isolates were resistant to standard trypanocides. Curative doses were < or = 25 mg/kg of body weight/day for 3 days in these acute laboratory model infections. In addition, CGP 40215A also cured a model central nervous system infection in combination with the ornithine decarboxylase inhibitor DL-alpha-difluoromethylornithine (DFMO; Ornidyl, eflornithine). Curative combinations were 14 days of oral 2% DFMO (approximately 5 g/kg/day) plus 5, 10, or 25 mg/kg/day for 3 or 7 days given by intraperitoneal injection or with a miniosmotic pump. Combinations were most effective if CGP 40215A was given in the second half or at the end of the DFMO regimen. MGBG has modest activity as an inhibitor of trypanosome S-adenosylmethionine decarboxylase (50% inhibitory concentration [IC50]. 130 microM), while CGP 40215A was a more active inhibitor (IC50, 20 microM). Preincubation of trypanosomes with CGP 40215A for 1 h caused a reduction in spermidine content (36%) and an increase in putrescine content (20%), indicating that one possible mechanism of its action may be inhibition of polyamine biosynthesis.
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- C J Bacchi
- Haskins Laboratories, Pace University, New York, New York 10038, USA
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Odika IE, Asuzu IU, Anika SM. The effects of hyperosmolar agents lithium chloride and sucrose on the brain concentration of diminazene aceturate in rats. Acta Trop 1995; 60:119-25. [PMID: 8610539 DOI: 10.1016/0001-706x(95)00098-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/31/2023]
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The concentrations of diminazene aceturate in the brain of Trypanosoma brucei brucei infected and uninfected rats treated with diminazene aceturate (3.1 mg/kg, im) and either LiCl (2.5, 5.0 and 10 micrograms/kg) or sucrose (0.25, 0.5 and 1.0 g/kg) were determined. When diminazene aceturate was administered at a standard dose of 3.1 mg/kg (im), the addition of LiCl (10 micrograms/kg, im) increased significantly (P < 0.05) the concentration of the drug in the brains of both trypanosome infected and normal infected rats. The addition of sucrose (1.0 g/kg, im) instead of LiCl failed to give any significant increase in diminazene aceturate levels in the brain. The diminazene aceturate levels were significantly (P < 0.05) higher in the organs (brain, kidney, liver and spleen) of trypanosome infected compared to uninfected rats. The concentration of diminazene aceturate in the organs increased significantly (P < 0.05) with increasing concentrations of LiCl.
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- Department of Vet. Physiology and Pharmacology, Usman Danfodiyo University, Sokoto, Nigeria
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Bacchi CJ, Nathan HC, Yarlett N, Goldberg B, McCann PP, Sjoerdsma A, Saric M, Clarkson AB. Combination chemotherapy of drug-resistant Trypanosoma brucei rhodesiense infections in mice using DL-alpha-difluoromethylornithine and standard trypanocides. Antimicrob Agents Chemother 1994; 38:563-9. [PMID: 8203855 PMCID: PMC284498 DOI: 10.1128/aac.38.3.563] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/29/2023] Open
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Combinations of DL-alpha-difluoromethylornithine (DFMO; eflornithine; Ornidyl) with either suramin or melarsen oxide were found to be effective against acute laboratory model infections with Trypanosoma brucei rhodesiense. We used clinical isolates known to be resistant to these drugs when used singly. An infection with a melarsen oxide-refractory isolate was cured by a combination of low-dose DFMO (0.5% in the drinking water) plus low-dose suramin (1 mg/kg of body weight given intraperitoneally). Another strain, moderately resistant to arsenical drugs, was cured with combinations of 4% DFMO with 5 mg of melarsen oxide per kg. Furthermore, a combination of DFMO (2% in the drinking water) and suramin (20 mg/kg) provided a 100% cure rate in a central nervous system model, although the same doses of these drugs used singly were completely ineffective. The synergism of DFMO and suramin against an acute infection was improved when suramin was given at the end of the DFMO administration. No adverse interactions were observed when high doses of DFMO combined with high doses of suramin were administered to uninfected mice. These results suggest that combinations of DFMO and suramin should be examined clinically for activity in arsenical-drug-refractory cases of East African sleeping sickness.
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- C J Bacchi
- Haskins Laboratories, Pace University, New York, New York 10038
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Chemotherapy for trypanosomiasis in domestic livestock depends on only a few compounds, of which several are chemically closely related. Of these compounds, the most widely used therapeutic agent in cattle, sheep and goats is diminazene aceturate. Diminazene was first described in 1955. Subsequently, a substantial body of data has been generated on various pharmacological aspects of the compound. In this review, we consider the current status of knowledge concerning the therapeutic spectrum of diminazene, resistance to diminazene in trypanosomes, and combination therapeutic regimens in which diminazene has been administered together with other compounds. Analytical techniques for diminazene, the pharmacokinetics of diminazene, data concerning diminazene's toxicity, and the different molecular mechanisms by which diminazene may exhibit trypanocidal action are also considered.
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- A S Peregrine
- International Laboratory for Research on Animal Diseases (ILRAD), Nairobi, Kenya
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Bacchi CJ, Nathan HC, Yarlett N, Goldberg B, McCann PP, Bitonti AJ, Sjoerdsma A. Cure of murine Trypanosoma brucei rhodesiense infections with an S-adenosylmethionine decarboxylase inhibitor. Antimicrob Agents Chemother 1992; 36:2736-40. [PMID: 1482141 PMCID: PMC245537 DOI: 10.1128/aac.36.12.2736] [Citation(s) in RCA: 53] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/27/2022] Open
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The compound 5'-([(Z)-4-amino-2-butenyl]methylamino)-5'-deoxyadenosine (MDL73811), a potent inhibitor of S-adenosylmethionine decarboxylase, was effective in mice against six of eight clinical isolates of Trypanosoma brucei rhodesiense, the causative agent of East African sleeping sickness. In combination with the ornithine decarboxylase inhibitor DL-alpha-difluoromethylornithine (DFMO; Ornidyl), MDL73811 acted synergistically to cure seven of eight infections. MDL73811 was effective when given singly at 50 to 100 mg/kg of body weight per day for 7 days (osmotic pumps). In combination with subcurative DFMO levels (0.25 to 1.0% in drinking water for 7 days), the curative MDL73811 dose could be lowered to 25 or 50 mg/kg, depending on the isolate. Oral administration of the MDL73811-DFMO combination was also effective in an acute infection and in a long-term central nervous system model of Trypansoma brucei brucei infection. These data indicate that MDL73811 may be effective therapeutically in drug-refractory and late-stage East African trypanosomiasis.
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- C J Bacchi
- Haskins Laboratories, Pace University, New York 10038
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Silayo RS, Mamman M, Moloo SK, Aliu YO, Gray MA, Peregrine AS. Response of Trypanosoma congolense in goats to single and double treatment with diminazene aceturate. Res Vet Sci 1992; 53:98-105. [PMID: 1410826 DOI: 10.1016/0034-5288(92)90092-g] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/26/2022]
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Diminazene aceturate is one of a limited number of compounds currently marketed for treatment of trypanosomiasis in cattle, sheep and goats. The pharmacokinetics of the compound in goats suggest that double treatment with diminazene aceturate might enhance the compound's therapeutic activity. A study was therefore conducted in goats using two clones of Trypanosoma congolense, IL 3274 and IL 1180, which were previously shown to be resistant and sensitive, respectively, to single treatment with diminazene aceturate. The results indicated that, as compared to single treatment, double treatment with diminazene aceturate at a dose of 7.2 mg kg-1 bodyweight, at either eight or 24 hour intervals, did not greatly enhance the therapeutic activity of the drug. Furthermore, treatment with the same drug dose eliminated infections with T congolense IL 3274 when treatment was administered 24 hours after infected Glossina morsitans centralis had fed, but failed to do so if treatment was delayed until after goats were detected to be parasitaemic. This suggests that failure of T congolense IL 3274 to respond to treatment with diminazene may not be due to drug resistance per se.
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- R S Silayo
- Department of Veterinary Microbiology and Parasitology, Sokoine University of Agriculture, Morogoro, Tanzania
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Otsyula M, Kamar K, Mutugi M, Njogu AR. Preliminary efficacy trial of Cymelarsan, a novel trypanocide, in camels naturally infected with Trypanosoma evansi in Kenya. Acta Trop 1992; 50:271-3. [PMID: 1348603 DOI: 10.1016/0001-706x(92)90084-b] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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- M Otsyula
- Kenya Trypanosomiasis Research Institute, Kikuyu
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Chitambo H, Arakawa A. Trypanosoma congolense: the in vitro akinetoplastic induction sensitivity assay. Parasitol Res 1992; 78:136-41. [PMID: 1557326 DOI: 10.1007/bf00931655] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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Incubation of Trypanosoma congolense in diminazene aceturate (Berenil) or isometamidium chloride (Samorin) induced akinetoplastic (AK) forms in vitro. The AK values (expressed in percent) obtained were found to be useful for rapid assessment of relative drug sensitivities. In susceptible clones, AK forms were induced at all drug concentrations tested, whereas in resistant clones they were induced only at higher concentrations. The Berenil-resistant clone exhibited AK values of 0.9% +/- 0.6%--8.9 +/- 2% at concentrations of 1-100 micrograms/ml at 4-10 h post-inoculation (p.i.), whereas the Berenil-susceptible clone displayed values of 9.3% +/- 13%--19.2% +/- 5% at 0.1-50 micrograms/ml. Motile trypanosomes were not seen at 100 micrograms/ml at 4 h p.i. or at 10 or 50 micrograms/ml at 10 h p.i. The Samorin-resistant clone showed AK values of 0.5% +/- 0.1%--43% +/- 3% at concentrations of 0.1-100 micrograms/ml at 4 and 10 h p.i., whereas the Samorin-susceptible clone exhibited values of 5.3% +/- 2%--45% +/- 4% at 0.0005-100 micrograms/ml. These results were supported by the findings obtained using a mouse infectivity test.
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- H Chitambo
- Department of Veterinary Medicine, College of Agriculture, University of Osaka Prefecture, Japan
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Jibike GI, Anika SM. Treatment of experimental trypanosomiasis in pigs. THE BRITISH VETERINARY JOURNAL 1991; 147:556-64. [PMID: 1777799 DOI: 10.1016/0007-1935(91)90026-j] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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The therapeutic activity of difluoromethylornithine (DFMO), diminazene aceturate (Berenil) and their combination against chronic trypanosomiasis was investigated in experimental Trypanosoma brucei brucei infections of growing pigs. DFMO (300 mg/kg/day orally for 10 days), diminazene aceturate (7 mg/kg in single intramuscular injection) and a combination of the two agents at the above dosages produced varied periods of aparasitaemia in the treated pigs. Relapse parasitaemia occurred in all treatment groups, with diminazene aceturate providing the longest relief period of 17 days, combination treatment 11 days and DFMO 6 days. The packed cell volume, blood haemoglobin concentration and red cell count values decreased after the pigs were infected with the parasites. The values improved following treatment with the agents and their combination.
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- G I Jibike
- Department of Veterinary Physiology and Pharmacology, University of Maiduguri, Nigeria
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Chitambo H, Arakawa A. Therapeutic effect of Berenil and Samorin in mice infected with four trypanosome populations isolated from Zambian cattle. Vet Parasitol 1991; 39:43-52. [PMID: 1897118 DOI: 10.1016/0304-4017(91)90060-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/29/2022]
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Four populations of Trypanosoma congolense and Trypanosoma brucei brucei were isolated from cattle under different management practices and environments in Zambia. All four isolates had varied responses to both diminazene aceturate (Berenil) and isometamidium chloride (Samorin) as curative drugs in infected mice. Trypanosomes from a traditionally managed herd in a high-tsetse-challenge area had the strains most resistant to Berenil, with maximum curative dose of 45 mg kg-1 body weight. Another isolate from a high-tsetse-challenge area was evidently resistant both to Berenil at 40 mg kg-1 and to Samorin at 4 mg kg-1. The strains most susceptible to both Berenil and Samorin were from a commercially managed herd of cattle under medium tsetse challenge. They responded to recommended cattle standard doses of 3.5 mg kg-1 or 7 mg kg-1 Berenil and to as little as 0.25 mg kg-1 Samorin. It is evident that trypanosome strains resistant to Berenil and/or partially resistant to Samorin exist, and that both T. congolense and T. b. brucei are implicated.
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- H Chitambo
- University of Zambia, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Department of Disease Control, Lusaka
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Peregrine AS, Moloo SK, Whitelaw DD. Differences in sensitivity of Kenyan Trypanosoma vivax populations to the prophylactic and therapeutic actions of isometamidium chloride in Boran cattle. Trop Anim Health Prod 1991; 23:29-38. [PMID: 2038768 DOI: 10.1007/bf02361267] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/29/2022]
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Isometamidium chloride was administered as a single prophylactic dose of 0.5 mg kg-1 body weight to each of 10 Boran (Bos indicus) steers. At monthly intervals following drug administration, groups of five cattle each were challenged with one of two different Trypanosoma vivax populations transmitted by infected Glossina morsitans centralis; one with a stock (IL 2982) from Galana, Kenya and the other with a stock (IL 2986) from Likoni, Kenya. Prophylaxis was afforded for less than one month against the Galana T. vivax and for one month against the Likoni T. vivax. In a therapeutic study a further 10 Boran steers were similarly infected with either of the T. vivax populations; five steers per population. Eleven days after infection all animals were treated with 0.5 mg kg-1 isometamidium chloride and all were cured. These findings demonstrate that, as defined in the field, the two Kenyan T. vivax populations express a high level of resistance to the prophylactic action of isometamidium yet a low level of resistance to the therapeutic action of the drug. The results also indicate that differences in drug resistance between different isolates play a major role in determining the apparent period of prophylaxis afforded by isometamidium chloride.
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- A S Peregrine
- International Laboratory for Research on Animal Diseases (ILRAD), Nairobi, Kenya
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Zweygarth E, Kaminsky R. Evaluation of DL-alpha-difluoromethylornithine against susceptible and drug-resistant Trypanosoma brucei brucei. Acta Trop 1991; 48:223-32. [PMID: 1671624 DOI: 10.1016/0001-706x(91)90050-t] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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The antitrypanosomal activity of the ornithine decarboxylase inhibitor DL-alpha-difluoromethylornithine (DFMO, eflornithine) was tested in ten stocks and one clone of the hemoflagellate Trypanosoma brucei brucei in an in vitro system. They showed varying levels of susceptibility to DFMO, their IC50 (the concentration which inhibited growth by 50%) values ranging from 81-691 microM. Differences in DFMO susceptibility were also demonstrated in mice. Combinations of melarsonyl potassium (mel W; trimelarsan) and DFMO showed an additive effect in vitro in a mel W-susceptible and a mel W-resistant stock, but an antagonistic effect in a mel W- and DFMO-susceptible clone. Combinations of suramin and DFMO showed an antagonistic effect in vitro in a suramin-susceptible clone, but a potentiation in a suramin-resistant stock.
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- E Zweygarth
- Kenya Trypanosomiasis Research Institute (KETRI), Kikuyu
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Jennings FW. Future prospects for the chemotherapy of human trypanosomiasis. 2. Combination chemotherapy and African trypanosomiasis. Trans R Soc Trop Med Hyg 1990; 84:618-21. [PMID: 2278054 DOI: 10.1016/0035-9203(90)90125-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/31/2022] Open
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This paper reviews the progress which has been achieved with combination chemotherapy of experimental murine central nervous system trypanosomiasis. Successful treatments have been achieved with suramin followed by 5-nitroimidazoles; difluoromethylornithine in combination with bleomycin, 9-deazainosine, suramin, arsenicals, antimonials and diamidines; and also the arsenicals in combination with the 5-nitroimidazoles or nifurtimox. Pretreatment with prednisolone and azathioprine, to minimize reactive encephalopathies, and supportive treatment with oxygen are both indicated.
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- F W Jennings
- Department of Veterinary Parasitology, University of Glasgow, UK
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Onyeyili PA, Anika SM. Effects of the combination of DL-alpha-difluoromethylornithine and diminazene aceturate in Trypanosoma congolense infection of dogs. Vet Parasitol 1990; 37:9-19. [PMID: 2238433 DOI: 10.1016/0304-4017(90)90021-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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The therapeutic activity of a combination of difluoromethylornithine (DFMO) with diminazene aceturate was investigated in mongrel dogs experimentally infected with Trypanosoma congolense. The criteria used in the assessment of the trypanocidal effect of the therapy include the examination of the blood for parasites, as well as clinical and haematological changes at intervals following treatment. Diminazene aceturate and DFMO alone and in combination produced intermittent aparasitaemia in the dogs. Although relapse infection occurred with all three treatment regimes, the drug combination gave the best result. The packed red cell volume, haemoglobin concentrations and red blood cell values decreased significantly following parasite inoculation but increased after treatment. The total leucocyte counts decreased in all the infected dogs but improved with treatment, and the differential leucocyte counts indicated neutropenia in all the infected animals prior to treatment.
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- P A Onyeyili
- Department of Veterinary Physiology and Pharmacology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Nigeria, Nsukka
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Bacchi CJ, Nathan HC, Livingston T, Valladares G, Saric M, Sayer PD, Njogu AR, Clarkson AB. Differential susceptibility to DL-alpha-difluoromethylornithine in clinical isolates of Trypanosoma brucei rhodesiense. Antimicrob Agents Chemother 1990; 34:1183-8. [PMID: 2118325 PMCID: PMC171781 DOI: 10.1128/aac.34.6.1183] [Citation(s) in RCA: 60] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/30/2022] Open
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DL-alpha-Difluoromethylornithine is an enzyme-activated inhibitor of ornithine decarboxylase and an antagonist of polyamine metabolism that has been successful in clinical trials against West African sleeping sickness caused by Trypanosoma brucei gambiense. Its potential for use against the more virulent East African form of the disease, caused by T. brucei rhodesiense, is not certain. We examined 14 East African clinical isolates from the Kenya Trypanosomiasis Research Institute strain bank plus 2 established isolates for susceptibility to DL-alpha-difluoromethylornithine and to standard trypanocides. Seven of 16 strains were partially or totally refractory to DL-alpha-difluoromethylornithine in our test system. Four strains were also refractory to arsenical drugs, and five were refractory to diamidines. The results indicate that other novel agents or combinations of established agents may be needed for chemotherapy of East African disease.
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- C J Bacchi
- Haskins Laboratories, Pace University, New York, New York 10038
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Kaminsky R, Chuma F, Zweygarth E. Trypanosoma brucei brucei: expression of drug resistance in vitro. Exp Parasitol 1989; 69:281-9. [PMID: 2792303 DOI: 10.1016/0014-4894(89)90074-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/02/2023]
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The susceptibility of five Trypanosoma brucei brucei stocks to diminazene aceturate (Berenil) and isometamidium chloride (Samorin) was determined in vivo and in vitro. Two stocks were resistant in mice to both drugs. Differences in drug-induced growth inhibition occurred between drug-resistant and drug-sensitive stocks when trypanosome bloodstream forms were incubated for 24 hr at 37 degrees C in 4% CO2 in air in a feeder layer-free culture system. Diminazene concentrations which inhibited growth of trypanosomes by 50% (EC50) differed more than 50-fold between drug-resistant and drug-sensitive stocks, but there were only minor differences in EC50 values for isometamidium. However, differences in growth inhibition due to isometamidium occurred when trypanosomes were incubated with drug concentrations (0.001-0.05 micrograms/ml) below the EC50 values. Trypanosome stocks which were propagated in vitro in the presence of drugs for a period of 10 days greatly differed in their viability. In contrast to drug-sensitive trypanosomes, drug-resistant stocks could be maintained without loss of viability in the presence of 0.01 micrograms/ml isometamidium chloride.
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- R Kaminsky
- International Laboratory for Research on Animal Diseases, Nairobi, Kenya
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Onyeyili PA, Anika SM. Chemotherapy of T b brucei infection: Use of DFMO, diminazene aceturate, alone and in combination. J Small Anim Pract 1989. [PMCID: PMC7166847 DOI: 10.1111/j.1748-5827.1989.tb01621.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/01/2022]
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The therapeutic activity of diminazene aceturate, difluoromethylornithine (DFMO) and a combination of the two agents was investigated in experimental Trypanosoma brucei brucei infections in mongrel dogs. The criteria used in the assessment of the trypanocidal effect of these compounds included the examination of the blood for the parasite, as well as clinical and haematological changes at intervals following treatment. Diminazene aceturate (7 mg/kg intramuscularly), DFMO (300 mg/kg/day orally in three divided doses for six days) and the combination of diminazene aceturate (7 mg/kg intramuscularly) and DFMO (300 mg/kg/day orally for six days) produced an intermittent aparasitemia in the dogs. Relapse infection occurred in all the three groups, but the period of aparasitemia produced by the combination of the agents was longest. The packed cell volume, haemoglobin concentration and red cell count values decreased after the dogs were inoculated with the parasite. The values improved slightly following the treatments with the agents or their combination. The total white blood cell counts in the infected dogs indicated leucocytosis, but this improved with drug treatment.
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Amole B, Sharpless N, Wittner M, Tanowitz HB. Neurochemical measurements in the brains of mice infected with Trypanosoma brucei brucei (TREU 667). ANNALS OF TROPICAL MEDICINE AND PARASITOLOGY 1989; 83:225-32. [PMID: 2481428 DOI: 10.1080/00034983.1989.11812336] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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Trypanosoma brucei brucei (TREU 667) infected mice were used as a model of African trypanosomiasis, a disease in which neuropsychiatric manifestations occur. To study the possible neurochemical basis of these abnormalities, we measured brain acetylcholine receptor numbers, activities of the cholinergic enzymes, choline acetyltransferase (CAT), and acetylcholinesterase (AChE), and regional concentrations of the monoamines, dopamine (DA), serotonin (5-HT), and norepinephrine (NE), and their acid metabolites, homovanillic acid (HVA), 3,4-dihydroxyphenylacetic acid (DOPAC), and 5-hydroxyindoleacetic acid (5-HIAA) in mice infected with T. b. brucei. There were no significant changes in CAT or AChE activities or acetylcholine receptor numbers at either 35 or 50 days post-infection (PI). At day 35 PI, the only significant finding was a decrease in 5-HIAA concentration in the brain stem, a change which did not persist to day 50 PI. At day 50 PI there were, however, significant increases in DA concentration in the brain stem and NE concentrations in the hippocampus, cerebellum, brain stem and striatum. To establish a chronic relapsing murine model, mice were treated with diminazene aceturate (Berenil) at day 60 PI and killed 60 days later (120 days PI). In these mice, 5-HT concentrations were significantly increased in the hypothalamus and decreased in the cortex. In addition, 5-HIAA concentrations were increased in the striatum and hypothalamus and HVA concentrations were increased in the striatum and hippocampus. Our data, taken together with that of others, suggests that there are alterations in the monoaminergic, but not in the cholinergic, neuronal system, in African trypanosomiasis. These data may form the basis for the neuropsychiatric abnormalities that are associated with this disease.
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- B Amole
- Faculty of Health Sciences, University Obafemi Awolowo, Ile-Ife, Nigeria
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Frommel TO. Trypanosoma brucei rhodesiense: effect of immunosuppression on the efficacy of melarsoprol treatment of infected mice. Exp Parasitol 1988; 67:364-6. [PMID: 3191962 DOI: 10.1016/0014-4894(88)90084-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/04/2023]
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- T O Frommel
- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina 27710
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Whitelaw DD, Gardiner PR, Murray M. Extravascular foci of Trypanosoma vivax in goats: the central nervous system and aqueous humor of the eye as potential sources of relapse infections after chemotherapy. Parasitology 1988; 97 ( Pt 1):51-61. [PMID: 3174238 DOI: 10.1017/s0031182000066737] [Citation(s) in RCA: 49] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/04/2023]
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Relapse of parasitaemia after drug treatment of trypanosome infection is normally attributed to drug-resistance on the part of the parasite, under-dosage of the drug or reinfection of the host. In addition, inaccessibility of parasites to drug through sequestration in privileged extravascular sites has been shown in the past to occur with Trypanosoma brucei, and we have obtained evidence that extravascular foci of T. vivax can also serve as a source of relapsing infections. Infection of goats with a West African stock of T. vivax resulted in severe illness, which was fatal if untreated. During the terminal stage of an acute infection, clinical signs of central nervous system involvement were apparent. Histologically, the choroid plexus was swollen and oedematous, and in some cases meningitis or meningoencephalitis was seen. Trypanosomes could be detected in the cerebrospinal fluid, and also extravascularly in the choroid plexus and meninges. In three cases they were present in the aqueous humor, associated with corneal cloudiness or opacity. Treatment of 2 goats with the trypanocidal drug diminazene aceturate eliminated parasitaemia, but infections in both relapsed about 6 weeks later, despite trypanosomes being undetectable in the bloodstream during the intervening period. We conclude that the relapse infections were caused by reemergence of trypanosomes from the CNS and/or the eye, where sequestered parasites may have been inaccessible to the trypanocide.
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- D D Whitelaw
- International Laboratory for Research on Animal Disease, Nairobi, Kenya
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