Debache, Karim; Hemphill, Andrew (2012). Effects of miltefosine treatment in fibroblast cell cultures and in mice experimentally infected with Neospora caninum tachyzoites. Parasitology, 139(7), pp. 934-944. Cambridge University Press 10.1017/S0031182012000066
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Miltefosine was investigated for its activity against Neospora caninum tachyzoites in vitro, and was shown to inhibit the proliferation of N. caninum tachyzoites cultured in human foreskin fibroblasts (HFF) with an IC50 of 5·2 μM. Treatment of infected cells with 25 μM miltefosine for a period of 10 h had only a parasitostatic effect, while after 20 h of treatment parasiticidal effects were observed. This was confirmed by transmission electron microscopy of N. caninum-infected and miltefosine-treated HFF. Administration of miltefosine to N. caninum-infected Balb/c female mice at 40 mg/kg/day for 14 days resulted in 6 out of 10 mice exhibiting weight loss, ruffled coat and apathy between days 7 and 13 post-infection. In the group that received placebo, only 2 out of 8 mice succumbed to infection, but the cerebral burden was significantly higher compared to the miltefosine treatment group. In a second experiment, the time-span of treatment was reduced to 5 days, and mice were maintained without further treatment for 4 weeks. Only 2 out of 9 mice in the miltefosine treatment group exhibited signs of disease, while 8 out of 10 mice succumbed to infection in the placebo group. These results showed that miltefosine hampered the dissemination of parasites into the CNS during experimental N. caninum infection in mice.
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Journal Article (Original Article) |
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Division/Institute: |
05 Veterinary Medicine > Department of Infectious Diseases and Pathobiology (DIP) > Institute of Parasitology |
UniBE Contributor: |
Debache, Karim, Hemphill, Andrew |
Subjects: |
600 Technology > 630 Agriculture |
ISSN: |
0031-1820 |
Publisher: |
Cambridge University Press |
Language: |
English |
Submitter: |
Marceline Brodmann |
Date Deposited: |
14 Jul 2020 15:12 |
Last Modified: |
05 Dec 2022 15:13 |
Publisher DOI: |
10.1017/S0031182012000066 |
PubMed ID: |
22309643 |
BORIS DOI: |
10.7892/boris.115915 |
URI: |
https://boris.unibe.ch/id/eprint/115915 |
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