دورية أكاديمية
Synthetic oleanane triterpenoids enhance blood brain barrier integrity and improve survival in experimental cerebral malaria
العنوان: | Synthetic oleanane triterpenoids enhance blood brain barrier integrity and improve survival in experimental cerebral malaria |
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المؤلفون: | Valerie M. Crowley, Kodjo Ayi, Ziyue Lu, Karen T. Liby, Michael Sporn, Kevin C. Kain |
المصدر: | Malaria Journal, Vol 16, Iss 1, Pp 1-11 (2017) |
بيانات النشر: | BMC, 2017. |
سنة النشر: | 2017 |
المجموعة: | LCC:Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine LCC:Infectious and parasitic diseases |
مصطلحات موضوعية: | Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine, RC955-962, Infectious and parasitic diseases, RC109-216 |
الوصف: | Abstract Background Cerebral malaria (CM) is a severe complication of Plasmodium falciparum infection associated with high mortality and neurocognitive impairment in survivors. New anti-malarials and host-based adjunctive therapy may improve clinical outcome in CM. Synthetic oleanane triterpenoid (SO) compounds have shown efficacy in the treatment of diseases where inflammation and oxidative stress contribute to pathogenesis. Methods A derivative of the SO 2-cyano-3,12-dioxooleana-1,9-dien-28-oic acid (CDDO), CDDO-ethyl amide (CDDO-EA) was investigated for the treatment of severe malaria in a pre-clinical model. CDDO-EA was evaluated in vivo as a monotherapy as well as adjunctive therapy with parenteral artesunate in the Plasmodium berghei strain ANKA experimental cerebral malaria (ECM) model. Results CDDO-EA alone improved outcome in ECM and, given as adjunctive therapy in combination with artesunate, it significantly improved outcome over artesunate alone (p = 0.009). Improved survival was associated with reduced inflammation, enhanced endothelial stability and blood–brain barrier integrity. Survival was improved even when administered late in the disease course after the onset of neurological symptoms. Conclusions These results indicate that SO are a new class of immunomodulatory drugs and support further studies investigating this class of agents as potential adjunctive therapy for severe malaria. |
نوع الوثيقة: | article |
وصف الملف: | electronic resource |
اللغة: | English |
تدمد: | 1475-2875 |
Relation: | http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12936-017-2109-0; https://doaj.org/toc/1475-2875 |
DOI: | 10.1186/s12936-017-2109-0 |
URL الوصول: | https://doaj.org/article/5a7c636fffe2429daa2ac79ec7d835b9 |
رقم الأكسشن: | edsdoj.5a7c636fffe2429daa2ac79ec7d835b9 |
قاعدة البيانات: | Directory of Open Access Journals |
تدمد: | 14752875 |
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DOI: | 10.1186/s12936-017-2109-0 |