The efficacy of two electron transport inhibitors (720C80 and 993C76) on murine strongyloidiasis: A comparison with albendazole

A. Armson; R.C.A. Thompson; J.A. Reynoldson; W.B. Grubb; A.H.W. Mendis

doi:10.1016/0020-7519(93)90081-9

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The efficacy of two electron transport inhibitors (720C80 and 993C76) on murine strongyloidiasis: A comparison with albendazole

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The efficacy of two electron transport inhibitors (720C80 and 993C76) on murine strongyloidiasis: A comparison with albendazole

A. Armson, R.C.A. Thompson, J.A. Reynoldson, W.B. Grubb and A.H.W. Mendis

International Journal for Parasitology, Vol.23(6), pp.815-817

1993

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/0020-7519(93)90081-9

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Abstract

The clinical efficacy of albendazole (ABZ) in the treatment of chronic uncomplicated strongyloidiasis has been reported to be highly variable. In our murine model of strongyloidiasis a single oral dose of 5 and 10 mg kg-1 ABZ reduced (at day 4 post infection) the faecal larval count (FLC) by 54.2 ± 12.5% and 81.5 ± 10.2%, respectively. 100 mg kg-1 ABZ reduced the FLC by 100%. Two inhibitors of protozoan and filarial electron transport (720C80 and 993C76) inhibited the endogenous O2 consumption of intact infective (L3) larvae of S. ratti by > 50% at 2 x 10-5 M in vitro, and reduced the FLC by 72 ± 9.3% and 62.0 ± 10.3% respectively in vivo, at a dose of 70 mg kg-1. These results suggest that compounds designed as selective inhibitors of protozoan electron transport have significant efficacy against murine strongyloidiasis and may prove useful in the management of human strongyloidiasis.

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Title: The efficacy of two electron transport inhibitors (720C80 and 993C76) on murine strongyloidiasis: A comparison with albendazole
Authors/Creators: A. Armson (Author/Creator) - Curtin University
R.C.A. Thompson (Author/Creator) - Murdoch University
J.A. Reynoldson (Author/Creator) - Murdoch University
W.B. Grubb (Author/Creator) - Curtin University
A.H.W. Mendis (Author/Creator) - Curtin University
Publication Details: International Journal for Parasitology, Vol.23(6), pp.815-817
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Identifiers: 991005542866607891
Murdoch Affiliation: School of Veterinary Studies
Language: English
Resource Type: Journal article

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Collaboration types: Domestic collaboration
Citation topics: 1 Clinical & Life Sciences; 1.163 Parasitology - General; 1.163.1393 Filarial Infections
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