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In vitro pharmacodynamic parameters of sordarin derivatives in comparison with those of marketed compounds against Pneumocystis carinii isolated from rats.

Abstract
Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia remains one of the most serious complications of immunosuppressed patients. In this study, the in vitro pharmacodynamic parameters of four sordarin derivatives (GM 191519, GM 237354, GM 193663, and GM 219771) have been evaluated by a new quantitative approach and compared with the commercially available drugs pentamidine, atovaquone, and trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole (TMP-SMX). In vitro activities and in vivo therapeutic efficacies of sordarin derivatives against P. carinii were also evaluated. In vitro activity was determined by the broth microdilution technique, comparing the total number of microorganisms in treated and drug-free cultures by using Giemsa staining. The in vitro maximum effect (E(max)), the drug concentrations to reach 50% of E(max) (EC(50)), and the slope of the dose-response curve were then estimated by the Hill equation (E(max) sigmoid model). Sordarin derivatives were the most potent agents against P. carinii, with EC(50)s of 0.00025, 0.0007, 0.0043, and 0. 025 microg/ml for GM 191519, GM 237354, GM 193663, and GM 219771, respectively. The EC(50)s of pentamidine, atovaquone, and TMP-SMX were 0.025, 0.16, and 26.7/133.5 microg/ml, respectively. The results obtained with this approach showed GM 237354 and GM 191519 to be approximately 35- and 100-fold more active in vitro than pentamidine, the most active marketed compound. All sordarin derivatives tested were at least 5,000-fold more active in vitro than TMP-SMX. The three sordarin derivatives tested in vivo-GM 191519, GM 237354, and GM 219771-showed a marked therapeutic efficacy, defined as reduction of cyst forms per gram of lung. GM 191519 was the most potent (daily dose reducing 50% of the P. carinii burden in the lungs [ED(50)], 0.05 mg/kg/day) followed by GM 237354 and GM 219771 (ED(50)s, 0.30 and 0.49 mg/kg/day, respectively). Good agreement between in vitro parameters and in vivo outcome was obtained when P. carinii pneumonia in rats was treated with sordarin derivatives.
AuthorsP Aviles, E M Aliouat, A Martinez, E Dei-Cas, E Herreros, L Dujardin, D Gargallo-Viola
JournalAntimicrobial agents and chemotherapy (Antimicrob Agents Chemother) Vol. 44 Issue 5 Pg. 1284-90 (May 2000) ISSN: 0066-4804 [Print] United States
PMID10770763 (Publication Type: Comparative Study, Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't)
Chemical References
  • Antifungal Agents
  • Indenes
  • Protein Synthesis Inhibitors
  • sordarin
Topics
  • Animals
  • Antifungal Agents (chemistry, pharmacology, therapeutic use)
  • Disease Models, Animal
  • Dose-Response Relationship, Drug
  • Female
  • Indenes
  • Microbial Sensitivity Tests
  • Pneumocystis (drug effects)
  • Pneumonia, Pneumocystis (drug therapy)
  • Protein Synthesis Inhibitors (chemistry, pharmacology, therapeutic use)
  • Rats
  • Rats, Wistar

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