Waters W R, Frydman B, Marton L J, Valasinas A, Reddy V K, Harp J A, Wannemuehler M J, Yarlett N
Bacterial Diseases of Livestock Unit, National Animal Disease Center, Agricultural Research Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Ames, Iowa 50010, USA.
Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 2000 Oct;44(10):2891-4. doi: 10.1128/AAC.44.10.2891-2894.2000.
Cryptosporidium parvum infection of T-cell receptor alpha (TCR-alpha)-deficient mice results in a persistent infection. In this study, treatment with a polyamine analogue (SL-11047) prevented C. parvum infection in suckling TCR-alpha-deficient mice and cleared an existing infection in older mice. Treatment with putrescine, while capable of preventing infection, did not clear C. parvum from previously infected mice. These findings provide further evidence that polyamine metabolic pathways are targets for new anticryptosporidial chemotherapeutic agents.
微小隐孢子虫感染T细胞受体α(TCR-α)缺陷小鼠会导致持续性感染。在本研究中,用一种多胺类似物(SL-11047)治疗可预防乳鼠期TCR-α缺陷小鼠感染微小隐孢子虫,并清除老年小鼠体内已有的感染。用腐胺治疗虽能预防感染,但不能清除先前感染小鼠体内的微小隐孢子虫。这些发现进一步证明多胺代谢途径是新型抗隐孢子虫化疗药物的作用靶点。