Queener S F, Bartlett M S, Jay M A, Durkin M M, Smith J W
Department of Pharmacology, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis 46223.
Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 1987 Sep;31(9):1323-7. doi: 10.1128/AAC.31.9.1323.
Trimetrexate and BW301U (piritrexim isethionate), lipid-soluble inhibitors of dihydrofolate reductase, are potent inhibitors of the growth of Pneumocystis carinii in culture with WI-38 cells. Inhibition was observed with 0.1 microgram of trimetrexate or BW301U per ml. Trimethoprim is ineffective at 100 micrograms/ml in this culture system. Both trimetrexate and BW301U were effective as prophylactic agents against P. carinii pneumonia in rats; trimetrexate at 7.5 mg/kg protected 9 of 10 rats, and BW301U at 5 mg/kg protected 4 of 10.
三甲曲沙和BW301U(吡曲克辛羟乙磺酸盐)是二氢叶酸还原酶的脂溶性抑制剂,在与WI-38细胞共培养时,它们是卡氏肺孢子虫生长的强效抑制剂。每毫升含0.1微克三甲曲沙或BW301U时即可观察到抑制作用。在该培养系统中,甲氧苄啶在100微克/毫升时无效。三甲曲沙和BW301U作为大鼠卡氏肺孢子虫肺炎的预防药物均有效;7.5毫克/千克的三甲曲沙保护了10只大鼠中的9只,5毫克/千克的BW301U保护了10只大鼠中的4只。