title: Effect of 15-deoxyspergualin on lupus nephropathy in New Zealand black/white F1 mice.
abstract: Fourteen-week-old female New Zealand B/W F1 mice were treated subcutaneously with 15-deoxyspergualin (DSP) at 0.3 mg-6.0 mg/kg body weight, 4 times/week. They were sacrificed at 36 weeks of age to determine the minimal effective dose as well as the lowest maximally effective dose without toxicity of DSP required to suppress the development of nephropathy. The life span of the animals was significantly prolonged with 0.6 mg/kg or more DSP. Additionally, glomerular (immuno)histological improvement of the kidney at 36 weeks was observed with 0.6 mg/kg DSP, although a higher dose was required to lower serum anti-DNA activity or to decrease proteinuria. In addition, DSP produced a decrease of L3T4+ splenocytes without affecting the number of Lyt 2+ cells, while the level of IL-2 generated in vitro was somewhat elevated. It may be concluded that DSP has a therapeutic range within an order of ten, but its exact mechanism of immunosuppression remains to be determined.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, Kitasato University School of Medicine, Sagamihara, Japan.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Okubo
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Amemiya
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Tamura
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Inoue
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Kamata
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Masaki
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001835:Body Weight / Q000187:drug effects; D005260:Female; D005434:Flow Cytometry; D005455:Fluorescent Antibody Technique; D006146:Guanidines / Q000627:therapeutic use* / Q000633:toxicity; D007074:Immunoglobulin G / Q000032:analysis; D007166:Immunosuppressive Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D007376:Interleukin-2 / Q000096:biosynthesis; D007678:Kidney Glomerulus / Q000187:drug effects / Q000276:immunology / Q000473:pathology*; D008181:Lupus Nephritis / Q000276:immunology / Q000473:pathology / Q000517:prevention & control*; D051379:Mice; D008815:Mice, Inbred Strains; D013154:Spleen / Q000276:immunology; D013601:T-Lymphocytes / Q000187:drug effects / Q000276:immunology
chemical_list: D006146:Guanidines; D007074:Immunoglobulin G; D007166:Immunosuppressive Agents; D007376:Interleukin-2; C037258:gusperimus