title: A single injection of a biodegradable microsphere formulation of the ACTH-(4-9) analogue ORG 2766 accelerates functional recovery after brain damage.
abstract: The functional recovery from impaired motor activity induced by 6-hydroxydopamine lesions in rat nucleus accumbens was accelerated by subcutaneous treatment with the ACTH-(4-9) analogue Met/O2/-Glu-His-Phe-D-Lys-Phe (ORG 2766). Treatment was effective after daily injections of ORG 2766 dissolved in saline during the first 6 days following the lesion (ED50: 28.5 ng kg-1 day-1) or after a single injection of the peptide in a biodegradable microsphere formulation administered after the lesion (ED50: 8.9 ng kg-1 day-1). This study shows that a single injection of a microsphere preparation can replace multiple injections with ORG 2766 in order to facilitate functional recovery after brain damage.
authors.affiliation: Rudolf Magnus Institute for Pharmacology, Medical Faculty, University of Utrecht, The Netherlands.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Wolterink
authors.forename: T R
authors.initials: TR
authors.lastname: Bouwman
authors.forename: M J
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Eenink
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: De Nijs
authors.forename: J M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: van Ree
mesh_terms: D000324:Adrenocorticotropic Hormone / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000031:analogs & derivatives* / Q000627:therapeutic use; D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D000927:Anticonvulsants / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D001927:Brain Diseases / Q000188:drug therapy*; D007279:Injections, Subcutaneous; D008297:Male; D008863:Microspheres; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009043:Motor Activity / Q000187:drug effects; D010446:Peptide Fragments / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D051381:Rats; D011919:Rats, Inbred Strains
chemical_list: D000927:Anticonvulsants; D010446:Peptide Fragments; C013765:Org 2766; D000324:Adrenocorticotropic Hormone