title: Immunostimulation with muramyl dipeptide and its desmethyl analogue: Studies of non-specific resistance to pulmonary blastomycosis in inbred mouse strains.
abstract: N-acetyl-muramyl-L-alanyl-D-isoglutamine (MDP) protected against pulmonary blastomycosis when given prophylactically to BALB/c mice. Its desmethyl analogue (DM-MDP) had a similar effect. In C3H/HeJ, the effect was less marked. Early treatment after infection, with MDP and DM-MDP, had a modest effect in C3H/HeJ and BALB/c respectively, whereas late treatment had no effect in any mouse strain. No effect could be demonstrated with challenge sizes producing too lethal a model or minimal lethality, or in DBA/2J or young BALB/c mice. The effects in various strains do not correlate with differing effects on nonspecific immunostimulation in these strains. Immunostimulation with glycopeptides deserves further study in prophylaxis or therapy of fungal infection.
mesh_terms: D000119:Acetylmuramyl-Alanyl-Isoglutamine / Q000031:analogs & derivatives* / Q000276:immunology*; D000818:Animals; D001759:Blastomycosis / Q000276:immunology*; D007114:Immunization; D008172:Lung Diseases, Fungal / Q000276:immunology*; D051379:Mice; D008807:Mice, Inbred BALB C / Q000276:immunology; D008809:Mice, Inbred C3H / Q000276:immunology; D008811:Mice, Inbred DBA / Q000276:immunology; D008815:Mice, Inbred Strains / Q000276:immunology*
chemical_list: D000119:Acetylmuramyl-Alanyl-Isoglutamine; C037224:N-acetyl-demethylmuramyl-alanyl-isoglutamine