title: NPC 15669 reduces mortality associated with sepsis in rats.
abstract: N-[9H-(2,7-dimethylfluoren-9-ylmethoxy)carbonyl]-L-leucine (NPC 15669), a leukocyte recruitment inhibitor, was investigated for its ability to enhance survival in a rat model of sepsis, fecal peritonitis. Infusion of NPC 15669 (3 mg kg-1 hr-1 i.v.) for 19, 24 or 48 hr or three to four bolus injections (10 mg/kg) at 2- or 6-hr intervals along with gentamicin effectively cured all animals (> 2-week survival) relative to gentamicin-treated controls (28 +/- 1 hr survival), whereas infusion at a 10-fold lower dose was ineffective. Unlike aspirin and dexamethasone, which were inactive (< 36-hr survival), ibuprofen significantly increased the survival time (66 +/- 1 hr) but did not cure septic rats. The efficacy of NPC 15669 on survival was associated with the reversal of leukopenia and a marked inhibition of neutrophil infiltration into the small intestine. By contrast, i.v. bolus injection or infusion of a related analog, N-[9H-fluoren-9-ylmethoxy)carbonyl]glycine, which does not inhibit leukocyte recruitment, failed to reduce the mortality rate associated with fecal peritonitis-induced sepsis. In addition, NPC 15669 was efficacious therapeutically, even when administered as late as 6 hr after the induction of sepsis (14 of 16 animals survived > 5 days). Together, these data suggest that NPC 15669 may be useful in the treatment of septic shock.
authors.affiliation: Scios Nova Inc., Baltimore, Maryland.
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Noronha-Blob
authors.forename: V C
authors.initials: VC
authors.lastname: Lowe
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Otterbein
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Steranka
authors.forename: R M
authors.initials: RM
authors.lastname: Burch
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000894:Anti-Inflammatory Agents, Non-Steroidal / Q000097:blood / Q000494:pharmacology*; D004195:Disease Models, Animal; D005243:Feces / Q000382:microbiology; D005839:Gentamicins / Q000494:pharmacology; D007930:Leucine / Q000031:analogs & derivatives* / Q000097:blood / Q000494:pharmacology; D007958:Leukocyte Count / Q000187:drug effects; D007962:Leukocytes / Q000187:drug effects; D008297:Male; D010538:Peritonitis / Q000097:blood / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000401:mortality; D051381:Rats; D017207:Rats, Sprague-Dawley; D013997:Time Factors
chemical_list: D000894:Anti-Inflammatory Agents, Non-Steroidal; D005839:Gentamicins; C071244:N-(9H-(2,7-dimethylfluoren-9-ylmethoxy)carbonyl)leucine; D007930:Leucine