title: Synthesis of cetyl myristoleate and evaluation of its therapeutic efficacy in a murine model of collagen-induced arthritis.
abstract: Cetyl myristoleate (CM) was reported by Diehl and May [J Pharm Sci 83 (1994) 296] to block inflammation and prevent adjuvant-induced arthritis in rats. To verify this earlier work, we have synthesized pure CM and tested its anti-arthritic properties in a collagen-induced arthritis model in DBA/1LacJ mice. Multiple intraperitoneal injections of CM in 450 and 900 mg kg(-1) doses resulted in a significantly lower incidence of disease and caused a modest but significant diminution in clinical signs in those mice that developed arthritis. CM administered in daily oral doses of 20 mg kg(-1) also reduced the incidence of arthritis and caused a small reduction in the clinical signs in mice that developed arthritis. Although the protective effect of CM in collagen-induced arthritis observed in the present study was less dramatic than that reported earlier, our results confirm the anti-arthritic properties of pure CM.
authors.affiliation: Department of Microbiology, University of Nevada School of Medicine, Reno, NV 89557, USA. khunter@unr.edu
authors.forename: Kenneth W
authors.initials: KW
authors.lastname: Hunter
authors.forename: Ruth A
authors.initials: RA
authors.lastname: Gault
authors.forename: Jeffrey S
authors.initials: JS
authors.lastname: Stehouwer
authors.forename: Suk-Wah
authors.initials: SW
authors.lastname: Tam-Chang
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001169:Arthritis, Experimental / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000473:pathology; D004195:Disease Models, Animal; D004353:Drug Evaluation, Preclinical / Q000379:methods; D005260:Female; D051379:Mice; D008811:Mice, Inbred DBA; D014885:Waxes / Q000138:chemical synthesis* / Q000627:therapeutic use*
chemical_list: D014885:Waxes; C087638:cetyl myristoleate