title: Risedronate in the treatment of Murine Chagas' disease.
abstract: Risedronate, a bisphosphonate, was used to treat CD-1 mice infected with the Brazil strain of Trypanosoma cruzi. When given by subcutaneous injection 3 times/week, there was a significant reduction in mortality, however, the myocardial pathology and right ventricular dilation was unchanged in these mice compared to control animals. In C57BL/6 mice infected with the Tulahuen strain, there was no change in mortality in response to risedronate treatment. These data suggest that this class of compounds has activity against T. cruzi in vivo and illustrate the utility of imaging and pathologic studies as adjuncts in the evaluation of therapeutic compounds as treatments for experimental Chagas' disease. In addition, it underscores the need to use different strains of T. cruzi.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, 1300 Morris Park Avenue, Bronx, NY 10461, USA.
authors.forename: Boumediene
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Bouzahzah
authors.forename: Linda A
authors.initials: LA
authors.lastname: Jelicks
authors.forename: Stephen A
authors.initials: SA
authors.lastname: Morris
authors.forename: Louis M
authors.initials: LM
authors.lastname: Weiss
authors.forename: Herbert B
authors.initials: HB
authors.lastname: Tanowitz
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002598:Chagas Cardiomyopathy / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000469:parasitology / Q000473:pathology; D014355:Chagas Disease / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000469:parasitology / Q000473:pathology; D004195:Disease Models, Animal; D012968:Etidronic Acid / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000031:analogs & derivatives* / Q000494:pharmacology / Q000627:therapeutic use; D051379:Mice; D008810:Mice, Inbred C57BL; D009206:Myocardium / Q000473:pathology; D000068296:Risedronic Acid; D016019:Survival Analysis; D014344:Trypanocidal Agents / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000494:pharmacology / Q000627:therapeutic use; D014349:Trypanosoma cruzi / Q000187:drug effects*
chemical_list: D014344:Trypanocidal Agents; D000068296:Risedronic Acid; D012968:Etidronic Acid