title: Preventive and curative effects of cyclophosphamide in an animal model of Guillain Barrè syndrome.
abstract: The immunosuppressive agent cyclophosphamide (CY) was tested in rat experimental allergic neuritis (EAN), a preclinical model of Guillain Barrè syndrome (GBS). CY prophylaxis (day 0 and 14 post-immunization [p.i.]) effectively prevents clinical and histological signs of EAN and also reduces the cytokine and the NF-kappaB p65 expression in the nervous tissue. When administered therapeutically (day 14th p.i.) to rats with established disease CY only affects the clinical symptoms. Both the prophylactic and therapeutic treatment with CY reduced ex vivo antigen-specific T cell proliferative responses. These results warrant studies with CY in those cases of GBS resistant to conventional therapies.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biomedical Sciences, Section of Clinical Pathology and Molecular Oncology, University of Catania, Catania, Italy.
authors.forename: Katia
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Mangano
authors.forename: Gabriele
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Dati
authors.forename: Cinzia
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Quattrocchi
authors.forename: Lidia
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Proietti
authors.forename: Clorinda
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Mazzarino
authors.forename: Roberto
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Di Marco
authors.forename: Klaus
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Bendtzen
authors.forename: Beatrice
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Greco
authors.forename: Paola
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Zaratin
authors.forename: Ferdinando
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Nicoletti
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D049109:Cell Proliferation / Q000187:drug effects; D003520:Cyclophosphamide / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D016207:Cytokines / Q000378:metabolism; D004195:Disease Models, Animal; D004334:Drug Administration Schedule; D020275:Guillain-Barre Syndrome / Q000139:chemically induced / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000378:metabolism / Q000473:pathology / Q000517:prevention & control*; D007166:Immunosuppressive Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D008297:Male; D018993:Myelin P0 Protein; D051381:Rats; D012584:Sciatic Nerve / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism; D018709:Statistics, Nonparametric; D013997:Time Factors; D019892:eIF-2 Kinase / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D016207:Cytokines; D007166:Immunosuppressive Agents; D018993:Myelin P0 Protein; D003520:Cyclophosphamide; D019892:eIF-2 Kinase