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Refining drug administration in a murine model of acute infection with Trypanosoma cruzi
- Source :
- Laboratory Animal Research, Vol 36, Iss 1, Pp 1-7 (2020), CONICET Digital (CONICET), Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas, instacron:CONICET, Laboratory Animal Research
- Publication Year :
- 2020
- Publisher :
- BMC, 2020.
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Abstract
- Background: In animal research, "refinement" refers to modifications of husbandry or experimental procedures to enhance animal well-being and minimize or eliminate pain and distress. Evaluation of drug efficacy in mice models, such as those used to study Trypanosoma cruzi infection, require prolonged drug administration by the oral route (e.g. for 20 consecutive days). However, the orogastric gavage method can lead to significant discomfort, upper digestive or respiratory tract lesions, aspiration pneumonia and even accidental death. The aim of this work was to evaluate the effect of two administration methods (conventional oral gavage vs. a refined method using a disposable tip and automatic pipette) on the efficacy of benznidazole in a murine model of T. cruzi infection.Results: Both administration methods led to a rapid and persistent reduction in parasitaemia. Absence of T. cruzi DNA (evaluated by real-time PCR) in blood, cardiac and skeletal muscle confirmed that treatment efficacy was not influenced by the administration method used.Conclusions: The proposed refined method for long-term oral drug administration may be a suitable strategy for assessing drug efficacy in mice models of Chagas disease and can be applied to similar murine infection models to reduce animal discomfort. Fil: Gulin, Julián Ernesto Nicolás. Gobierno de la Ciudad de Buenos Aires. Hospital General de Niños "Ricardo Gutiérrez". Servicio de Parasitología y Chagas; Argentina. Gobierno de la Ciudad de Buenos Aires. Instituto Multidisciplinario de Investigaciones en Patologías Pediátricas. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Oficina de Coordinación Administrativa Houssay. Instituto Multidisciplinario de Investigaciones en Patologías Pediátricas; Argentina Fil: Bisio, Margarita María Catalina. Gobierno de la Ciudad de Buenos Aires. Hospital General de Niños "Ricardo Gutiérrez". Servicio de Parasitología y Chagas; Argentina. Gobierno de la Ciudad de Buenos Aires. Instituto Multidisciplinario de Investigaciones en Patologías Pediátricas. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Oficina de Coordinación Administrativa Houssay. Instituto Multidisciplinario de Investigaciones en Patologías Pediátricas; Argentina Fil: García Bournissen, Facundo. Gobierno de la Ciudad de Buenos Aires. Instituto Multidisciplinario de Investigaciones en Patologías Pediátricas. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Oficina de Coordinación Administrativa Houssay. Instituto Multidisciplinario de Investigaciones en Patologías Pediátricas; Argentina. Gobierno de la Ciudad de Buenos Aires. Hospital General de Niños "Ricardo Gutiérrez". Servicio de Parasitología y Chagas; Argentina
- Subjects :
- 0301 basic medicine
Chagas disease
030106 microbiology
CHRONIC TREATMENT
Pharmacology
Aspiration pneumonia
Efficacy
03 medical and health sciences
purl.org/becyt/ford/3.3 [https]
Chagas disease animal models
medicine
CHAGAS DISEASE ANIMAL MODELS
Trypanosoma cruzi
lcsh:QH301-705.5
Preclinical drug research
lcsh:R5-920
biology
REFINEMENT
business.industry
Methodology
Drug administration
purl.org/becyt/ford/3.1 [https]
Refinement
medicine.disease
biology.organism_classification
ORAL ADMINISTRATION
030104 developmental biology
medicine.anatomical_structure
lcsh:Biology (General)
Benznidazole
Murine model
Chronic treatment - Oral administration
purl.org/becyt/ford/3 [https]
purl.org/becyt/ford/4.3 [https]
business
lcsh:Medicine (General)
purl.org/becyt/ford/4 [https]
Respiratory tract
medicine.drug
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 22337660
- Volume :
- 36
- Issue :
- 1
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Laboratory Animal Research
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....17867253718d82e021c32572a94770b0