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NK1 230 nM (Ki) |
NK2 8150 nM (Ki) |
Spantide I (50 and 100 nM perfused through the cerebral ventricles) causes a complete respiratory arrest in all of the examined animals.
Spantide I (36 μg/mouse, ip daily) significantly decreases the number of perforated corneas, bacterial counts, and PMNs. Spantide I also downregulates the mRNA levels for type I cytokines (e.g., IFN-γ) as well as MIP-2, IL-6, TNF-α, and IL-1β.
| Animal Model: | Female, 8-week-old C57BL/6 (B6) and BALB/c mice. |
| Dosage: | 36 μg/mouse. |
| Administration: | IP on days -1 and 0 (day of infection) and daily through 5 days pi (post infection). |
| Result: |
At 3 and 5 days pi, compound-treated mice had significantly less severe ocular disease than did the PBS-treated mice.
Contained significantly fewer PMNs than the corneas of PBS-treated mice at 3 and 5 days pi. Significantly reduced levels of corneal TNF-α mRNA at 3 and 5 days pi. Significantly reduced the level of IL-18 mRNA at 1 day pi. |