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ArticleAntimicrobial agents and chemotherapy1999

Thiolated recombinant human tumor necrosis factor-alpha protects against Plasmodium berghei K173-induced experimental cerebral malaria in mice.

N S Postma, R C Hermsen, D J Crommelin, W M Eling, J Zuidema

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Article in Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy, 1999. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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5 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

N S PostmaDepartment of Pharmaceutics, Utrecht Institute for Pharmaceutical Sciences, Utrecht University, 3508 TB Utrecht, The Netherlands.
R C Hermsen
D J Crommelin
W M Eling
J Zuidema
Utrecht University · NLRadboud University Nijmegen · NL

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The introduction of reactive thiol groups in recombinant human tumor necrosis factor (TNF) alpha (rhTNF-alpha) by the reagent succinimidyl-S-acetylthioacetate resulted in the formation of a chemically stabilized rhTNF-alpha trimer (rhTNFalpha-AT; as determined by sodium dodecyl sulfate-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis analysis). rhTNFalpha-AT showed a substantially enhanced protective efficacy against the development of experimental murine cerebral malaria (ECM) after intravenous injection compared to the protective efficacy of nonmodified rhTNF-alpha. Administration of thiolated rhTNF-alpha with protected thiol groups (rhTNFalpha-ATA; no stabilized trimers in vitro) exhibited the same protective efficacy against ECM, while in vitro bioactivity was reduced. Parasitemia was significantly suppressed in rhTNF-treated mice that were protected against ECM but not in treated mice that developed ECM. Protection against ECM was not related to increased concentrations in plasma of soluble TNF receptor 1 and 2 directly after injection or at the moment of development of ECM in nontreated mice. The results indicate that thiolation of rhTNF-alpha leads to the formation of stable trimers with increased potential in vivo.

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Plasmodium bergheiAnimalsHumansInjections, IntravenousMalaria, CerebralMiceReceptors, Tumor Necrosis FactorRecombinant ProteinsSuccinimidesSulfhydryl ReagentsSulfidesTumor Necrosis Factor-alphaN-hydroxysuccinimide S-acetylthioacetateReceptors, Tumor Necrosis FactorRecombinant ProteinsSuccinimidesSulfhydryl ReagentsSulfidesTumor Necrosis Factor-alpha

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PMID10223910
PMCPMC89107
OpenAlexW2154169908

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