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| Barbosa,Vanessa Santos de Arruda; Holanda,Maria de Carvalho Xavier; Silva,Roseane Pereira da; Oliveira,Daniel Pereira de; Silva Júnior,Maurício Ferreira da; Oliveira,Elias Herculano de; Spyrides,Maria Helena Constantino; Medeiros,Aldo Cunha. |
| Benznidazole, a drug with specific anti-Trypanosoma cruzi activity, is used in the treatment of Chagas' disease. The radiopharmaceutical sodium pertechnetate (Na99mTcO4) is used to obtain diagnostic images of the stomach, thyroid, parathyroids, salivary glands, brain and in the study of esophageal reflux and blood flow. This study aimed at evaluating in vivo the influence of benznidazole treatment on the sodium pertechnetate biodistribution in Wistar rats. The percentage of radioactivity per gram (%ATI/g) of various organs (brain, heart, esophagus, stomach, small intestine, large intestine, spleen, liver, muscle and blood) was determined. Comparing the treated rats with the controls, we observed that sodium pertechnetate biodistribution did not change when... |
| Tipo: Info:eu-repo/semantics/article |
Palavras-chave: Antiparasite; Radiopharmaceutical; Technetium-99m; Benznidazole; Biodistribution; Trypanosoma cruzi. |
| Ano: 2008 |
URL: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1516-89132008000700028 |
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| MAYA,JUAN DIEGO; RODRÍGUEZ,ANDRÉS; PINO,LAURA; PABÓN,ADRIANA; FERREIRA,JORGE; PAVANI,MARIO; REPETTO,YOLANDA; MORELLO,ANTONIO. |
| Proteins rich in sulfhydryl groups, such as metallothionein, are present in several strains of the parasite Trypanosoma cruzi, the etiological agent of Chagas' disease. Metallothionein-like protein concentrations ranged from 5.1 to 13.2 pmol/mg protein depending on the parasite strain and growth phase. Nifurtimox and benznidazole, used in the treatment of Chagas' disease, decreased metallothionein activity by approximately 70%. T. cruzi metallothionein was induced by ZnCl2. Metallothionein from T. cruzi was partially purified and its monobromobimane derivative showed a molecular weight of approximately 10,000 Da by SDS-PAGE analysis. The concentration of trypanothione, the major glutathione conjugate in T. cruzi, ranged from 3.8 to 10.8 nmol/mg protein,... |
| Tipo: Journal article |
Palavras-chave: Trypanosoma cruzi; Metallothionein; Glutathione; Trypanothione; Benznidazole; Nifurtimox; Buthionine sulfoximine. |
| Ano: 2004 |
URL: http://www.scielo.cl/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0716-97602004000100007 |
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