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The rapid development of drug-resistance by Trypanosoma evansi in immunosuppressed mice. 1992

A S Osman, and F W Jennings, and P H Holmes

University of Glasgow Veterinary School, U.K.

The effect of immunosuppression on the development of drug resistance by trypanosomes was investigated in mice infected with Trypanosoma evansi. As a result of frequent passage in immunosuppressed mice given subcurative drug treatments clones of T. evansi rapidly developed high levels of resistance to mel Cy, diminazene aceturate and isometamidium chloride. Similar protocols in normal immunocompetent mice infected with the same parent clones did not lead to the development of drug-resistance. The resistant populations developed in immunosuppressed mice maintained their high levels of resistance when tested in normal mice. The mel Cy resistant clone was tested for cross-resistance to other trypanocides and was found to be also highly resistant to diminazene and pentamidine. The results indicate that impairment of the host immune system may lead to the rapid development of drug-resistance by T. evansi under experimental conditions in mice and may possibly play a role in the development of drug resistance by trypanosomes in the field.

UI	MeSH Term	Description	Entries
D007165	Immunosuppression Therapy	Deliberate prevention or diminution of the host's immune response. It may be nonspecific as in the administration of immunosuppressive agents (drugs or radiation) or by lymphocyte depletion or may be specific as in desensitization or the simultaneous administration of antigen and immunosuppressive drugs.	Antirejection Therapy,Immunosuppression,Immunosuppressive Therapy,Anti-Rejection Therapy,Therapy, Anti-Rejection,Therapy, Antirejection,Anti Rejection Therapy,Anti-Rejection Therapies,Antirejection Therapies,Immunosuppression Therapies,Immunosuppressions,Immunosuppressive Therapies,Therapies, Immunosuppression,Therapies, Immunosuppressive,Therapy, Immunosuppression,Therapy, Immunosuppressive
D010617	Phenanthridines
D004133	Diminazene	An effective trypanocidal agent.	4,4'-Diazoaminobenzamidine,4,4' Diazoaminobenzamidine
D004351	Drug Resistance	Diminished or failed response of an organism, disease or tissue to the intended effectiveness of a chemical or drug. It should be differentiated from DRUG TOLERANCE which is the progressive diminution of the susceptibility of a human or animal to the effects of a drug, as a result of continued administration.	Resistance, Drug
D000818	Animals	Unicellular or multicellular, heterotrophic organisms, that have sensation and the power of voluntary movement. Under the older five kingdom paradigm, Animalia was one of the kingdoms. Under the modern three domain model, Animalia represents one of the many groups in the domain EUKARYOTA.	Animal,Metazoa,Animalia
D001152	Arsenicals	Inorganic or organic compounds that contain arsenic.	Arsenic Compounds,Compounds, Arsenic
D014344	Trypanocidal Agents	Agents destructive to the protozoal organisms belonging to the suborder TRYPANOSOMATINA.	Trypanocidal Drugs,Trypanocides,Trypanosomicidal Agents,Trypanosomicides,Agents, Trypanocidal,Agents, Trypanosomicidal,Drugs, Trypanocidal
D014345	Trypanosoma	A genus of flagellate protozoans found in the BLOOD and LYMPH of vertebrates and invertebrates, both hosts being required to complete the life cycle.	Nannomonas,Trypanosomes,Nannomona,Trypanosome
D014352	Trypanosomiasis	Infection with protozoa of the genus TRYPANOSOMA.	Trypanosomiases
D051379	Mice	The common name for the genus Mus.	Mice, House,Mus,Mus musculus,Mice, Laboratory,Mouse,Mouse, House,Mouse, Laboratory,Mouse, Swiss,Mus domesticus,Mus musculus domesticus,Swiss Mice,House Mice,House Mouse,Laboratory Mice,Laboratory Mouse,Mice, Swiss,Swiss Mouse,domesticus, Mus musculus

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