The effect of ciamexone on lymphocytic thyroiditis and insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus in the BB/Wor rat. 1990

S Abend, and J Cormier, and M C Appel, and W Lueprasitsakul, and S Alex, and J P Mordes, and K H Usadel, and E S Handler, and A A Rossini, and L E Braverman
Department of Medicine, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester 01655.

Previous studies have suggested that ciamexone, a 2-cyan-aziridine derivative, is a selective immunomodulatory agent with potential therapeutic application in a variety of autoimmune diseases. In the present study, the effects of ciamexone on autoimmune lymphocytic thyroiditis and diabetes mellitus were studied in the BB rat. The data suggest that, in this animal model, ciamexone does not affect the frequency of autoimmune diabetes or lymphocytic thyroiditis nor does it affect the serum TSH or T4 concentrations.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D008297 Male Males
D011913 Rats, Inbred BB A strain of Rattus norvegicus which is a model for spontaneous insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus (DIABETES MELLITUS, INSULIN-DEPENDENT). BB Wistar Rats,Bio-Breeding Inbred Rats,Rats, BB,BB Rat,BB Rat, Inbred,BB Rats,BB Rats, Inbred,Bio Breeding Inbred Rats,Bio-Breeding Inbred Rat,Inbred BB Rat,Inbred BB Rats,Inbred Rat, Bio-Breeding,Inbred Rats, Bio-Breeding,Rat, BB,Rat, Bio-Breeding Inbred,Rat, Inbred BB,Rats, BB Wistar,Rats, Bio-Breeding Inbred,Wistar Rats, BB
D003922 Diabetes Mellitus, Type 1 A subtype of DIABETES MELLITUS that is characterized by INSULIN deficiency. It is manifested by the sudden onset of severe HYPERGLYCEMIA, rapid progression to DIABETIC KETOACIDOSIS, and DEATH unless treated with insulin. The disease may occur at any age, but is most common in childhood or adolescence. Diabetes Mellitus, Brittle,Diabetes Mellitus, Insulin-Dependent,Diabetes Mellitus, Juvenile-Onset,Diabetes Mellitus, Ketosis-Prone,Diabetes Mellitus, Sudden-Onset,Diabetes, Autoimmune,IDDM,Autoimmune Diabetes,Diabetes Mellitus, Insulin-Dependent, 1,Diabetes Mellitus, Type I,Insulin-Dependent Diabetes Mellitus 1,Juvenile-Onset Diabetes,Type 1 Diabetes,Type 1 Diabetes Mellitus,Brittle Diabetes Mellitus,Diabetes Mellitus, Insulin Dependent,Diabetes Mellitus, Juvenile Onset,Diabetes Mellitus, Ketosis Prone,Diabetes Mellitus, Sudden Onset,Diabetes, Juvenile-Onset,Diabetes, Type 1,Insulin Dependent Diabetes Mellitus 1,Insulin-Dependent Diabetes Mellitus,Juvenile Onset Diabetes,Juvenile-Onset Diabetes Mellitus,Ketosis-Prone Diabetes Mellitus,Sudden-Onset Diabetes Mellitus
D004353 Drug Evaluation, Preclinical Preclinical testing of drugs in experimental animals or in vitro for their biological and toxic effects and potential clinical applications. Drug Screening,Evaluation Studies, Drug, Pre-Clinical,Drug Evaluation Studies, Preclinical,Drug Evaluations, Preclinical,Evaluation Studies, Drug, Preclinical,Evaluation, Preclinical Drug,Evaluations, Preclinical Drug,Medicinal Plants Testing, Preclinical,Preclinical Drug Evaluation,Preclinical Drug Evaluations,Drug Screenings,Screening, Drug,Screenings, Drug
D005260 Female Females
D000276 Adjuvants, Immunologic Substances that augment, stimulate, activate, potentiate, or modulate the immune response at either the cellular or humoral level. The classical agents (Freund's adjuvant, BCG, Corynebacterium parvum, et al.) contain bacterial antigens. Some are endogenous (e.g., histamine, interferon, transfer factor, tuftsin, interleukin-1). Their mode of action is either non-specific, resulting in increased immune responsiveness to a wide variety of antigens, or antigen-specific, i.e., affecting a restricted type of immune response to a narrow group of antigens. The therapeutic efficacy of many biological response modifiers is related to their antigen-specific immunoadjuvanticity. Immunoactivators,Immunoadjuvant,Immunoadjuvants,Immunologic Adjuvant,Immunopotentiator,Immunopotentiators,Immunostimulant,Immunostimulants,Adjuvant, Immunologic,Adjuvants, Immunological,Immunologic Adjuvants,Immunological Adjuvant,Adjuvant, Immunological,Immunological Adjuvants
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
D001388 Aziridines Saturated azacyclopropane compounds. They include compounds with substitutions on CARBON or NITROGEN atoms. Ethyleneimines,Azacyclopropanes, Saturated,Dimethyleneimines,Saturated Azacyclopropanes
D013967 Thyroiditis, Autoimmune Inflammatory disease of the THYROID GLAND due to autoimmune responses leading to lymphocytic infiltration of the gland. It is characterized by the presence of circulating thyroid antigen-specific T-CELLS and thyroid AUTOANTIBODIES. The clinical signs can range from HYPOTHYROIDISM to THYROTOXICOSIS depending on the type of autoimmune thyroiditis. Autoimmune Thyroiditis,Thyroiditis, Lymphocytic,Thyroiditis, Lymphomatous,Autoimmune Thyroiditides,Lymphocytic Thyroiditides,Lymphocytic Thyroiditis,Lymphomatous Thyroiditides,Lymphomatous Thyroiditis,Thyroiditides, Autoimmune,Thyroiditides, Lymphocytic,Thyroiditides, Lymphomatous
D013972 Thyrotropin A glycoprotein hormone secreted by the adenohypophysis (PITUITARY GLAND, ANTERIOR). Thyrotropin stimulates THYROID GLAND by increasing the iodide transport, synthesis and release of thyroid hormones (THYROXINE and TRIIODOTHYRONINE). Thyrotropin consists of two noncovalently linked subunits, alpha and beta. Within a species, the alpha subunit is common in the pituitary glycoprotein hormones (TSH; LUTEINIZING HORMONE and FSH), but the beta subunit is unique and confers its biological specificity. Thyroid-Stimulating Hormone,TSH (Thyroid Stimulating Hormone),Thyreotropin,Thyrotrophin,Hormone, Thyroid-Stimulating,Thyroid Stimulating Hormone

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