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The Emory mouse cataract: the effects on cataractogenesis of alpha-tocopherol, penicillamine, triethylenetetramine, and mercaptopropionylglycine. 1988

J F Kuck, and K D Kuck

Department of Ophthalmology, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia.

The Emory mouse develops a late-onset hereditary cataract bearing some resemblances to human senile cataract. It was used as a model system for testing the effects of several drugs expected to have anticataractogenic potential. A low level of added dietary alpha-tocopherol had only a marginal effect. Penicillamine increased lens soluble protein, a good index of lens viability. Triethylenetetramine was too toxic to permit satisfactory treatment. Mercaptopropionylglycine produced several positive effects including a retardation of cataract at 6 months of age; parameters which increased under drug treatment were lens weight, soluble protein content and protein sulfhydryl, but not glutathione. There was no effect on the total calcium concentration.

UI	MeSH Term	Description	Entries
D008625	Tiopronin	Sulfhydryl acylated derivative of GLYCINE.	Mercaptopropionylglycine,Thiopronine,2-Mercaptopropionylglycine,2-Thiol-propionamido-acetic Acid,2-Thiolpropionamidoacetic Acid,Acadione,Captimer,Meprin,Thiola,Tiopronine,alpha-Mercaptopropionylglycine,2 Mercaptopropionylglycine,2 Thiol propionamido acetic Acid,2 Thiolpropionamidoacetic Acid,Acid, 2-Thiol-propionamido-acetic,Acid, 2-Thiolpropionamidoacetic,alpha Mercaptopropionylglycine
D008815	Mice, Inbred Strains	Genetically identical individuals developed from brother and sister matings which have been carried out for twenty or more generations, or by parent x offspring matings carried out with certain restrictions. All animals within an inbred strain trace back to a common ancestor in the twentieth generation.	Inbred Mouse Strains,Inbred Strain of Mice,Inbred Strain of Mouse,Inbred Strains of Mice,Mouse, Inbred Strain,Inbred Mouse Strain,Mouse Inbred Strain,Mouse Inbred Strains,Mouse Strain, Inbred,Mouse Strains, Inbred,Strain, Inbred Mouse,Strains, Inbred Mouse
D010396	Penicillamine	3-Mercapto-D-valine. The most characteristic degradation product of the penicillin antibiotics. It is used as an antirheumatic and as a chelating agent in Wilson's disease.	Dimethylcysteine,Mercaptovaline,beta,beta-Dimethylcysteine,Copper Penicillaminate,Cuprenil,Cuprimine,D-3-Mercaptovaline,D-Penicillamine,Metalcaptase,D 3 Mercaptovaline,D Penicillamine,Penicillaminate, Copper,beta,beta Dimethylcysteine
D002386	Cataract	Partial or complete opacity on or in the lens or capsule of one or both eyes, impairing vision or causing blindness. The many kinds of cataract are classified by their morphology (size, shape, location) or etiology (cause and time of occurrence). (Dorland, 27th ed)	Cataract, Membranous,Lens Opacities,Pseudoaphakia,Cataracts,Cataracts, Membranous,Lens Opacity,Membranous Cataract,Membranous Cataracts,Opacities, Lens,Opacity, Lens,Pseudoaphakias
D005029	Ethylenediamines	Derivatives of ethylenediamine (the structural formula NH2CH2CH2NH2).
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
D014266	Trientine	An ethylenediamine derivative used as stabilizer for EPOXY RESINS, as ampholyte for ISOELECTRIC FOCUSING and as chelating agent for copper in HEPATOLENTICULAR DEGENERATION.	Triethylenetetramine,Syprine,Trien,Trientine Dihydrochloride,Trientine Hydrochloride
D014810	Vitamin E	A generic descriptor for all TOCOPHEROLS and TOCOTRIENOLS that exhibit ALPHA-TOCOPHEROL activity. By virtue of the phenolic hydrogen on the 2H-1-benzopyran-6-ol nucleus, these compounds exhibit varying degree of antioxidant activity, depending on the site and number of methyl groups and the type of ISOPRENOIDS.
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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