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EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF PHARMACOLOGY
Volume 435, Issue 2-3, Pages 253-258Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
DOI: 10.1016/S0014-2999(01)01555-2
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methotrexate; MRL/1pr mouse; pulse therapy weekly; survival; myelosuppression
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The purpose of this study was to determine whether weekly pulse therapy was superior to daily administration of methotrexate in MRL/1pr mice, Oral methotrexate was given to 6-week-old MRL/1pr mice at doses of 0.3, 1.0, or 3.0 mg/kg 5 days a week or at a dose of 15.0 mg/kg once a week until 35 weeks of age. The effects of methotrexate on physical, serological, and pathological findings were assessed. The survival rate and articular destruction on X-ray films were also evaluated. Both weekly pulse therapy and daily administration of methotrexate at the same weekly dose improved nephropathy and articular destruction of MRL/1pr mice when compared with control. However, weekly pulse therapy with methotrexate prolonged the survival of MRL/1pr mice when compared with the daily administration of the same weekly dose of methotrexate and control. Methotrexate did not suppress the increase in anti-DNA antibody and rheumatoid factor. Daily administration of methotrexate reduced the red and white blood cell counts, whereas weekly pulse therapy caused little reduction. In conclusion, weekly pulse therapy was superior to daily administration of methotrexate with respect to the survival rate, possibly due to a reduction in toxicity. (C) 2002 Elsevier Science B.V. All rights reserved.
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