Krishnan_2016_Neurotoxicol_53_64

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Title : Intranasal delivery of obidoxime to the brain prevents mortality and CNS damage from organophosphate poisoning - Krishnan_2016_Neurotoxicol_53_64
Author(s) : Krishnan JK , Arun P , Appu AP , Vijayakumar N , Figueiredo TH , Braga MF , Baskota S , Olsen CH , Farkas N , Dagata J , Frey WH, 2nd , Moffett JR , Namboodiri AM
Ref : Neurotoxicology , 53 :64 , 2016
Abstract :

Intranasal delivery is an emerging method for bypassing the blood brain barrier (BBB) and targeting therapeutics to the CNS. Oximes are used to counteract the effects of organophosphate poisoning, but they do not readily cross the BBB. Therefore, they cannot effectively counteract the central neuropathologies caused by cholinergic over-activation when administered peripherally. For these reasons we examined intranasal administration of oximes in an animal model of severe organophosphate poisoning to determine their effectiveness in reducing mortality and seizure-induced neuronal degeneration. Using the paraoxon model of organophosphate poisoning, we administered the standard treatment (intramuscular pralidoxime plus atropine sulphate) to all animals and then compared the effectiveness of intranasal application of obidoxime (OBD) to saline in the control groups. Intranasally administered OBD was effective in partially reducing paraoxon-induced acetylcholinesterase inhibition in the brain and substantially reduced seizure severity and duration. Further, intranasal OBD completely prevented mortality, which was 41% in the animals given standard treatment plus intranasal saline. Fluoro-Jade-B staining revealed extensive neuronal degeneration in the surviving saline-treated animals 24h after paraoxon administration, whereas no detectable degenerating neurons were observed in any of the animals given intranasal OBD 30min before or 5min after paraoxon administration. These findings demonstrate that intranasally administered oximes bypass the BBB more effectively than those administered peripherally and provide an effective method for protecting the brain from organophosphates. The addition of intranasally administered oximes to the current treatment regimen for organophosphate poisoning would improve efficacy, reducing both brain damage and mortality.

PubMedSearch : Krishnan_2016_Neurotoxicol_53_64
PubMedID: 26751814

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Krishnan JK, Arun P, Appu AP, Vijayakumar N, Figueiredo TH, Braga MF, Baskota S, Olsen CH, Farkas N, Dagata J, Frey WH, 2nd, Moffett JR, Namboodiri AM (2016)
Intranasal delivery of obidoxime to the brain prevents mortality and CNS damage from organophosphate poisoning
Neurotoxicology 53 :64

Krishnan JK, Arun P, Appu AP, Vijayakumar N, Figueiredo TH, Braga MF, Baskota S, Olsen CH, Farkas N, Dagata J, Frey WH, 2nd, Moffett JR, Namboodiri AM (2016)
Neurotoxicology 53 :64