PMID: 1200845Jan 1, 1975Paper

Comparison of the ability of small molecular interferon inducers: tilorone and acridine drugs

Archives of Virology
E T Gláz, M Tálas

Abstract

The antiviral activity and induction of interferon-like substance by mepacrine (quinacrine, Atabrine) and Acranil in mice, described previuosly, was studied in more detail and compared with tilorone. The serum substance induced by Acranil was characterized as mouse interferon. Acranil, given parenterally, proved to be as strong as tilorone regarding interferon stimulation, in spite of the presence of only one side chain in the Acrainl molecule. Mepacrine was found to be a wealer interferon inducer than either tilorone or Acranil. The mode of interferon induction by Acranil and tilorone (effect of metabolic inhibitors, hyporesponsiveness to repeated doses, correlation between acute toxicity and antiviral activity, failure of effectiveness in chicks and chicken embryo tissue culture) was found comparable. However, the body temperature reactions of mice to the drugs were different: a striking hypothermic effect of tilorone, a lower one of mepacrine and the absence of body temperature depression by Acranil was observed.

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May 31, 2011·Antiviral Research·Michele TonelliPaolo La Colla
Feb 1, 1991·Cytotechnology·G FiorucciG B Rossi
Jun 1, 1977·Acta Pathologica Et Microbiologica Scandinavica. Section B, Microbiology·M Degré, E T Gláz

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