PMID: 9438907Jan 24, 1998Paper

Effects of liposteroid on skin lesions in autoimmune MRLlpr/lpr mice

Journal of Dermatological Science
M AiharaH Nakajima

Abstract

Dexamethasone palmitate (D-PAL) incorporated into lipid microspheres (D-PAL emulsion) is taken up by the reticuloendothelial system and by some inflammatory cells. Therefore, it has a stronger anti-inflammatory activity than free corticosteroids in vivo. To study the effect of D-PAL emulsion on systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE), we administered D-PAL emulsion to MRLlpr/lpr mice, an animal model for human SLE. The effect of D-PAL emulsion was compared with that of methylprednisolone (m-PSL), a water-soluble steroid. Percent survival was higher in the group treated with 0.25 mg of D-PAL emulsion intravenously once every 4 weeks than in those groups treated similarly with m-PSL or PBS control. Swelling of lymph nodes was frequent in the group treated with m-PSL or with PBS, while rarely observed in the group treated with D-PAL emulsion. Proteinuria was more frequent in the groups treated with m-PSL or PBS than in the group treated with D-PAL emulsion. Although the frequency of skin lesions was not different between these three groups, the control and m-PSL treated mice had severe skin lesions, such as hair loss of erythematous skin with scales and crusts at the nape, while D-PAL emulsion treated animals showed only facial alopeci...Continue Reading

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