Date of Award
2006
Document Type
Thesis
Department
Biology
First Reader
Dr. Lori Hensley
Second Reader
Dr. Randall Wight
Third Reader
Dr. Krista Peppers
Abstract
Multiple sclerosis (MS) is a neurodegenerative disease characterized by an autoimmune attack against myelin sheaths in the central nervous system (CNS). Resulting debilitations vary from sensory, motor, and coordination abnormalities to visual difficulties as well as bowel, bladder, sexual, and cognitive dysfunction (Fox, 2006). Mitoxantrone (Novantrone) is an FDAapproved drug used to treat the secondary-progressive form ofMS due to its demonstrated immunosuppressive properties. While the mechanism of action of mitoxantrone is not yet well understood, and is limited in its use due to cardiotoxicity, the aim of this study was to determine the effect of mitoxantrone on microglial and astrocyte activation as a measure of the inflammatory response. Enzyme-linked immunosorbent assays (ELISA) showed that lipopolysaccharide (LPS) stimulates markers of activation including nitric oxide (NO), interleukin-1-beta (IL-l b), interleukin-6 (IL-6), and monocyte chemoattractant protein-1 (MCP-1) in N9 cultured microglia, and moreover, that mitoxantrone inhibits these effects in a dosedependent manner.
Recommended Citation
Tull, Cameron A., "Mitoxantrone Represses Markers of Microglial Activation and Inflammation" (2006). Honors Theses. 68.
https://scholarlycommons.obu.edu/honors_theses/68