Abstract
To test the efficacy of a new amphotericin B derivative, MS-8209, in delaying scrapie, hamsters were infected intracerebrally with the 263K scrapie agent and treated with MS-8209 either early in the course of the disease or continuously. The results show that (i) all treatments lengthened the incubation period of hamster scrapie, (ii) continuous treatment with MS-8209 doubled the length of the incubation period compared with that observed in infected, untreated animals, and (iii) all treatments delayed the accumulation of a proteinase-resistant prion protein and glial fibrillary acidic protein in the brain. These findings suggest that MS-8209 is a powerful tool for investigating the pathogenesis of transmissible subacute spongiform encephalopathies.
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