TABLE 1.
Experiment | Aze Dose (mg/kg) | Treatment |
Treatment Duration | Analyses Performed | Non-CNS Tissues | |
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IP | PO | |||||
A1 (adult mice) | 0, 300, 600 | QD (5 mice/group) | QD (n = 5 mice/group) | Up to 4 weeks* | + | |
A2 (adult mice) | 0, 300, 600 | 5×/week (3–4 mice/group) | — | Up to 4 weeks |
|
+ |
N1 pups | 0, 350 | — | 3×/week (n = 37 total) | D23 (postweaning) to D44 | LM† | + |
N1 dams | 0, 350 | — | 3×/week (n = 3/group) | 5 weeks (postbirth) | LM† | + |
N2 pups | 0, 300 | — | 3×/week (n = 5/group) | E14 to D22 (weaning) to 6 weeks | LM†, TUNEL, Caspase 3 IHC | +§ |
N2 dams | 0, 300 | — | 3×/week (n = 2/group) | E14 to 5 weeks postbirth | LM†, TUNEL, Caspase 3 IHC | +§ |
LM, light microscopy; EM, electron microscopy; IHC immunohistochemistry; TUNEL, terminal deoxynucleotidyl transferase biotin-dUTP nick end labeling; +, tissues sampled.
Excludes mice that died or were euthanized in the 600 mg/kg group.
LM, Light microscopy: H&E, Luxol fast blue, Bielschowsky.
IHC, immunostained with antibodies listed in Table 2.
Samples include eyes and optic nerves.
Iba-1 IHC only.