Cutaneous Leishmaniasis in the Dorsal Skin of Hamsters: a Useful Model for the Screening of Antileishmanial Drugs

ABSTRACT: Traditionally, hamsters are experimentally inoculated in the snout or the footpad. However in these sites an ulcer not always occurs, measurement of lesion size is a hard procedure and animals show difficulty to eat, breathe and move because of the lesion. In order to optimize the hamster model for cutaneous leishmaniasis, young adult male and female golden hamsters (Mesocricetus auratus) were injected intradermally at the dorsal skin with 1 to 1.5 x l07 promastigotes of Leishmania species and progression of subsequent lesions were evaluated for up to 16 weeks post infection. The golden hamster was selected because it is considered the adequate bio-model to evaluate drugs against Leishmania as they are susceptible to infection by different species. Cutaneous infection of hamsters results in chronic but controlled lesions, and a clinical evolution with signs similar to those observed in humans. Therefore, the establishment of the extent of infection by measuring the size of the lesion according to the area of indurations and ulcers is feasible. This approach has proven its versatility and easy management during inoculation, follow up and characterization of typical lesions (ulcers), application of treatments through different ways and obtaining of clinical samples after different treatments. By using this method the quality of animal life regarding locomotion, search for food and water, play and social activities is also preserved.

• Autores: Robledo Restrepo, Sara María; Carrillo Bonilla, Lina María; Rodríguez, Berardo de Jesús; Daza Figueredo, Juan Alejandro; Restrepo Agudelo, Adriana María; Muñoz Herrera, Diana Lorena; Tobón Peña, Jairo Andrés; Murillo Arroyave, Javier Darío; López Arias, Anderson; Ríos Úsuga, Carolina; Mesa Castro, Carol Vanesa; Yulieth Alexandra, Upegui Zapata; Valencia Tobón, Alejandro; Mondragón Shem, Karina; Vélez Bernal, Iván Darío
• Tipo de recurso: Article of investigation
• Fecha de publicación: 2012
• Institución: Universidad de Antioquia
• Repositorio: Repositorio UdeA
• Idioma: eng
• OAI Identifier: oai:bibliotecadigital.udea.edu.co:10495/33383
• Acceso en línea: https://hdl.handle.net/10495/33383
• Palabra clave: Antiprotozoarios; Antiprotozoal Agents; Leishmaniasis Cutánea; Leishmaniasis, Cutaneous; Cricetinae; Modelos Animales de Enfermedad; Disease Models, Animal; Leishmania - crecimiento y desarrollo; Leishmania - growth and development; Evaluación Preclínica de Medicamentos; Drug Evaluation, Preclinical; Mesocricetus
• Rights: openAccess
• License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/