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Article

Bacillus anthracis Protective Antigen Kinetics in Inhalation Spore-Challenged Untreated or Levofloxacin/ Raxibacumab-Treated New Zealand White Rabbits

by
Alfred Corey
1,*,
Thi-Sau Migone
1,
Sally Bolmer
1,
Michele Fiscella
1,
Chris Ward
1,
Cecil Chen
1 and
Gabriel Meister
2
1
Human Genome Sciences, Inc., 14200 Shady Grove Road, Rockville, MD 20850, USA
2
Battelle Biomedical Research Center, 505 King Ave., JM-7, Columbus, OH 43201, USA
*
Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.
Toxins 2013, 5(1), 120-138; https://doi.org/10.3390/toxins5010120
Submission received: 23 July 2012 / Revised: 29 September 2012 / Accepted: 17 December 2012 / Published: 14 January 2013
(This article belongs to the Special Issue Anthrax Toxin)
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Abstract

Inhaled Bacillus anthracis spores germinate and the subsequent vegetative growth results in bacteremia and toxin production. Anthrax toxin is tripartite: the lethal factor and edema factor are enzymatic moieties, while the protective antigen (PA) binds to cell receptors and the enzymatic moieties. Antibiotics can control B. anthracis bacteremia, whereas raxibacumab binds PA and blocks lethal toxin effects. This study assessed plasma PA kinetics in rabbits following an inhaled B. anthracis spore challenge. Additionally, at 84 h post-challenge, 42% of challenged rabbits that had survived were treated with either levofloxacin/placebo or levofloxacin/raxibacumab. The profiles were modeled using a modified Gompertz/second exponential growth phase model in untreated rabbits, with added monoexponential PA elimination in treated rabbits. Shorter survival times were related to a higher plateau and a faster increase in PA levels. PA elimination half-lives were 10 and 19 h for the levofloxacin/placebo and levofloxacin/raxibacumab groups, respectively, with the difference attributable to persistent circulating PA-raxibacumab complex. PA kinetics were similar between untreated and treated rabbits, with one exception: treated rabbits had a plateau phase nearly twice as long as that for untreated rabbits. Treated rabbits that succumbed to disease had higher plateau PA levels and shorter plateau duration than surviving treated rabbits.
Keywords: protective antigen; kinetics; anthrax; raxibacumab protective antigen; kinetics; anthrax; raxibacumab
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Corey, A.; Migone, T.-S.; Bolmer, S.; Fiscella, M.; Ward, C.; Chen, C.; Meister, G. Bacillus anthracis Protective Antigen Kinetics in Inhalation Spore-Challenged Untreated or Levofloxacin/ Raxibacumab-Treated New Zealand White Rabbits. Toxins 2013, 5, 120-138. https://doi.org/10.3390/toxins5010120

AMA Style

Corey A, Migone T-S, Bolmer S, Fiscella M, Ward C, Chen C, Meister G. Bacillus anthracis Protective Antigen Kinetics in Inhalation Spore-Challenged Untreated or Levofloxacin/ Raxibacumab-Treated New Zealand White Rabbits. Toxins. 2013; 5(1):120-138. https://doi.org/10.3390/toxins5010120

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Corey, Alfred, Thi-Sau Migone, Sally Bolmer, Michele Fiscella, Chris Ward, Cecil Chen, and Gabriel Meister. 2013. "Bacillus anthracis Protective Antigen Kinetics in Inhalation Spore-Challenged Untreated or Levofloxacin/ Raxibacumab-Treated New Zealand White Rabbits" Toxins 5, no. 1: 120-138. https://doi.org/10.3390/toxins5010120

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Corey, A., Migone, T.-S., Bolmer, S., Fiscella, M., Ward, C., Chen, C., & Meister, G. (2013). Bacillus anthracis Protective Antigen Kinetics in Inhalation Spore-Challenged Untreated or Levofloxacin/ Raxibacumab-Treated New Zealand White Rabbits. Toxins, 5(1), 120-138. https://doi.org/10.3390/toxins5010120

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