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21 June 2022 Significant Reduction of Total-Body Irradiation-Induced Death in Mice Treated with PrC-210 24 Hours Postirradiation
William E. Fahl, Michela Cadarso, Torsten R. Goesch
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The search for radiation countermeasures that can serve as: i. a pre-exposure agent to protect against subsequent irradiation, and/or ii. a post-exposure agent to mitigate the development of Acute Radiation Syndrome after radiation exposure, remains a prominent goal of the U.S. Government. This study was undertaken to determine whether PrC-210, when administered once, 24 h postirradiation, would provide a survival benefit and would mitigate Acute Radiation Syndrome in mice that had received an otherwise 95–100% lethal radiation dose. Our results show that a single intraperitoneal dose of PrC-210 (0.3–0.4 MTD, 151–201 ug/gm body weight) administered 24 h postirradiation, conferred: i. a 45% survival advantage (P = 0.002) in outbred ICR mice and a 25% survival advantage (P = 0.037) in inbred C57Bl/6 mice, ii. a significant increase in body weight in surviving mice (P = 0.012), iii. a discernible protection of intestinal structure by MRI imaging of live mice, iv. visibly denser jejunal villi and surface epithelium and v. visible bone marrow population in PrC-210-treated mice versus saline controls. The ability of PrC-210 to suppress 100% of radiation-induced death when administered minutes before irradiation, or roughly half of this effect (45%) when administered 24 h postirradiation is noteworthy. Determining the multiple paths by which PrC-210 protection is conferred is a process; the results in this report showing protection of two of the major systems central to Acute Radiation Syndrome damage, is a good first step. This was the first study of PrC-210 administered postirradiation; it conferred substantial survival benefit and suppression of Acute Radiation Syndrome. This outcome supports the continued development of PrC-210 to protect humans exposed to ionizing radiation.

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William E. Fahl, Michela Cadarso, and Torsten R. Goesch "Significant Reduction of Total-Body Irradiation-Induced Death in Mice Treated with PrC-210 24 Hours Postirradiation," Radiation Research 198(3), 263-270, (21 June 2022). https://doi.org/10.1667/RADE-22-00036.1
Received: 16 February 2022; Accepted: 6 June 2022; Published: 21 June 2022
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