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Title | Potent Tetrahydroquinolone Eliminates Apicomplexan Parasites. |
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Journal, issue, pages | Front Cell Infect Microbiol, Vol. 10, Page 203, Year 2020 |
Publish date | Jun 9, 2020 |
Authors | Martin J McPhillie / Ying Zhou / Mark R Hickman / James A Gordon / Christopher R Weber / Qigui Li / Patty J Lee / Kangsa Amporndanai / Rachel M Johnson / Heather Darby / Stuart Woods / Zhu-Hong Li / Richard S Priestley / Kurt D Ristroph / Scott B Biering / Kamal El Bissati / Seungmin Hwang / Farida Esaa Hakim / Sarah M Dovgin / Joseph D Lykins / Lucy Roberts / Kerrie Hargrave / Hua Cong / Anthony P Sinai / Stephen P Muench / Jitender P Dubey / Robert K Prud'homme / Hernan A Lorenzi / Giancarlo A Biagini / Silvia N Moreno / Craig W Roberts / Svetlana V Antonyuk / Colin W G Fishwick / Rima McLeod / |
PubMed Abstract | Apicomplexan infections cause substantial morbidity and mortality, worldwide. New, improved therapies are needed. Herein, we create a next generation anti-apicomplexan lead compound, JAG21, a ...Apicomplexan infections cause substantial morbidity and mortality, worldwide. New, improved therapies are needed. Herein, we create a next generation anti-apicomplexan lead compound, JAG21, a tetrahydroquinolone, with increased sp3-character to improve parasite selectivity. Relative to other cytochrome inhibitors, JAG21 has improved solubility and ADMET properties, without need for pro-drug. JAG21 significantly reduces tachyzoites and encysted bradyzoites , and in primary and established chronic murine infections. Moreover, JAG21 treatment leads to 100% survival. Further, JAG21 is efficacious against drug-resistant . Causal prophylaxis and radical cure are achieved after sporozoite infection with oral administration of a single dose (2.5 mg/kg) or 3 days treatment at reduced dose (0.625 mg/kg/day), eliminating parasitemia, and leading to 100% survival. Enzymatic, binding, and co-crystallography/pharmacophore studies demonstrate selectivity for apicomplexan relative to mammalian enzymes. JAG21 has significant promise as a pre-clinical candidate for prevention, treatment, and cure of toxoplasmosis and malaria. |
External links | Front Cell Infect Microbiol / PubMed:32626661 / PubMed Central |
Methods | EM (single particle) / X-ray diffraction |
Resolution | 3.5 - 3.8 Å |
Structure data | EMDB-11002: PDB-6xvf: |
Chemicals | ChemComp-PG4: ChemComp-6PE: ChemComp-PO4: ChemComp-CDL: ChemComp-HEM: ChemComp-LMT: ChemComp-PEE: ChemComp-JAG: ChemComp-HEC: ChemComp-FES: ChemComp-PX4: ChemComp-HOH: |
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Keywords | MEMBRANE PROTEIN / Cytochrome bc1 / Malaria / Electron transport |