Correlation between inhibition of growth and arginine transport of Leishmania donovani promastigotes in vitro by diamidines.
Life Sci
; 59(7): PL75-80, 1996.
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ABSTRACT
Diamidines are known to possess potent antiprotozoal activity due to their property of binding with DNA minor groove. Pentamidine or 1,5-bis-(4'-amidinophenoxy)pentane, is the most known aromatic diamidine and is used to treat cases of antimony resistant leishmaniasis. Yet, it suffers from limited clinical application due to its adverse and toxic side effects. A set of four structural analogs of pentamidine along with the known antileishmanial diamidines viz., pentamidine, berenil and dibromopropamidine, were tested for their effect on growth of Leishmania donovani promastigotes in vitro using 3H-thymidine incorporation as the growth parameter. In view of structural similarity between amidino moiety of diamidines and guanidino group of L-arginine and also the previous report from this laboratory regarding presence of a novel arginine transporter in Leishmania donovani promastigotes, a parallel study was also conducted with the analogs and standard diamidines for their inhibitory effect on leishmanial arginine transport function. Bisbenzyl pentamidine and biscyclopropyl pentamidine were identified as considerably more potent inhibitors of growth and arginine transport function of leishmania promastigotes in vitro than the parent drug, pentamidine. A linear correlation was established between inhibition of parasite growth and arginine transport with regard to standard diamidines as well as novel analogs. Inhibition of arginine transport by dibromopropamidine and Pentamidine was competitive. The diamidines possibly gain entry into leishmania cells through arginine transporter.
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MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Pentamidina
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Arginina
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Leishmania donovani
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Antiprotozoários
Limite:
Animals
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Life Sci
Ano de publicação:
1996
Tipo de documento:
Article