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BMC Infect Dis ; 12: 1, 2012 Jan 03.
Artículo en Inglés | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-22214291

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BACKGROUND: The human malaria parasite remains a burden in developing nations. It is responsible for up to one million deaths a year, a number that could rise due to increasing multi-drug resistance to all antimalarial drugs currently available. Therefore, there is an urgent need for the discovery of new drug therapies. Recently, our laboratory developed a simple one-step fluorescence-based live cell-imaging assay to integrate the complex biology of the human malaria parasite into drug discovery. Here we used our newly developed live cell-imaging platform to discover novel marine natural products and their cellular phenotypic effects against the most lethal malaria parasite, Plasmodium falciparum. METHODS: A high content live cell imaging platform was used to screen marine extracts effects on malaria. Parasites were grown in vitro in the presence of extracts, stained with RNA sensitive dye, and imaged at timed intervals with the BD Pathway HT automated confocal microscope. RESULTS: Image analysis validated our new methodology at a larger scale level and revealed potential antimalarial activity of selected extracts with a minimal cytotoxic effect on host red blood cells. To further validate our assay, we investigated parasite's phenotypes when incubated with the purified bioactive natural product bromophycolide A. We show that bromophycolide A has a strong and specific morphological effect on parasites, similar to the ones observed from the initial extracts. CONCLUSION: Collectively, our results show that high-content live cell-imaging (HCLCI) can be used to screen chemical libraries and identify parasite specific inhibitors with limited host cytotoxic effects. All together we provide new leads for the discovery of novel antimalarials.


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Antimaláricos/aislamiento & purificación , Productos Biológicos/aislamiento & purificación , Técnicas Citológicas/métodos , Evaluación Preclínica de Medicamentos/métodos , Procesamiento de Imagen Asistido por Computador/métodos , Plasmodium falciparum/efectos de los fármacos , Antimaláricos/farmacología , Productos Biológicos/farmacología , Eritrocitos/parasitología , Humanos , Plasmodium falciparum/crecimiento & desarrollo
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