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Plerixafor is a CXCR4 antagonist approved in 2008 by the FDA for hematopoietic stem cell collection. Subsequently, plerixafor has shown promise as a potential pathogen-agnostic immunomodulator in a variety of preclinical animal models. Additionally, investigator-led studies demonstrated plerixafor prevents viral and bacterial infections in patients with WHIM syndrome, a rare immunodeficiency with aberrant CXCR4 signaling. Here, we investigated whether plerixafor could be repurposed to treat sepsis or severe wound infections, either alone or as an adjunct therapy. In a Pseudomonas aeruginosa lipopolysaccharide (LPS)-induced zebrafish sepsis model, plerixafor reduced sepsis mortality and morbidity assessed by tail edema. There was a U-shaped response curve with the greatest effect seen at 0.1 µM concentration. We used Acinetobacter baumannii infection in a neutropenic murine thigh infection model. Plerixafor did not show reduced bacterial growth at 24 h in the mouse thigh model, nor did it amplify the effects of a rifampin antibiotic therapy, in varying regimens. While plerixafor did not mitigate or treat bacterial wound infections in mice, it did reduce sepsis mortality in zebra fish. The observed mortality reduction in our LPS model of zebrafish was consistent with prior research demonstrating a mortality benefit in a murine model of sepsis. However, based on our results, plerixafor is unlikely to be successful as an adjunct therapy for wound infections. Further research is needed to better define the scope of plerixafor as a pathogen-agnostic therapy. Future directions may include the use of longer acting CXCR4 antagonists, biased CXCR4 signaling, and optimization of animal models.
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Bencilaminas , Ciclamas , Modelos Animales de Enfermedad , Compuestos Heterocíclicos , Receptores CXCR4 , Sepsis , Pez Cebra , Animales , Ciclamas/farmacología , Ciclamas/administración & dosificación , Bencilaminas/farmacología , Sepsis/tratamiento farmacológico , Sepsis/microbiología , Compuestos Heterocíclicos/farmacología , Compuestos Heterocíclicos/administración & dosificación , Ratones , Receptores CXCR4/antagonistas & inhibidores , Receptores CXCR4/metabolismo , Muslo/microbiología , Infecciones por Acinetobacter/tratamiento farmacológico , Infecciones por Acinetobacter/microbiología , Pseudomonas aeruginosa/efectos de los fármacos , Pseudomonas aeruginosa/aislamiento & purificación , Infecciones por Pseudomonas/tratamiento farmacológico , Infecciones por Pseudomonas/microbiología , Femenino , Lipopolisacáridos , Infección de Heridas/microbiología , Infección de Heridas/tratamiento farmacológico , Antibacterianos/farmacología , Antibacterianos/uso terapéuticoRESUMEN
Leishmaniasis is a neglected tropical disease that is estimated to afflict over 12 million people. Current drugs for leishmaniasis suffer from serious deficiencies, including toxicity, high cost, modest efficacy, primarily parenteral delivery, and emergence of widespread resistance. We have discovered and developed a natural product-inspired tambjamine chemotype, known to be effective against Plasmodium spp, as a novel class of antileishmanial agents. Herein, we report in vitro and in vivo antileishmanial activities, detailed structure-activity relationships, and metabolic/pharmacokinetic profiles of a large library of tambjamines. A number of tambjamines exhibited excellent potency against both Leishmania mexicana and Leishmania donovani parasites with good safety and metabolic profiles. Notably, tambjamine 110 offered excellent potency and provided partial protection to leishmania-infected mice at 40 and/or 60 mg/kg/10 days of oral treatment. This study presents the first account of antileishmanial activity in the tambjamine family and paves the way for the generation of new oral antileishmanial drugs.
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Antiprotozoarios , Leishmania donovani , Leishmania mexicana , Animales , Relación Estructura-Actividad , Antiprotozoarios/farmacología , Antiprotozoarios/química , Antiprotozoarios/uso terapéutico , Antiprotozoarios/síntesis química , Antiprotozoarios/farmacocinética , Ratones , Leishmania donovani/efectos de los fármacos , Leishmania mexicana/efectos de los fármacos , Descubrimiento de Drogas , Humanos , Femenino , Leishmaniasis/tratamiento farmacológico , Ratones Endogámicos BALB CRESUMEN
We sought to better understand the utility and role of animal models of infection for Food and Drug Administration (FDA)-approved antibiotics for the indications of community-, hospital-acquired-, and ventilator-associated bacterial pneumonia (CABP, HABP, VABP), complicated urinary tract infection (cUTI), complicated intra-abdominal infection (cIAI), and acute bacterial skin and structural infections (ABSSSIs). We reviewed relevant documents from new drug applications (NDA) of FDA-approved antibiotics from 2014-2019 for the above indications. Murine neutropenic thigh infection models supported the choice of a pharmacokinetic-pharmacodynamic (PKPD) target in 11/12 NDAs reviewed. PKPD targets associated with at least a 1-log bacterial decrease were commonly considered ideal (10/12 NDAs) to support breakpoints. Plasma PK, as opposed to organ specific PK, was generally considered most reliable for PKPD correlation. Breakpoint determination was multi-disciplinary, accounting at minimum for epidemiologic cutoffs, non-clinical PKPD, clinical exposure-response and clinical efficacy. Non-clinical PKPD targets in combination with probability of target attainment (PTA) analyses generated breakpoints that were consistent with epidemiologic cutoffs and clinically derived breakpoints. In 6/12 NDAs, there was limited data to support clinically derived breakpoints, and hence the non-clinical PKPD targets in combination with PTA analyses played a heightened role in the final breakpoint determination. Sponsor and FDA breakpoint decisions were in general agreement. Disagreement may have arisen from differences in the definition of the optimal PKPD index or the ability to extrapolate protein binding from animals to humans. Overall, murine neutropenic thigh infection models supported the reviewed NDAs by providing evidence of pre-clinical efficacy and PKPD target determination, and played, in combination with PTA analysis, a significant role in breakpoint determination for labeling purposes.
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Genomic studies and experiments with permeability-deficient strains have revealed a variety of biological targets that can be engaged to kill Gram-negative bacteria. However, the formidable outer membrane and promiscuous efflux pumps of these pathogens prevent many candidate antibiotics from reaching these targets. One such promising target is the enzyme FabI, which catalyzes the rate-determining step in bacterial fatty acid biosynthesis. Notably, FabI inhibitors have advanced to clinical trials for Staphylococcus aureus infections but not for infections caused by Gram-negative bacteria. Here, we synthesize a suite of FabI inhibitors whose structures fit permeation rules for Gram-negative bacteria and leverage activity against a challenging panel of Gram-negative clinical isolates as a filter for advancement. The compound to emerge, called fabimycin, has impressive activity against >200 clinical isolates of Escherichia coli, Klebsiella pneumoniae, and Acinetobacter baumannii, and does not kill commensal bacteria. X-ray structures of fabimycin in complex with FabI provide molecular insights into the inhibition. Fabimycin demonstrates activity in multiple mouse models of infection caused by Gram-negative bacteria, including a challenging urinary tract infection model. Fabimycin has translational promise, and its discovery provides additional evidence that antibiotics can be systematically modified to accumulate in Gram-negative bacteria and kill these problematic pathogens.
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Cutaneous leishmaniasis (CL) is the most common form of leishmaniasis affecting human populations, yet CL remains largely ignored in drug discovery programs. CL causes disfiguring skin lesions and often relapses after "clinical cure" using existing therapeutics. To expand the pool of anti-CL lead candidates, we implemented an integrated screening platform comprising three progressive Leishmania parasite life cycle forms. We identified tretazicar (CB1954, 5-(aziridin-1-yl)-2,4-dinitrobenzamide) as a potent inhibitor of Leishmania parasite viability across multiple Leishmania species, which translated into complete and prolonged in vivo suppression of CL lesion formation in BALB/c mice when used as a monotherapy and which was superior to liposomal amphotericin B. In addition, oral twice a day administration of tretazicar healed the majority of existing Leishmania major (L. major) cutaneous lesions. In drug combination studies, there was a strong potentiation when subtherapeutic doses of liposomal amphotericin B and tretazicar were simultaneously administered. This drug combination decreased L. major lesion size in mice earlier than individual monotherapy drug treatments and maintained all animals lesion free for up to 64 days after treatment cessation. In contrast, administration of subtherapeutic doses of tretazicar or amphotericin B as monotherapies resulted in no or partial lesion cures, respectively. We propose that tretazicar should be explored as a component of a systemic CL combination therapy and potentially for other diseases where amphotericin B is a first line therapy.
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Antiprotozoarios , Leishmania major , Anfotericina B , Animales , Antiprotozoarios/farmacología , Aziridinas , Modelos Animales de Enfermedad , Ratones , Ratones Endogámicos BALB CRESUMEN
Drug resistance is a constant threat to malaria control efforts making it important to maintain a good pipeline of new drug candidates. Of particular need are compounds that also block transmission by targeting sexual stage parasites. Mature sexual stages are relatively resistant to all currently used antimalarials except the 8-aminoquinolines that are not commonly used due to potential side effects. Here, we synthesized a new Torin 2 derivative, NCATS-SM3710 with increased aqueous solubility and specificity for Plasmodium and demonstrate potent in vivo activity against all P. berghei life cycle stages. NCATS-SM3710 also has low nanomolar EC50s against in vitro cultured asexual P. falciparum parasites (0.38 ± 0.04 nM) and late stage gametocytes (5.77 ± 1 nM). Two independent NCATS-SM3710/Torin 2 resistant P. falciparum parasite lines produced by growth in sublethal Torin 2 concentrations both had genetic changes in PF3D7_0509800, annotated as a phosphatidylinositol 4 kinase (Pfâ¯PI4KIIIß). One line had a point mutation in the putative active site (V1357G), and the other line had a duplication of a locus containing Pfâ¯PI4KIIIß. Both lines were also resistant to other Pfâ¯PI4K inhibitors. In addition NCATS-SM3710 inhibited purified Pfâ¯PI4KIIIß with an IC50 of 2.0 ± 0.30 nM. Together the results demonstrate that Pfâ¯PI4KIIIß is the target of Torin 2 and NCATS-SM3710 and provide new options for potent multistage drug development.
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Visceral leishmaniasis is responsible for up to 30,000 deaths every year. Current treatments have shortcomings that include toxicity and variable efficacy across endemic regions. Previously, we reported the discovery of GNF6702, a selective inhibitor of the kinetoplastid proteasome, which cleared parasites in murine models of leishmaniasis, Chagas disease, and human African trypanosomiasis. Here, we describe the discovery and characterization of LXE408, a structurally related kinetoplastid-selective proteasome inhibitor currently in Phase 1 human clinical trials. Furthermore, we present high-resolution cryo-EM structures of the Leishmania tarentolae proteasome in complex with LXE408, which provides a compelling explanation for the noncompetitive mode of binding of this novel class of inhibitors of the kinetoplastid proteasome.
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Antiprotozoarios/química , Antiprotozoarios/farmacología , Leishmaniasis Visceral/tratamiento farmacológico , Oxazoles/química , Oxazoles/farmacología , Inhibidores de Proteasoma/química , Inhibidores de Proteasoma/farmacología , Pirimidinas/química , Pirimidinas/farmacología , Animales , Antiprotozoarios/uso terapéutico , Perros , Humanos , Leishmania donovani/efectos de los fármacos , Leishmania donovani/aislamiento & purificación , Leishmania major/efectos de los fármacos , Leishmania major/aislamiento & purificación , Leishmaniasis Visceral/parasitología , Hígado/parasitología , Macaca fascicularis , Ratones , Ratones Endogámicos BALB C , Oxazoles/uso terapéutico , Inhibidores de Proteasoma/uso terapéutico , Pirimidinas/uso terapéutico , Ratas , Ratas Sprague-Dawley , Triazoles/químicaRESUMEN
The global impact of malaria remains staggering despite extensive efforts to eradicate the disease. With increasing drug resistance and the absence of a clinically available vaccine, there is an urgent need for novel, affordable, and safe drugs for prevention and treatment of malaria. Previously, we described a novel antimalarial acridone chemotype that is potent against both blood-stage and liver-stage malaria parasites. Here, we describe an optimization process that has produced a second-generation acridone series with significant improvements in efficacy, metabolic stability, pharmacokinetics, and safety profiles. These findings highlight the therapeutic potential of dual-stage targeting acridones as novel drug candidates for further preclinical development.
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Acridonas/química , Antimaláricos/química , Acridonas/farmacocinética , Acridonas/farmacología , Acridonas/uso terapéutico , Administración Oral , Animales , Antimaláricos/farmacocinética , Antimaláricos/farmacología , Antimaláricos/uso terapéutico , Supervivencia Celular/efectos de los fármacos , Modelos Animales de Enfermedad , Femenino , Semivida , Células Hep G2 , Humanos , Estadios del Ciclo de Vida/efectos de los fármacos , Malaria/tratamiento farmacológico , Malaria/patología , Masculino , Ratones , Ratones Endogámicos C57BL , Plasmodium falciparum/efectos de los fármacos , Plasmodium falciparum/aislamiento & purificación , Relación Estructura-ActividadRESUMEN
Confirming the in vivo efficacy of potential antileishmanial compounds that display in vitro potency and good chemical characteristics is one of the most important steps in preclinical research drug discovery before human clinical trials begin. Here we describe the use of the in vivo bioluminescent monitoring of high and low inocula of luciferase-expressing Leishmania major (L. major) parasites in traditional and more innovative rodent models of in vivo cutaneous leishmaniasis (CL) drug discovery.
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Antiprotozoarios/farmacología , Descubrimiento de Drogas/métodos , Evaluación Preclínica de Medicamentos/métodos , Leishmania major/efectos de los fármacos , Leishmaniasis Cutánea/parasitología , Mediciones Luminiscentes/métodos , Animales , Modelos Animales de Enfermedad , Femenino , Expresión Génica , Genes Reporteros , Leishmaniasis Cutánea/tratamiento farmacológico , Ratones , Ratones Endogámicos BALB CRESUMEN
Although there have been significant advances in the treatment of visceral leishmaniasis (VL) and several novel compounds are currently in pre-clinical and clinical development for this manifestation of leishmaniasis, there have been limited advances in drug research and development (R & D) for cutaneous leishmaniasis (CL). Here we review the need for new treatments for CL, describe in vitro and in vivo assays, models and approaches taken over the past decade to establish a pathway for the discovery, and pre-clinical development of new drugs for CL. These recent advances include novel mouse models of infection using bioluminescent Leishmania, the introduction of PK/PD approaches to skin infection, and defined pre-clinical candidate profiles.
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Descubrimiento de Drogas/métodos , Leishmaniasis Cutánea/tratamiento farmacológico , Animales , Ensayos Clínicos como Asunto , Modelos Animales de Enfermedad , Evaluación Preclínica de Medicamentos , Humanos , Leishmania/efectos de los fármacos , RatonesRESUMEN
OBJECTIVES: Drugs for Neglected Diseases initiative (DNDi) has identified three chemical lead series, the nitroimidazoles, benzoxaboroles and aminopyrazoles, as innovative treatments for visceral leishmaniasis. The leads discovered using phenotypic screening, were optimised following disease- and compound-specific criteria. Several leads of each series were progressed and preclinical drug candidates have been nominated. Here we evaluate the efficacy of the lead compounds of each of these three chemical classes in in vitro and in vivo models of cutaneous leishmaniasis. METHODS: The in vitro activity of fifty-five compounds was evaluated against the intracellular amastigotes of L. major, L. aethiopica, L. amazonensis, L. panamensis, L. mexicana and L. tropica. The drugs demonstrating potent activity (EC50â¯<â¯5⯵M) against at least 4 of 6 species were subsequently evaluated in vivo in different L. major - BALB/c mouse models using a 5 or 10-day treatment with either the oral or topical formulations. Efficacy was expressed as lesion size (measured daily using callipers), parasite load (by quantitative PCR - DNA) and bioluminescence signal reduction relative to the untreated controls. RESULTS: The selected drug compounds (3 nitroimidazoles, 1 benzoxaborole and 3 aminopyrazoles) showed consistent and potent activity across a range of Leishmania species that are known to cause CL with EC50 values ranging from 0.29 to 18.3⯵M. In all cases, this potent in vitro antileishmanial activity translated into high levels of efficacy with a linear dose-response against murine CL. When administered at 50â¯mg/kg/day, DNDI-0690 (nitroimidazole), DNDI-1047 (aminopyrazole) and DNDI-6148 (benzoxaborole) all resulted in a significant lesion size reduction (no visible nodule) and an approximate 2-log-fold reduction of the parasite load as measured by qPCR compared to the untreated control. CONCLUSIONS: The lead compounds DNDI-0690, DNDI-1047 and DNDI-6148 showed excellent activity across a range of Leishmania species in vitro and against L. major in mice. These compounds offer novel potential drugs for the treatment of CL.
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Antiprotozoarios/uso terapéutico , Compuestos de Boro/uso terapéutico , Leishmaniasis Cutánea/tratamiento farmacológico , Nitroimidazoles/uso terapéutico , Pirazoles/uso terapéutico , Animales , Antiprotozoarios/química , Compuestos de Boro/química , Femenino , Concentración 50 Inhibidora , Macrófagos/efectos de los fármacos , Macrófagos/parasitología , Potencial de la Membrana Mitocondrial/efectos de los fármacos , Ratones , Ratones Endogámicos BALB C , Nitroimidazoles/química , Carga de Parásitos , Pirazoles/químicaRESUMEN
Malaria remains one of the deadliest diseases in the world today. Novel chemoprophylactic and chemotherapeutic antimalarials are needed to support the renewed eradication agenda. We have discovered a novel antimalarial acridone chemotype with dual-stage activity against both liver-stage and blood-stage malaria. Several lead compounds generated from structural optimization of a large library of novel acridones exhibit efficacy in the following systems: (1) picomolar inhibition of in vitro Plasmodium falciparum blood-stage growth against multidrug-resistant parasites; (2) curative efficacy after oral administration in an erythrocytic Plasmodium yoelii murine malaria model; (3) prevention of in vitro Plasmodium berghei sporozoite-induced development in human hepatocytes; and (4) protection of in vivo P. berghei sporozoite-induced infection in mice. This study offers the first account of liver-stage antimalarial activity in an acridone chemotype. Details of the design, chemistry, structure-activity relationships, safety, metabolic/pharmacokinetic studies, and mechanistic investigation are presented herein.
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Acridonas/química , Acridonas/farmacología , Antimaláricos/química , Antimaláricos/farmacología , Descubrimiento de Drogas/métodos , Acridonas/uso terapéutico , Animales , Antimaláricos/uso terapéutico , Modelos Animales de Enfermedad , Células Hep G2 , Humanos , Malaria/tratamiento farmacológico , Ratones , Plasmodium/clasificación , Plasmodium/efectos de los fármacos , Especificidad de la Especie , Relación Estructura-ActividadRESUMEN
BACKGROUND: Rodent malaria models are extensively used to predict treatment outcomes in human infections. There is a constant need to improve and refine these models by innovating ways to apply new scientific findings and cutting edge technologies. In addition, and in accordance with the three R's of animal use in research, in vivo studies should be constantly refined to avoid unnecessary pain and distress to the experimental animals by using preemptive euthanasia as soon as the main scientific study objective has been accomplished. METHODS: The new methodology described in this manuscript uses the whole-body bioluminescence signal emitted by transgenic, luciferase-expressing Plasmodium berghei parasites to assess the parasite load predicted parasitaemia (PLPP) in drug and control treated female ICR-CD1 mice infected with 1 × 105 luciferase-expressing P. berghei (ANKA strain) infected erythrocytes. This methodology can replace other time-consuming and expensive methods that are routinely used to measure parasitaemia in infected animals, such as Giemsa-stained thin blood smears and flow cytometry. RESULTS: There is a good correlation between whole-body bioluminescence signal and parasitaemia measured using Giemsa-stained thin blood smears and flow cytometry respectively in donor and study mice in the modified Thompson test. The algebraic formulas which represent these correlations can be successfully used to assess PLPP in donor and study mice. In addition, the new methodology can pinpoint sick animals 2-8 days before they would have been otherwise diagnosed based on behavioural or any other signs of malaria disease. CONCLUSIONS: The new method for predicting parasitaemia in the modified Thompson test is simple, precise, objective, and minimizes false positive results that can lead to the premature removal of animals from study. Furthermore, from the animal welfare perspective of replace, reduce, and refine, this new method facilitates early removal of sick animals from study as soon as the study objective has been achieved, in many cases well before the clinical signs of disease are present.
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Antimaláricos/administración & dosificación , Modelos Animales de Enfermedad , Mediciones Luminiscentes/métodos , Malaria/diagnóstico por imagen , Carga de Parásitos , Parasitemia/diagnóstico por imagen , Imagen de Cuerpo Entero/métodos , Animales , Femenino , Genes Reporteros , Humanos , Malaria/tratamiento farmacológico , Malaria/parasitología , Ratones Endogámicos ICR , Parasitemia/tratamiento farmacológico , Parasitemia/parasitología , Plasmodium berghei/genética , Plasmodium berghei/crecimiento & desarrollo , Coloración y Etiquetado , Resultado del TratamientoRESUMEN
Novel treatments for cutaneous leishmaniasis (CL) are needed, due to current lack of effective universal treatments, increasing resistance among the parasite, and toxic effects or impracticality of the current therapeutics. Models of direct infection with high number of Leishmania parasites in the current research of CL involving the BALB/c mouse or Golden Syrian Hamster are considered not suitable for the assessment of antileishmanial drug efficacy because of the lack of disease similarities with humans. The saliva of the sand fly vector is known to affect the host response to infection by the Leishmania parasite. Here, we build upon a previous BALB/c model infected with luciferase-expressing Leishmania major parasites. In the present study, we infect the ear dermis instead of the foot pad or base of the tail, and compare multiple methods of infection, using parasites alone or mixed with either bites from uninfected sand flies (Phlebotomus duboscqi Diptera Psychodidae:Neveu-Lemaire) or salivary gland sonicate from sand flies. Our data show a dose-response of bioluminescent signal (which represents the parasite load at the infection site), dermal lesion development, and Leishmania Donovan Units in liver and spleen. This in vivo L. major ear infection model, once optimized, can be used for assessing the efficacy of drug compounds that have been determined as very effective in the other, high inoculum CL models.
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Leishmania major/fisiología , Leishmaniasis Cutánea/parasitología , Luciferasas/análisis , Mediciones Luminiscentes/métodos , Otitis/parasitología , Animales , Relación Dosis-Respuesta a Droga , Ratones , Ratones Endogámicos BALB CRESUMEN
ELQ-300 is a preclinical antimalarial drug candidate that is active against liver, blood, and transmission stages of Plasmodium falciparum. While ELQ-300 is highly effective when administered in a low multidose regimen, poor aqueous solubility and high crystallinity have hindered its clinical development. To overcome its challenging physiochemical properties, a number of bioreversible alkoxycarbonate ester prodrugs of ELQ-300 were synthesized. These bioreversible prodrugs are converted to ELQ-300 by host and parasite esterase action in the liver and bloodstream of the host. One such alkoxycarbonate prodrug, ELQ-331, is curative against Plasmodium yoelii with a single low dose of 3 mg/kg in a murine model of patent malaria infection. ELQ-331 is at least as fully protective as ELQ-300 in a murine malaria prophylaxis model when delivered 24 h before sporozoite inoculation at an oral dose of 1 mg/kg. Here, we show that ELQ-331 is a promising prodrug of ELQ-300 with improved physiochemical and metabolic properties and excellent potential for clinical formulation.
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Antimaláricos/síntesis química , Antimaláricos/farmacología , Plasmodium falciparum/efectos de los fármacos , Profármacos/farmacología , Quinolonas/química , Quinolonas/farmacología , Animales , Complejo III de Transporte de Electrones/metabolismo , Malaria/tratamiento farmacológico , Ratones , Mitocondrias/enzimología , Estructura Molecular , Plasmodium falciparum/enzimología , Profármacos/químicaRESUMEN
Decoquinate nanoparticle and microparticle suspended in an oily vehicle to retard drug release are evaluated for long-term malaria prophylaxis. Pharmacokinetic studies in normal animals and antimalarial efficacy in liver stage malaria mice were conducted at various single intramuscular-decoquinate doses for 2, 4, 6, or 8 weeks prior to infection with P. berghei sporozoites. The liver stage efficacy evaluation was monitored by using an in vivo imaging system. Full causal prophylaxis was shown in mice with a single intramuscular dose at 120 mg/kg of nanoparticle decoquinate (0.43 µm) for 2-3 weeks and with microparticle decoquinate (8.31 µm) injected 8 weeks earlier than inoculation. The time above MIC of 1,375 hr observed with the microparticle formulation provided a 2.2-fold longer drug exposure than with the nanoparticle formulation (624 hr). The prophylactic effect of the microparticle formulation observed in mice was shown to be 3-4 times longer than the nanoparticle decoquinate formulation.
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BACKGROUND: The liver stages of Plasmodium parasites are important targets for the discovery and development of prophylactic drugs. METHODS: A real-time in vivo imaging system was used to determine the level of luminescence measured from firefly luciferase expression by sporozoites developing in hepatocytes in different strains of mice. RESULTS: The luminescence values (photon counts/sec) measured from the anatomical liver location in the untreated mice infected with 10,000 Plasmodium berghei sporozoites were 8.15 × 105 for C57BL/6 Albino, 2.12 × 105 for C3H/HeNCrL, 0.91 × 105 for C57BL/6 WT, 0.28 × 105 for BALB/c, and 0.16 × 105 for ICR/CD-1 mice. This data suggests that the C57BL/6 Albino strain is most susceptible to luminescent photon, mainly because the less light scattering and absorption from deeper tissues and the skin in the strain of mouse. The photon count observed in black C57BL/6 wild type mice was shown to be 88.83% lower compared to C57BL/6 Albino mice. Although the highest growth rate of sporozoites in hepatocytes was found for C57BL/6 wild type mice in this study, the black skin of this mouse significantly reduced parasite-associated bioluminescence. CONCLUSIONS: The minimal light scattering and absorption and also enhanced susceptibility to liver infection of C57BL/6 Albino mice makes this strain preferable sensitivity for discovery and development of prophylactic antimalarial drugs.
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Susceptibilidad a Enfermedades/fisiopatología , Hígado/fisiopatología , Ratones/parasitología , Plasmodium berghei/patogenicidad , Animales , Femenino , Masculino , Ratones Endogámicos BALB C/parasitología , Ratones Endogámicos C3H/parasitología , Ratones Endogámicos C57BL/parasitología , Ratones Endogámicos ICR/parasitologíaRESUMEN
In any drug discovery and development effort, a reduction in the time of the lead optimization cycle is critical to decrease the time to license and reduce costs. In addition, ethical guidelines call for the more ethical use of animals to minimize the number of animals used and decrease their suffering. Therefore, any effort to develop drugs to treat cutaneous leishmaniasis requires multiple tiers of in vivo testing that start with higher-throughput efficacy assessments and progress to lower-throughput models with the most clinical relevance. Here, we describe the validation of a high-throughput, first-tier, noninvasive model of lesion suppression that uses an in vivo optical imaging technology for the initial screening of compounds. A strong correlation between luciferase activity and the parasite load at up to 18 days postinfection was found. This correlation allows the direct assessment of the effects of drug treatment on parasite burden. We demonstrate that there is a strong correlation between drug efficacy measured on day 18 postinfection and the suppression of lesion size by day 60 postinfection, which allows us to reach an accurate conclusion on drug efficacy in only 18 days. Compounds demonstrating a significant reduction in the bioluminescence signal compared to that in control animals can be tested in lower-throughput, more definitive tests of lesion cure in BALB/c mice and Golden Syrian hamsters (GSH) using Old World and New World parasites.
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Antiprotozoarios/farmacología , Ensayos Analíticos de Alto Rendimiento , Leishmania major/efectos de los fármacos , Leishmaniasis Cutánea/tratamiento farmacológico , Organismos Modificados Genéticamente , Anfotericina B/farmacología , Animales , Línea Celular , Supervivencia Celular/efectos de los fármacos , Evaluación Preclínica de Medicamentos/economía , Evaluación Preclínica de Medicamentos/métodos , Femenino , Luciferina de Luciérnaga/administración & dosificación , Fluconazol/farmacología , Genes Reporteros , Leishmania major/genética , Leishmania major/crecimiento & desarrollo , Leishmaniasis Cutánea/parasitología , Leishmaniasis Cutánea/patología , Luciferasas/genética , Luciferasas/metabolismo , Mediciones Luminiscentes , Macrófagos/citología , Macrófagos/efectos de los fármacos , Meglumina/farmacología , Antimoniato de Meglumina , Mesocricetus , Ratones , Ratones Endogámicos BALB C , Ofloxacino/farmacología , Imagen Óptica , Compuestos Organometálicos/farmacología , Triazoles/farmacologíaRESUMEN
BACKGROUND: Due to the ability of the 8-aminoquinolines (8AQs) to kill different stages of the malaria parasite, primaquine (PQ) and tafenoquine (TQ) are vital for causal prophylaxis and the eradication of erythrocytic Plasmodium sp. parasites. Recognizing the potential role of cytochrome (CYP) 450 2D6 in the metabolism and subsequent hepatic efficacy of 8-aminoquinolines, studies were designed to explore whether CYP2D-mediated metabolism was related to the ability of single-dose PQ and TQ to eliminate the asexual and sexual erythrocytic stages of Plasmodium berghei. METHODS: An IV P. berghei sporozoite murine challenge model was utilized to directly compare causal prophylactic and erythrocytic activity (asexual and sexual parasite stages) dose-response relationships in C57BL/6 wild-type (WT) mice and subsequently compare the erythrocytic activity of PQ and TQ in WT and CYP2D knock-out (KO) mice. RESULTS: Single-dose administration of either 25 mg/kg TQ or 40 mg/kg PQ eradicated the erythrocytic stages (asexual and sexual) of P. berghei in C57BL WT and CYP2D KO mice. In WT animals, the apparent elimination of hepatic infections occurs at lower doses of PQ than are required to eliminate erythrocytic infections. In contrast, the minimally effective dose of TQ needed to achieve causal prophylaxis and to eradicate erythrocytic parasites was analogous. CONCLUSION: The genetic deletion of the CYP2D cluster does not affect the ability of PQ or TQ to eradicate the blood stages (asexual and sexual) of P. berghei after single-dose administration.