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Moraes CB, Witt G, Kuzikov M, Ellinger B, Calogeropoulou T, Prousis KC, Mangani S, Di Pisa F, Landi G, Iacono LD, Pozzi C, Freitas-Junior LH, Dos Santos Pascoalino B, Bertolacini CP, Behrens B, Keminer O, Leu J, Wolf M, Reinshagen J, Cordeiro-da-Silva A, Santarem N, Venturelli A, Wrigley S, Karunakaran D, Kebede B, Pöhner I, Müller W, Panecka-Hofman J, Wade RC, Fenske M, Clos J, Alunda JM, Corral MJ, Uliassi E, Bolognesi ML, Linciano P, Quotadamo A, Ferrari S, Santucci M, Borsari C, Costi MP, Gul S. Accelerating Drug Discovery Efforts for Trypanosomatidic Infections Using an Integrated Transnational Academic Drug Discovery Platform. SLAS DISCOVERY 2020; 24:346-361. [PMID: 30784368 PMCID: PMC6484532 DOI: 10.1177/2472555218823171] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
Abstract
According to the World Health Organization, more than 1 billion people are at risk of or are affected by neglected tropical diseases. Examples of such diseases include trypanosomiasis, which causes sleeping sickness; leishmaniasis; and Chagas disease, all of which are prevalent in Africa, South America, and India. Our aim within the New Medicines for Trypanosomatidic Infections project was to use (1) synthetic and natural product libraries, (2) screening, and (3) a preclinical absorption, distribution, metabolism, and excretion-toxicity (ADME-Tox) profiling platform to identify compounds that can enter the trypanosomatidic drug discovery value chain. The synthetic compound libraries originated from multiple scaffolds with known antiparasitic activity and natural products from the Hypha Discovery MycoDiverse natural products library. Our focus was first to employ target-based screening to identify inhibitors of the protozoan Trypanosoma brucei pteridine reductase 1 ( TbPTR1) and second to use a Trypanosoma brucei phenotypic assay that made use of the T. brucei brucei parasite to identify compounds that inhibited cell growth and caused death. Some of the compounds underwent structure-activity relationship expansion and, when appropriate, were evaluated in a preclinical ADME-Tox assay panel. This preclinical platform has led to the identification of lead-like compounds as well as validated hits in the trypanosomatidic drug discovery value chain.
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Affiliation(s)
- Carolina B Moraes
- 1 Laboratório Nacional de Biociências (LNBio), Centro de Pesquisa em Energia e Materiais (CNPEM), Campinas-SP, Brazil.,2 Department of Microbiology, Institute of Biomedical Sciences, University of São Paulo, São Paulo-SP, Brazil
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- 3 Fraunhofer Institute for Molecular Biology and Applied Ecology-ScreeningPort, Hamburg, Germany
| | - Maria Kuzikov
- 3 Fraunhofer Institute for Molecular Biology and Applied Ecology-ScreeningPort, Hamburg, Germany
| | - Bernhard Ellinger
- 3 Fraunhofer Institute for Molecular Biology and Applied Ecology-ScreeningPort, Hamburg, Germany
| | - Theodora Calogeropoulou
- 4 National Hellenic Research Foundation, Institute of Biology, Medicinal Chemistry and Biotechnology, Athens, Greece
| | - Kyriakos C Prousis
- 4 National Hellenic Research Foundation, Institute of Biology, Medicinal Chemistry and Biotechnology, Athens, Greece
| | - Stefano Mangani
- 5 Department of Biotechnology, Chemistry and Pharmacy, University of Siena, Siena, Italy
| | - Flavio Di Pisa
- 5 Department of Biotechnology, Chemistry and Pharmacy, University of Siena, Siena, Italy
| | - Giacomo Landi
- 5 Department of Biotechnology, Chemistry and Pharmacy, University of Siena, Siena, Italy
| | - Lucia Dello Iacono
- 5 Department of Biotechnology, Chemistry and Pharmacy, University of Siena, Siena, Italy
| | - Cecilia Pozzi
- 5 Department of Biotechnology, Chemistry and Pharmacy, University of Siena, Siena, Italy
| | - Lucio H Freitas-Junior
- 1 Laboratório Nacional de Biociências (LNBio), Centro de Pesquisa em Energia e Materiais (CNPEM), Campinas-SP, Brazil.,2 Department of Microbiology, Institute of Biomedical Sciences, University of São Paulo, São Paulo-SP, Brazil
| | - Bruno Dos Santos Pascoalino
- 1 Laboratório Nacional de Biociências (LNBio), Centro de Pesquisa em Energia e Materiais (CNPEM), Campinas-SP, Brazil
| | - Claudia P Bertolacini
- 1 Laboratório Nacional de Biociências (LNBio), Centro de Pesquisa em Energia e Materiais (CNPEM), Campinas-SP, Brazil
| | - Birte Behrens
- 3 Fraunhofer Institute for Molecular Biology and Applied Ecology-ScreeningPort, Hamburg, Germany
| | - Oliver Keminer
- 3 Fraunhofer Institute for Molecular Biology and Applied Ecology-ScreeningPort, Hamburg, Germany
| | - Jennifer Leu
- 3 Fraunhofer Institute for Molecular Biology and Applied Ecology-ScreeningPort, Hamburg, Germany
| | - Markus Wolf
- 3 Fraunhofer Institute for Molecular Biology and Applied Ecology-ScreeningPort, Hamburg, Germany
| | - Jeanette Reinshagen
- 3 Fraunhofer Institute for Molecular Biology and Applied Ecology-ScreeningPort, Hamburg, Germany
| | - Anabela Cordeiro-da-Silva
- 6 Instituto de Investigação e Inovação em Saúde, Universidade do Porto and Institute for Molecular and Cell Biology, Porto, Portugal
| | - Nuno Santarem
- 6 Instituto de Investigação e Inovação em Saúde, Universidade do Porto and Institute for Molecular and Cell Biology, Porto, Portugal
| | | | | | | | | | - Ina Pöhner
- 9 Molecular and Cellular Modeling Group, Heidelberg Institute for Theoretical Studies, Heidelberg, Germany
| | - Wolfgang Müller
- 9 Molecular and Cellular Modeling Group, Heidelberg Institute for Theoretical Studies, Heidelberg, Germany
| | - Joanna Panecka-Hofman
- 9 Molecular and Cellular Modeling Group, Heidelberg Institute for Theoretical Studies, Heidelberg, Germany.,11 Faculty of Physics, University of Warsaw, Warsaw, Poland
| | - Rebecca C Wade
- 9 Molecular and Cellular Modeling Group, Heidelberg Institute for Theoretical Studies, Heidelberg, Germany.,12 Center for Molecular Biology (ZMBH), DKFZ-ZMBH Alliance, Heidelberg University, Heidelberg, Germany.,13 Interdisciplinary Center for Scientific Computing (IWR), Heidelberg University, Heidelberg, Germany
| | - Martina Fenske
- 14 Fraunhofer Institute for Molecular Biology and Applied Ecology IME, Aachen, Germany
| | - Joachim Clos
- 15 Bernhard Nocht Institute for Tropical Medicine, Hamburg, Germany
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- 17 Department of Pharmacy and Biotechnology, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy
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- 18 Department of Life Sciences, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Modena, Italy
| | - Antonio Quotadamo
- 18 Department of Life Sciences, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Modena, Italy
| | - Stefania Ferrari
- 18 Department of Life Sciences, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Modena, Italy
| | - Matteo Santucci
- 18 Department of Life Sciences, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Modena, Italy
| | - Chiara Borsari
- 18 Department of Life Sciences, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Modena, Italy
| | - Maria Paola Costi
- 18 Department of Life Sciences, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Modena, Italy
| | - Sheraz Gul
- 3 Fraunhofer Institute for Molecular Biology and Applied Ecology-ScreeningPort, Hamburg, Germany
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