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Melfi F, Carradori S, Campestre C, Haloci E, Ammazzalorso A, Grande R, D'Agostino I. Emerging compounds and therapeutic strategies to treat infections from Trypanosoma brucei: an overhaul of the last 5-years patents. Expert Opin Ther Pat 2023; 33:247-263. [PMID: 36933190 DOI: 10.1080/13543776.2023.2193328] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 03/19/2023]
Abstract
INTRODUCTION Human African Trypanosomiasis is a neglected disease caused by infection from parasites belonging to the Trypanosoma brucei species. Only six drugs are currently available and employed depending on the stage of the infection: pentamidine, suramin, melarsoprol, eflornithine, nifurtimox, and fexinidazole. Joint research projects were launched in an attempt to find new therapeutic options for this severe and often lethal disease. AREAS COVERED After a brief description of the recent literature on the parasite and the disease, we searched for patents dealing with the proposal of new anti-trypanosomiasis agents and, following the PRISMA guidelines, we filtered the results to those published from 2018onwards returning suitable entries, which represent the contemporary landscape of compounds/strategies against Trypanosoma brucei. In addition, some relevant publications from the overall scientific literature were also discussed. EXPERT OPINION This review comprehensively covers and analyzes the most recent advances not only in the discovery of new inhibitors and their structure-activity relationships but also in the assessment of innovative biological targets opening new scenarios in the MedChem field. Lastly, also new vaccines and formulations recently patented were described. However, natural and synthetic compounds were analyzed in terms of inhibitory activity and selective toxicity against human cells.
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- Francesco Melfi
- Department of Pharmacy, "G. d'Annunzio" University of Chieti-Pescara, Chieti, Italy
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- Department of Pharmacy, "G. d'Annunzio" University of Chieti-Pescara, Chieti, Italy
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- Department of Pharmacy, "G. d'Annunzio" University of Chieti-Pescara, Chieti, Italy
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- Department of Pharmacy, University of Medicine, Tirana, Albania
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- Department of Pharmacy, "G. d'Annunzio" University of Chieti-Pescara, Chieti, Italy
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- Department of Pharmacy, "G. d'Annunzio" University of Chieti-Pescara, Chieti, Italy
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Stevens M, Abdeen S, Salim N, Ray AM, Washburn A, Chitre S, Sivinski J, Park Y, Hoang QQ, Chapman E, Johnson SM. HSP60/10 chaperonin systems are inhibited by a variety of approved drugs, natural products, and known bioactive molecules. Bioorg Med Chem Lett 2019; 29:1106-1112. [PMID: 30852084 DOI: 10.1016/j.bmcl.2019.02.028] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/11/2018] [Revised: 02/23/2019] [Accepted: 02/26/2019] [Indexed: 01/08/2023]
Abstract
All living organisms contain a unique class of molecular chaperones called 60 kDa heat shock proteins (HSP60 - also known as GroEL in bacteria). While some organisms contain more than one HSP60 or GroEL isoform, at least one isoform has always proven to be essential. Because of this, we have been investigating targeting HSP60 and GroEL chaperonin systems as an antibiotic strategy. Our initial studies focused on applying this antibiotic strategy for treating African sleeping sickness (caused by Trypanosoma brucei parasites) and drug-resistant bacterial infections (in particular Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus - MRSA). Intriguingly, during our studies we found that three known antibiotics - suramin, closantel, and rafoxanide - were potent inhibitors of bacterial GroEL and human HSP60 chaperonin systems. These findings prompted us to explore what other approved drugs, natural products, and known bioactive molecules might also inhibit HSP60 and GroEL chaperonin systems. Initial high-throughput screening of 3680 approved drugs, natural products, and known bioactives identified 161 hit inhibitors of the Escherichia coli GroEL chaperonin system (4.3% hit rate). From a purchased subset of 60 hits, 29 compounds (48%) re-confirmed as selective GroEL inhibitors in our assays, all of which were nearly equipotent against human HSP60. These findings illuminate the notion that targeting chaperonin systems might be a more common occurrence than we previously appreciated. Future studies are needed to determine if the in vivo modes of action of these approved drugs, natural products, and known bioactive molecules are related to GroEL and HSP60 inhibition.
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- Mckayla Stevens
- Indiana University School of Medicine, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, 635 Barnhill Dr., Indianapolis, IN 46202, United States
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- Indiana University School of Medicine, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, 635 Barnhill Dr., Indianapolis, IN 46202, United States
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- Indiana University School of Medicine, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, 635 Barnhill Dr., Indianapolis, IN 46202, United States
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- Indiana University School of Medicine, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, 635 Barnhill Dr., Indianapolis, IN 46202, United States
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- Indiana University School of Medicine, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, 635 Barnhill Dr., Indianapolis, IN 46202, United States
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- Indiana University School of Medicine, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, 635 Barnhill Dr., Indianapolis, IN 46202, United States
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- The University of Arizona, College of Pharmacy, Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, 1703 E. Mabel St., PO Box 210207, Tucson, AZ 85721, United States
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- Indiana University School of Medicine, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, 635 Barnhill Dr., Indianapolis, IN 46202, United States; Stark Neurosciences Research Institute, Indiana University School of Medicine. 320 W. 15th Street, Suite 414, Indianapolis, IN 46202, United States; Department of Neurology, Indiana University School of Medicine. 635 Barnhill Drive, Indianapolis, IN 46202, United States
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- Indiana University School of Medicine, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, 635 Barnhill Dr., Indianapolis, IN 46202, United States; Stark Neurosciences Research Institute, Indiana University School of Medicine. 320 W. 15th Street, Suite 414, Indianapolis, IN 46202, United States; Department of Neurology, Indiana University School of Medicine. 635 Barnhill Drive, Indianapolis, IN 46202, United States
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- The University of Arizona, College of Pharmacy, Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, 1703 E. Mabel St., PO Box 210207, Tucson, AZ 85721, United States
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- Indiana University School of Medicine, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, 635 Barnhill Dr., Indianapolis, IN 46202, United States.
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Abdeen S, Salim N, Mammadova N, Summers CM, Goldsmith-Pestana K, McMahon-Pratt D, Schultz PG, Horwich AL, Chapman E, Johnson SM. Targeting the HSP60/10 chaperonin systems of Trypanosoma brucei as a strategy for treating African sleeping sickness. Bioorg Med Chem Lett 2016; 26:5247-5253. [PMID: 27720295 DOI: 10.1016/j.bmcl.2016.09.051] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/08/2016] [Revised: 09/19/2016] [Accepted: 09/20/2016] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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Trypanosoma brucei are protozoan parasites that cause African sleeping sickness in humans (also known as Human African Trypanosomiasis-HAT). Without treatment, T. brucei infections are fatal. There is an urgent need for new therapeutic strategies as current drugs are toxic, have complex treatment regimens, and are becoming less effective owing to rising antibiotic resistance in parasites. We hypothesize that targeting the HSP60/10 chaperonin systems in T. brucei is a viable anti-trypanosomal strategy as parasites rely on these stress response elements for their development and survival. We recently discovered several hundred inhibitors of the prototypical HSP60/10 chaperonin system from Escherichia coli, termed GroEL/ES. One of the most potent GroEL/ES inhibitors we discovered was compound 1. While examining the PubChem database, we found that a related analog, 2e-p, exhibited cytotoxicity to Leishmania major promastigotes, which are trypanosomatids highly related to Trypanosoma brucei. Through initial counter-screening, we found that compounds 1 and 2e-p were also cytotoxic to Trypanosoma brucei parasites (EC50=7.9 and 3.1μM, respectively). These encouraging initial results prompted us to develop a library of inhibitor analogs and examine their anti-parasitic potential in vitro. Of the 49 new chaperonin inhibitors developed, 39% exhibit greater cytotoxicity to T. brucei parasites than parent compound 1. While many analogs exhibit moderate cytotoxicity to human liver and kidney cells, we identified molecular substructures to pursue for further medicinal chemistry optimization to increase the therapeutic windows of this novel class of chaperonin-targeting anti-parasitic candidates. An intriguing finding from this study is that suramin, the first-line drug for treating early stage T. brucei infections, is also a potent inhibitor of GroEL/ES and HSP60/10 chaperonin systems.
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- Sanofar Abdeen
- Indiana University, School of Medicine, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, 635 Barnhill Dr., Indianapolis, IN 46202, United States
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- Indiana University, School of Medicine, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, 635 Barnhill Dr., Indianapolis, IN 46202, United States
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- Indiana University, School of Medicine, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, 635 Barnhill Dr., Indianapolis, IN 46202, United States
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- Indiana University, School of Medicine, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, 635 Barnhill Dr., Indianapolis, IN 46202, United States
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- Yale School of Public Health, Department of Epidemiology of Microbial Diseases, 60 College St., New Haven, CT 06520, United States
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- Yale School of Public Health, Department of Epidemiology of Microbial Diseases, 60 College St., New Haven, CT 06520, United States
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- The Scripps Research Institute, Department of Chemistry, 10550 North Torrey Pines Rd., La Jolla, CA 92037, United States
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- HHMI, Department of Genetics, Yale School of Medicine, Boyer Center for Molecular Medicine, 295 Congress Ave., New Haven, CT 06510, United States
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- The University of Arizona, College of Pharmacy, Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, 1703 E. Mabel St., Tucson, AZ 85721, United States
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- Indiana University, School of Medicine, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, 635 Barnhill Dr., Indianapolis, IN 46202, United States.
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Leishmania donovani Aurora kinase: A promising therapeutic target against visceral leishmaniasis. Biochim Biophys Acta Gen Subj 2016; 1860:1973-88. [PMID: 27288586 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbagen.2016.06.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/08/2016] [Revised: 06/02/2016] [Accepted: 06/06/2016] [Indexed: 01/04/2023]
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BACKGROUND Aurora kinases are key mitotic kinases executing multiple aspects of eukaryotic cell-division. The apicomplexan homologs being essential for survival, suggest that the Leishmania homolog, annotated LdAIRK, may be equally important. METHODS Bioinformatics, stage-specific immunofluorescence microscopy, immunoblotting, RT-PCR, molecular docking, in-vitro kinase assay, anti-leishmanial activity assays, flow cytometry, fluorescence microscopy. RESULTS Ldairk expression is seen to vary as the cell-cycle progresses from G1 through S and finally G2M and cytokinesis. Kinetic studies demonstrate their enzymatic activity exhibiting a Km and Vmax of 6.12μM and 82.9pmoles·min(-1)mg(-1) respectively against ATP using recombinant Leishmania donovani H3, its physiological substrate. Due to the failure of LdAIRK-/+ knock-out parasites to survive, we adopted a chemical knock-down approach. Based on the conservation of key active site residues, three mammalian Aurora kinase inhibitors were investigated to evaluate their potential as inhibitors of LdAIRK activity. Interestingly, the cell-cycle progressed unhindered, despite treatment with GSK-1070916 or Barasertib, inhibitors with greater potencies for the ATP-binding pocket compared to Hesperadin, which at nanomolar concentrations, severely compromised viability at IC50s 105.9 and 36.4nM for promastigotes and amastigotes, respectively. Cell-cycle and morphological studies implicated their role in both mitosis and cytokinesis. CONCLUSION We identified an Aurora kinase homolog in L. donovani implicated in cell-cycle progression, whose inhibition led to aberrant changes in cell-cycle progression and reduced viability. GENERAL SIGNIFICANCE Human homologs being actively pursued drug targets and the observations with LdAIRK in both promastigotes and amastigotes suggest their potential as therapeutic-targets. Importantly, our results encourage the exploration of other proteins identified herein as potential novel drug targets.
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Vincent IM, Barrett MP. Metabolomic-based strategies for anti-parasite drug discovery. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2014; 20:44-55. [PMID: 25281738 DOI: 10.1177/1087057114551519] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Metabolomics-based studies are proving of great utility in the analysis of modes of action (MOAs) and resistance mechanisms of drugs in parasitic protozoa. They have helped to determine the MOA of eflornithine, half of the gold standard combination therapy in use against human African trypanosomiasis (HAT), as well as the mechanism of resistance to this drug. In Leishmania, metabolomics has also given insight into the MOA of miltefosine, an alkylphospholipid. Several studies on antimony resistance in Leishmania have been conducted, analyzing the metabolic content of resistant lines, offering clues as to the MOA of this class of drugs. A study of chloroquine resistance in Plasmodium falciparum combined metabolomics techniques with other genetic and proteomic techniques to offer new insight into the role of the PfCRT protein. The MOA and mechanism of resistance to a group of halogenated pyrimidines in Trypanosoma brucei have also recently been elucidated. Effective as metabolomics techniques are, care must be taken in the design and implementation of these experiments, to ensure the resulting data are meaningful. This review outlines the steps required to conduct a metabolomics experiment as well as provide an overview of metabolomics-based drug research in protozoa to date.
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- Isabel M Vincent
- The Glasgow Polyomics Facility and Wellcome Trust Centre for Molecular Parasitology, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, UK
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- The Glasgow Polyomics Facility and Wellcome Trust Centre for Molecular Parasitology, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, UK
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De Macedo Puyau P, Perie JJ. SYNTHESIS OF SUBSTRATE ANALOGUES AND INHIBITORS FOR THE PHOSPHOGLYCERATE MUTASE ENZYME. PHOSPHORUS SULFUR 2007. [DOI: 10.1080/10426509708031577] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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- P. De Macedo Puyau
- a Groupe de Chimie Organique Biologique, UMR CNRS 5623-B[acaron]t. IIRI-Université , Paul Sabatier-118 Route de Narbonne, 31062, TOULOUSE, Cedex
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- a Groupe de Chimie Organique Biologique, UMR CNRS 5623-B[acaron]t. IIRI-Université , Paul Sabatier-118 Route de Narbonne, 31062, TOULOUSE, Cedex
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Ladame S, Claustre S, Willson M. SELECTIVE PHOSPHORYLATION ON PRIMARY ALCOHOLS OF UNPROTECTED POLYOLS. PHOSPHORUS SULFUR 2006. [DOI: 10.1080/10426500108040232] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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- Sylvain Ladame
- a Groupe de Chimie Organique Biologique, LSPCMIB, UMR CNRS 5068 Université Paul Sobatier , 31062, Toulouse cédex 04, France
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- a Groupe de Chimie Organique Biologique, LSPCMIB, UMR CNRS 5068 Université Paul Sobatier , 31062, Toulouse cédex 04, France
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- a Groupe de Chimie Organique Biologique, LSPCMIB, UMR CNRS 5068 Université Paul Sobatier , 31062, Toulouse cédex 04, France
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Azema L, Claustre S, Alric I, Blonski C, Willson M, Perié J, Baltz T, Tetaud E, Bringaud F, Cottem D, Opperdoes FR, Barrett MP. Interaction of substituted hexose analogues with the Trypanosoma brucei hexose transporter. Biochem Pharmacol 2004; 67:459-67. [PMID: 15037198 DOI: 10.1016/j.bcp.2003.09.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/28/2003] [Accepted: 09/19/2003] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Glucose metabolism is essential for survival of bloodstream form Trypanosoma brucei subspecies which cause human African trypanosomiasis (sleeping sickness). Hexose analogues may represent good compounds to inhibit glucose metabolism in these cells. Delivery of such compounds to the parasite is a major consideration in drug development. A series of D-glucose and D-fructose analogues were developed to explore the limits of the structure-activity relationship of the THT1 hexose transporter of bloodstream form African trypanosomes, a portal that might be exploited for drug uptake. D-glucose analogues with substituents at the C2 and C6 position continued to interact with the exofacial hexose binding site of the transporter. There was a limit to the size at C6 which still permitted recognition, although compounds carrying large groups at position C2 were still recognised. However, radiolabelled N-acetyl-D-[1-14C] glucosamine was not internalised by trypanosomes, in spite of the ability of this compound to inhibit glucose uptake, indicating that there is a limit to the size of C2 substituent that allows translocation. Addition of an alkylating group (bromoacetyl) at position C2 in the D-glucose series and at position 6 in the D-fructose set, created two analogues which interact with the transporter and kill trypanosomes in vitro. This indicates that inhibition of the transporter may be a good means of killing trypanosomes.
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- Laurent Azema
- Groupe de Chimie Organique Biologique, Laboratoire de Synthèse et Physico Chimie de Molécules d'Intérêt Biologique, Université Paul Sabatier, UMR-5068-CNRS, Bât IIR1 118 route de Narbonne, 31062 Toulouse Cedex, France
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Bouteille B, Oukem O, Bisser S, Dumas M. Treatment perspectives for human African trypanosomiasis. Fundam Clin Pharmacol 2003; 17:171-81. [PMID: 12667227 DOI: 10.1046/j.1472-8206.2003.00167.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 96] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Human African trypanosomiasis (HAT), or sleeping sickness, is currently on the rise. HAT develops in two stages, the first involving the hemolymphatic system, and the second, the neurological system. Left untreated, HAT is invariably fatal. There have been no therapeutic advances in more than 40 years. Stage 1 can be treated with pentamidine and suramin, but stage 2 can only be treated with melarsoprol, a toxic arsenic derivative that has a 2-12% incidence of fatal side-effects (encephalopathy). Eflornithine has never achieved widespread use because it is difficult to administer under field conditions. Nifurtimox has been used successfully in the treatment of American trypanosomiasis, or Chagas disease, but only in small studies or as a compassionate use treatment. There is little research and development for new drugs in this area: only one prodrug is in the clinical development phase, a pentamidine analog that offers hope for the replacement of injectable pentamidine with an orally administered drug. Current efforts appear to be focused on reevaluating older drugs. A course of treatment with melarsoprol for 10 days at 2.2 mg/kg/day is now in the multicenter evaluation phase. Orally administered eflornithine is also slated for reevaluation. In addition, studies of drug combinations are recommended to determine possible combined or synergistic effects and find ways to reduce toxicity.
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- Bernard Bouteille
- Institut d'Epidémiologie Neurologique et de Neurologie Tropicale (UPRES EA 3174), Faculté de Médecine, 2 rue du Docteur Marcland, F-87025 Limoges Cedex, France.
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Gao H, Leary JA. Multiplex inhibitor screening and kinetic constant determinations for yeast hexokinase using mass spectrometry based assays. JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR MASS SPECTROMETRY 2003; 14:173-81. [PMID: 12648923 DOI: 10.1016/s1044-0305(02)00867-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 48] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/18/2023]
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An electrospray ionization mass spectrometry based assay was developed for kinetic measurements and inhibitor screening of yeast hexokinase. There is considerable discrepancy in the literature as to the accuracy of kinetic data obtained for hexokinase. In the assay described herein, the product, glucose 6-phosphate was directly monitored by ion trap mass spectrometry and quantified using an internal standard, 2 deoxy-glucose 6-phosphate. The kinetic parameters, K(M) and V(max) for the two substrates were determined without using a coupling enzyme as is normally employed in the traditional spectrophotometric assay for systems lacking a chromophore. In addition, hexokinase was successfully immobilized onto an amino-link gel, and a mock library was screened against the immobilized enzyme for the identification of possible inhibitors. After comparing the mass spectra of the library before and after incubation, trehalose 6-phosphate, ADP, and oxidized glutathione were differentiated from other weak or non-inhibitors. Inhibition behavior of ADP with respect to ATP was further evaluated with the ESI-MS assay and the value of K(i) was determined. This ESI-MS assay was demonstrated to be both accurate and precise for determining kinetic constants and for identifying enzyme inhibitors.
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- Hong Gao
- Department of Chemistry, University of California at Berkeley, Berkeley, California 94720-1460, USA
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Ochola DOK, Prichard RK, Lubega GW. Classical ligands bind tubulin of trypanosomes and inhibit their growth in vitro. J Parasitol 2002; 88:600-4. [PMID: 12099434 DOI: 10.1645/0022-3395(2002)088[0600:clbtot]2.0.co;2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/23/2022] Open
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Tubulin ligands known to be toxic to certain organisms or cells were tested for their ability to inhibit proliferation of trypanosomes in culture. Tubulin was purified from Trypanosoma brucei brucei or rat brain by poly-L-lysine affinity chromatography and used in binding studies in order to compare the binding of [3H]mebendazole to trypanosome and mammalian tubulin. All the compounds tested in culture inhibited trypanosome proliferation in a concentration-dependent manner. The concentration required to inhibit trypanosome proliferation by 50 or 90% (IC50 or IC90) in 24 hr was determined for each compound. There were no significant differences (P > 0.05) among the benzimidazoles (BZs), but colchicine and vinblastine caused significantly greater inhibitions than the BZs (P < 0.02 and P < 0.005, respectively). Increasing the incubation time to 72 hr caused a 2- to 4-fold lowering of the IC50 and IC90 values for all the drugs. In the binding assays, there was higher total binding of [3H]mebendazole to trypanosome than rat brain tubulin. The results suggest that the inhibition of trypanosome growth was caused by the specific interaction of these ligands with trypanosome tubulin. Trypanosome tubulin is, therefore, a reasonable target against which novel drugs can be developed to control trypanosomiasis.
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- Donasian O K Ochola
- Molecular Biology Laboratory, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda
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Verlinde CL, Hannaert V, Blonski C, Willson M, Périé JJ, Fothergill-Gilmore LA, Opperdoes FR, Gelb MH, Hol WG, Michels PA. Glycolysis as a target for the design of new anti-trypanosome drugs. Drug Resist Updat 2001; 4:50-65. [PMID: 11512153 DOI: 10.1054/drup.2000.0177] [Citation(s) in RCA: 170] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/18/2023]
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Glycolysis is perceived as a promising target for new drugs against parasitic trypanosomatid protozoa because this pathway plays an essential role in their ATP supply. Trypanosomatid glycolysis is unique in that it is compartmentalized, and many of its enzymes display unique structural and kinetic features. Structure- and catalytic mechanism-based approaches are applied to design compounds that inhibit the glycolytic enzymes of the parasites without affecting the corresponding proteins of the human host. For some trypanosomatid enzymes, potent and selective inhibitors have already been developed that affect only the growth of cultured trypanosomatids, and not mammalian cells.
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- C L Verlinde
- Department of Biological Structure, Biomolecular Structure Center, University of Washington, Seattle, USA
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An extrachromosomal genome of between 27 and 35 kb has been described in several apicomplexan parasites including Plasmodium falciparum and Toxoplasma gondii. Examination of sequence data proved the genomes to be a remnant plastid genome, from which all genes encoding photosynthetic functions had been lost. Localisation studies had shown that the genome was located within a multi-walled organelle, anterior to the nucleus. This organelle had been previously described in ultrastructural studies of several genera of apicomplexa, but no function had been attributed to it. This invited review describes the evolution of knowledge on the apicomplexan plastid, then discusses current research findings on the likely role of the plastid in the Apicomplexa. How the plastid may be used to effect better drug treatments for apicomplexan diseases, and its potential as a marker for investigating phylogenetic relationships among the Apicomplexa, are discussed.
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- M T Gleeson
- Department of Cell and Molecular Biology, Faculty of Science, University of Technology, Westbourne Street, Gore Hill NSW 2065, Sydney, Australia.
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Azéma L, Bringaud F, Blonski C, Périé J. Chemical and enzymatic synthesis of fructose analogues as probes for import studies by the hexose transporter in parasites. Bioorg Med Chem 2000; 8:717-22. [PMID: 10819160 DOI: 10.1016/s0968-0896(00)00018-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Various D-fructose analogues modified at C-1 or C-6 positions were synthesized from D-glucose by taking advantage of the Amadori rearrangement or using the aldol condensation between dihydroxyacetone phosphate and appropriate aldehyde catalyzed by fructose 1,6-diphosphate aldolase from rabbit muscle. The affinities of the analogues for the glucose transporter expressed in the mammalian form of Trypanosoma brucei were determined by inhibition of radiolabelled 2-deoxy-D-glucose (2-DOG) transport using zero-trans kinetic analysis. Interestingly, the analogues bearing an aromatic group (i.e. a fluorescence marker) at C-1 or C-6 positions present comparable apparent affinities to D-fructose for the transporter. This result could find applications for hexose transport studies and also provides criteria for the design of glucose import inhibitors.
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- L Azéma
- Groupe de Chimie Organique Biologique, URA/CNRS ESA 5068, Université Paul Sabatier, Toulouse, France
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Bakker BM, Westerhoff HV, Opperdoes FR, Michels PA. Metabolic control analysis of glycolysis in trypanosomes as an approach to improve selectivity and effectiveness of drugs. Mol Biochem Parasitol 2000; 106:1-10. [PMID: 10743606 DOI: 10.1016/s0166-6851(99)00197-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 85] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/17/2022]
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Glycolysis is the only ATP-generating process in bloodstream form trypanosomes and is therefore a promising drug target. Inhibitors which decrease significantly the glycolytic flux will kill the parasites. Both computer simulation and experimental studies of glycolysis in bloodstream form Trypanosoma brucei indicated that the control of the glycolytic flux is shared by several steps in the pathway. The results of these analyses provide quantitative information about the prospects of decreasing the flux by inhibition of any individual enzyme. The plasma membrane glucose transporter appears the most promising target from this perspective, followed by aldolase, glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate dehydrogenase, phosphoglycerate kinase and glycerol-3-phosphate dehydrogenase. Non-competitive or irreversible inhibitors would be most effective, but it is argued that potent competitive inhibitors can be suitable, provided that the concentration of the competing substrate cannot increase unrestrictedly. Such is the case for inhibitors that compete with coenzymes or with blood glucose.
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- B M Bakker
- Kluyver Institute of Biotechnology, Delft University of Technology, The Netherlands
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Page P, Blonski C, Périé J. Origin of the Slow-Binding Inhibition of Aldolase by D-glycero-Tetrulose 1-Phosphate (D-Erythrulose 1-Phosphate) from the Comparison with the Isosteric Phosphonate Analog. European J Org Chem 1999. [DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1099-0690(199911)1999:11<2853::aid-ejoc2853>3.0.co;2-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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Bakker BM, Michels PA, Opperdoes FR, Westerhoff HV. What controls glycolysis in bloodstream form Trypanosoma brucei? J Biol Chem 1999; 274:14551-9. [PMID: 10329645 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.274.21.14551] [Citation(s) in RCA: 147] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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On the basis of the experimentally determined kinetic properties of the trypanosomal enzymes, the question is addressed of which step limits the glycolytic flux in bloodstream form Trypanosoma brucei. There appeared to be no single answer; in the physiological range, control shifted between the glucose transporter on the one hand and aldolase (ALD), glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate dehydrogenase (GAPDH), phosphoglycerate kinase (PGK), and glycerol-3-phosphate dehydrogenase (GDH) on the other hand. The other kinases, which are often thought to control glycolysis, exerted little control; so did the utilization of ATP. We identified potential targets for anti-trypanosomal drugs by calculating which steps need the least inhibition to achieve a certain inhibition of the glycolytic flux in these parasites. The glucose transporter appeared to be the most promising target, followed by ALD, GDH, GAPDH, and PGK. By contrast, in erythrocytes more than 95% deficiencies of PGK, GAPDH, or ALD did not cause any clinical symptoms (Schuster, R. and Holzhütter, H.-G. (1995) Eur. J. Biochem. 229, 403-418). Therefore, the selectivity of drugs inhibiting these enzymes may be much higher than expected from their molecular effects alone. Quite unexpectedly, trypanosomes seem to possess a substantial overcapacity of hexokinase, phosphofructokinase, and pyruvate kinase, making these "irreversible" enzymes mediocre drug targets.
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- B M Bakker
- Molecular Cell Physiology, BioCentrum Amsterdam, Vrije Universiteit De Boelelaan 1087, NL-1081 HV Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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Claustre S, Bringaud F, Azéma L, Baron R, Périé J, Willson M. An easy stereospecific synthesis of 1-amino-2,5-anhydro-1-deoxy-D-mannitol and arylamino derivatives. Carbohydr Res 1999; 315:339-44. [PMID: 10399304 DOI: 10.1016/s0008-6215(99)00040-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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1-Amino-2,5-anhydro-1-deoxy-D-mannitol and a series of arylamino derivatives were prepared by nitrous acid deamination of 2-amino-2-deoxy-D-glucose and subsequent reductive amination of the resulting 2,5-anhydro-D-mannose. Some of these compounds showed an enhanced affinity for the hexose transporter of Trypanosoma brucei as compared to D-fructose.
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- S Claustre
- UMR CNRS 5623, Université Paul Sabatier, Toulouse, France
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Barrett MP, Mottram JC, Coombs GH. Recent advances in identifying and validating drug targets in trypanosomes and leishmanias. Trends Microbiol 1999; 7:82-8. [PMID: 10081086 DOI: 10.1016/s0966-842x(98)01433-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 97] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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The unique aspects of the biochemistry of trypanosomatids make rational drug design an attractive approach, but targets must be selected carefully. Genetic manipulation provides a valuable means of mimicking loss of function attributable to therapeutic intervention, but caution must be exercised when interpreting such data with respect to target validation.
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- M P Barrett
- Division of Infection & Immunity, University of Glasgow, UK
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Denise H, Giroud C, Barrett MP, Baltz T. Affinity chromatography using trypanocidal arsenical drugs identifies a specific interaction between glycerol-3-phosphate dehydrogenase from Trypanosoma brucei and Cymelarsan. EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF BIOCHEMISTRY 1999; 259:339-46. [PMID: 9914512 DOI: 10.1046/j.1432-1327.1999.00048.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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A 36-kDa protein was isolated by affinity chromatography using Cymelarsan, an arsenical drug currently used in African trypanosomiasis treatment, as ligand. This protein was identified as glycerol-3-phosphate dehydrogenase. Trypanosomal glycerol-3-phosphate was bound covalently, whereas its counterpart from rabbit muscle bound by ionic interaction. Arsenical drugs inhibit the enzyme in a dose-dependent manner. Oxidation of cysteine residues protects against inactivation without significantly diminishing enzymic activity. Drug concentrations giving 50% inhibition of the dehydrogenase activity were determined for the enzyme from both Trypanosoma brucei and rabbit and indicate a higher sensitivity of the trypanosomal enzyme to arsenical drugs and thiol reagents. MS was used to identify residues of glycerol-3-phosphate dehydrogenase bound by Cymelarsan; they are not conserved in the mammalian enzyme.
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- H Denise
- Laboratoire de Biologie Moléculaire des Protozoaires Parasites, UPRESA-CNRS 5016, Bordeaux cedex, France
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Page P, Blonski C, Périé J. Interaction of phosphonomethyl analog of dihydroxyacetone phosphate with rabbit muscle aldolase. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA 1998; 1386:59-64. [PMID: 9675245 DOI: 10.1016/s0167-4838(98)00061-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Aldolase presents the same binding affinity for dihydroxyacetone phosphate and its phosphonomethyl analog, but the partition coefficient between the intermediates from the Michaelis complex to the eneamine is different. The effects of the structural modification of the triose phosphate substrate on the interaction with rabbit muscle aldolase are discussed in connection with the mechanistic pathway and the three-dimensional structure of the enzyme.
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- P Page
- Groupe de Chimie Organique Biologique, UMR CNRS 5623, Université Paul Sabatier, Bât. II R1, 118 route de Narbonne, 31062 Toulouse Cedex 4, France
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Trinquier-Dinet M, Boisdon MT, Perie J, Willson M. A Fourier transform infrared spectroscopic study of yeast hexokinase: conformational changes under interaction with substrates and inhibitors. SPECTROCHIMICA ACTA. PART A, MOLECULAR AND BIOMOLECULAR SPECTROSCOPY 1998; 54A:367-373. [PMID: 9573632 DOI: 10.1016/s1386-1425(98)00005-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/22/2023]
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Willson M, Alric I, Perie J, Sanejouand YH. Yeast hexokinase inhibitors designed from the 3-D enzyme structure rebuilding. JOURNAL OF ENZYME INHIBITION 1997; 12:101-21. [PMID: 9247853 DOI: 10.3109/14756369709035812] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/04/2023]
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This work describes a search for hexokinase inhibitors based on the interactions analysis at the active site of the X-ray resolved o-tolulyl-glucosamine-hexokinase (OTG-HK) complex structure. As the actual enzyme sequence was unknown when the X-ray structure was made (only 30% homology), the structure of the complex was rebuilt by modelling on the X-ray structure frame which allowed residues in close vicinity to the inhibitor to be defined, particularly Glu249 and Gln278. Compounds with inhibitor-bearing groups able to interact with these residues were synthesized and assayed. Some of them revealed strong affinities, in the Km range for glucose. Kinetic analysis of their behaviour towards glucose and ATP together with spectroscopic studies using NMR, allowed the determination of the corresponding inhibition patterns and provided complementary information on HK.
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- M Willson
- Groupe de Chimie Organique Biologique, IMRCP UMR-CNRS 5623, Université Paul Sabatier, Toulouse, France.
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Hidalgo ME, Sánchez R, Pérez DG, Rodríguez MA, García J, Orozco E. Molecular characterization of the Entamoeba histolytica enolase gene and modelling of the predicted protein. FEMS Microbiol Lett 1997; 148:123-9. [PMID: 9084139 DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-6968.1997.tb10277.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/04/2023] Open
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Entamoeba histolytica obtains its energy mainly from glucose fermentation. Enzymes involved in this pathway could be potential targets for antiparasite drugs. Here we report the molecular characterization of the E. histolytica enolase gene (Ehenl-I), which in a single copy is located on the 1.6 Mb chromosome. It is transcribed into a 1.4 kb mRNA which starts 13 nucleotides upstream of the ATG start codon. The sequence TATAAG, at -31, interacted with nuclear proteins suggesting that it has a TATA box function. Protein modelling allowed us to identify a putative specific region that differs from human enolase and could be a good target for the design of novel drugs against E. histolytica.
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- M E Hidalgo
- Departamento de Parología Experimental, Instituto Politécnico Nacional, México, D.F., Mexico
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Gefflaut T, Blonski C, Périé J. Slow reversible inhibitions of rabbit muscle aldolase with substrate analogues: synthesis, enzymatic kinetics and UV difference spectroscopy studies. Bioorg Med Chem 1996; 4:2043-54. [PMID: 9022970 DOI: 10.1016/s0968-0896(96)00221-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/03/2023]
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Various dihydroxyacetone-phosphate (DHAP) analogues bearing an aromatic ring or beta-dicarbonyl structures were synthesized. Their capacity to form a stabilized iminium ion or conjugated enamine in the reaction catalyzed by rabbit muscle aldolase (EC 4.1.2.13) were investigated by enzymatic kinetics and UV difference spectroscopic techniques. Whereas the aromatic derivative led to competitive inhibition without detectable iminium ion formation, slow reversible inhibitions of aldolase by beta-dicarbonyl compounds was shown to have taken place. Conjugated enamine formation at the active site of the enzyme was detected by their specific absorbances close to 317 nm.
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- T Gefflaut
- Groupe de Chimie Organique Biologique, UMR 5623, Bát, IIR1, Université Paul Sabarier, Toulouse, France
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Hanau S, Rippa M, Bertelli M, Dallocchio F, Barrett MP. 6-Phosphogluconate Dehydrogenase from Trypanosoma Brucei. Kinetic Analysis and Inhibition by Trypanocidal Drugs. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 1996; 240:592-9. [PMID: 8856059 DOI: 10.1111/j.1432-1033.1996.0592h.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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The kinetics of 6-phosphogluconate dehydrogenase from Trypanosoma brucei was examined and compared to those of the same enzyme from lamb's liver. Variation of kinetic parameters as a function of pH suggests a chemical mechanism similar to other 6-phosphogluconate dehydrogenases. The comparison extended to a detailed analysis of the effect on enzyme activity by several inhibitors including the trypanocidal drugs suramin, melarsoprol and analogues of these compounds. The T. brucei enzyme differs significantly from its mammalian counterpart with respect to several inhibitors, particularly the substrate analogue 6-phospho-2-deoxygluconate and the coenzyme analogue adenosine 2',5'-bisphosphate which have respectively 170-fold and 40-fold higher affinity for the parasite enzyme.
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- S Hanau
- Dipartimento di Biochimica e Biologia molecolare, Università di Ferrara, Italy
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Blonski C, Gefflaut T, Perie J. Effects of chirality and substituents at carbon 3 in dihydroxyacetone-phosphate analogues on their binding to rabbit muscle aldolase. Bioorg Med Chem 1995; 3:1247-53. [PMID: 8564417 DOI: 10.1016/0968-0896(95)00093-v] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/31/2023]
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A series of dihydroxyacetone-phosphate (DHAP) analogues has been synthesized, differing in their stereochemistry and functionality at C-3. The kinetic effects of these compounds on the enzyme aldolase (EC 4.1.2.13) have been studied and differing modes of action observed. Competitive and time dependent reversible inhibition have been shown to take place both with and without borohydride detected formation of an immonium ion.
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- C Blonski
- Groupe de Chimie Organique Biologique, URA au CNRS 470, Université Paul Sabatier, Toulouse, France
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Gefflaut T, Blonski C, Perie J, Willson M. Class I aldolases: substrate specificity, mechanism, inhibitors and structural aspects. PROGRESS IN BIOPHYSICS AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY 1995; 63:301-40. [PMID: 8599032 DOI: 10.1016/0079-6107(95)00008-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 112] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/31/2023]
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- T Gefflaut
- Groupe de Chimie Organique Biologique, URA CNRS 470 Université Paul Sabatier, Toulouse, France
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