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Xie SC, Wang Y, Morton CJ, Metcalfe RD, Dogovski C, Pasaje CFA, Dunn E, Luth MR, Kumpornsin K, Istvan ES, Park JS, Fairhurst KJ, Ketprasit N, Yeo T, Yildirim O, Bhebhe MN, Klug DM, Rutledge PJ, Godoy LC, Dey S, De Souza ML, Siqueira-Neto JL, Du Y, Puhalovich T, Amini M, Shami G, Loesbanluechai D, Nie S, Williamson N, Jana GP, Maity BC, Thomson P, Foley T, Tan DS, Niles JC, Han BW, Goldberg DE, Burrows J, Fidock DA, Lee MCS, Winzeler EA, Griffin MDW, Todd MH, Tilley L. Reaction hijacking inhibition of Plasmodium falciparum asparagine tRNA synthetase. Nat Commun 2024; 15:937. [PMID: 38297033 PMCID: PMC10831071 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-024-45224-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/24/2023] [Accepted: 01/16/2024] [Indexed: 02/02/2024] Open
Abstract
Malaria poses an enormous threat to human health. With ever increasing resistance to currently deployed drugs, breakthrough compounds with novel mechanisms of action are urgently needed. Here, we explore pyrimidine-based sulfonamides as a new low molecular weight inhibitor class with drug-like physical parameters and a synthetically accessible scaffold. We show that the exemplar, OSM-S-106, has potent activity against parasite cultures, low mammalian cell toxicity and low propensity for resistance development. In vitro evolution of resistance using a slow ramp-up approach pointed to the Plasmodium falciparum cytoplasmic asparaginyl-tRNA synthetase (PfAsnRS) as the target, consistent with our finding that OSM-S-106 inhibits protein translation and activates the amino acid starvation response. Targeted mass spectrometry confirms that OSM-S-106 is a pro-inhibitor and that inhibition of PfAsnRS occurs via enzyme-mediated production of an Asn-OSM-S-106 adduct. Human AsnRS is much less susceptible to this reaction hijacking mechanism. X-ray crystallographic studies of human AsnRS in complex with inhibitor adducts and docking of pro-inhibitors into a model of Asn-tRNA-bound PfAsnRS provide insights into the structure-activity relationship and the selectivity mechanism.
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Affiliation(s)
- Stanley C Xie
- Department of Biochemistry and Pharmacology, Bio21 Molecular Science and Biotechnology Institute, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, VIC, 3010, Australia
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- School of Pharmacy, University College London, London, WC1N 1AX, UK
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- Biomedical Manufacturing Program, CSIRO, Clayton South, VIC, Australia
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- Center for Structural Biology, Center for Cancer Research, National Cancer Institute, Frederick, MD, 21702, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry and Pharmacology, Bio21 Molecular Science and Biotechnology Institute, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, VIC, 3010, Australia
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- Department of Biological Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, 02139, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry and Pharmacology, Bio21 Molecular Science and Biotechnology Institute, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, VIC, 3010, Australia
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- Department of Pediatrics, School of Medicine, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA, 92093, USA
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- Parasites and Microbes Programme, Wellcome Sanger Institute, Hinxton, CB10 1SA, UK
- Calibr, Division of the Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, CA, 92037, USA
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- Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, MO, USA
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- Research Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences and Natural Products Research Institute, College of Pharmacy, Seoul National University, Seoul, 08826, Republic of Korea
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- Center for Malaria Therapeutics and Antimicrobial Resistance, Columbia University Medical Center, New York, NY, 10032, USA
- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Columbia University Medical Center, New York, NY, 10032, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry and Pharmacology, Bio21 Molecular Science and Biotechnology Institute, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, VIC, 3010, Australia
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- Center for Malaria Therapeutics and Antimicrobial Resistance, Columbia University Medical Center, New York, NY, 10032, USA
- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Columbia University Medical Center, New York, NY, 10032, USA
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- Chemical Biology Program, Sloan Kettering Institute, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY, 10065, USA
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- School of Pharmacy, University College London, London, WC1N 1AX, UK
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- School of Chemistry, University of Sydney, Camperdown, NSW, 2006, Australia
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- Department of Biological Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, 02139, USA
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- Department of Biological Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, 02139, USA
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- Department of Pediatrics, School of Medicine, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA, 92093, USA
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- Department of Pediatrics, School of Medicine, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA, 92093, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry and Pharmacology, Bio21 Molecular Science and Biotechnology Institute, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, VIC, 3010, Australia
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- Department of Biochemistry and Pharmacology, Bio21 Molecular Science and Biotechnology Institute, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, VIC, 3010, Australia
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- Department of Biochemistry and Pharmacology, Bio21 Molecular Science and Biotechnology Institute, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, VIC, 3010, Australia
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- Department of Biochemistry and Pharmacology, Bio21 Molecular Science and Biotechnology Institute, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, VIC, 3010, Australia
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- Melbourne Mass Spectrometry and Proteomics Facility, Bio21 Molecular Science and Biotechnology Institute, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, VIC, 3010, Australia
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- Melbourne Mass Spectrometry and Proteomics Facility, Bio21 Molecular Science and Biotechnology Institute, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, VIC, 3010, Australia
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- TCG Lifesciences Private Limited, Salt-Lake Electronics Complex, Kolkata, India
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- TCG Lifesciences Private Limited, Salt-Lake Electronics Complex, Kolkata, India
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- School of Chemistry, The University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, EH9 3JJ, UK
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- School of Chemistry, The University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, EH9 3JJ, UK
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- Chemical Biology Program, Sloan Kettering Institute, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY, 10065, USA
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- Department of Biological Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, 02139, USA
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- Research Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences and Natural Products Research Institute, College of Pharmacy, Seoul National University, Seoul, 08826, Republic of Korea
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- Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, MO, USA
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- Medicines for Malaria Venture, 20, Route de Pré-Bois, 1215, Geneva 15, Switzerland
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- Center for Malaria Therapeutics and Antimicrobial Resistance, Columbia University Medical Center, New York, NY, 10032, USA
- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Columbia University Medical Center, New York, NY, 10032, USA
- Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, Columbia University Medical Center, New York, NY, 10032, USA
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- Parasites and Microbes Programme, Wellcome Sanger Institute, Hinxton, CB10 1SA, UK
- Wellcome Centre for Anti-Infectives Research, Biological Chemistry and Drug Discovery, University of Dundee, Dundee, DD1 4HN, UK
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- Department of Pediatrics, School of Medicine, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA, 92093, USA.
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- Department of Biochemistry and Pharmacology, Bio21 Molecular Science and Biotechnology Institute, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, VIC, 3010, Australia.
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- School of Pharmacy, University College London, London, WC1N 1AX, UK.
- Structural Genomics Consortium, University College London, London, WC1N 1AX, UK.
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- Department of Biochemistry and Pharmacology, Bio21 Molecular Science and Biotechnology Institute, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, VIC, 3010, Australia.
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Xie SC, Wang Y, Morton CJ, Metcalfe RD, Dogovski C, Pasaje CFA, Dunn E, Luth MR, Kumpornsin K, Istvan ES, Park JS, Fairhurst KJ, Ketprasit N, Yeo T, Yildirim O, Bhebhe MN, Klug DM, Rutledge PJ, Godoy LC, Dey S, De Souza ML, Siqueira-Neto JL, Du Y, Puhalovich T, Amini M, Shami G, Loesbanluechai D, Nie S, Williamson N, Jana GP, Maity BC, Thomson P, Foley T, Tan DS, Niles JC, Han BW, Goldberg DE, Burrows J, Fidock DA, Lee MC, Winzeler EA, Griffin MDW, Todd MH, Tilley L. Reaction hijacking inhibition of Plasmodium falciparum asparagine tRNA synthetase. Res Sq 2023:rs.3.rs-3198291. [PMID: 37546892 PMCID: PMC10402266 DOI: 10.21203/rs.3.rs-3198291/v1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 08/08/2023]
Abstract
Malaria poses an enormous threat to human health. With ever increasing resistance to currently deployed drugs, breakthrough compounds with novel mechanisms of action are urgently needed. Here, we explore pyrimidine-based sulfonamides as a new low molecular weight inhibitor class with drug-like physical parameters and a synthetically accessible scaffold. We show that the exemplar, OSM-S-106, has potent activity against parasite cultures, low mammalian cell toxicity and low propensity for resistance development. In vitro evolution of resistance using a slow ramp-up approach pointed to the Plasmodium falciparum cytoplasmic asparaginyl tRNA synthetase (PfAsnRS) as the target, consistent with our finding that OSM-S-106 inhibits protein translation and activates the amino acid starvation response. Targeted mass spectrometry confirms that OSM-S-106 is a pro-inhibitor and that inhibition of PfAsnRS occurs via enzyme-mediated production of an Asn-OSM-S-106 adduct. Human AsnRS is much less susceptible to this reaction hijacking mechanism. X-ray crystallographic studies of human AsnRS in complex with inhibitor adducts and docking of pro-inhibitors into a model of Asn-tRNA-bound PfAsnRS provide insights into the structure activity relationship and the selectivity mechanism.
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- Stanley C. Xie
- Department of Biochemistry and Pharmacology, Bio21 Molecular Science and Biotechnology Institute, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, VIC 3010, Australia
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- School of Pharmacy, University College London, London WC1N 1AX, United Kingdom
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- Biomedical Manufacturing Program, CSIRO, Clayton South, Australia
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- Center for Structural Biology, Center for Cancer Research, National Cancer Institute, Frederick, MD 21702, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry and Pharmacology, Bio21 Molecular Science and Biotechnology Institute, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, VIC 3010, Australia
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- Department of Biochemistry and Pharmacology, Bio21 Molecular Science and Biotechnology Institute, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, VIC 3010, Australia
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- Department of Pediatrics, School of Medicine, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, California 92093, USA
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- Parasites and Microbes Programme, Wellcome Sanger Institute, Hinxton, CB10 1SA, United Kingdom
- Calibr, Division of the Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, CA 92037, USA
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- Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, Washington University in St. Louis, USA
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- Research Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences & Natural Products Research Institute, College of Pharmacy, Seoul National University, Seoul 08826, Republic of Korea
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- Center for Malaria Therapeutics and Antimicrobial Resistance, Columbia University Medical Center, New York, NY 10032, USA
- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Columbia University Medical Center, New York, NY 10032, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry and Pharmacology, Bio21 Molecular Science and Biotechnology Institute, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, VIC 3010, Australia
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- Center for Malaria Therapeutics and Antimicrobial Resistance, Columbia University Medical Center, New York, NY 10032, USA
- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Columbia University Medical Center, New York, NY 10032, USA
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- Chemical Biology Program, Sloan Kettering Institute, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY 10065, USA
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- School of Pharmacy, University College London, London WC1N 1AX, United Kingdom
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- School of Chemistry, University of Sydney, Camperdown, NSW 2006, Australia
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- Department of Biological Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA
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- Department of Biological Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA
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- Department of Pediatrics, School of Medicine, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, California 92093, USA
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- Department of Pediatrics, School of Medicine, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, California 92093, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry and Pharmacology, Bio21 Molecular Science and Biotechnology Institute, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, VIC 3010, Australia
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- Department of Biochemistry and Pharmacology, Bio21 Molecular Science and Biotechnology Institute, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, VIC 3010, Australia
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- Department of Biochemistry and Pharmacology, Bio21 Molecular Science and Biotechnology Institute, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, VIC 3010, Australia
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- Department of Biochemistry and Pharmacology, Bio21 Molecular Science and Biotechnology Institute, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, VIC 3010, Australia
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- Melbourne Mass Spectrometry and Proteomics Facility, Bio21 Molecular Science and Biotechnology Institute, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, VIC 3010, Australia
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- Melbourne Mass Spectrometry and Proteomics Facility, Bio21 Molecular Science and Biotechnology Institute, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, VIC 3010, Australia
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- TCG Lifesciences Private Limited, Salt-lake Electronics Complex, Kolkata, India
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- TCG Lifesciences Private Limited, Salt-lake Electronics Complex, Kolkata, India
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- School of Chemistry, The University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh EH9 3JJ, United Kingdom
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- School of Chemistry, The University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh EH9 3JJ, United Kingdom
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- Chemical Biology Program, Sloan Kettering Institute, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY 10065, USA
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- Department of Biological Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA
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- Research Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences & Natural Products Research Institute, College of Pharmacy, Seoul National University, Seoul 08826, Republic of Korea
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- Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, Washington University in St. Louis, USA
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- Medicines for Malaria Venture, 20, Route de Pré-Bois 1215, Geneva 15, Switzerland
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- Center for Malaria Therapeutics and Antimicrobial Resistance, Columbia University Medical Center, New York, NY 10032, USA
- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Columbia University Medical Center, New York, NY 10032, USA
- Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, Columbia University Medical Center, New York, NY 10032, USA
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- Parasites and Microbes Programme, Wellcome Sanger Institute, Hinxton, CB10 1SA, United Kingdom
- Wellcome Centre for Anti-Infectives Research, Biological Chemistry and Drug Discovery, University of Dundee, Dundee DD1 4HN, United Kingdom
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- Department of Pediatrics, School of Medicine, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, California 92093, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry and Pharmacology, Bio21 Molecular Science and Biotechnology Institute, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, VIC 3010, Australia
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- School of Pharmacy, University College London, London WC1N 1AX, United Kingdom
- Structural Genomics Consortium, University College London, London WC1N 1AX, United Kingdom
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- Department of Biochemistry and Pharmacology, Bio21 Molecular Science and Biotechnology Institute, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, VIC 3010, Australia
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Kumari J, Kumar V, Behl A, Kumar Sah R, Kumari G, Garg S, Gupta A, Nazar Mohomed Mohaideen. S, Shafi S, Pati S, Samby K, Burrows J, Mohandas N, Singh S. ‘Erythritol’, a safe natural sweetener exhibits multi-stage anti-malarial activity by permeating into Plasmodium falciparum through aquaglyceroporin channel. Biochem Pharmacol 2022; 205:115287. [DOI: 10.1016/j.bcp.2022.115287] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/30/2022] [Revised: 09/29/2022] [Accepted: 09/29/2022] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Kumari G, Jain R, Kumar Sah R, Kalia I, Vashistha M, Singh P, Prasad Singh A, Samby K, Burrows J, Singh S. Multistage and transmission-blocking tubulin targeting potent antimalarial discovered from the open access MMV pathogen box. Biochem Pharmacol 2022; 203:115154. [PMID: 35798201 DOI: 10.1016/j.bcp.2022.115154] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/23/2022] [Revised: 06/08/2022] [Accepted: 06/23/2022] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
Abstract
The development of resistance to current antimalarial therapies remains a significant source of concern. To address this risk,newdrugswithnoveltargetsin distinct developmental stages ofPlasmodiumparasites are required. In the current study,we have targetedP. falciparumTubulin(PfTubulin)proteins which represent some of thepotentialdrug targetsfor malaria chemotherapy. PlasmodialMicrotubules (MTs) play a crucial role during parasite proliferation, growth, and transmission, which render them highlydesirabletargets for the development ofnext-generation chemotherapeutics. Towards this,we have evaluated the antimalarial activity ofTubulintargetingcompounds received from theMedicines for Malaria Venture (MMV)"Pathogen Box"against the human malaria parasite,P. falciparumincluding 3D7 (chloroquine and artemisinin sensitive strain), RKL-9 (chloroquine-resistant strain), and R539T (artemisinin-resistant strain). At nanomolar concentrations, the filtered-out compounds exhibitedpronouncedmultistage antimalarialeffects across the parasite life cycle, including intra-erythrocytic blood stages, liver stage parasites, gametocytes, and ookinetes. Concomitantly, these compoundswere found toimpedemale gamete ex-flagellation, thus showingtheir transmission-blocking potential. Target mining of these potent compounds, by combining in silico, biochemical and biophysical assays,implicatedPfTubulinas their moleculartarget, which may possibly act bydisruptingMT assembly dynamics by binding at the interface of α-βTubulin-dimer.Further, the promising ADME profile of the parent scaffold supported its consideration as a lead compound for further development.Thus, our work highlights the potential of targetingPfTubulin proteins in discovering and developing next-generation, multistage antimalarial agents against Multi-Drug Resistant (MDR) malaria parasites.
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- Geeta Kumari
- Special Centre for Molecular Medicine, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi 110067, India
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- Special Centre for Molecular Medicine, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi 110067, India
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- Special Centre for Molecular Medicine, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi 110067, India
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- Advanced Instrumentation Research Facility, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi 110067, India
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- National Institute of Immunology, New Delhi 110067, India
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- Special Centre for Molecular Medicine, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi 110067, India.
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Martins P, Ranjankumar M, Burrows J, Smith C, Khanna R. Immunotherapy: EPHRIN RECEPTOR A3–TARGETED CAR T CELL IMMUNOTHERAPY FOR GLIOBLASTOMA. Cytotherapy 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/s1465-3249(22)00331-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Lim W, Nyuykonge B, Eadie K, Konings M, Smeets J, Fahal A, Bonifaz A, Todd M, Perry B, Samby K, Burrows J, Verbon A, van de Sande W. Screening the pandemic response box identified benzimidazole carbamates, Olorofim and ravuconazole as promising drug candidates for the treatment of eumycetoma. PLoS Negl Trop Dis 2022; 16:e0010159. [PMID: 35120131 PMCID: PMC8815882 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0010159] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/23/2021] [Accepted: 01/10/2022] [Indexed: 12/18/2022] Open
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Eumycetoma is a chronic subcutaneous neglected tropical disease that can be caused by more than 40 different fungal causative agents. The most common causative agents produce black grains and belong to the fungal orders Sordariales and Pleosporales. The current antifungal agents used to treat eumycetoma are itraconazole or terbinafine, however, their cure rates are low. To find novel drugs for eumycetoma, we screened 400 diverse drug-like molecules from the Pandemic Response Box against common eumycetoma causative agents as part of the Open Source Mycetoma initiative (MycetOS). 26 compounds were able to inhibit the growth of Madurella mycetomatis, Madurella pseudomycetomatis and Madurella tropicana, 26 compounds inhibited Falciformispora senegalensis and seven inhibited growth of Medicopsis romeroi in vitro. Four compounds were able to inhibit the growth of all five species of fungi tested. They are the benzimidazole carbamates fenbendazole and carbendazim, the 8-aminoquinolone derivative tafenoquine and MMV1578570. Minimal inhibitory concentrations were then determined for the compounds active against M. mycetomatis. Compounds showing potent activity in vitro were further tested in vivo. Fenbendazole, MMV1782387, ravuconazole and olorofim were able to significantly prolong Galleria mellonella larvae survival and are promising candidates to explore in mycetoma treatment and to also serve as scaffolds for medicinal chemistry optimisation in the search for novel antifungals to treat eumycetoma.
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- Wilson Lim
- Erasmus MC, University Medical Center Rotterdam, Department of Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
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- Erasmus MC, University Medical Center Rotterdam, Department of Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
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- Erasmus MC, University Medical Center Rotterdam, Department of Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
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- Erasmus MC, University Medical Center Rotterdam, Department of Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
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- Erasmus MC, University Medical Center Rotterdam, Department of Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
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- Mycetoma Research Centre, University of Khartoum, Khartoum, Sudan
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- University College London, School of Pharmacy, London, United Kingdom
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- Drugs for Neglected Diseases initiative (DNDi), Geneva, Switzerland
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- Medicines for Malaria Venture (MMV), Geneva, Switzerland
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- Erasmus MC, University Medical Center Rotterdam, Department of Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
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- Erasmus MC, University Medical Center Rotterdam, Department of Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
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Yang T, Ottilie S, Istvan ES, Godinez-Macias KP, Lukens AK, Baragaña B, Campo B, Walpole C, Niles JC, Chibale K, Dechering KJ, Llinás M, Lee MCS, Kato N, Wyllie S, McNamara CW, Gamo FJ, Burrows J, Fidock DA, Goldberg DE, Gilbert IH, Wirth DF, Winzeler EA. MalDA, Accelerating Malaria Drug Discovery. Trends Parasitol 2021; 37:493-507. [PMID: 33648890 PMCID: PMC8261838 DOI: 10.1016/j.pt.2021.01.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/11/2020] [Revised: 01/20/2021] [Accepted: 01/21/2021] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
Abstract
The Malaria Drug Accelerator (MalDA) is a consortium of 15 leading scientific laboratories. The aim of MalDA is to improve and accelerate the early antimalarial drug discovery process by identifying new, essential, druggable targets. In addition, it seeks to produce early lead inhibitors that may be advanced into drug candidates suitable for preclinical development and subsequent clinical testing in humans. By sharing resources, including expertise, knowledge, materials, and reagents, the consortium strives to eliminate the structural barriers often encountered in the drug discovery process. Here we discuss the mission of the consortium and its scientific achievements, including the identification of new chemically and biologically validated targets, as well as future scientific directions.
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- Tuo Yang
- Department of Pediatrics, School of Medicine, University of California, San Diego (UCSD), La Jolla, CA 92093, USA
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- Department of Pediatrics, School of Medicine, University of California, San Diego (UCSD), La Jolla, CA 92093, USA
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, Washington University School of Medicine, Saint Louis, MO 63130, USA; Department of Molecular Microbiology, Washington University School of Medicine, Saint Louis, MO 63130, USA
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- Bioinformatics and Systems Biology Graduate Program, University of California, San Diego (UCSD), La Jolla, CA 92093, USA
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- Department of Immunology and Infectious Diseases, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, MA 02115, USA; Infectious Disease and Microbiome Program, Broad Institute, Cambridge, MA 02142, USA
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- Wellcome Center for Anti-Infectives Research, Division of Biological Chemistry and Drug Discovery, University of Dundee, Dundee DD1 5EH, UK
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- Medicines for Malaria Venture, 1215 Geneva 15, Switzerland
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- Structural Genomics Consortium, Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre, Montreal, QC H4A 3J1, Canada
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- Department of Biological Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Building 56-341, 77 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge MA 02139-4307, USA
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- Drug Discovery and Development Centre (H3D), University of Cape Town, Rondebosch 7701, South Africa; South African Medical Research Council Drug Discovery and Development Research Unit, Department of Chemistry and Institute of Infectious Disease and Molecular Medicine, University of Cape Town, Rondebosch 7701, South Africa
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology and Department of Chemistry, Huck Center for Malaria Research, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA 16082, USA
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- Wellcome Sanger Institute, Wellcome Genome Campus, Hinxton, UK
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- Global Health Drug Discovery Institute, Zhongguancun Dongsheng International Science Park, 1 North Yongtaizhuang Road, Beijing 100192, China
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- Wellcome Center for Anti-Infectives Research, Division of Biological Chemistry and Drug Discovery, University of Dundee, Dundee DD1 5EH, UK
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- Calibr, a division of The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, CA 92037, USA
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- Tres Cantos Medicines Development Campus, Diseases of the Developing World, GlaxoSmithKline, Tres Cantos, 28760, Madrid, Spain
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- Medicines for Malaria Venture, 1215 Geneva 15, Switzerland
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology and Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, Columbia University Irving Medical Center, New York, NY 10032, USA
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, Washington University School of Medicine, Saint Louis, MO 63130, USA; Department of Molecular Microbiology, Washington University School of Medicine, Saint Louis, MO 63130, USA
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- Wellcome Center for Anti-Infectives Research, Division of Biological Chemistry and Drug Discovery, University of Dundee, Dundee DD1 5EH, UK
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- Department of Immunology and Infectious Diseases, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, MA 02115, USA; Infectious Disease and Microbiome Program, Broad Institute, Cambridge, MA 02142, USA
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- Department of Pediatrics, School of Medicine, University of California, San Diego (UCSD), La Jolla, CA 92093, USA.
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Bosc N, Felix E, Arcila R, Mendez D, Saunders MR, Green DVS, Ochoada J, Shelat AA, Martin EJ, Iyer P, Engkvist O, Verras A, Duffy J, Burrows J, Gardner JMF, Leach AR. MAIP: a web service for predicting blood-stage malaria inhibitors. J Cheminform 2021; 13:13. [PMID: 33618772 PMCID: PMC7898753 DOI: 10.1186/s13321-021-00487-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/13/2020] [Accepted: 01/20/2021] [Indexed: 12/17/2022] Open
Abstract
Malaria is a disease affecting hundreds of millions of people across the world, mainly in developing countries and especially in sub-Saharan Africa. It is the cause of hundreds of thousands of deaths each year and there is an ever-present need to identify and develop effective new therapies to tackle the disease and overcome increasing drug resistance. Here, we extend a previous study in which a number of partners collaborated to develop a consensus in silico model that can be used to identify novel molecules that may have antimalarial properties. The performance of machine learning methods generally improves with the number of data points available for training. One practical challenge in building large training sets is that the data are often proprietary and cannot be straightforwardly integrated. Here, this was addressed by sharing QSAR models, each built on a private data set. We describe the development of an open-source software platform for creating such models, a comprehensive evaluation of methods to create a single consensus model and a web platform called MAIP available at https://www.ebi.ac.uk/chembl/maip/ . MAIP is freely available for the wider community to make large-scale predictions of potential malaria inhibiting compounds. This project also highlights some of the practical challenges in reproducing published computational methods and the opportunities that open-source software can offer to the community.
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- Nicolas Bosc
- European Bioinformatics Institute (EMBL-EBI), Wellcome Genome Campus, CB10 1SD, Hinxton, Cambridge, United Kingdom.
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- European Bioinformatics Institute (EMBL-EBI), Wellcome Genome Campus, CB10 1SD, Hinxton, Cambridge, United Kingdom
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- European Bioinformatics Institute (EMBL-EBI), Wellcome Genome Campus, CB10 1SD, Hinxton, Cambridge, United Kingdom
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- European Bioinformatics Institute (EMBL-EBI), Wellcome Genome Campus, CB10 1SD, Hinxton, Cambridge, United Kingdom
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- Department of Molecular Design, Data and Computational Sciences, GlaxoSmithKline, Gunnels Wood Road, Hertfordshire, SG1 2NY, Stevenage, UK
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- Department of Molecular Design, Data and Computational Sciences, GlaxoSmithKline, Gunnels Wood Road, Hertfordshire, SG1 2NY, Stevenage, UK
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- Department of Chemical Biology and Therapeutics, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, 262 Danny Thomas Place, Tennessee, 38105, Memphis, USA
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- Department of Chemical Biology and Therapeutics, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, 262 Danny Thomas Place, Tennessee, 38105, Memphis, USA
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- Novartis Institute for Biomedical Research, 5300 Chiron Way, California, 94608- 2916, Emeryville, USA
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- Hit Discovery, Discovery Sciences, R&D, AstraZeneca, Gothenburg, Sweden
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- Hit Discovery, Discovery Sciences, R&D, AstraZeneca, Gothenburg, Sweden
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- Schrodinger Inc, 120 West 45th Street, 10036-4041, New York, NY, USA
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- Medicines for Malaria Ventures Discovery, 1215, Geneva, Switzerland
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- Medicines for Malaria Ventures Discovery, 1215, Geneva, Switzerland
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- AMG Consultants Ltd, Discovery Park House, Discovery Park, Ramsgate Road, CT13 9ND, Sandwich, Kent, UK
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- European Bioinformatics Institute (EMBL-EBI), Wellcome Genome Campus, CB10 1SD, Hinxton, Cambridge, United Kingdom.
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Anselmi L, Everton A, Shaw R, Suzuki W, Burrows J, Weir R, Tatarek-Gintowt R, Sutton M, Lorrimer S. Estimating local need for mental healthcare to inform fair resource allocation in the NHS in England: cross-sectional analysis of national administrative data linked at person level. Br J Psychiatry 2020; 216:338-344. [PMID: 31391127 PMCID: PMC7511896 DOI: 10.1192/bjp.2019.185] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
Abstract
BACKGROUND Equitable access to mental healthcare is a priority for many countries. The National Health Service in England uses a weighted capitation formula to ensure that the geographical distribution of resources reflects need. AIMS To produce a revised formula for estimating local need for secondary mental health, learning disability (intellectual disability) and psychological therapies services for adults in England. METHOD We used demographic records for 43 751 535 adults registered with a primary care practitioner in England linked with service use, ethnicity, physical health diagnoses and type of household, from multiple data-sets. Using linear regression, we estimated the individual cost of care in 2015 as a function of individual- and area-level need and supply variables in 2013 and 2014. We sterilised the effects of the supply variables to obtain individual-need estimates. We aggregated these by general practitioner practice, age and gender to derive weights for the national capitation formula. RESULTS Higher costs were associated with: being 30-50 years old, compared with 20-24; being Irish, Black African, Black Caribbean or of mixed ethnicity, compared with White British; having been admitted for specific physical health conditions, including drug poisoning; living alone, in a care home or in a communal environment; and living in areas with a higher percentage of out-of-work benefit recipients and higher prevalence of severe mental illness. Longer distance from a provider was associated with lower cost. CONCLUSIONS The resulting needs weights were higher in more deprived areas and informed the distribution of some 12% (£9 bn in 2019/20) of the health budget allocated to local organisations for 2019/20 to 2023/24.
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- Laura Anselmi
- Research Fellow, Health Organisation, Policy and Economics, University of Manchester, UK,Senior Analytical Manager, Analysis and Insight for Finance, NHS England, UK,Correspondence: Laura Anselmi, Health Organisation, Policy and Economics (HOPE), Centre for Primary Care and Health Services Research, University of Manchester, Manchester M13 9PL, UK.
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- Senior Analytical Lead, Analysis and Insight for Finance, NHS England, UK
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- Lead Analysis (forecasting), Analytical Insight Resource Unit, NHS England, UK
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- Senior Manager, Operations & Information Directorate, NHS England, UK
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- Senior Analytical Manager, Analysis and Insight for Finance, NHS England, UK
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- Analysis and Insight for Finance, NHS England, UK
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- Professor of Health Economics, Health Organisation, Policy and Economics, University of Manchester, UK; and Professorial Research Fellow, Melbourne Institute for Applied Economic and Social Research, University of Melbourne, Australia
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Burrows J, Fidock DA, Miller RS, Rees S. Blocking Plasmodium Development in Mosquitoes: A Powerful New Approach for Expanding Malaria Control Efforts. Am J Trop Med Hyg 2020; 101:734-735. [PMID: 31264564 PMCID: PMC6779223 DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.19-0318] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022] Open
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology and Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, Columbia University Irving Medical Center, New York, New York
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- Innovative Vector Control Consortium, Liverpool, United Kingdom
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Schlott AC, Mayclin S, Reers AR, Coburn-Flynn O, Bell AS, Green J, Knuepfer E, Charter D, Bonnert R, Campo B, Burrows J, Lyons-Abbott S, Staker BL, Chung CW, Myler PJ, Fidock DA, Tate EW, Holder AA. Structure-Guided Identification of Resistance Breaking Antimalarial N‑Myristoyltransferase Inhibitors. Cell Chem Biol 2019; 26:991-1000.e7. [PMID: 31080074 PMCID: PMC6658617 DOI: 10.1016/j.chembiol.2019.03.015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/02/2019] [Revised: 02/25/2019] [Accepted: 03/25/2019] [Indexed: 01/26/2023]
Abstract
The attachment of myristate to the N-terminal glycine of certain proteins is largely a co-translational modification catalyzed by N-myristoyltransferase (NMT), and involved in protein membrane-localization. Pathogen NMT is a validated therapeutic target in numerous infectious diseases including malaria. In Plasmodium falciparum, NMT substrates are important in essential processes including parasite gliding motility and host cell invasion. Here, we generated parasites resistant to a particular NMT inhibitor series and show that resistance in an in vitro parasite growth assay is mediated by a single amino acid substitution in the NMT substrate-binding pocket. The basis of resistance was validated and analyzed with a structure-guided approach using crystallography, in combination with enzyme activity, stability, and surface plasmon resonance assays, allowing identification of another inhibitor series unaffected by this substitution. We suggest that resistance studies incorporated early in the drug development process help selection of drug combinations to impede rapid evolution of parasite resistance.
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- Anja C Schlott
- Francis Crick Institute, 1 Midland Road, London NW1 1AT, UK; Molecular Sciences Research Hub, Imperial College, White City Campus Wood Lane, London W12 0BZ, UK.
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- Seattle Structural Genomics Center for Infectious Disease (SSGCID), Seattle, WA 98109, USA; UCB Pharma, 7869 NE Day Road West, Bainbridge Island, WA 98110, USA
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- Seattle Structural Genomics Center for Infectious Disease (SSGCID), Seattle, WA 98109, USA; Center for Global Infectious Disease Research, Seattle Children's Research Institute, 307 Westlake Avenue North, Suite 500, Seattle, USA
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- Department of Microbiology & Immunology, Columbia University Medical Center, New York, NY 10032, USA
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- Molecular Sciences Research Hub, Imperial College, White City Campus Wood Lane, London W12 0BZ, UK
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- Francis Crick Institute, 1 Midland Road, London NW1 1AT, UK
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- Francis Crick Institute, 1 Midland Road, London NW1 1AT, UK
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- Structural and Biophysical Sciences, GlaxoSmithKline, Stevenage, Hertfordshire, UK
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- Medicines for Malaria Venture, Route de Pré-Bois 20, Post Box 1826, 1215 Geneva 15, Switzerland
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- Medicines for Malaria Venture, Route de Pré-Bois 20, Post Box 1826, 1215 Geneva 15, Switzerland
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- Medicines for Malaria Venture, Route de Pré-Bois 20, Post Box 1826, 1215 Geneva 15, Switzerland
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- Seattle Structural Genomics Center for Infectious Disease (SSGCID), Seattle, WA 98109, USA; Center for Global Infectious Disease Research, Seattle Children's Research Institute, 307 Westlake Avenue North, Suite 500, Seattle, USA
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- Seattle Structural Genomics Center for Infectious Disease (SSGCID), Seattle, WA 98109, USA; Center for Global Infectious Disease Research, Seattle Children's Research Institute, 307 Westlake Avenue North, Suite 500, Seattle, USA
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- Structural and Biophysical Sciences, GlaxoSmithKline, Stevenage, Hertfordshire, UK; Crick-GSK Biomedical LinkLabs, GSK Medicines Research Centre, Stevenage, UK
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- Seattle Structural Genomics Center for Infectious Disease (SSGCID), Seattle, WA 98109, USA; Center for Global Infectious Disease Research, Seattle Children's Research Institute, 307 Westlake Avenue North, Suite 500, Seattle, USA; Department of Biomedical Informatics & Medical Education, University of Washington, Seattle, USA; Department of Global Health, University of Washington, Seattle, USA
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- Department of Microbiology & Immunology, Columbia University Medical Center, New York, NY 10032, USA; Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, Columbia University Medical Center, New York, NY 10032, USA
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- Molecular Sciences Research Hub, Imperial College, White City Campus Wood Lane, London W12 0BZ, UK.
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Antonova-Koch Y, Meister S, Abraham M, Luth MR, Ottilie S, Lukens AK, Sakata-Kato T, Vanaerschot M, Owen E, Jado JC, Maher SP, Calla J, Plouffe D, Zhong Y, Chen K, Chaumeau V, Conway AJ, McNamara CW, Ibanez M, Gagaring K, Serrano FN, Eribez K, Taggard CM, Cheung AL, Lincoln C, Ambachew B, Rouillier M, Siegel D, Nosten F, Kyle DE, Gamo FJ, Zhou Y, Llinás M, Fidock DA, Wirth DF, Burrows J, Campo B, Winzeler EA. Open-source discovery of chemical leads for next-generation chemoprotective antimalarials. Science 2019; 362:362/6419/eaat9446. [PMID: 30523084 PMCID: PMC6516198 DOI: 10.1126/science.aat9446] [Citation(s) in RCA: 79] [Impact Index Per Article: 15.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/26/2018] [Accepted: 10/18/2018] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
Abstract
To discover leads for next-generation chemoprotective antimalarial drugs,we tested more than 500,000 compounds for their ability to inhibit liver-stage development of luciferase-expressing Plasmodium spp. parasites (681 compounds showed a half-maximal inhibitory concentration of less than 1micromolar).Cluster analysis identified potent and previously unreported scaffold families as well as other series previously associated with chemoprophylaxis. Further testing through multiple phenotypic assays that predict stage-specific and multispecies antimalarial activity distinguished compound classes that are likely to provide symptomatic relief by reducing asexual blood-stage parasitemia from those which are likely to only prevent malaria. Target identification by using functional assays, in vitro evolution, or metabolic profiling revealed 58 mitochondrial inhibitors but also many chemotypes possibly with previously unidentified mechanisms of action.
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- Yevgeniya Antonova-Koch
- School of Medicine, University of California, San Diego, 9500 Gilman Drive 0760, La Jolla, CA 92093, USA
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- School of Medicine, University of California, San Diego, 9500 Gilman Drive 0760, La Jolla, CA 92093, USA
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- School of Medicine, University of California, San Diego, 9500 Gilman Drive 0760, La Jolla, CA 92093, USA
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- School of Medicine, University of California, San Diego, 9500 Gilman Drive 0760, La Jolla, CA 92093, USA
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- School of Medicine, University of California, San Diego, 9500 Gilman Drive 0760, La Jolla, CA 92093, USA
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- Harvard T. H. Chan School of Public Health, 665 Huntington Avenue, Boston, MA 02115, USA.,The Broad Institute, 415 Main Street, Cambridge, MA 02142, USA
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- Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Columbia University Medical Center, New York, NY 10032, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology and Center for Malaria Research, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA 16802, USA
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- School of Medicine, University of California, San Diego, 9500 Gilman Drive 0760, La Jolla, CA 92093, USA
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- Center for Tropical and Emerging Global Diseases, University of Georgia, 500 D. W. Brooks Drive, Athens, GA 30602, USA.,Department of Global Health, University of South Florida, 3720 Spectrum Boulevard, Tampa, FL 33612, USA
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- School of Medicine, University of California, San Diego, 9500 Gilman Drive 0760, La Jolla, CA 92093, USA
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- The Genomics Institute of the Novartis Research Foundation, 10675 John J Hopkins Drive, San Diego, CA 92121, USA
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- The Genomics Institute of the Novartis Research Foundation, 10675 John J Hopkins Drive, San Diego, CA 92121, USA
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- The Genomics Institute of the Novartis Research Foundation, 10675 John J Hopkins Drive, San Diego, CA 92121, USA
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- Shoklo Malaria Research Unit, Mahidol Oxford Research Unit, Faculty of Tropical Medicine, Mahidol University, Mae Sot, Thailand.,Centre for Tropical Medicine and Global Health, Nuffield Department of Medicine, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
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- Center for Tropical and Emerging Global Diseases, University of Georgia, 500 D. W. Brooks Drive, Athens, GA 30602, USA.,Department of Global Health, University of South Florida, 3720 Spectrum Boulevard, Tampa, FL 33612, USA
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- The Genomics Institute of the Novartis Research Foundation, 10675 John J Hopkins Drive, San Diego, CA 92121, USA
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- The Genomics Institute of the Novartis Research Foundation, 10675 John J Hopkins Drive, San Diego, CA 92121, USA
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- The Genomics Institute of the Novartis Research Foundation, 10675 John J Hopkins Drive, San Diego, CA 92121, USA
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- Tres Cantos Medicines Development Campus, Malaria DPU, GlaxoSmithKline, Severo Ochoa 2, Tres Cantos 28760, Madrid, Spain
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- School of Medicine, University of California, San Diego, 9500 Gilman Drive 0760, La Jolla, CA 92093, USA
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- School of Medicine, University of California, San Diego, 9500 Gilman Drive 0760, La Jolla, CA 92093, USA
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- School of Medicine, University of California, San Diego, 9500 Gilman Drive 0760, La Jolla, CA 92093, USA
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- School of Medicine, University of California, San Diego, 9500 Gilman Drive 0760, La Jolla, CA 92093, USA
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- School of Medicine, University of California, San Diego, 9500 Gilman Drive 0760, La Jolla, CA 92093, USA
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- Medicines for Malaria Venture, Post Office Box 1826, 20 Route de Pre-Bois, 1215 Geneva 15, Switzerland
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- Skaggs School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of California, San Diego, 9500 Gilman Drive 0741, La Jolla, CA 92093, USA
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- Shoklo Malaria Research Unit, Mahidol Oxford Research Unit, Faculty of Tropical Medicine, Mahidol University, Mae Sot, Thailand.,Centre for Tropical Medicine and Global Health, Nuffield Department of Medicine, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
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- Center for Tropical and Emerging Global Diseases, University of Georgia, 500 D. W. Brooks Drive, Athens, GA 30602, USA.,Department of Global Health, University of South Florida, 3720 Spectrum Boulevard, Tampa, FL 33612, USA
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- Medicines for Malaria Venture, Post Office Box 1826, 20 Route de Pre-Bois, 1215 Geneva 15, Switzerland
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- The Genomics Institute of the Novartis Research Foundation, 10675 John J Hopkins Drive, San Diego, CA 92121, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology and Center for Malaria Research, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA 16802, USA.,Department of Chemistry and Center for Infectious Diseases Dynamics, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA 16802, USA
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- Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Columbia University Medical Center, New York, NY 10032, USA
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- Harvard T. H. Chan School of Public Health, 665 Huntington Avenue, Boston, MA 02115, USA.,The Broad Institute, 415 Main Street, Cambridge, MA 02142, USA
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- Medicines for Malaria Venture, Post Office Box 1826, 20 Route de Pre-Bois, 1215 Geneva 15, Switzerland
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- Medicines for Malaria Venture, Post Office Box 1826, 20 Route de Pre-Bois, 1215 Geneva 15, Switzerland
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- School of Medicine, University of California, San Diego, 9500 Gilman Drive 0760, La Jolla, CA 92093, USA. .,Skaggs School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of California, San Diego, 9500 Gilman Drive 0741, La Jolla, CA 92093, USA
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Abla N, Almond L, Dickins M, Gobeau N, Charman SA, Rowland-Yeo K, El Gaaloul M, Barter Z, Moehrle J, Wesche D, Burrows J. Application of PBPK modeling to evaluate pharmacokinetic drug-drug interactions during the development of new antimalarial combination therapies. Drug Metab Pharmacokinet 2019. [DOI: 10.1016/j.dmpk.2018.09.234] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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Burrows J, Slater H, Macintyre F, Rees S, Thomas A, Okumu F, Hooft van Huijsduijnen R, Duparc S, Wells TNC. A discovery and development roadmap for new endectocidal transmission-blocking agents in malaria. Malar J 2018; 17:462. [PMID: 30526594 PMCID: PMC6287360 DOI: 10.1186/s12936-018-2598-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/20/2018] [Accepted: 11/24/2018] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
Abstract
Reaching the overall goal of eliminating malaria requires halting disease transmission. One approach to blocking transmission is to prevent passage of the parasite to a mosquito, by preventing formation or transmission of gametocytes. An alternative approach, pioneered in the veterinary field, is to use endectocides, which are molecules that render vertebrate blood meals toxic for the mosquito vector, also killing the parasite. Field studies and modelling suggest that reducing the lifespan of the mosquito may significantly reduce transmission, given the lengthy maturation process of the parasite. To guide the development of new endectocides, or the reformulation of existing molecules, it is important to construct a framework of the required attributes, commonly called the target candidate profile. Here, using a combination of insights from current endectocides, mathematical models of the malaria transmission dynamics, and known impacts of vector control, a target candidate profile (TCP-6) and a regulatory strategy are proposed for a transmission reducing agent. The parameters chosen can be used to assess the potential of a new medicine, independent of whether it has classical endectocide activity, reduces the insect and parasite lifespan or any combination of all three, thereby constituting an ‘endectocidal transmission blocking’ paradigm.
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- Jeremy Burrows
- Medicines for Malaria Venture, Route de Pré Bois 20, 1215, Geneva 15, Switzerland.
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- PATH, 2201 Westlake Avenue, Seattle, WA, 98121, USA.,Department of Infectious Disease Epidemiology, MRC Centre for Global Disease Analysis, Imperial College London, Norfolk Place, London, W2 1PG, UK
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- Medicines for Malaria Venture, Route de Pré Bois 20, 1215, Geneva 15, Switzerland
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- Innovative Vector Control Consortium, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, Pembroke Place, Liverpool, L3 5QA, UK
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- Medicines for Malaria Venture, Route de Pré Bois 20, 1215, Geneva 15, Switzerland
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- Environmental Health and Ecological Sciences Department, Ifakara Health Institute, Off Mlabani Passage, Ifakara, Morogoro, United Republic of Tanzania.,School of Public Health, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Parktown, Republic of South Africa.,Institute of Biodiversity, Animal Health and Comparative Medicine, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, UK
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- Medicines for Malaria Venture, Route de Pré Bois 20, 1215, Geneva 15, Switzerland
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- Medicines for Malaria Venture, Route de Pré Bois 20, 1215, Geneva 15, Switzerland
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Nchinda AT, Le Manach C, Paquet T, Gonzàlez Cabrera D, Wicht KJ, Brunschwig C, Njoroge M, Abay E, Taylor D, Lawrence N, Wittlin S, Jiménez-Díaz MB, Santos Martínez M, Ferrer S, Angulo-Barturen I, Lafuente-Monasterio MJ, Duffy J, Burrows J, Street LJ, Chibale K. Identification of Fast-Acting 2,6-Disubstituted Imidazopyridines That Are Efficacious in the in Vivo Humanized Plasmodium falciparum NODscidIL2Rγnull Mouse Model of Malaria. J Med Chem 2018; 61:4213-4227. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.jmedchem.8b00382] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/29/2023]
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- Aloysius T. Nchinda
- Drug Discovery and Development Center (H3D), Department of Chemistry, University of Cape Town, Rondebosch 7701, South Africa
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- Drug Discovery and Development Center (H3D), Department of Chemistry, University of Cape Town, Rondebosch 7701, South Africa
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- Drug Discovery and Development Center (H3D), Department of Chemistry, University of Cape Town, Rondebosch 7701, South Africa
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- Drug Discovery and Development Center (H3D), Department of Chemistry, University of Cape Town, Rondebosch 7701, South Africa
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- Drug Discovery and Development Center (H3D), Department of Chemistry, University of Cape Town, Rondebosch 7701, South Africa
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- Drug Discovery and Development Center (H3D), Division of Clinical Pharmacology, Department of Medicine, University of Cape Town, Observatory, Cape Town 7925, South Africa
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- Drug Discovery and Development Center (H3D), Division of Clinical Pharmacology, Department of Medicine, University of Cape Town, Observatory, Cape Town 7925, South Africa
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- Drug Discovery and Development Center (H3D), Division of Clinical Pharmacology, Department of Medicine, University of Cape Town, Observatory, Cape Town 7925, South Africa
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- Drug Discovery and Development Center (H3D), Division of Clinical Pharmacology, Department of Medicine, University of Cape Town, Observatory, Cape Town 7925, South Africa
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- Drug Discovery and Development Center (H3D), Division of Clinical Pharmacology, Department of Medicine, University of Cape Town, Observatory, Cape Town 7925, South Africa
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- Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute, Socinstrasse 57, 4002 Basel, Switzerland
- University of Basel, 4003 Basel, Switzerland
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- GlaxoSmithKline, Tres Cantos Medicines Development Campus, Severo Ochoa, 2, 28760 Tres Cantos, Madrid, Spain
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- GlaxoSmithKline, Tres Cantos Medicines Development Campus, Severo Ochoa, 2, 28760 Tres Cantos, Madrid, Spain
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- GlaxoSmithKline, Tres Cantos Medicines Development Campus, Severo Ochoa, 2, 28760 Tres Cantos, Madrid, Spain
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- GlaxoSmithKline, Tres Cantos Medicines Development Campus, Severo Ochoa, 2, 28760 Tres Cantos, Madrid, Spain
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- Medicines for Malaria Venture, ICC, Route de Pré-Bois 20, PO
Box 1826, 1215 Geneva, Switzerland
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- Medicines for Malaria Venture, ICC, Route de Pré-Bois 20, PO
Box 1826, 1215 Geneva, Switzerland
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- Drug Discovery and Development Center (H3D), Department of Chemistry, University of Cape Town, Rondebosch 7701, South Africa
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- Drug Discovery and Development Center (H3D), Department of Chemistry, University of Cape Town, Rondebosch 7701, South Africa
- South African Medical Research Council Drug Discovery and Development Research Unit, Department of Chemistry and Institute of Infectious Disease and Molecular Medicine, University of Cape Town, Rondebosch 7701, South Africa
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Paquet T, Le Manach C, Cabrera DG, Younis Y, Henrich PP, Abraham TS, Lee MCS, Basak R, Ghidelli-Disse S, Lafuente-Monasterio MJ, Bantscheff M, Ruecker A, Blagborough AM, Zakutansky SE, Zeeman AM, White KL, Shackleford DM, Mannila J, Morizzi J, Scheurer C, Angulo-Barturen I, Martínez MS, Ferrer S, Sanz LM, Gamo FJ, Reader J, Botha M, Dechering KJ, Sauerwein RW, Tungtaeng A, Vanachayangkul P, Lim CS, Burrows J, Witty MJ, Marsh KC, Bodenreider C, Rochford R, Solapure SM, Jiménez-Díaz MB, Wittlin S, Charman SA, Donini C, Campo B, Birkholtz LM, Hanson KK, Drewes G, Kocken CHM, Delves MJ, Leroy D, Fidock DA, Waterson D, Street LJ, Chibale K. Antimalarial efficacy of MMV390048, an inhibitor of Plasmodium phosphatidylinositol 4-kinase. Sci Transl Med 2018; 9:9/387/eaad9735. [PMID: 28446690 DOI: 10.1126/scitranslmed.aad9735] [Citation(s) in RCA: 175] [Impact Index Per Article: 29.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/01/2015] [Accepted: 11/21/2016] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
Abstract
As part of the global effort toward malaria eradication, phenotypic whole-cell screening revealed the 2-aminopyridine class of small molecules as a good starting point to develop new antimalarial drugs. Stemming from this series, we found that the derivative, MMV390048, lacked cross-resistance with current drugs used to treat malaria. This compound was efficacious against all Plasmodium life cycle stages, apart from late hypnozoites in the liver. Efficacy was shown in the humanized Plasmodium falciparum mouse model, and modest reductions in mouse-to-mouse transmission were achieved in the Plasmodium berghei mouse model. Experiments in monkeys revealed the ability of MMV390048 to be used for full chemoprotection. Although MMV390048 was not able to eliminate liver hypnozoites, it delayed relapse in a Plasmodium cynomolgi monkey model. Both genomic and chemoproteomic studies identified a kinase of the Plasmodium parasite, phosphatidylinositol 4-kinase, as the molecular target of MMV390048. The ability of MMV390048 to block all life cycle stages of the malaria parasite suggests that this compound should be further developed and may contribute to malaria control and eradication as part of a single-dose combination treatment.
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- Tanya Paquet
- Department of Chemistry, University of Cape Town, Rondebosch 7701, South Africa
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Cape Town, Rondebosch 7701, South Africa
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Cape Town, Rondebosch 7701, South Africa
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Columbia University Medical Center, New York, NY 10032, USA.,The Jackson Laboratory, 600 Main Street, Bar Harbor, ME 04609, USA
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Columbia University Medical Center, New York, NY 10032, USA.,Department of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics, Thomas Jefferson University, 1020 Locust Street, Suite 368, Philadelphia, PA 19107, USA
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Columbia University Medical Center, New York, NY 10032, USA.,Malaria Programme, Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute, Wellcome Genome Campus, Hinxton CB10 1SA, UK
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Columbia University Medical Center, New York, NY 10032, USA.,Department of Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry, Yale University, 266 Whitney Avenue, New Haven, CT 06520-8114, USA
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- Cellzome GmbH, Molecular Discovery Research, GlaxoSmithKline, Meyerhofstrasse 1, 69117 Heidelberg, Germany
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- Malaria Disease Performance Unit, Tres Cantos Medicines Development Campus, Diseases of the Developing World, GlaxoSmithKline, Severo Ochoa 2, 28760 Tres Cantos, Madrid, Spain
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- Cellzome GmbH, Molecular Discovery Research, GlaxoSmithKline, Meyerhofstrasse 1, 69117 Heidelberg, Germany
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- Department of Life Sciences, Imperial College, London SW7 2AZ, UK
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- Department of Parasitology, Biomedical Primate Research Centre, 2280 GH Rijswijk, Netherlands
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- Centre for Drug Candidate Optimisation, Monash Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Monash University, 381 Royal Parade, Parkville, Victoria 3052, Australia
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- Centre for Drug Candidate Optimisation, Monash Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Monash University, 381 Royal Parade, Parkville, Victoria 3052, Australia
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- Centre for Drug Candidate Optimisation, Monash Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Monash University, 381 Royal Parade, Parkville, Victoria 3052, Australia.,Admescope Ltd., Typpitie 1, 90620 Oulu, Finland
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- Centre for Drug Candidate Optimisation, Monash Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Monash University, 381 Royal Parade, Parkville, Victoria 3052, Australia
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- Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute, Socinstrasse 57, 4002 Basel, Switzerland.,University of Basel, 4003 Basel, Switzerland
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- Malaria Disease Performance Unit, Tres Cantos Medicines Development Campus, Diseases of the Developing World, GlaxoSmithKline, Severo Ochoa 2, 28760 Tres Cantos, Madrid, Spain
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- Malaria Disease Performance Unit, Tres Cantos Medicines Development Campus, Diseases of the Developing World, GlaxoSmithKline, Severo Ochoa 2, 28760 Tres Cantos, Madrid, Spain
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- Malaria Disease Performance Unit, Tres Cantos Medicines Development Campus, Diseases of the Developing World, GlaxoSmithKline, Severo Ochoa 2, 28760 Tres Cantos, Madrid, Spain
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- Malaria Disease Performance Unit, Tres Cantos Medicines Development Campus, Diseases of the Developing World, GlaxoSmithKline, Severo Ochoa 2, 28760 Tres Cantos, Madrid, Spain
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- Malaria Disease Performance Unit, Tres Cantos Medicines Development Campus, Diseases of the Developing World, GlaxoSmithKline, Severo Ochoa 2, 28760 Tres Cantos, Madrid, Spain
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- Department of Biochemistry, Centre for Sustainable Malaria Control, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, South Africa
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- Department of Biochemistry, Centre for Sustainable Malaria Control, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, South Africa
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- TropIQ Health Sciences, Transistorweg 5, 6534 AT Nijmegen, Netherlands
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- TropIQ Health Sciences, Transistorweg 5, 6534 AT Nijmegen, Netherlands.,Radboud University Medical Center, Department of Medical Microbiology, 6500 HB Nijmegen, Netherlands
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- Department of Veterinary Medicine, Armed Forces Research Institute of Medical Sciences, Bangkok 10400, Thailand
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- Department of Immunology and Medicine, Armed Forces Research Institute of Medical Sciences, Bangkok 10400, Thailand
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- Novartis Institute for Tropical Diseases Pte. Ltd., 10 Biopolis Road, #05-01 Chromos, Singapore 138670, Singapore
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- Medicines for Malaria Venture, International Center Cointrin, Route de Pré-Bois 20, 1215 Geneva, Switzerland
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Cape Town, Rondebosch 7701, South Africa.,Medicines for Malaria Venture, International Center Cointrin, Route de Pré-Bois 20, 1215 Geneva, Switzerland
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- AbbVie, 1 North Waukegan Road, North Chicago, IL 60064-6104, USA
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- Novartis Institute for Tropical Diseases Pte. Ltd., 10 Biopolis Road, #05-01 Chromos, Singapore 138670, Singapore
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- Departments of Immunology and Microbiology and Environmental and Occupational Health, University of Colorado Denver, Aurora, CO 80045, USA
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- Nagarjuna Gardens, 60 Feet Road, Sahakaranagar, Bangalore 560092, India
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- Department of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics, Thomas Jefferson University, 1020 Locust Street, Suite 368, Philadelphia, PA 19107, USA
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- Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute, Socinstrasse 57, 4002 Basel, Switzerland.,University of Basel, 4003 Basel, Switzerland
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- Centre for Drug Candidate Optimisation, Monash Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Monash University, 381 Royal Parade, Parkville, Victoria 3052, Australia
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- Medicines for Malaria Venture, International Center Cointrin, Route de Pré-Bois 20, 1215 Geneva, Switzerland
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- Medicines for Malaria Venture, International Center Cointrin, Route de Pré-Bois 20, 1215 Geneva, Switzerland
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- Department of Biochemistry, Centre for Sustainable Malaria Control, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, South Africa
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- Department of Biology and South Texas Center for Emerging Infectious Diseases, University of Texas at San Antonio, 1 UTSA Circle, San Antonio, TX 78249, USA
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- Cellzome GmbH, Molecular Discovery Research, GlaxoSmithKline, Meyerhofstrasse 1, 69117 Heidelberg, Germany
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- Department of Parasitology, Biomedical Primate Research Centre, 2280 GH Rijswijk, Netherlands
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- Department of Life Sciences, Imperial College, London SW7 2AZ, UK
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- Medicines for Malaria Venture, International Center Cointrin, Route de Pré-Bois 20, 1215 Geneva, Switzerland
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Columbia University Medical Center, New York, NY 10032, USA.,Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, Columbia University Medical Center, New York, NY 10032, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Cape Town, Rondebosch 7701, South Africa.,Medicines for Malaria Venture, International Center Cointrin, Route de Pré-Bois 20, 1215 Geneva, Switzerland
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Cape Town, Rondebosch 7701, South Africa
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Cape Town, Rondebosch 7701, South Africa. .,South African Medical Research Council Drug Discovery and Development Research Unit, and Institute of Infectious Disease and Molecular Medicine, University of Cape Town, Rondebosch 7701, South Africa
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Dechering KJ, Duerr HP, Koolen KMJ, Gemert GJV, Bousema T, Burrows J, Leroy D, Sauerwein RW. Modelling mosquito infection at natural parasite densities identifies drugs targeting EF2, PI4K or ATP4 as key candidates for interrupting malaria transmission. Sci Rep 2017; 7:17680. [PMID: 29247222 PMCID: PMC5732164 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-017-16671-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/11/2017] [Accepted: 11/16/2017] [Indexed: 11/25/2022] Open
Abstract
Eradication of malaria requires a novel type of drug that blocks transmission from the human to the mosquito host, but selection of such a drug is hampered by a lack of translational models. Experimental mosquito infections yield infection intensities that are substantially higher than observed in natural infections and, as a consequence, underestimate the drug effect on the proportion of mosquitoes that become infected. Here we introduce a novel experimental and computational method to adequately describe drug efficacy at natural parasite densities. Parameters of a beta-binomial infection model were established and validated using a large number of experimental mosquito infections at different parasite densities. Analyses of 15 experimental and marketed drugs revealed a class-specific ability to block parasite transmission. Our results highlight the parasite's elongation factor EF2, PI4 kinase and the ATP4 sodium channel as key targets for interruption of transmission, and compounds DDD107498 and KAE609 as most advanced drug candidates.
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- Koen J Dechering
- TropIQ Health Sciences, Transistorweg 5-C02, 6534AT, Nijmegen, The Netherlands.
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- TropIQ Health Sciences, Transistorweg 5-C02, 6534AT, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
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- Radboud University Medical Center, PO Box 9101, 6500 HB, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
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- Radboud University Medical Center, PO Box 9101, 6500 HB, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
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- Medicines for Malaria Venture, Route de Pré-Bois 20, 1215, Geneva, 15, Switzerland
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- Medicines for Malaria Venture, Route de Pré-Bois 20, 1215, Geneva, 15, Switzerland
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- TropIQ Health Sciences, Transistorweg 5-C02, 6534AT, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
- Radboud University Medical Center, PO Box 9101, 6500 HB, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
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Sandoval E, Lafuente-Monasterio MJ, Almela MJ, Castañeda P, Jiménez Díaz MB, Martínez-Martínez MS, Vidal J, Angulo-Barturen Í, Bamborough P, Burrows J, Cammack N, Chaparro MJ, Coterón JM, de Cozar C, Crespo B, Díaz B, Drewes G, Fernández E, Ferrer-Bazaga S, Fraile MT, Gamo FJ, Ghidelli-Disse S, Gómez R, Haselden J, Huss S, León ML, de Mercado J, Macdonald SJF, Martín Hernando JI, Prats S, Puente M, Rodríguez A, de la Rosa JC, Rueda L, Selenski C, Willis P, Wilson DM, Witty M, Calderón F. Correction to The Discovery of Novel Antimalarial Aminoxadiazoles as a Promising Nonendoperoxide Scaffold. J Med Chem 2017; 60:9911. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.jmedchem.7b01491] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Sandoval E, Lafuente-Monasterio MJ, Almela MJ, Castañeda P, Jiménez Díaz MB, Martínez-Martínez MS, Vidal J, Angulo-Barturen Í, Bamborough P, Burrows J, Cammack N, Chaparro MJ, Coterón JM, de Cozar C, Crespo B, Díaz B, Drewes G, Fernández E, Ferrer-Bazaga S, Fraile MT, Gamo FJ, Ghidelli-Disse S, Gómez R, Haselden J, Huss S, León ML, de Mercado J, Macdonald SJF, Martín Hernando JI, Prats S, Puente M, Rodríguez A, de la Rosa JC, Rueda L, Selenski C, Willis P, Wilson DM, Witty M, Calderón F. The Discovery of Novel Antimalarial Aminoxadiazoles as a Promising Nonendoperoxide Scaffold. J Med Chem 2017; 60:6880-6896. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.jmedchem.6b01441] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
Affiliation(s)
- Elena Sandoval
- Tres
Cantos, Medicines Development Campus, DDW, GlaxoSmithKline, Severo
Ochoa 2, 28760 Tres
Cantos, Madrid, Spain
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- Tres
Cantos, Medicines Development Campus, DDW, GlaxoSmithKline, Severo
Ochoa 2, 28760 Tres
Cantos, Madrid, Spain
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- Tres
Cantos, Medicines Development Campus, DDW, GlaxoSmithKline, Severo
Ochoa 2, 28760 Tres
Cantos, Madrid, Spain
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- Tres
Cantos, Medicines Development Campus, DDW, GlaxoSmithKline, Severo
Ochoa 2, 28760 Tres
Cantos, Madrid, Spain
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- Tres
Cantos, Medicines Development Campus, DDW, GlaxoSmithKline, Severo
Ochoa 2, 28760 Tres
Cantos, Madrid, Spain
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- Tres
Cantos, Medicines Development Campus, DDW, GlaxoSmithKline, Severo
Ochoa 2, 28760 Tres
Cantos, Madrid, Spain
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- Tres
Cantos, Medicines Development Campus, DDW, GlaxoSmithKline, Severo
Ochoa 2, 28760 Tres
Cantos, Madrid, Spain
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- Medicines
Research Center, GlaxoSmithKline, Gunnels Wood Road, Stevenage SG1 2NY, U.K
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- Medicines for Malaria Venture (MMV), 21 route de Pré-Bois, PO Box 1826, 1215 Geneva 15, Switzerland
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- Tres
Cantos, Medicines Development Campus, DDW, GlaxoSmithKline, Severo
Ochoa 2, 28760 Tres
Cantos, Madrid, Spain
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- Tres
Cantos, Medicines Development Campus, DDW, GlaxoSmithKline, Severo
Ochoa 2, 28760 Tres
Cantos, Madrid, Spain
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- Tres
Cantos, Medicines Development Campus, DDW, GlaxoSmithKline, Severo
Ochoa 2, 28760 Tres
Cantos, Madrid, Spain
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- Tres
Cantos, Medicines Development Campus, DDW, GlaxoSmithKline, Severo
Ochoa 2, 28760 Tres
Cantos, Madrid, Spain
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- Tres
Cantos, Medicines Development Campus, DDW, GlaxoSmithKline, Severo
Ochoa 2, 28760 Tres
Cantos, Madrid, Spain
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- Tres
Cantos, Medicines Development Campus, DDW, GlaxoSmithKline, Severo
Ochoa 2, 28760 Tres
Cantos, Madrid, Spain
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- Cellzome
GmbH, GlaxoSmithKline, Meyerhofstrasse 1, 69117 Heidelberg, Germany
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- Tres
Cantos, Medicines Development Campus, DDW, GlaxoSmithKline, Severo
Ochoa 2, 28760 Tres
Cantos, Madrid, Spain
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- Tres
Cantos, Medicines Development Campus, DDW, GlaxoSmithKline, Severo
Ochoa 2, 28760 Tres
Cantos, Madrid, Spain
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- Tres
Cantos, Medicines Development Campus, DDW, GlaxoSmithKline, Severo
Ochoa 2, 28760 Tres
Cantos, Madrid, Spain
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- Tres
Cantos, Medicines Development Campus, DDW, GlaxoSmithKline, Severo
Ochoa 2, 28760 Tres
Cantos, Madrid, Spain
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- Tres
Cantos, Medicines Development Campus, DDW, GlaxoSmithKline, Severo
Ochoa 2, 28760 Tres
Cantos, Madrid, Spain
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- Tres
Cantos, Medicines Development Campus, DDW, GlaxoSmithKline, Severo
Ochoa 2, 28760 Tres
Cantos, Madrid, Spain
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- Tres
Cantos, Medicines Development Campus, DDW, GlaxoSmithKline, Severo
Ochoa 2, 28760 Tres
Cantos, Madrid, Spain
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- Tres
Cantos, Medicines Development Campus, DDW, GlaxoSmithKline, Severo
Ochoa 2, 28760 Tres
Cantos, Madrid, Spain
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- Tres
Cantos, Medicines Development Campus, DDW, GlaxoSmithKline, Severo
Ochoa 2, 28760 Tres
Cantos, Madrid, Spain
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- Medicines
Research Center, GlaxoSmithKline, Gunnels Wood Road, Stevenage SG1 2NY, U.K
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- Tres
Cantos, Medicines Development Campus, DDW, GlaxoSmithKline, Severo
Ochoa 2, 28760 Tres
Cantos, Madrid, Spain
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- Tres
Cantos, Medicines Development Campus, DDW, GlaxoSmithKline, Severo
Ochoa 2, 28760 Tres
Cantos, Madrid, Spain
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- Tres
Cantos, Medicines Development Campus, DDW, GlaxoSmithKline, Severo
Ochoa 2, 28760 Tres
Cantos, Madrid, Spain
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- Tres
Cantos, Medicines Development Campus, DDW, GlaxoSmithKline, Severo
Ochoa 2, 28760 Tres
Cantos, Madrid, Spain
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- Tres
Cantos, Medicines Development Campus, DDW, GlaxoSmithKline, Severo
Ochoa 2, 28760 Tres
Cantos, Madrid, Spain
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- Tres
Cantos, Medicines Development Campus, DDW, GlaxoSmithKline, Severo
Ochoa 2, 28760 Tres
Cantos, Madrid, Spain
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- GlaxoSmithKline, 709 Swedeland Road, King of Prussia, Pennsylvania 19406, United States
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- Medicines for Malaria Venture (MMV), 21 route de Pré-Bois, PO Box 1826, 1215 Geneva 15, Switzerland
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- Tres
Cantos, Medicines Development Campus, DDW, GlaxoSmithKline, Severo
Ochoa 2, 28760 Tres
Cantos, Madrid, Spain
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- Medicines for Malaria Venture (MMV), 21 route de Pré-Bois, PO Box 1826, 1215 Geneva 15, Switzerland
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- Tres
Cantos, Medicines Development Campus, DDW, GlaxoSmithKline, Severo
Ochoa 2, 28760 Tres
Cantos, Madrid, Spain
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- Jeremy Burrows
- Medicines for Malaria Venture, Route de Pré Bois 20, 1215 Meyrin, Geneva 15, Switzerland
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An E, Ock CY, Kim TY, Lee KH, Han SW, Im SA, Kim TY, Liao WL, Cecchi F, Blackler A, Thyparambil S, Kim WH, Burrows J, Hembrough T, Catenacci DVT, Oh DY, Bang YJ. Quantitative proteomic analysis of HER2 expression in the selection of gastric cancer patients for trastuzumab treatment. Ann Oncol 2017; 28:110-115. [PMID: 27687309 PMCID: PMC5378223 DOI: 10.1093/annonc/mdw442] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022] Open
Abstract
Background A wide range of response rates have been reported in HER2-positive gastric cancer (GC) patients treated with trastuzumab. Other HER2-targeted therapies for GC have yet to show efficacy in clinical trials. These findings raise question about the ability of standard HER2 diagnostics to accurately distinguish between GC patients who would and would not benefit from anti-HER2 therapies. Patients and methods GC patients (n = 237), including a subset from the Trastuzumab in GC (ToGA) trial were divided into three groups based on HER2 status and history of treatment with standard chemotherapy or chemotherapy plus trastuzumab. We applied mass spectrometry-based proteomic analysis to quantify HER2 protein expression in formalin-fixed tumor samples. Using HER2 expression as a continuous variable, we defined a predictive protein level cutoff to identify which patients would benefit from trastuzumab. We compared quantitated protein level with clinical outcome and HER2 status as determined by conventional HER2 diagnostics. Results Quantitative proteomics detected a 115-fold range of HER2 protein expression among patients diagnosed as HER2 positive by standard methods. A protein level of 1825 amol/µg was predicted to determine benefit from the addition of trastuzumab to chemotherapy. Trastuzumab treated patients with HER2 protein levels above this cutoff had twice the median overall survival (OS) of their counterparts below the cutoff (35.0 versus 17.5 months, P = 0.011). Conversely, trastuzumab-treated patients with HER2 levels below the cutoff had outcomes similar to HER2-positive patients treated with chemotherapy. (Progression-free survival = 7.0 versus 6.5 months: P = 0.504; OS = 17.5 versus 12.6 months: P = 0.520). HER2 levels were not prognostic for response to chemotherapy. Conclusions Proteomic analysis of HER2 expression demonstrated a quantitative cutoff that improves selection of GC patients for trastuzumab as compared with current diagnostic methods.
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- E An
- NantOmics, Rockville, USA,Oncoplex Diagnostics, Rockville, USA
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Seoul National University Hospital, Seoul, Seoul, Korea
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Seoul National University Hospital, Seoul, Seoul, Korea
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Seoul National University Hospital, Seoul, Seoul, Korea.,Cancer Research Institute, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, Seoul, Korea
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Seoul National University Hospital, Seoul, Seoul, Korea.,Cancer Research Institute, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, Seoul, Korea
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Seoul National University Hospital, Seoul, Seoul, Korea.,Cancer Research Institute, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, Seoul, Korea
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Seoul National University Hospital, Seoul, Seoul, Korea.,Cancer Research Institute, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, Seoul, Korea
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- NantOmics, Rockville, USA,Oncoplex Diagnostics, Rockville, USA
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- NantOmics, Rockville, USA,Oncoplex Diagnostics, Rockville, USA
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- NantOmics, Rockville, USA,Oncoplex Diagnostics, Rockville, USA
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- NantOmics, Rockville, USA,Oncoplex Diagnostics, Rockville, USA
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- Department of Pathology, Seoul National University Hospital, Seoul, Korea
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- Oncoplex Diagnostics, Rockville, USA
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- NantOmics, Rockville, USA,Oncoplex Diagnostics, Rockville, USA
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- Department of Medicine, Section of Hematology/Oncology, University of Chicago, Chicago, USA
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Seoul National University Hospital, Seoul, Seoul, Korea.,Cancer Research Institute, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, Seoul, Korea
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Seoul National University Hospital, Seoul, Seoul, Korea.,Cancer Research Institute, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, Seoul, Korea
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Verras A, Waller CL, Gedeck P, Green DVS, Kogej T, Raichurkar A, Panda M, Shelat AA, Clark J, Guy RK, Papadatos G, Burrows J. Shared Consensus Machine Learning Models for Predicting Blood Stage Malaria Inhibition. J Chem Inf Model 2017; 57:445-453. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.jcim.6b00572] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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- Andreas Verras
- Merck & Co., Inc., Kenilworth, New Jersey 07033, United States
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- Merck & Co., Inc., Boston, Massachusetts 02210, United States
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- Novartis Institute for Tropical Diseases Pte. Ltd., Singapore 138670, Singapore
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- Chemical
Biology and Therapeutics Department, St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, Memphis, Tennessee 38105, United States
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- Chemical
Biology and Therapeutics Department, St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, Memphis, Tennessee 38105, United States
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- Chemical
Biology and Therapeutics Department, St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, Memphis, Tennessee 38105, United States
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- European
Molecular Biology Laboratory, European Bioinformatics Institute, Wellcome Trust Genome Campus, Hinxton, Cambridgeshire CB10 1SD, United Kingdom
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- Medicines for Malaria Ventures Discovery, Geneva 1215, Switzerland
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Le Bihan A, de Kanter R, Angulo-Barturen I, Binkert C, Boss C, Brun R, Brunner R, Buchmann S, Burrows J, Dechering KJ, Delves M, Ewerling S, Ferrer S, Fischli C, Gamo–Benito FJ, Gnädig NF, Heidmann B, Jiménez-Díaz MB, Leroy D, Martínez MS, Meyer S, Moehrle JJ, Ng CL, Noviyanti R, Ruecker A, Sanz LM, Sauerwein RW, Scheurer C, Schleiferboeck S, Sinden R, Snyder C, Straimer J, Wirjanata G, Marfurt J, Price RN, Weller T, Fischli W, Fidock DA, Clozel M, Wittlin S. Characterization of Novel Antimalarial Compound ACT-451840: Preclinical Assessment of Activity and Dose-Efficacy Modeling. PLoS Med 2016; 13:e1002138. [PMID: 27701420 PMCID: PMC5049785 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pmed.1002138] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/14/2015] [Accepted: 08/24/2016] [Indexed: 11/30/2022] Open
Abstract
BACKGROUND Artemisinin resistance observed in Southeast Asia threatens the continued use of artemisinin-based combination therapy in endemic countries. Additionally, the diversity of chemical mode of action in the global portfolio of marketed antimalarials is extremely limited. Addressing the urgent need for the development of new antimalarials, a chemical class of potent antimalarial compounds with a novel mode of action was recently identified. Herein, the preclinical characterization of one of these compounds, ACT-451840, conducted in partnership with academic and industrial groups is presented. METHOD AND FINDINGS The properties of ACT-451840 are described, including its spectrum of activities against multiple life cycle stages of the human malaria parasite Plasmodium falciparum (asexual and sexual) and Plasmodium vivax (asexual) as well as oral in vivo efficacies in two murine malaria models that permit infection with the human and the rodent parasites P. falciparum and Plasmodium berghei, respectively. In vitro, ACT-451840 showed a 50% inhibition concentration of 0.4 nM (standard deviation [SD]: ± 0.0 nM) against the drug-sensitive P. falciparum NF54 strain. The 90% effective doses in the in vivo efficacy models were 3.7 mg/kg against P. falciparum (95% confidence interval: 3.3-4.9 mg/kg) and 13 mg/kg against P. berghei (95% confidence interval: 11-16 mg/kg). ACT-451840 potently prevented male gamete formation from the gametocyte stage with a 50% inhibition concentration of 5.89 nM (SD: ± 1.80 nM) and dose-dependently blocked oocyst development in the mosquito with a 50% inhibitory concentration of 30 nM (range: 23-39). The compound's preclinical safety profile is presented and is in line with the published results of the first-in-man study in healthy male participants, in whom ACT-451840 was well tolerated. Pharmacokinetic/pharmacodynamic (PK/PD) modeling was applied using efficacy in the murine models (defined either as antimalarial activity or as survival) in relation to area under the concentration versus time curve (AUC), maximum observed plasma concentration (Cmax), and time above a threshold concentration. The determination of the dose-efficacy relationship of ACT-451840 under curative conditions in rodent malaria models allowed prediction of the human efficacious exposure. CONCLUSION The dual activity of ACT-451840 against asexual and sexual stages of P. falciparum and the activity on P. vivax have the potential to meet the specific profile of a target compound that could replace the fast-acting artemisinin component and harbor additional gametocytocidal activity and, thereby, transmission-blocking properties. The fast parasite reduction ratio (PRR) and gametocytocidal effect of ACT-451840 were recently also confirmed in a clinical proof-of-concept (POC) study.
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- GlaxoSmithKline, TresCantos Medicines Development Campus, Diseases of the Developing World, Tres Cantos, Madrid, Spain
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- Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute, Basel, Switzerland
- University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland
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- Actelion Pharmaceuticals Ltd, Allschwil, Switzerland
- Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute, Basel, Switzerland
- University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland
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- Department of Life Sciences, Imperial College London, SW7 2AZ, London, United Kingdom
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- GlaxoSmithKline, TresCantos Medicines Development Campus, Diseases of the Developing World, Tres Cantos, Madrid, Spain
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- Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute, Basel, Switzerland
- University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland
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- GlaxoSmithKline, TresCantos Medicines Development Campus, Diseases of the Developing World, Tres Cantos, Madrid, Spain
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Columbia University Medical Center, New York, New York, United States of America
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- GlaxoSmithKline, TresCantos Medicines Development Campus, Diseases of the Developing World, Tres Cantos, Madrid, Spain
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- Medicines for Malaria Venture, Geneva, Switzerland
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- GlaxoSmithKline, TresCantos Medicines Development Campus, Diseases of the Developing World, Tres Cantos, Madrid, Spain
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- Actelion Pharmaceuticals Ltd, Allschwil, Switzerland
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Columbia University Medical Center, New York, New York, United States of America
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- Department of Life Sciences, Imperial College London, SW7 2AZ, London, United Kingdom
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- GlaxoSmithKline, TresCantos Medicines Development Campus, Diseases of the Developing World, Tres Cantos, Madrid, Spain
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- Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute, Basel, Switzerland
- University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland
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- Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute, Basel, Switzerland
- University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland
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- Department of Life Sciences, Imperial College London, SW7 2AZ, London, United Kingdom
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Columbia University Medical Center, New York, New York, United States of America
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- Global and Tropical Health Division, Menzies School of Health Research and Charles Darwin University, Darwin, Australia
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- Global and Tropical Health Division, Menzies School of Health Research and Charles Darwin University, Darwin, Australia
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- Global and Tropical Health Division, Menzies School of Health Research and Charles Darwin University, Darwin, Australia
- Centre for Tropical Medicine and Global Health, Nuffield Department of Clinical Medicine, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom
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- Actelion Pharmaceuticals Ltd, Allschwil, Switzerland
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Columbia University Medical Center, New York, New York, United States of America
- Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, Columbia University Medical Center, New York, New York, United States of America
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- Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute, Basel, Switzerland
- University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland
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Huston CD, Spangenberg T, Burrows J, Willis P, Wells TNC, van Voorhis W. A Proposed Target Product Profile and Developmental Cascade for New Cryptosporidiosis Treatments. PLoS Negl Trop Dis 2015; 9:e0003987. [PMID: 26447884 PMCID: PMC4598153 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0003987] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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- Christopher D. Huston
- Department of Medicine, University of Vermont College of Medicine, Burlington, Vermont, United States of America
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- Medicines for Malaria Venture, Geneva, Switzerland
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- Medicines for Malaria Venture, Geneva, Switzerland
- Department of Medicine, University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, Washington, United States of America
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Vaidya AB, Morrisey JM, Zhang Z, Das S, Daly TM, Otto TD, Spillman NJ, Wyvratt M, Siegl P, Marfurt J, Wirjanata G, Sebayang BF, Price RN, Chatterjee A, Nagle A, Stasiak M, Charman SA, Angulo-Barturen I, Ferrer S, Belén Jiménez-Díaz M, Martínez MS, Gamo FJ, Avery VM, Ruecker A, Delves M, Kirk K, Berriman M, Kortagere S, Burrows J, Fan E, Bergman LW. Pyrazoleamide compounds are potent antimalarials that target Na+ homeostasis in intraerythrocytic Plasmodium falciparum. Nat Commun 2014; 5:5521. [PMID: 25422853 PMCID: PMC4263321 DOI: 10.1038/ncomms6521] [Citation(s) in RCA: 88] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/25/2014] [Accepted: 10/09/2014] [Indexed: 01/01/2023] Open
Abstract
The quest for new antimalarial drugs, especially those with novel modes of action, is essential in the face of emerging drug-resistant parasites. Here we describe a new chemical class of molecules, pyrazoleamides, with potent activity against human malaria parasites and showing remarkably rapid parasite clearance in an in vivo model. Investigations involving pyrazoleamide-resistant parasites, whole-genome sequencing and gene transfers reveal that mutations in two proteins, a calcium-dependent protein kinase (PfCDPK5) and a P-type cation-ATPase (PfATP4), are necessary to impart full resistance to these compounds. A pyrazoleamide compound causes a rapid disruption of Na+ regulation in blood-stage Plasmodium falciparum parasites. Similar effect on Na+ homeostasis was recently reported for spiroindolones, which are antimalarials of a chemical class quite distinct from pyrazoleamides. Our results reveal that disruption of Na+ homeostasis in malaria parasites is a promising mode of antimalarial action mediated by at least two distinct chemical classes. Novel antimalarial drugs are urgently needed to combat parasite drug resistance. Here, Vaidya et al. describe a new chemical class of potent antimalarial compounds that act by disrupting the parasite's sodium homeostasis.
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- Akhil B Vaidya
- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Center for Molecular Parasitology, Drexel University College of Medicine, 2900 Queen Lane, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 190129, USA
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Center for Molecular Parasitology, Drexel University College of Medicine, 2900 Queen Lane, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 190129, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry, University of Washington, Box 357350, Seattle, Washington 98195, USA
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Center for Molecular Parasitology, Drexel University College of Medicine, 2900 Queen Lane, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 190129, USA
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Center for Molecular Parasitology, Drexel University College of Medicine, 2900 Queen Lane, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 190129, USA
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- Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute, Hinxton, Cambridge CB101SA, UK
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- Research School of Biology, The Australian National University, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory 0200, Australia
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- Medicines for Malaria Venture, PO Box 1826, 20Rt de Pr-Bois, Geneva 15 1215, Switzerland
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- Medicines for Malaria Venture, PO Box 1826, 20Rt de Pr-Bois, Geneva 15 1215, Switzerland
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- Division of Global and Tropical Health, Menzies School of Health Research and Charles Darwin University, PO Box 41096, Casuarina, Northern Territory 0811, Australia
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- Division of Global and Tropical Health, Menzies School of Health Research and Charles Darwin University, PO Box 41096, Casuarina, Northern Territory 0811, Australia
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- Eijkman Institute for Molecular Biology, Jl. Diponegoro 69, Jakarta 10430, Indonesia
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- 1] Division of Global and Tropical Health, Menzies School of Health Research and Charles Darwin University, PO Box 41096, Casuarina, Northern Territory 0811, Australia [2] Nuffield Department of Clinical Medicine, Centre for Tropical Medicine, University of Oxford, Oxford OX3 7LJ, UK
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- Genomics Institute of the Novartis Research Foundation, 10675 John Jay Hopkins Drive, San Diego, California 92121, USA
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- Genomics Institute of the Novartis Research Foundation, 10675 John Jay Hopkins Drive, San Diego, California 92121, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry, University of Washington, Box 357350, Seattle, Washington 98195, USA
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- Center for Drug Candidate Optimisation, Monash University, 381 Royal Parade, Parkville, Victoria 3052, Australia
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- GlaxoSmithKline, Malaria Support Group, Calle Severo Ochoa 2, Tres Cantos 28760, Spain
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- GlaxoSmithKline, Malaria Support Group, Calle Severo Ochoa 2, Tres Cantos 28760, Spain
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- GlaxoSmithKline, Malaria Support Group, Calle Severo Ochoa 2, Tres Cantos 28760, Spain
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- GlaxoSmithKline, Malaria Support Group, Calle Severo Ochoa 2, Tres Cantos 28760, Spain
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- Eskitis Institute, Griffith University, Don Young Road, Nathan, Queensland 4111, Australia
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- Department of Life Sciences, South Kensington Campus, Imperial College, London SW7 2AZ, UK
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- Department of Life Sciences, South Kensington Campus, Imperial College, London SW7 2AZ, UK
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- Research School of Biology, The Australian National University, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory 0200, Australia
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Center for Molecular Parasitology, Drexel University College of Medicine, 2900 Queen Lane, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 190129, USA
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- Medicines for Malaria Venture, PO Box 1826, 20Rt de Pr-Bois, Geneva 15 1215, Switzerland
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- Department of Biochemistry, University of Washington, Box 357350, Seattle, Washington 98195, USA
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Center for Molecular Parasitology, Drexel University College of Medicine, 2900 Queen Lane, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 190129, USA
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Simpson S, Taylor B, Burrows J, Burrows S, Dwyer DE, Taylor J, Ponsonby AL, Blizzard L, Dwyer T, Pittas F, van der Mei I. EBV & HHV6 reactivation is infrequent and not associated with MS clinical course. Acta Neurol Scand 2014; 130:328-37. [PMID: 24893674 DOI: 10.1111/ane.12268] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 04/25/2014] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
Abstract
BACKGROUND Among the environmental factors associated with multiple sclerosis (MS) causation, some of the strongest associations are with Epstein-Barr virus (EBV), and to a lesser extent human herpesvirus 6 (HHV6). Associations with clinical course are less conclusive, however. METHODS We evaluated serum anti-EBV-EA-R IgG and anti-HHV6 IgM, and EBV and HHV6 viral load (VL) for their associations with relapse, disability, and progression in disability in a prospective cohort of 198 participants with clinically definite MS. RESULTS Anti-EBV-EA-R IgG was detected in 81.8% of cases at study entry, and titers remained essentially unchanged during the study. Anti-HHV6 IgM was detected in only one participant, and EBV-VL (29%) and HHV6-VL (1.8%) were detected in a minority of samples, and where detected levels were low. Our previously demonstrated association between anti-HHV6 IgG and relapse hazard was not affected by adjustment for parameters of reactivation. We found no evidence that any of the viral markers were associated with disability or progression in disability. In relation to relapse, only EBV-VL was positively associated, although this was strongly influenced by a single individual. CONCLUSION Using a prospective cohort design, we found no convincing evidence that reactivation parameters of EBV or HHV6 were associated with subsequent MS relapse hazard or progression in disability, confirming previous findings, and indicating that herpesvirus reactivation is not an important driver of relapse or disability in this established MS population.
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- S. Simpson
- Menzies Research Institute Tasmania; University of Tasmania; Hobart Tas. Australia
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- Menzies Research Institute Tasmania; University of Tasmania; Hobart Tas. Australia
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- Queensland Institute for Medical Research; Brisbane Qld Australia
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- Queensland Institute for Medical Research; Brisbane Qld Australia
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- Westmead Hospital; Westmead Millennium Institute and ICPMR; Westmead NSW Australia
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- Westmead Hospital; Westmead Millennium Institute and ICPMR; Westmead NSW Australia
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- Murdoch Children's Research Institute; Royal Children's Hospital; Parkville Vic. Australia
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- Menzies Research Institute Tasmania; University of Tasmania; Hobart Tas. Australia
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- Murdoch Children's Research Institute; Royal Children's Hospital; Parkville Vic. Australia
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- School of Medicine; University of Tasmania; Hobart Tas. Australia
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- Menzies Research Institute Tasmania; University of Tasmania; Hobart Tas. Australia
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An E, Liao W, Thyparambil S, Rodriguez J, Salgia R, Wistuba I, Burrows J, Hembrough T. 489 Development and clinical validation of a quantitative mass spectrometric assay for PD-L1 protein in FFPE NSCLC samples. Eur J Cancer 2014. [DOI: 10.1016/s0959-8049(14)70615-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/24/2022]
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Chaparro M, Vidal J, Angulo-Barturen Í, Bueno JM, Burrows J, Cammack N, Castañeda P, Colmenarejo G, Coterón JM, de las Heras L, Fernández E, Ferrer S, Gabarró R, Gamo FJ, García M, Jiménez-Díaz MB, Lafuente MJ, León ML, Martínez MS, Minick D, Prats S, Puente M, Rueda L, Sandoval E, Santos-Villarejo Á, Witty M, Calderón F. Case Study of Small Molecules As Antimalarials: 2-Amino-1-phenylethanol (APE) Derivatives. ACS Med Chem Lett 2014; 5:657-61. [PMID: 24944739 PMCID: PMC4060931 DOI: 10.1021/ml500015r] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/14/2014] [Accepted: 03/12/2014] [Indexed: 12/31/2022] Open
Abstract
Antiparasitic oral drugs have been associated to lipophilic molecules due to their intrinsic permeability. However, these kind of molecules are associated to numerous adverse effects, which have been extensively studied. Within the Tres Cantos Antimalarial Set (TCAMS) we have identified two small, soluble and simple hits that even presenting antiplasmodial activities in the range of 0.4-0.5 μM are able to show in vivo activity.
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- María
J. Chaparro
- Tres
Cantos, Medicines Development Campus, DDW, GlaxoSmithKline, Severo Ochoa 2, 28760 Tres Cantos, Madrid, Spain
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- Tres
Cantos, Medicines Development Campus, DDW, GlaxoSmithKline, Severo Ochoa 2, 28760 Tres Cantos, Madrid, Spain
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- Tres
Cantos, Medicines Development Campus, DDW, GlaxoSmithKline, Severo Ochoa 2, 28760 Tres Cantos, Madrid, Spain
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- Tres
Cantos, Medicines Development Campus, DDW, GlaxoSmithKline, Severo Ochoa 2, 28760 Tres Cantos, Madrid, Spain
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- Medicines
for Malaria Venture (MMV), 20 route de
Pré-Bois, 1215 Geneva 15, Switzerland
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- Tres
Cantos, Medicines Development Campus, DDW, GlaxoSmithKline, Severo Ochoa 2, 28760 Tres Cantos, Madrid, Spain
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- Tres
Cantos, Medicines Development Campus, DDW, GlaxoSmithKline, Severo Ochoa 2, 28760 Tres Cantos, Madrid, Spain
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- Centro
de Investigación Básica, GlaxoSmithKline, Santiago Grisolía, 28760 Tres Cantos, Madrid, Spain
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- Tres
Cantos, Medicines Development Campus, DDW, GlaxoSmithKline, Severo Ochoa 2, 28760 Tres Cantos, Madrid, Spain
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- Tres
Cantos, Medicines Development Campus, DDW, GlaxoSmithKline, Severo Ochoa 2, 28760 Tres Cantos, Madrid, Spain
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- Tres
Cantos, Medicines Development Campus, DDW, GlaxoSmithKline, Severo Ochoa 2, 28760 Tres Cantos, Madrid, Spain
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- Tres
Cantos, Medicines Development Campus, DDW, GlaxoSmithKline, Severo Ochoa 2, 28760 Tres Cantos, Madrid, Spain
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- Tres
Cantos, Medicines Development Campus, DDW, GlaxoSmithKline, Severo Ochoa 2, 28760 Tres Cantos, Madrid, Spain
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- Tres
Cantos, Medicines Development Campus, DDW, GlaxoSmithKline, Severo Ochoa 2, 28760 Tres Cantos, Madrid, Spain
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- Tres
Cantos, Medicines Development Campus, DDW, GlaxoSmithKline, Severo Ochoa 2, 28760 Tres Cantos, Madrid, Spain
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- Tres
Cantos, Medicines Development Campus, DDW, GlaxoSmithKline, Severo Ochoa 2, 28760 Tres Cantos, Madrid, Spain
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- Tres
Cantos, Medicines Development Campus, DDW, GlaxoSmithKline, Severo Ochoa 2, 28760 Tres Cantos, Madrid, Spain
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- Tres
Cantos, Medicines Development Campus, DDW, GlaxoSmithKline, Severo Ochoa 2, 28760 Tres Cantos, Madrid, Spain
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- Tres
Cantos, Medicines Development Campus, DDW, GlaxoSmithKline, Severo Ochoa 2, 28760 Tres Cantos, Madrid, Spain
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- GlaxoSmithKline, 5 Moore Drive, Research Triangle Park, Durham, North Carolina 27709, United States
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- Tres
Cantos, Medicines Development Campus, DDW, GlaxoSmithKline, Severo Ochoa 2, 28760 Tres Cantos, Madrid, Spain
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- Tres
Cantos, Medicines Development Campus, DDW, GlaxoSmithKline, Severo Ochoa 2, 28760 Tres Cantos, Madrid, Spain
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- Tres
Cantos, Medicines Development Campus, DDW, GlaxoSmithKline, Severo Ochoa 2, 28760 Tres Cantos, Madrid, Spain
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- Tres
Cantos, Medicines Development Campus, DDW, GlaxoSmithKline, Severo Ochoa 2, 28760 Tres Cantos, Madrid, Spain
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- Tres
Cantos, Medicines Development Campus, DDW, GlaxoSmithKline, Severo Ochoa 2, 28760 Tres Cantos, Madrid, Spain
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- Medicines
for Malaria Venture (MMV), 20 route de
Pré-Bois, 1215 Geneva 15, Switzerland
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- Tres
Cantos, Medicines Development Campus, DDW, GlaxoSmithKline, Severo Ochoa 2, 28760 Tres Cantos, Madrid, Spain
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Im U, Daskalakis N, Markakis K, Vrekoussis M, Hjorth J, Myriokefalitakis S, Gerasopoulos E, Kouvarakis G, Richter A, Burrows J, Pozzoli L, Unal A, Kindap T, Kanakidou M. Simulated air quality and pollutant budgets over Europe in 2008. Sci Total Environ 2014; 470-471:270-281. [PMID: 24140698 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2013.09.090] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/14/2013] [Revised: 09/11/2013] [Accepted: 09/26/2013] [Indexed: 06/02/2023]
Abstract
Major gaseous and particulate pollutant levels over Europe in 2008 have been simulated using the offline-coupled WRFCMAQ chemistry and transport modeling system. The simulations are compared with surface observations from the EMEP stations, ozone (O3) soundings, ship-borne O3 and nitrogen dioxide (NO2) observations in the western Mediterranean, tropospheric NO2 vertical column densities from the SCIAMACHY instrument, and aerosol optical depths (AOD) from the AERONET. The results show that on average, surface O3 levels are underestimated by 4 to 7% over the northern European EMEP stations while they are overestimated by 7-10% over the southern European EMEP stations and underestimated in the tropospheric column (by 10-20%). Particulate matter (PM) mass concentrations are underestimated by up to 60%, particularly in southern and eastern Europe, suggesting underestimated PM sources. Larger differences are calculated for individual aerosol components, particularly for organic and elemental carbon than for the total PM mass, indicating uncertainty in the combustion sources. Better agreement has been obtained for aerosol species over urban areas of the eastern Mediterranean, particularly for nss-SO4(2), attributed to the implementation of higher quality emission inventories for that area. Simulated AOD levels are lower than the AERONET observations by 10% on average, with average underestimations of 3% north of 40°N, attributed to the low anthropogenic emissions in the model and 22% south of 40°N, suggesting underestimated natural and resuspended dust emissions. Overall, the results reveal differences in the model performance between northern and southern Europe, suggesting significant differences in the representation of both anthropogenic and natural emissions in these regions. Budget analyses indicate that O3 and peroxyacetyl nitrate (PAN) are transported from the free troposphere (FT) to the planetary boundary layer over Europe, while other species follow the reverse path and are then advected away from the source region.
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- U Im
- Environmental Chemical Processes Laboratory, Department of Chemistry, University of Crete, Heraklion, Greece; Institute of Chemical Engineering Sciences, Foundation for Research and Technology Hellas (FORTH/ICE-HT), Patras, Greece
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- Environmental Chemical Processes Laboratory, Department of Chemistry, University of Crete, Heraklion, Greece; Institute of Chemical Engineering Sciences, Foundation for Research and Technology Hellas (FORTH/ICE-HT), Patras, Greece
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- Laboratoire de Meteorologie Dynamique (LMD), IPSL Ecole Polytechnique, Palaiseau Cedex, Paris, France
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- Energy, Environment and Water Research Center, The Cyprus Institute, Nicosia, Cyprus; Academy of Athens, Athens, Greece
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- Air and Climate Unit, Joint Research Centre, Ispra, Italy
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- Environmental Chemical Processes Laboratory, Department of Chemistry, University of Crete, Heraklion, Greece
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- Institute for Environmental Research and Sustainable Development, National Observatory of Athens, Athens, Greece
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- Environmental Chemical Processes Laboratory, Department of Chemistry, University of Crete, Heraklion, Greece
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- Institute of Environmental Physics, University of Bremen, Bremen, Germany
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- Institute of Environmental Physics, University of Bremen, Bremen, Germany
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- Eurasia Institute of Earth Sciences, Istanbul Technical University, Istanbul, Turkey
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- Eurasia Institute of Earth Sciences, Istanbul Technical University, Istanbul, Turkey
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- Eurasia Institute of Earth Sciences, Istanbul Technical University, Istanbul, Turkey
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- Environmental Chemical Processes Laboratory, Department of Chemistry, University of Crete, Heraklion, Greece.
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Donley C, McClelland K, McKeen HD, Nelson L, Yakkundi A, Jithesh PV, Burrows J, McClements L, Valentine A, Prise KM, McCarthy HO, Robson T. Identification of RBCK1 as a novel regulator of FKBPL: implications for tumor growth and response to tamoxifen. Oncogene 2013; 33:3441-50. [PMID: 23912458 DOI: 10.1038/onc.2013.306] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/21/2013] [Revised: 05/27/2013] [Accepted: 06/11/2013] [Indexed: 01/03/2023]
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FKBPL has been implicated in processes associated with cancer, including regulation of tumor growth and angiogenesis with high levels of FKBPL prognosticating for improved patient survival. Understanding how FKBPL levels are controlled within the cell is therefore critical. We have identified a novel role for RBCK1 as an FKBPL-interacting protein, which regulates FKBPL stability at the post-translational level via ubiquitination. Both RBCK1 and FKBPL are upregulated by 17-β-estradiol and interact within heat shock protein 90 chaperone complexes, together with estrogen receptor-α (ERα). Furthermore, FKBPL and RBCK1 associate with ERα at the promoter of the estrogen responsive gene, pS2, and regulate pS2 levels. MCF-7 clones stably overexpressing RBCK1 were shown to have reduced proliferation and increased levels of FKBPL and p21. Furthermore, these clones were resistant to tamoxifen therapy, suggesting that RBCK1 could be a predictive marker of response to endocrine therapy. RBCK1 knockdown using targeted small interfering RNA resulted in increased proliferation and increased sensitivity to tamoxifen treatment. Moreover, in support of our in vitro data, analysis of mRNA microarray data sets demonstrated that high levels of FKBPL and RBCK1 correlated with increased patient survival, whereas high RBCK1 predicted for a poor response to tamoxifen. Our findings support a role for RBCK1 in the regulation of FKBPL with important implications for estrogen receptor signaling, cell proliferation and response to endocrine therapy.
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- C Donley
- School of Pharmacy, McClay Research Centre, Queen's University, Belfast, Northern Ireland
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- School of Pharmacy, McClay Research Centre, Queen's University, Belfast, Northern Ireland
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- School of Pharmacy, McClay Research Centre, Queen's University, Belfast, Northern Ireland
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- School of Pharmacy, McClay Research Centre, Queen's University, Belfast, Northern Ireland
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- School of Pharmacy, McClay Research Centre, Queen's University, Belfast, Northern Ireland
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- Liverpool Cancer Research UK Centre, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, UK
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- School of Pharmacy, McClay Research Centre, Queen's University, Belfast, Northern Ireland
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- School of Pharmacy, McClay Research Centre, Queen's University, Belfast, Northern Ireland
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- School of Pharmacy, McClay Research Centre, Queen's University, Belfast, Northern Ireland
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- Centre for Cancer Research and Cell Biology, Queen's University, Belfast, Northern Ireland
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- School of Pharmacy, McClay Research Centre, Queen's University, Belfast, Northern Ireland
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- School of Pharmacy, McClay Research Centre, Queen's University, Belfast, Northern Ireland
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Hembrough T, Catenacci DVT, Liao W, Thyparambil S, Xu P, Henderson L, Burrows J. Development of Quantitative Gastrointestinal Carcinoma (GEC and CRC) SRM Assays for Use in FFPE Tumor Tissues. Ann Oncol 2013. [DOI: 10.1093/annonc/mdt046.9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Lynch JA, Choi CM, Park YS, Lee JC, Park MJ, Kim HR, Shih NY, Chang GC, Tseng SW, Liu KJ, Hsiao KC, Lin HC, Wang JY, Tsai HL, Barak V, Chen YJ, Hsieh YL, Chien PH, Chien YF, Huang WC, Lin SR, Chung FY, Yen LC, Tsai HL, Rixe O, Salkeni AM, Furgason JM, McPherson C, Warnick R, Bahassi M, Hembrough TA, Catenacci DVT, Liao WL, Thyparambil S, Xu P, Henderson L, Burrows J, Bebb DG, Elegbede AA, Kubota E, Petersen LF, Otsuka SM, Lees-Miller SP. Poster session 4. Molecular diagnosis & biomarkers. Ann Oncol 2013. [DOI: 10.1093/annonc/mdt046] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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Hembrough TA, Scaltriti M, Serra V, Jimenez J, Perez J, Liao WL, Thyparambil S, Cortes J, Baselga J, Burrows J. Abstract P1-07-19: Mass Spectrometry Based Quantitative Analysis of the HER Family receptors in FFPE Breast Cancer Tissue. Cancer Res 2012. [DOI: 10.1158/0008-5472.sabcs12-p1-07-19] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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The human EGF receptor family (HER's) consists of two clinically validated drug targets (EGFR and HER2), a third (HER3) currently under investigation for its possible role in the acquisition of multidrug resistance and a fourth (HER4), the role of which is still matter of debate. Drugs inhibiting EGFR or HER2 show significant antitumor activity in the clinic, however, acquisition of resistance is a hallmark of these and most targeted therapies. In the case of EGFR and HER2, one of the emerging resistance mechanisms is the co-expression of HER3. Indeed, recent reports show that inhibition of the PI3K pathway leads to upregulation of HER3, and subsequent resistance. Clinical analysis of protein levels in formalin fixed paraffin embedded (FFPE) tissues is limited to immunohistochemistry (IHC), which is semi-quantitative and requires significant amounts of tissue. Moreover, the vast majority of research groups consider specific HER3 staining by IHC particularly challenging. However, accurate measurement of these targets is critical both for properly defining treatment groups and predicting patterns of resistance.
In order to address these issues, we used trypsin digestion mapping and stable isotope labeled peptides to develop a panel of quantitative mass spectrometric (MS) assays to measure the levels of EGFR, HER2, HER3 and other clinically relevant targets in FFPE breast cancer tissue. These quantitative MS assays were then multiplexed to analyze 1μg of tumor protein.
In this study, we multiplexed HER family analysis on 31 HER2 positive breast cancers. Tumor tissue was microdissected from FFPE sections, and subjected to quantitative MS analysis of EGFR, HER2, HER3 as well as IGF1R and cMET. Quantitation of HER2 showed a broad range of HER2 expression in these tissues. The highest expresser measured 26 fmol/ug tumor tissue, representing amplification and massive protein over expression. In contrast, five tissues showed low levels of HER2 expression, below 1 fmol/ug, similar to HER2 non-amplified cell lines. This suggests that MS quantitation can identify patients with low expression of HER2 who are unlikely to respond to trastuzumab therapy. As a matter of fact, 3 of these 5 low expressing patients had outcome data and showed no response to trastuzumab treatment.
In 28 of 31 patient tissue samples, HER3 showed low levels of expression (100–300 amol/ug tumor tissue) similar to HER3 expression in cell lines, and comparable to low expressing EGFR and HER2 cell lines. The remaining 3 patients had no detectable HER3. This study demonstrates the feasibility of measuring HER3 in multiplex in FFPE breast cancer tissue. Based on the low but widespread expression of HER3 in this cohort, it may be most useful to assess HER3 expression after initial treatment as a marker of potential resistance to targeted therapies.
Taken together, these data demonstrate that a sensitive and quantitative assay to measure oncoproteins in FFPE clinical samples may help stratify patients with variable expression of these targets. Our quantitation of oncogene expression from clinical samples uses a small amount of tissue, is clinically applicable and alleviates the problem of scoring either positive or negative for the expression of a given protein.
Citation Information: Cancer Res 2012;72(24 Suppl):Abstract nr P1-07-19.
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- TA Hembrough
- OncoPlex Diagnostics, Inc., Rockville, MD; Vall d'Hebron Istitute of Oncology, Barcelona, Spain; Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA
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- OncoPlex Diagnostics, Inc., Rockville, MD; Vall d'Hebron Istitute of Oncology, Barcelona, Spain; Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA
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- OncoPlex Diagnostics, Inc., Rockville, MD; Vall d'Hebron Istitute of Oncology, Barcelona, Spain; Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA
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- OncoPlex Diagnostics, Inc., Rockville, MD; Vall d'Hebron Istitute of Oncology, Barcelona, Spain; Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA
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- OncoPlex Diagnostics, Inc., Rockville, MD; Vall d'Hebron Istitute of Oncology, Barcelona, Spain; Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA
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- OncoPlex Diagnostics, Inc., Rockville, MD; Vall d'Hebron Istitute of Oncology, Barcelona, Spain; Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA
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- OncoPlex Diagnostics, Inc., Rockville, MD; Vall d'Hebron Istitute of Oncology, Barcelona, Spain; Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA
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- OncoPlex Diagnostics, Inc., Rockville, MD; Vall d'Hebron Istitute of Oncology, Barcelona, Spain; Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA
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- OncoPlex Diagnostics, Inc., Rockville, MD; Vall d'Hebron Istitute of Oncology, Barcelona, Spain; Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA
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- OncoPlex Diagnostics, Inc., Rockville, MD; Vall d'Hebron Istitute of Oncology, Barcelona, Spain; Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA
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- Jeremy Burrows
- Medicines for Malaria Venture, route de Pré-Bois 20, PO Box 1826, Geneva, Switzerland
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- Medicines for Malaria Venture, route de Pré-Bois 20, PO Box 1826, Geneva, Switzerland
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- Medicines for Malaria Venture, route de Pré-Bois 20, PO Box 1826, Geneva, Switzerland
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- Medicines for Malaria Venture, route de Pré-Bois 20, PO Box 1826, Geneva, Switzerland
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- Medicines for Malaria Venture, route de Pré-Bois 20, PO Box 1826, Geneva, Switzerland
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Catenacci D, Xu P, Henderson L, Liao W, Burrows J, Hembrough T. 561 Development of a Quantitative Gastroesophageal Cancer Selected Reaction Monitoring Mass Spectrometric Multiplex Assay for Use in FFPE Tumor Tissues. Eur J Cancer 2012. [DOI: 10.1016/s0959-8049(12)72358-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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Hembrough T, Henderson L, Xu P, Liao W, Burrows J, Catenacci D. 483 Development of a Quantitative Colorectal Cancer SRM Assay for Use in FFPE Tumor Tissues. Eur J Cancer 2012. [DOI: 10.1016/s0959-8049(12)72281-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Edlin CD, Morgans G, Winks S, Duffy S, Avery VM, Wittlin S, Waterson D, Burrows J, Bryans J. Identification and In-Vitro ADME Assessment of a Series of Novel Anti-Malarial Agents Suitable for Hit-to-Lead Chemistry. ACS Med Chem Lett 2012; 3:570-3. [PMID: 24900512 DOI: 10.1021/ml300091c] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/12/2012] [Accepted: 05/28/2012] [Indexed: 01/10/2023] Open
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Triage of a set of antimalaria hit compounds, identified through high throughput screening against the Chloroquine sensitive (3D7) and resistant (Dd2) parasite Plasmodium falciparum strains identified several novel chemotypes suitable for hit-to-lead chemistry investigation. The set was further refined through investigation of their in vitro ADME properties, which identified templates with good potential to be developed further as antimalarial agents. One example was profiled in an in vivo murine Plasmodium berghei model of malaria infection.
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- Chris D. Edlin
- iThemba Pharmaceuticals, P.O. Box 21, Modderfontein
1645, South Africa
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- iThemba Pharmaceuticals, P.O. Box 21, Modderfontein
1645, South Africa
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- iThemba Pharmaceuticals, P.O. Box 21, Modderfontein
1645, South Africa
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- Discovery
Biology Institute, Griffith University,
Brisbane, Queensland 4111, Australia
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- Discovery
Biology Institute, Griffith University,
Brisbane, Queensland 4111, Australia
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- Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute, Socinstrasse 57, 4002 Basel,
Switzerland
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- Medicines for Malaria Venture, ICCRoute de Pre-Bois 20, P.O. Box 1826, 1215
Geneva, Switzerland
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- Medicines for Malaria Venture, ICCRoute de Pre-Bois 20, P.O. Box 1826, 1215
Geneva, Switzerland
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- Medical Research Council Technology, 1-3 Burtonhole Lane, Mill Hill,
London, United Kingdom
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Catenacci D, Henderson L, Xu P, Liao W, Burrows J, Hembrough T. 820 Development of a Quantitative RON SRM Assay for Use in Formalin Fixed Tumor Tissues. Eur J Cancer 2012. [DOI: 10.1016/s0959-8049(12)71453-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/28/2022]
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Calderón F, Vidal-Mas J, Burrows J, de la Rosa JC, Jiménez-Díaz MB, Mulet T, Prats S, Solana J, Witty M, Gamo FJ, Fernández E. A Divergent SAR Study Allows Optimization of a Potent 5-HT2c Inhibitor to a Promising Antimalarial Scaffold. ACS Med Chem Lett 2012; 3:373-7. [PMID: 24900481 DOI: 10.1021/ml300008j] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/07/2012] [Accepted: 02/09/2012] [Indexed: 11/30/2022] Open
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From the 13 533 chemical structures published by GlaxoSmithKline in 2010, we identified 47 quality starting points for lead optimization. One of the most promising hits was the TCMDC-139046, a molecule presenting an indoline core, which is well-known for its anxiolytic properties by interacting with serotonin antagonist receptors 5-HT2. The inhibition of this target will complicate the clinical development of these compounds as antimalarials. Herein, we present the antimalarial profile of this series and our efforts to avoid interaction with this receptor, while maintaining a good antiparasitic potency. By using a double-divergent structure-activity relationship analysis, we have obtained a novel lead compound harboring an indoline core.
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- Félix Calderón
- Tres Cantos Medicines Development
Campus, DDW, GlaxoSmithKline, Severo Ochoa,
2. 28760 Tres Cantos, Madrid, Spain
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- Tres Cantos Medicines Development
Campus, DDW, GlaxoSmithKline, Severo Ochoa,
2. 28760 Tres Cantos, Madrid, Spain
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- Medicines for Malaria Venture (MMV), 20, route de Pré-Bois-PO Box 1826,
1215 Geneva 15, Switzerland
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- Tres Cantos Medicines Development
Campus, DDW, GlaxoSmithKline, Severo Ochoa,
2. 28760 Tres Cantos, Madrid, Spain
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- Tres Cantos Medicines Development
Campus, DDW, GlaxoSmithKline, Severo Ochoa,
2. 28760 Tres Cantos, Madrid, Spain
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- Tres Cantos Medicines Development
Campus, DDW, GlaxoSmithKline, Severo Ochoa,
2. 28760 Tres Cantos, Madrid, Spain
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- Tres Cantos Medicines Development
Campus, DDW, GlaxoSmithKline, Severo Ochoa,
2. 28760 Tres Cantos, Madrid, Spain
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- Tres Cantos Medicines Development
Campus, DDW, GlaxoSmithKline, Severo Ochoa,
2. 28760 Tres Cantos, Madrid, Spain
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- Medicines for Malaria Venture (MMV), 20, route de Pré-Bois-PO Box 1826,
1215 Geneva 15, Switzerland
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- Tres Cantos Medicines Development
Campus, DDW, GlaxoSmithKline, Severo Ochoa,
2. 28760 Tres Cantos, Madrid, Spain
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- Tres Cantos Medicines Development
Campus, DDW, GlaxoSmithKline, Severo Ochoa,
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Witherick J, Kane N, Butler S, Walsh P, Blake K, Faulkner H, Burrows J, Inglis K, Cottrell D. 152 Are neurophysiological parameters an objective measure of disease status and progression in primary progressive multiple sclerosis? J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry 2012. [DOI: 10.1136/jnnp-2011-301993.194] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/03/2022]
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Burrows J, Baxter S, Baird W, Hirst J, Goyder E. Citizens advice in primary care: A qualitative study of the views and experiences of service users and staff. Public Health 2011; 125:704-10. [DOI: 10.1016/j.puhe.2011.07.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/14/2010] [Revised: 06/08/2011] [Accepted: 07/07/2011] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Adams R, Hembrough TA, Thyparambil S, Krizman D, Darfler M, Jasani B, Maughan T, Kaplan RS, Burrows J. Multiplexed quantitation of growth factor receptors and pathway activation in FFPE tumor tissue from the COIN trial. J Clin Oncol 2011. [DOI: 10.1200/jco.2011.29.15_suppl.e14117] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Malempati S, Hembrough TA, Thyparambil S, Cao L, Darfler M, Krizman D, Hawkins DS, Skapek S, Helman LJ, Burrows J. Quantitative analysis of IGF-1R expression in FFPE human rhabdomyosarcoma tumor tissue by mass spectrometry. J Clin Oncol 2011. [DOI: 10.1200/jco.2011.29.15_suppl.10069] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Hembrough TA, Liao W, Thyparambil S, Krizman D, Darfler M, Burrows J. Quantitation of truncated HER2 in formalin-fixed paraffin-embedded breast carcinoma tissues. J Clin Oncol 2011. [DOI: 10.1200/jco.2011.29.15_suppl.e11130] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Gujjar R, El Mazouni F, White KL, White J, Creason S, Shackleford DM, Deng X, Charman WN, Bathurst I, Burrows J, Floyd DM, Matthews D, Buckner FS, Charman SA, Phillips MA, Rathod PK. Lead optimization of aryl and aralkyl amine-based triazolopyrimidine inhibitors of Plasmodium falciparum dihydroorotate dehydrogenase with antimalarial activity in mice. J Med Chem 2011; 54:3935-49. [PMID: 21517059 DOI: 10.1021/jm200265b] [Citation(s) in RCA: 133] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/06/2023]
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Malaria is one of the leading causes of severe infectious disease worldwide; yet, our ability to maintain effective therapy to combat the illness is continually challenged by the emergence of drug resistance. We previously reported identification of a new class of triazolopyrimidine-based Plasmodium falciparum dihydroorotate dehydrogenase (PfDHODH) inhibitors with antimalarial activity, leading to the discovery of a new lead series and novel target for drug development. Active compounds from the series contained a triazolopyrimidine ring attached to an aromatic group through a bridging nitrogen atom. Herein, we describe systematic efforts to optimize the aromatic functionality with the goal of improving potency and in vivo properties of compounds from the series. These studies led to the identification of two new substituted aniline moieties (4-SF(5)-Ph and 3,5-Di-F-4-CF(3)-Ph), which, when coupled to the triazolopyrimidine ring, showed good plasma exposure and better efficacy in the Plasmodium berghei mouse model of the disease than previously reported compounds from the series.
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- Ramesh Gujjar
- Department of Chemistry and Global Health, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195, USA
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Strong M, Burrows J, Stedman E, Redgrave P. Adverse drug effects following oseltamivir mass treatment and prophylaxis in a school outbreak of 2009 pandemic influenza A(H1N1) in June 2009, Sheffield, United Kingdom. Euro Surveill 2010. [DOI: 10.2807/ese.15.19.19565-en] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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During the containment phase of the 2009 influenza A(H1N1) pandemic, mass treatment and prophylaxis with oseltamivir was used to control an outbreak of pandemic influenza in a primary school in Sheffield, United Kingdom, where ten cases of pandemic influenza had been laboratory confirmed over a three day period in June 2009. A subsequent cross-sectional survey showed that 51 of 297 (17%) pupils and 10 of 58 (17%) reported an influenza-like illness. The most common symptoms were headache, cough, fever, tiredness, sore throat and nausea. Fifty-three staff and 273 pupils took oseltamivir for treatment or prophylaxis. Of this group, 41% (113/273) of pupils and 47% (25/53) of staff reported adverse effects. Overall, 14% (37/273) of pupils and 20% (11/53) of staff did not complete the course of oseltamivir, primarily due to adverse effects. Nausea, vomiting and rash were statistically significantly associated with failing to complete the course of oseltamivir. Given the potential for side effects from oseltamivir, particularly among those without influenza who receive the drug for prophylaxis, our findings have two important implications. Firstly, the benefits of mass treatment in an outbreak setting must clearly be greater than the benefits of targeted treatment. Secondly, any large scale regional or state level system for distribution of antiviral drugs for treatment should ideally include a robust quantification of an individual’s probability of infection with influenza virus in order to avoid unnecessary treatment.
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- M Strong
- School of Health and Related Research, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, United Kingdom
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- School of Health and Related Research, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, United Kingdom
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- Medical School, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, United Kingdom
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- NHS Sheffield, Sheffield, United Kingdom
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Strong M, Burrows J, Stedman E, Redgrave P. Adverse drug effects following oseltamivir mass treatment and prophylaxis in a school outbreak of 2009 pandemic influenza A(H1N1) in June 2009, Sheffield, United Kingdom. Euro Surveill 2010; 15:pii/19565. [PMID: 20483106] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/29/2023] Open
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During the containment phase of the 2009 influenza A(H1N1) pandemic, mass treatment and prophylaxis with oseltamivir was used to control an outbreak of pandemic influenza in a primary school in Sheffield, United Kingdom, where ten cases of pandemic influenza had been laboratory confirmed over a three day period in June 2009. A subsequent cross-sectional survey showed that 51 of 297 (17%) pupils and 10 of 58 (17%) reported an influenza-like illness. The most common symptoms were headache, cough, fever, tiredness, sore throat and nausea. Fifty-three staff and 273 pupils took oseltamivir for treatment or prophylaxis. Of this group, 41% (113/273) of pupils and 47% (25/53) of staff reported adverse effects. Overall, 14% (37/273) of pupils and 20% (11/53) of staff did not complete the course of oseltamivir, primarily due to adverse effects. Nausea, vomiting and rash were statistically significantly associated with failing to complete the course of oseltamivir. Given the potential for side effects from oseltamivir, particularly among those without influenza who receive the drug for prophylaxis, our findings have two important implications. Firstly, the benefits of mass treatment in an outbreak setting must clearly be greater than the benefits of targeted treatment. Secondly, any large scale regional or state level system for distribution of antiviral drugs for treatment should ideally include a robust quantification of an individual s probability of infection with influenza virus in order to avoid unnecessary treatment.
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- M Strong
- School of Health and Related Research, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, United Kingdom.
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Donohoe TJ, Harris RM, Williams O, Hargaden GC, Burrows J, Parker J. Concise Syntheses of the Natural Products (+)-Sylvaticin and (+)-cis-Sylvaticin. J Am Chem Soc 2009; 131:12854-61. [DOI: 10.1021/ja9049959] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
Affiliation(s)
- Timothy J. Donohoe
- AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals, Department of Medicinal Chemistry R&D, Södertälje, S-151 85, Sweden, AstraZeneca, Process R&D Avlon/Charnwood, Avlon Works, Severn Road, Hallen, Bristol, BS10 7ZE, U.K., and Department of Chemistry, University of Oxford, Chemistry Research Laboratory, Mansfield Road, Oxford, OX1 3TA, U.K
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- AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals, Department of Medicinal Chemistry R&D, Södertälje, S-151 85, Sweden, AstraZeneca, Process R&D Avlon/Charnwood, Avlon Works, Severn Road, Hallen, Bristol, BS10 7ZE, U.K., and Department of Chemistry, University of Oxford, Chemistry Research Laboratory, Mansfield Road, Oxford, OX1 3TA, U.K
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- AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals, Department of Medicinal Chemistry R&D, Södertälje, S-151 85, Sweden, AstraZeneca, Process R&D Avlon/Charnwood, Avlon Works, Severn Road, Hallen, Bristol, BS10 7ZE, U.K., and Department of Chemistry, University of Oxford, Chemistry Research Laboratory, Mansfield Road, Oxford, OX1 3TA, U.K
| | - Gráinne C. Hargaden
- AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals, Department of Medicinal Chemistry R&D, Södertälje, S-151 85, Sweden, AstraZeneca, Process R&D Avlon/Charnwood, Avlon Works, Severn Road, Hallen, Bristol, BS10 7ZE, U.K., and Department of Chemistry, University of Oxford, Chemistry Research Laboratory, Mansfield Road, Oxford, OX1 3TA, U.K
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- AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals, Department of Medicinal Chemistry R&D, Södertälje, S-151 85, Sweden, AstraZeneca, Process R&D Avlon/Charnwood, Avlon Works, Severn Road, Hallen, Bristol, BS10 7ZE, U.K., and Department of Chemistry, University of Oxford, Chemistry Research Laboratory, Mansfield Road, Oxford, OX1 3TA, U.K
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- AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals, Department of Medicinal Chemistry R&D, Södertälje, S-151 85, Sweden, AstraZeneca, Process R&D Avlon/Charnwood, Avlon Works, Severn Road, Hallen, Bristol, BS10 7ZE, U.K., and Department of Chemistry, University of Oxford, Chemistry Research Laboratory, Mansfield Road, Oxford, OX1 3TA, U.K
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