Polypyridylruthenium(II) complexes exert in vitro and in vivo nematocidal activity and show significant inhibition of parasite acetylcholinesterases
| Autor: | Ramon M. Eichenberger, Paul R. Giacomin, Phurpa Wangchuk, Alex Loukas, J. Grant Collins, Dai Yang, Javier Sotillo, Madhu K. Sundaraneedi, Mark S. Pearson, Siji Rajan, F. Richard Keene, Rafid Alhallaf |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2018 |
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0301 basic medicine Trichuris Trichuriasis 030231 tropical medicine Administration Oral Pharmacology Ruthenium Article Trichuris muris lcsh:Infectious and parasitic diseases Mice 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine In vivo Anthelmintic medicine Parasite Egg Count Animals Helminths Pharmacology (medical) lcsh:RC109-216 biology Antinematodal Agents medicine.disease biology.organism_classification Disease Models Animal 030104 developmental biology Infectious Diseases Nematode Larva Ruthenium complex Acetylcholinesterase Parasitology Cholinesterase Inhibitors medicine.drug |
| Zdroj: | International Journal for Parasitology: Drugs and Drug Resistance, Vol 8, Iss 1, Pp 1-7 (2018) International Journal for Parasitology: Drugs and Drug Resistance |
| ISSN: | 2211-3207 |
| Popis: | Over 4.5 billion people are at risk of infection with soil transmitted helminths and there are concerns about the development of resistance to the handful of frontline nematocides in endemic populations. We investigated the anti-nematode efficacy of a series of polypyridylruthenium(II) complexes and showed they were active against L3 and adult stages of Trichuris muris, the rodent homologue of the causative agent of human trichuriasis, T. trichiura. One of the compounds, Rubb12-mono, which was among the most potent in its ability to kill L3 (IC50 = 3.1 ± 0.4 μM) and adult (IC50 = 5.2 ± 0.3 μM) stage worms was assessed for efficacy in a mouse model of trichuriasis by administering 3 consecutive daily oral doses of the drug 3 weeks post infection with the murine whipworm Trichuris muris. Mice treated with Rubb12-mono showed an average 66% reduction (P = 0.015) in faecal egg count over two independent trials. The drugs partially exerted their activity through inhibition of acetylcholinesterases, as worms treated in vitro and in vivo showed significant decreases in the activity of this class of enzymes. Our data show that ruthenium complexes are effective against T. muris, a model gastro-intestinal nematode and soil-transmitted helminth. Further, knowledge of the target of ruthenium drugs can facilitate modification of current compounds to identify analogues which are even more effective and selective against Trichuris and other helminths of human and veterinary importance. Graphical abstract Image 1 Highlights • The effect of ruthenium complexes on Trichuris muris parasites were investigated. • The drugs killed L3 and adult worms in vitro at low micromolar concentrations. • The compounds partially exerted activity through acetylcholinesterase inhibition. • When given to infected mice, Rubb12-mono significantly reduced parasite burden. |
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