Plasmodium falciparum PFI1625c offers an opportunity to design potent anti-malarials: Biochemical characterization and testing potentials in drug discovery
| Autor: | S.N. Balaji, Vishal Trivedi, Kimjolly Lhouvum, Mohamed Jawed Ahsan |
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| Rok vydání: | 2018 |
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0301 basic medicine
Gelatinases Erythrocytes Veterinary (miscellaneous) medicine.medical_treatment 030231 tropical medicine Plasmodium falciparum Schizogony 03 medical and health sciences Antimalarials 0302 clinical medicine Drug Discovery medicine Parasite hosting Animals Metalloprotease inhibitor Parasites Malaria Falciparum chemistry.chemical_classification Protease biology Chemistry Drug discovery 030108 mycology & parasitology biology.organism_classification Infectious Diseases Enzyme Biochemistry Insect Science Parasitology |
| Zdroj: | Acta tropica. 191 |
| ISSN: | 1873-6254 |
| Popis: | Putative PFI1625c was cloned, over-expressed and purified to homogeneity. It is a 56.2 kDa monomeric protease which preferentially catalyzes the degradation of gelatin with a Km = 30μM. It is a slow acting enzyme with optimal pH 8.5 and temperature 37 °C, and activity is sensitive to metalloprotease inhibitor 1,10-phenanthroline. PFI1625c active site was probed with a series of heterocyclic compounds and three molecules namely, BNPC-Inh2, DDBM-Inh1 and BHPM-Inh1 from the series were inhibiting PFI1625c protease activity. These heterocyclic compounds were found to irreversible inhibiting PFI1625c protease activity. Parasite culture was treated with these inhibitors and PFI1625c isolated from culture was found to be inactive without affecting other gelatinases present in the parasite. These inhibitors were used to generate chemically knockout PFI1625c in the parasite. PFI1625c knockout parasite remained at ring stage and was unable to complete its erythrocytic schizogony. Also, these knockout parasites were incapable to multiply. More careful analysis indicate these parasites develop oxidative stress as evident by the increase in lipid peroxidation, protein-carbonyl and a decrease of GSH level. In summary, the current study has employed biochemical, computational and pharmacological approaches to explore the role of PFI1625c in the parasite, its utility as a potential drug target to develop anti-malarials. |
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