A tetraoxane-based antimalarial drug candidate that overcomes PfK13-C580Y dependent artemisinin resistance

Autor: Paul M. O’Neill, Richard K. Amewu, Susan A. Charman, Sunil Sabbani, Nina F. Gnädig, Judith Straimer, David A. Fidock, Emma R. Shore, Natalie L. Roberts, Michael H.-L. Wong, W. David Hong, Chandrakala Pidathala, Chris Riley, Ben Murphy, Ghaith Aljayyoussi, Francisco Javier Gamo, Laura Sanz, Janneth Rodrigues, Carolina Gonzalez Cortes, Esperanza Herreros, Iñigo Angulo-Barturén, María Belén Jiménez-Díaz, Santiago Ferrer Bazaga, María Santos Martínez-Martínez, Brice Campo, Raman Sharma, Eileen Ryan, David M. Shackleford, Simon Campbell, Dennis A. Smith, Grennady Wirjanata, Rintis Noviyanti, Ric N. Price, Jutta Marfurt, Michael J. Palmer, Ian M. Copple, Amy E. Mercer, Andrea Ruecker, Michael J. Delves, Robert E. Sinden, Peter Siegl, Jill Davies, Rosemary Rochford, Clemens H. M. Kocken, Anne-Marie Zeeman, Gemma L. Nixon, Giancarlo A. Biagini, Stephen A. Ward
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2017
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Zdroj: Nature Communications, Vol 8, Iss 1, Pp 1-10 (2017)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 2041-1723
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms15159
Popis: Artemisinin-resistantPlasmodium is an increasing problem. Here, using a medicinal chemistry programme, the authors identify a tetraoxane-based drug candidate that shows no cross-resistance with an artemisinin-resistant strain (PfK13-C580Y) and is efficient in Plasmodiummouse models.
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