Nucleoside analogues for the treatment of animal trypanosomiasis

Autor: Dorien Mabille, Kayhan Ilbeigi, Sarah Hendrickx, Marzuq A. Ungogo, Fabian Hulpia, Cai Lin, Louis Maes, Harry P. de Koning, Serge Van Calenbergh, Guy Caljon
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2022
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Zdroj: International Journal for Parasitology: Drugs and Drug Resistance, Vol 19, Iss , Pp 21-30 (2022)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 2211-3207
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpddr.2022.05.001
Popis: Animal trypanosomiasis (AT) is a parasitic disease with high socio-economic impact. Given the limited therapeutic options and problems of toxicity and drug resistance, this study assessed redirecting our previously identified antitrypanosomal nucleosides for the treatment of AT. Promising hits were identified with excellent in vitro activity across all important animal trypanosome species. Compound 7, an inosine analogue, and our previously described lead compound, 3′-deoxytubercidin (8), showed broad spectrum anti-AT activity, metabolic stability in the target host species and absence of toxicity, but with variable efficacy ranging from limited activity to full cure in mouse models of Trypanosoma congolense and T. vivax infection. Several compounds show promise against T. evansi (surra) and T. equiperdum (dourine). Given the preferred target product profile for a broad-spectrum compound against AT, this study emphasizes the need to include T. vivax in the screening cascade given its divergent susceptibility profile and provides a basis for lead optimization towards such broad spectrum anti-AT compound.
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