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Title: Identification of a new chemical class of antimalarials
Authors: Bozdech, Zbynek
Brunner, Ralf
Aissaoui, Hamed
Brun, Reto
Corminboeuf, Olivier
Delahaye, Stephane
Fischli, Christoph
Boss, Christoph
Heidmann, Bibia
Kaiser, Marcel
Kamber, Jolanda
Meyer, Solange
Papastogiannidis, Petros
Siegrist, Romain
Voss, Till
Welford, Richard
Wittlin, Sergio
Binkert, Christoph
Issue Date: 2012
Source: Brunner, R., Aissaoui, H., Boss, C., Bozdech, Z., Brun, R., Corminboeuf, O., et al. (2012). Identification of a new chemical class of antimalarials. Journal of infectious diseases, 206(5), 735-743.
Series/Report no.: Journal of infectious diseases
Abstract: The increasing spread of drug-resistant malaria strains underscores the need for new antimalarial agents with novel modes of action (MOAs). Here, we describe a compound representative of a new class of antimalarials. This molecule, ACT-213615, potently inhibits in vitro erythrocytic growth of all tested Plasmodium falciparum strains, irrespective of their drug resistance properties, with half-maximal inhibitory concentration (IC50) values in the low single-digit nanomolar range. Like the clinically used artemisinins, the compound equally and very rapidly affects all 3 asexual erythrocytic parasite stages. In contrast, microarray studies suggest that the MOA of ACT-213615 is different from that of the artemisinins and other known antimalarials.ACT-213615 is orally bioavailable in mice, exhibits activity in the murine Plasmodium berghei model and efficacy comparable to that of the reference drug chloroquine in the recently established P. falciparum SCID mouse model.ACT-213615 represents a new class of potent antimalarials that merits further investigation for its clinical potential.
URI: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/106461
http://hdl.handle.net/10220/12914
DOI: 10.1093/infdis/jis418
Schools: School of Biological Sciences 
Rights: © The Authors (published by Oxford University Press). This paper was published in Journal of Infectious Diseases and is made available as an electronic reprint (preprint) with permission of Oxford University Press. The paper can be found at the following official DOI: [http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/infdis/jis418]. One print or electronic copy may be made for personal use only. Systematic or multiple reproduction, distribution to multiple locations via electronic or other means, duplication of any material in this paper for a fee or for commercial purposes, or modification of the content of the paper is prohibited and is subject to penalties under law.
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