Examination of the antimalarial potential of experimental aminoquinolines: poor in vitro effect does not preclude in vivo efficacy
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2017
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Srbljanović, Jelena
Štajner, Tijana

Konstantinović, Jelena M.

Terzić-Jovanović, Nataša

Uzelac, Aleksandra

Bobic, Branko
Šolaja, Bogdan

Djurkovic-Djakovic, Olgica

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Malaria remains a major disease in the developing world and globally is the most important parasitic disease causing significant morbidity and mortality. Because of widespread resistance to conventional antimalarials, including chloroquine (CQ), new drugs are urgently needed. Here we report on the antimalarial efficacy, both in vitro and in vivo, of a series of aminoquinoline derivatives with adamantane or benzothiophene as a carrier. In vitro efficacy was evaluated by a lactate dehydrogenase (LDH) assay in cultures of a CQ-sensitive (3D7) and CQ-resistant (Dd2) strain of Plasmodium falcipanim. Of a series of 26 screened compounds, 12 that exerted a growth inhibition rate of >= 5% were further examined in vitro to determine the 50% inhibitory concentration (IC50) values. Nine compounds shown in preliminary experiments to be non-toxic in vivo were evaluated in C57BL/6 mice infected with Plasmodium herghei ANKA strain using a modified Thompson test. All nine compounds examined in vivo pr...olonged the survival of treated versus untreated mice, four of which afforded >= 60% survival. Most notably, two of these compounds, both with the adamantane carrier, afforded complete cure (100% survival and parasite clearance). Interestingly, one of these compounds had no in vitro effect against the CQ resistant P. falciparum strain. Better in vivo compared with in vitro results suggest a role for compound metabolites rather than the compounds themselves. The results presented here point to adamantane as a carrier that enhances the antimalarial potential of aminoquinolines.
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Malaria / Aminoquinolines / LDH assay / Thompson test / AdamantaneSource:
International Journal of Antimicrobial Agents, 2017, 50, 3, 461-466Publisher:
- Elsevier Science Bv, Amsterdam
Projects:
- Control of infections by Apicomplexan pathogens: from novel drug targets to prediction (RS-41019)
- The synthesis of aminoquinoline-based antimalarials and botulinum neurotoxin A inhibitors (RS-172008)
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- The peer-reviewed version: http://cer.ihtm.bg.ac.rs/handle/123456789/3033
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijantimicag.2017.06.002
ISSN: 0924-8579
PubMed: 28668677