Cyanotriazoles are selective topoisomerase II poisons that rapidly cure trypanosome infections

Millions who live in Latin America and sub-Saharan Africa are at risk of trypanosomatid infections, which cause Chagas disease and human African trypanosomiasis (HAT). Improved HAT treatments are available, but Chagas disease therapies rely on two nitroheterocycles, which suffer from lengthy drug regimens and safety concerns that cause frequent treatment discontinuation. We performed phenotypic screening against trypanosomes and identified a class of cyanotriazoles (CTs) with potent trypanocidal activity both in vitro and in mouse models of Chagas disease and HAT. Cryo-electron microscopy approaches confirmed that CT compounds acted through selective, irreversible inhibition of trypanosomal topoisomerase II by stabilizing double-stranded DNA:enzyme cleavage complexes. These findings suggest a potential approach toward successful therapeutics for the treatment of Chagas disease.

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CommentIn: Nat Rev Drug Discov. 2023 Sep;22(9):694. - PMID 37468690

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2023

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2023

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:380

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Science (New York, N.Y.) - 380(2023), 6652 vom: 30. Juni, Seite 1349-1356

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Rao, Srinivasa P S [VerfasserIn]
Gould, Matthew K [VerfasserIn]
Noeske, Jonas [VerfasserIn]
Saldivia, Manuel [VerfasserIn]
Jumani, Rajiv S [VerfasserIn]
Ng, Pearly S [VerfasserIn]
René, Olivier [VerfasserIn]
Chen, Yen-Liang [VerfasserIn]
Kaiser, Marcel [VerfasserIn]
Ritchie, Ryan [VerfasserIn]
Francisco, Amanda Fortes [VerfasserIn]
Johnson, Nila [VerfasserIn]
Patra, Debjani [VerfasserIn]
Cheung, Harry [VerfasserIn]
Deniston, Colin [VerfasserIn]
Schenk, Andreas D [VerfasserIn]
Cortopassi, Wilian A [VerfasserIn]
Schmidt, Remo S [VerfasserIn]
Wiedemar, Natalie [VerfasserIn]
Thomas, Bryanna [VerfasserIn]
Palkar, Rima [VerfasserIn]
Ghafar, Nahdiyah A [VerfasserIn]
Manoharan, Vanessa [VerfasserIn]
Luu, Catherine [VerfasserIn]
Gable, Jonathan E [VerfasserIn]
Wan, Kah Fei [VerfasserIn]
Myburgh, Elmarie [VerfasserIn]
Mottram, Jeremy C [VerfasserIn]
Barnes, Whitney [VerfasserIn]
Walker, John [VerfasserIn]
Wartchow, Charles [VerfasserIn]
Aziz, Natasha [VerfasserIn]
Osborne, Colin [VerfasserIn]
Wagner, Juergen [VerfasserIn]
Sarko, Christopher [VerfasserIn]
Kelly, John M [VerfasserIn]
Manjunatha, Ujjini H [VerfasserIn]
Mäser, Pascal [VerfasserIn]
Jiricek, Jan [VerfasserIn]
Lakshminarayana, Suresh B [VerfasserIn]
Barrett, Michael P [VerfasserIn]
Diagana, Thierry T [VerfasserIn]

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DNA Topoisomerases, Type II
EC 5.99.1.3
Journal Article
Topoisomerase II Inhibitors
Triazoles

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Date Completed 11.07.2023

Date Revised 14.02.2024

published: Print-Electronic

CommentIn: Nat Rev Drug Discov. 2023 Sep;22(9):694. - PMID 37468690

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doi:

10.1126/science.adh0614

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NLM358859832