Fragment-Based Screening in Tandem with Phenotypic Screening Provides Novel Antiparasitic Hits

Methods to discover biologically active small molecules include target-based and phenotypic screening approaches. One of the main difficulties in drug discovery is elucidating and exploiting the relationship between drug activity at the protein target and disease modification, a phenotypic endpoint. Fragment-based drug discovery is a target-based approach that typically involves the screening of a relatively small number of fragment-like (molecular weight <300) molecules that efficiently cover chemical space. Here, we report a fragment screening on TbrPDEB1, an essential cyclic nucleotide phosphodiesterase (PDE) from Trypanosoma brucei, and human PDE4D, an off-target, in a workflow in which fragment hits and a series of close analogs are subsequently screened for antiparasitic activity in a phenotypic panel. The phenotypic panel contained T. brucei, Trypanosoma cruzi, Leishmania infantum, and Plasmodium falciparum, the causative agents of human African trypanosomiasis (sleeping sickness), Chagas disease, leishmaniasis, and malaria, respectively, as well as MRC-5 human lung cells. This hybrid screening workflow has resulted in the discovery of various benzhydryl ethers with antiprotozoal activity and low toxicity, representing interesting starting points for further antiparasitic optimization..

Medienart:

Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2015

Erschienen:

2015

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:20

Enthalten in:

Journal of biomolecular screening - 20(2015), 1, Seite 131-140

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Blaazer, Antoni R [VerfasserIn]
Orrling, Kristina M [Sonstige Person]
Shanmugham, Anitha [Sonstige Person]
Jansen, Chimed [Sonstige Person]
Maes, Louis [Sonstige Person]
Edink, Ewald [Sonstige Person]
Sterk, Geert Jan [Sonstige Person]
Siderius, Marco [Sonstige Person]
England, Paul [Sonstige Person]
Bailey, David [Sonstige Person]
de Esch, Iwan J. P [Sonstige Person]
Leurs, Rob [Sonstige Person]

Links:

Volltext
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov

Themen:

3',5'-Cyclic-AMP Phosphodiesterases - antagonists & inhibitors
Analysis
Antiparasitic Agents - chemistry
Antiparasitic Agents - pharmacology
Antiparasitic activity
Antiparasitic agents
Cell-based screening
Chagas Disease - drug therapy
Drug Discovery - methods
Drug Evaluation, Preclinical - methods
Enzyme Inhibitors - chemistry
Enzyme Inhibitors - pharmacology
Fragment-based drug discovery (FBDD)
Neglected Diseases - drug therapy
Neglected tropical diseases (NTDs)
Parasitic Sensitivity Tests - methods
Phenotype
Phenotypic drug discovery (PDD)
Phenotypic screening
Phosphodiesterase (PDE) inhibitors
Protozoan Proteins - antagonists & inhibitors
Research
Trypanosoma cruzi - drug effects
Trypanosoma cruzi - enzymology

doi:

10.1177/1087057114549735

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

OLC1961617560