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Multistage Antiplasmodium Activity of Astemizole Analogues and Inhibition of Hemozoin Formation as a Contributor to Their Mode of Action
Kumar, Malkeet,Okombo, John,Mambwe, Dickson,Taylor, Dale,Lawrence, Nina,Reader, Janette,Van Der Watt, Mari?tte,Fontinha, Diana,Sanches-Vaz, Margarida,Bezuidenhout, Belinda C.,Lauterbach, Sonja B.,Liebenberg, Dale,Birkholtz, Lyn-Marie,Coetzer, Theresa L.,Prudêncio, Miguel,Egan, Timothy J.,Wittlin, Sergio,Chibale, Kelly
, p. 303 - 315 (2019)
A drug repositioning approach was leveraged to derivatize astemizole (AST), an antihistamine drug whose antimalarial activity was previously identified in a high-throughput screen. The multistage activity potential against the Plasmodium parasite's life cycle of the subsequent analogues was examined by evaluating against the parasite asexual blood, liver, and sexual gametocytic stages. In addition, the previously reported contribution of heme detoxification to the compound's mode of action was interrogated. Ten of the 17 derivatives showed half-maximal inhibitory concentrations (IC50s) of 50 100). Screening of AST and its analogues against gametocytes revealed their moderate activity (IC50: 1-5 μM) against late stage P. falciparum gametocytes, while the evaluation of activity against P. berghei liver stages identified one compound (3) with 3-fold greater activity than the parent AST compound. Mechanistic studies showed a strong correlation between in vitro inhibition of β-hematin formation by the AST derivatives and their antiplasmodium IC50s. Analyses of intracellular inhibition of hemozoin formation within the parasite further yielded signatures attributable to a possible perturbation of the heme detoxification machinery.
Discovery of novel, orally available benzimidazoles as melanin concentrating hormone receptor 1 (MCHR1) antagonists
Sasmal, Pradip K.,Sasmal, Sanjita,Rao, P. Tirumala,Venkatesham,Roshaiah,Abbineni, Chandrasekhar,Khanna, Ish,Jadhav, Vikram P.,Suresh,Talwar, Rashmi,Muzeeb, Syed,Receveur, Jean-Marie,Frimurer, Thomas M.,Rist, ?ystein,Elster, Lisbeth,H?gberg, Thomas
scheme or table, p. 5443 - 5448 (2011/01/03)
Melanin concentrating hormone (MCH) is an important mediator of energy homeostasis and plays role in several disorders such as obesity, stress, depression and anxiety. The synthesis and biological evaluation of novel benzimidazole derivatives as MCHR1 antagonists are described. The in vivo proof of principle for weight loss with a lead compound from this series is exemplified.
