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Structure-activity relationship study of selective benzimidazole-based inhibitors of Cryptosporidium parvum IMPDH
Kirubakaran, Sivapriya,Gorla, Suresh Kumar,Sharling, Lisa,Zhang, Minjia,Liu, Xiaoping,Ray, Soumya S.,MacPherson, Iain S.,Striepen, Boris,Hedstrom, Lizbeth,Cuny, Gregory D.
, p. 1985 - 1988 (2012/04/05)
Cryptosporidium parasites are important waterborne pathogens of both humans and animals. The Cryptosporidium parvum and Cryptosporidium hominis genomes indicate that the only route to guanine nucleotides is via inosine 5′-monophosphate dehydrogenase (IMPDH). Thus the inhibition of the parasite IMPDH presents a potential strategy for treating Cryptosporidium infections. A selective benzimidazole-based inhibitor of C. parvum IMPDH (CpIMPDH) was previously identified in a high throughput screen. Here we report a structure-activity relationship study of benzimidazole-based compounds that resulted in potent and selective inhibitors of CpIMPDH. Several compounds display potent antiparasitic activity in vitro.
