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dc.contributor.authorAndrews, Kathy
dc.contributor.authorFisher, Gillian
dc.contributor.authorRiches, Andrews
dc.contributor.authorHutt, Oliver
dc.contributor.authorJarvis, Karen
dc.contributor.authorWilson, Tony
dc.contributor.authorvon Itzstein, Mark
dc.contributor.authorChopra, Pradeep
dc.contributor.authorAntonova-Koch, Yevgeniya
dc.contributor.authorMeister, Stephan
dc.contributor.authorWinzeler, Elizabeth
dc.contributor.authorClarke, Mary
dc.contributor.authorFidock, David
dc.contributor.authorBurrows, Jeremy
dc.contributor.authorRyan, John
dc.contributor.authorSkinner-Adams, Tina
dc.date.accessioned2020-03-26T02:14:48Z
dc.date.available2020-03-26T02:14:48Z
dc.date.issued2019
dc.identifier.issn0002-9637
dc.identifier.doi10.4269/ajtmh.abstract2019
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10072/392642
dc.description.abstractMalarone® is a combination of atovaquone and proguanil that is used for malaria prophylaxis and treatment. Atovaquone has potent antiplasmodium activity as a cytochrome bc1-inhibitor while dogma is that proguanil does not have potent intrinsic activity. Proguanil can, however, potentiate atovaquone activity and its cyclization-metabolite (cycloguanil) is a dihydrofolate reductase inhibitor with potent activity. We have recently found that proguanil, and an analogue that cannot convert to cycloguanil (tBuPG), have potent slow-acting activity in vitro against asexual P. falciparum parasites. This activity is folate-metabolism and isoprenoid biosynthesis-independent. In yeast DHODH-expressing parasites, proguanil and tBuPG slow action activity remains, however bc1- inhibitor activity switches from fast to slow-acting. Proguanil and tBuPG both act synergistically with bc1-inhibitors, while cycloguanil antagonizes activity. Overall, our data suggest that proguanil has potent slow-acting activity against asexual-stage P. falciparum, that bc1 is essential to parasite survival independent of DHODH-activity and that Malarone® may act as a triple-drug combination (including antagonistic partners). These findings raise the possibility that a cyclization-blocked proguanil may be a better in vivo combination partner for antimalarial bc1-inhibitors.
dc.languageEnglish
dc.publisherAmerican Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
dc.relation.ispartofconferencename68th Annual Meeting of the American-Society-for-Tropical-Medicine-and-Hygiene (ASTMH)
dc.relation.ispartofconferencetitleAMERICAN JOURNAL OF TROPICAL MEDICINE AND HYGIENE
dc.relation.ispartofdatefrom2019-11-20
dc.relation.ispartofdateto2019-11-24
dc.relation.ispartoflocationNational Harbor, MD
dc.relation.ispartofpagefrom270
dc.relation.ispartofpagefrom1 pages
dc.relation.ispartofpageto270
dc.relation.ispartofpageto1 pages
dc.relation.ispartofvolume101
dc.subject.fieldofresearchBiomedical and clinical sciences
dc.subject.fieldofresearchMedical microbiology
dc.subject.fieldofresearchHealth sciences
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode32
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode3207
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode42
dc.subject.keywordsScience & Technology
dc.subject.keywordsLife Sciences & Biomedicine
dc.subject.keywordsPublic, Environmental & Occupational Health
dc.subject.keywordsTropical Medicine
dc.titleNew insights into the mode of action of the antimalarial drug proguanil
dc.typeConference output
dc.type.descriptionE3 - Conferences (Extract Paper)
dcterms.bibliographicCitationAndrews, K; Fisher, G; Riches, A; Hutt, O; Jarvis, K; Wilson, T; von Itzstein, M; Chopra, P; Antonova-Koch, Y; Meister, S; Winzeler, E; Clarke, M; Fidock, D; Burrows, J; Ryan, J; Skinner-Adams, T, New insights into the mode of action of the antimalarial drug proguanil, American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 2019, 101, pp. 270-270
dc.date.updated2020-03-26T01:31:12Z
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gro.griffith.authorvon Itzstein, Mark
gro.griffith.authorSkinner-Adams, Tina
gro.griffith.authorFisher, Gill M.
gro.griffith.authorAndrews, Katherine T.


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