Tetrahydroquinoxalines induce a lethal evisceration phenotype in Haemonchus contortus in vitro
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Preston, Sarah
Garcia-Bustos, Jose F
Baell, Jonathan B
Ventura, Sabatino
Le, Thuy
McNamara, Nicole
Nguyen, Nghi
Botteon, Antony
Skinner, Cameron
Danne, Jill
Ellis, Sarah
Koehler, Anson
Wang, Tao
Chang, Bill CH
Hofmann, Andreas
Jabbar, Abdul
Gasser, Robin B
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In the present study, the anthelmintic activity of a human tyrosine kinase inhibitor, AG-1295, and 14 related tetrahydroquinoxaline analogues against Haemonchus contortus was explored. These compounds were screened against parasitic larvae - exsheathed third-stage (xL3) and fourth-stage (L4) - using a whole-organism screening assay. All compounds were shown to have inhibitory effects on larval motility, development and growth, and induced evisceration through the excretory pore in xL3s. The estimated IC 50 values ranged from 3.5 to 52.0 μM for inhibition of larval motility or development. Cytotoxicity IC 50 against human MCF10A cells was generally higher than 50 μM. Microscopic studies revealed that this eviscerated (Evi) phenotype occurs rapidly (<20 min) and relates to a protrusion of internal tissues and organs (evisceration) through the excretory pore in xL3s; severe pathological damage in L4s as well as a suppression of larval growth in both stages were also observed. Using a relatively low concentration (12.5 μM) of compound m10, it was established that the inhibitor has to be present for a relatively short time (between 30 h and 42 h) during in vitro development from xL3 to L4, to induce the Evi phenotype. Increasing external osmotic pressure prevented evisceration and moulting, and xL3s remained unaffected by the test compound. These results point to a mode of action involving a dysregulation of morphogenetic processes during a critical time-frame, in agreement with the expected behaviour of a tyrosine kinase inhibitor, and suggest potential for development of this compound class as nematocidal drugs.
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International Journal for Parasitology: Drugs and Drug Resistance
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© 2019 The Authors. Published by Elsevier Ltd on behalf of Australian Society for Parasitology. This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/BY-NC-ND/4.0/) which permits unrestricted, non-commercial use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, providing that the work is properly cited.
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Medical microbiology
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Life Sciences & Biomedicine
Parasitology
Pharmacology & Pharmacy
Quinoxalines
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Jiao, Y; Preston, S; Garcia-Bustos, JF; Baell, JB; Ventura, S; Le, T; McNamara, N; Nghi, N; Botteon, A; Skinner, C; Danne, J; Ellis, S; Koehler, A; Wang, T; Chang, BCH; Hofmanna, A; Jabbar, A; Gasser, RB, Tetrahydroquinoxalines induce a lethal evisceration phenotype in Haemonchus contortus in vitro, International Journal for Parasitology: Drugs and Drug Resistance, 2019, 9, pp. 59-71