TY - JOUR
T1 - Endoperoxide carbonyl falcipain 2/3 inhibitor hybrids
T2 - Toward combination chemotherapy of malaria through a single chemical entity
AU - Gibbons, Peter
AU - Verissimo, Edite
AU - Araujo, Nuna C.
AU - Barton, Victoria
AU - Nixon, Gemma L.
AU - Amewu, Richard K.
AU - Chadwick, James
AU - Stocks, Paul A.
AU - Biagini, Giancarlo A.
AU - Srivastava, Abhishek
AU - Rosenthal, Philip J.
AU - Gut, Jiri
AU - Guedes, Rita C.
AU - Moreira, Rui
AU - Sharma, Raman
AU - Berry, Neil
AU - Cristiano, M. Lurdes S.
AU - Shone, Alison E.
AU - Ward, Stephen A.
AU - O'Neill, Paul M.
PY - 2010/11/25
Y1 - 2010/11/25
N2 - We extend our approach of combination chemotherapy through a single prodrug entity (O'Neill et al. Angew. Chem., Int. Ed. 2004, 43, 4193) by using a 1,2,4-trioxolane as a protease inhibitor carbonyl-masking group. These molecules are designed to target the malaria parasite through two independent mechanisms of action: iron(II) decomposition releases the carbonyl protease inhibitor and potentially cytotoxic C-radical species in tandem. Using a proposed target "heme", we also demonstrate heme alkylation/carbonyl inhibitor release and quantitatively measure endoperoxide turnover in parasitized red blood cells.
AB - We extend our approach of combination chemotherapy through a single prodrug entity (O'Neill et al. Angew. Chem., Int. Ed. 2004, 43, 4193) by using a 1,2,4-trioxolane as a protease inhibitor carbonyl-masking group. These molecules are designed to target the malaria parasite through two independent mechanisms of action: iron(II) decomposition releases the carbonyl protease inhibitor and potentially cytotoxic C-radical species in tandem. Using a proposed target "heme", we also demonstrate heme alkylation/carbonyl inhibitor release and quantitatively measure endoperoxide turnover in parasitized red blood cells.
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U2 - 10.1021/jm1009567
DO - 10.1021/jm1009567
M3 - Article
C2 - 20979352
AN - SCOPUS:78649526279
SN - 0022-2623
VL - 53
SP - 8202
EP - 8206
JO - Journal of Medicinal Chemistry
JF - Journal of Medicinal Chemistry
IS - 22
ER -