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Quinolone-3-diarylethers: a new class of antimalarial drug
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Quinolone-3-diarylethers: a new class of antimalarial drug

Aaron Nilsen, Alexis N LaCrue, Karen L White, Isaac P Forquer, Richard M Cross, Jutta Marfurt, Michael W Mather, Michael J Delves, David M Shackleford, Fabian E Saenz, …
Science translational medicine, v 5(177), pp 177ra37-177ra37
20 Mar 2013
PMID: 23515079
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https://doi.org/10.1126/scitranslmed.3005029View
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Abstract

Malaria, Falciparum - drug therapy Plasmodium vivax - drug effects Proguanil - chemistry Quinolones - pharmacology Plasmodium falciparum - drug effects Atovaquone - chemistry Antimalarials - pharmacology Drug Synergism Animals Quinolones - chemistry Atovaquone - pharmacology Antimalarials - chemistry Mice Malaria - drug therapy Pyridones - chemistry Drug Resistance Proguanil - pharmacology Pyridones - pharmacology Life Cycle Stages - drug effects
The goal for developing new antimalarial drugs is to find a molecule that can target multiple stages of the parasite's life cycle, thus impacting prevention, treatment, and transmission of the disease. The 4(1H)-quinolone-3-diarylethers are selective potent inhibitors of the parasite's mitochondrial cytochrome bc1 complex. These compounds are highly active against the human malaria parasites Plasmodium falciparum and Plasmodium vivax. They target both the liver and blood stages of the parasite as well as the forms that are crucial for disease transmission, that is, the gametocytes, the zygote, the ookinete, and the oocyst. Selected as a preclinical candidate, ELQ-300 has good oral bioavailability at efficacious doses in mice, is metabolically stable, and is highly active in blocking transmission in rodent models of malaria. Given its predicted low dose in patients and its predicted long half-life, ELQ-300 has potential as a new drug for the treatment, prevention, and, ultimately, eradication of human malaria.

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