The aminopeptidase inhibitor CHR-2863 is an orally bioavailable inhibitor of murine malaria

Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 2012 Jun;56(6):3244-9. doi: 10.1128/AAC.06245-11. Epub 2012 Mar 26.

Abstract

Malaria remains a significant risk in many areas of the world, with resistance to the current antimalarial pharmacopeia an ever-increasing problem. The M1 alanine aminopeptidase (PfM1AAP) and M17 leucine aminopeptidase (PfM17LAP) are believed to play a role in the terminal stages of digestion of host hemoglobin and thereby generate a pool of free amino acids that are essential for parasite growth and development. Here, we show that an orally bioavailable aminopeptidase inhibitor, CHR-2863, is efficacious against murine malaria.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Aminopeptidases / antagonists & inhibitors*
  • Animals
  • Antimalarials / chemistry
  • Antimalarials / pharmacology*
  • Enzyme Inhibitors / chemistry
  • Enzyme Inhibitors / pharmacology*
  • Female
  • Malaria / parasitology
  • Mice
  • Mice, Inbred C57BL
  • Plasmodium falciparum / drug effects
  • Plasmodium falciparum / pathogenicity

Substances

  • Antimalarials
  • Enzyme Inhibitors
  • Aminopeptidases