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ArticleThe Journal of eukaryotic microbiology2019

The Action of the Hexokinase Inhibitor 2-deoxy-d-glucose on Cryptosporidium parvum and the Discovery of Activities against the Parasite Hexokinase from Marketed Drugs.

Rana Eltahan, Fengguang Guo, Haili Zhang, Guan Zhu

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Article in The Journal of eukaryotic microbiology, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers.

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9citing papers in PubMed
0.5field-weighted citation impact, top 38% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

9 citing papers in PubMed, 17 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Rana EltahanDepartment of Veterinary Pathobiology, College of Veterinary Medicine & Biomedical Sciences, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas, 77843-4467.
Fengguang GuoDepartment of Veterinary Pathobiology, College of Veterinary Medicine & Biomedical Sciences, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas, 77843-4467.
Haili ZhangDepartment of Veterinary Pathobiology, College of Veterinary Medicine & Biomedical Sciences, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas, 77843-4467.
Guan ZhuDepartment of Veterinary Pathobiology, College of Veterinary Medicine & Biomedical Sciences, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas, 77843-4467.ORCID 0000-0003-3888-0659
Texas A&M University · US

Funding

Bacterial-type hexokinase (HK) in the opportunistic parasite Cryptosporidium parvR21AI103668 · NIAID · TEXAS A&M AGRILIFE RESEARCH · PI ZHU, GUAN · 2014 to 2015
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NIAID NIH HHS R21 AI103668
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Cryptosporidium parvum is one of the major species causing mild to severe cryptosporidiosis in humans and animals. We have previously observed that 2-deoxy-d-glucose (2DG) could inhibit both the enzyme activity of C. parvum hexokinase (CpHK) and the parasite growth in vitro. However, the action and fate of 2DG in C. parvum was not fully investigated. In the present study, we showed that, although 2DG could be phosphorylated by CpHK to form 2DG-6-phosphate (2DG6P), the anti-cryptosporidial activity of 2DG was mainly attributed to the action of 2DG on CpHK, rather than the action of 2DG or 2DG6P on the downstream enzyme glucose-6-phosphate isomerase (CpGPI) nor 2DG6P on CpHK. These observations further supported the hypothesis that CpHK could serve as a drug target in the parasite. We also screened 1,200 small molecules consisting of marketed drugs against CpHK, from which four drugs were identified as CpHK inhibitors with micromolar level of anti-cryptospordial activities at concentrations nontoxic to the host cells (i.e. hexachlorphene, thimerosal, alexidine dihydrochloride, and ebselen with EC

Indexed as

Antiprotozoal AgentsCryptosporidium parvumDeoxyglucoseGlucose-6-PhosphateGlucose-6-Phosphate IsomeraseHexokinasePhosphorylationProtozoan Proteins2-deoxyglucose-6-phosphateAntiprotozoal AgentsDeoxyglucoseGlucose-6-PhosphateGlucose-6-Phosphate IsomeraseHexokinaseProtozoan ProteinsApicomplexandrug target

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PMID30222231
PMCPMC6421115
OpenAlexW2891900037

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