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ArticleInternational journal for parasitology. Drugs and drug resistance2019

Novel chemical starting points for drug discovery in leishmaniasis and Chagas disease.

Irene Roquero, Juan Cantizani, Ignacio Cotillo, M Pilar Manzano, Albane Kessler, J Julio Martín, Case W McNamara

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Article in International journal for parasitology. Drugs and drug resistance, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 10 papers.

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5 · Who and what money

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7 authors.

Irene RoqueroDiseases of the Developing World (DDW), Tres Cantos Medicines Development Campus, GSK, Tres Cantos, Spain.
Juan CantizaniDiseases of the Developing World (DDW), Tres Cantos Medicines Development Campus, GSK, Tres Cantos, Spain.
Ignacio CotilloDiseases of the Developing World (DDW), Tres Cantos Medicines Development Campus, GSK, Tres Cantos, Spain.
M Pilar ManzanoDiseases of the Developing World (DDW), Tres Cantos Medicines Development Campus, GSK, Tres Cantos, Spain.
Albane KesslerDiseases of the Developing World (DDW), Tres Cantos Medicines Development Campus, GSK, Tres Cantos, Spain.
J Julio MartínDiseases of the Developing World (DDW), Tres Cantos Medicines Development Campus, GSK, Tres Cantos, Spain. Electronic address: Julio.J.Martin@gsk.com.
Case W McNamaraCalibr at Scripps Research, La Jolla, CA, USA. Electronic address: cmcnamara@scripps.edu.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Visceral leishmaniasis (VL) and Chagas disease (CD) are caused by kinetoplastid parasites that affect millions of people worldwide and impart a heavy burden against human health. Due to the partial efficacy and toxicity-related limitations of the existing treatments, there is an urgent need to develop novel therapies with superior efficacy and safety profiles to successfully treat these diseases. Herein we report the application of whole-cell phenotypic assays to screen a set of 150,000 compounds against Leishmania donovani, a causative agent of VL, and Trypanosoma cruzi, the causative agent of CD, with the objective of finding new starting points to develop novel drugs to effectively treat and control these diseases. The screening campaign, conducted with the purpose of global open access, identified twelve novel chemotypes with low to sub-micromolar activity against T. cruzi and/or L. donovani. We disclose these hit structures and associated activity with the goal to contribute to the drug discovery community by providing unique chemical tools to probe kinetoplastid biology and as hit-to-lead candidates for drug discovery.

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AnimalsAntiprotozoal AgentsCell LineChagas DiseaseDrug DiscoveryDrug Evaluation, PreclinicalHumansLeishmania donovaniLeishmaniasisParasitic Sensitivity TestsRatsStructure-Activity RelationshipTrypanosoma cruziAntiprotozoal AgentsChagas diseaseDrug discoveryHTSOpen innovationVisceral leishmaniasis

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PMID31158574
PMCPMC6545338

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