Evidence map›Paper›PMID 31525614›Full record

ArticleInternational journal for parasitology. Drugs and drug resistance2019

Impaired development of a miltefosine-resistant Leishmania infantum strain in the sand fly vectors Phlebotomus perniciosus and Lutzomyia longipalpis.

Lieselotte Van Bockstal, Jovana Sádlová, Hamide Aslan Suau, Sarah Hendrickx, Claudio Meneses, Shaden Kamhawi, Petr Volf, Louis Maes, Guy Caljon

Open access · goldAbstract read
In one paragraph

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 5 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
5citing papers in PubMed
2.4field-weighted citation impact, top 11% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

5 citing papers in PubMed, 16 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Article
  2. Article
  3. Article
  4. Article
  5. Impact of clinically acquired miltefosine resistance by Leishmania infantum on mouse and sand fly infection.International journal for parasitology. Drugs and drug resistance · 2020
    Article
4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors at 3 institutions in 3 countries.

Lieselotte Van BockstalLaboratory of Microbiology, Parasitology and Hygiene (LMPH), University of Antwerp, Universiteitsplein 1, B-2610, Wilrijk, Belgium.
Jovana SádlováDepartment of Parasitology, Charles University, Vinicna 7, CZ-12844, Prague 2, Czech Republic.
Hamide Aslan SuauLaboratory of Microbiology, Parasitology and Hygiene (LMPH), University of Antwerp, Universiteitsplein 1, B-2610, Wilrijk, Belgium.
Sarah HendrickxLaboratory of Microbiology, Parasitology and Hygiene (LMPH), University of Antwerp, Universiteitsplein 1, B-2610, Wilrijk, Belgium.
Claudio MenesesVector Molecular Biology Section, Laboratory of Malaria and Vector Research, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Rockville, MD, United States.
Shaden KamhawiVector Molecular Biology Section, Laboratory of Malaria and Vector Research, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Rockville, MD, United States.
Petr VolfDepartment of Parasitology, Charles University, Vinicna 7, CZ-12844, Prague 2, Czech Republic.
Louis MaesLaboratory of Microbiology, Parasitology and Hygiene (LMPH), University of Antwerp, Universiteitsplein 1, B-2610, Wilrijk, Belgium.
Guy CaljonLaboratory of Microbiology, Parasitology and Hygiene (LMPH), University of Antwerp, Universiteitsplein 1, B-2610, Wilrijk, Belgium. Electronic address: guy.caljon@uantwerpen.be.
University of Antwerp · BECharles University · CZNational Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

objectivesTo gain insight into the propagation of miltefosine (MIL) resistance in visceral leishmaniasis, this laboratory study explored development of resistant parasites with a defective miltefosine transporter (MT) in sand flies.

methodsInfectivity, colonization of stomodeal valve and metacyclogenesis of a MIL-resistant (MIL-R) Leishmania infantum LEM3323 line with a defective MT were assessed in the natural sand fly vectors Phlebotomus perniciosus and Lutzomyia longipalpis. Given our recent description of partial drug dependency of the MT-deficient line, the impact of MIL pre-exposure on sand fly infectivity was explored as well.

resultsA significant reduction in sand fly infection, stomodeal valve colonization and differentiation into metacyclics (determined by a lower flagellum/cell body length ratio) was observed in both vectors for MIL-R as compared to the isogenic parent MIL-susceptible line. Re-introduction of the wildtype MT gene into MIL-R tended to partially rescue the capacity to infect sand flies. Pre-exposure to MIL did not alter infectivity of the MIL-R line.

conclusionThe MIL resistant L. infantum LEM3323 line is significantly hampered in its development and transmissibility potential in two sand fly vector species. Additional studies are warranted to evaluate whether this applies to other visceral Leishmania parasites with acquired MIL-resistance.

Indexed as

Analysis of VarianceAnimalsAntiprotozoal AgentsDrug ResistanceFemaleInhibitory Concentration 50Insect VectorsLeishmania infantumLeishmaniasis, VisceralMiceMice, Inbred BALB CPhlebotomusPhosphorylcholinePsychodidaeRabbitsAntiprotozoal AgentsmiltefosinePhosphorylcholineFitnessLeishmania infantumLutzomyia longipalpisMetacyclogenesisMiltefosine-resistancePhlebotomus perniciosus

Identifiers

PMID31525614
PMCPMC6804374
OpenAlexW2973210605

What OpenQuestion holds

Textmetadata
LicenceCC BY-NC-ND
Read underepoch 390

Registered trials

None linked

Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.