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ArticleScientific reports2020

Rapid and quantitative antimalarial drug efficacy testing via the magneto-optical detection of hemozoin.

Petra Molnár, Ágnes Orbán, Richard Izrael, Réka Babai, Lívia Marton, Ádám Butykai, Stephan Karl, Beáta G Vértessy, István Kézsmárki

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Article in Scientific reports, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

6 citing papers in PubMed, 15 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors at 5 institutions in 4 countries.

Petra MolnárMalaria Research Laboratory, Institute of Enzymology, Research Centre for Natural Sciences, Budapest, 1117, Hungary. molnar.petra@ttk.mta.hu.
Ágnes OrbánMalaria Research Laboratory, Institute of Enzymology, Research Centre for Natural Sciences, Budapest, 1117, Hungary.
Richard IzraelMalaria Research Laboratory, Institute of Enzymology, Research Centre for Natural Sciences, Budapest, 1117, Hungary.
Réka BabaiMalaria Research Laboratory, Institute of Enzymology, Research Centre for Natural Sciences, Budapest, 1117, Hungary.
Lívia MartonMalaria Research Laboratory, Institute of Enzymology, Research Centre for Natural Sciences, Budapest, 1117, Hungary.
Ádám ButykaiDepartment of Physics, BME Budapest University of Technology and Economics, Budapest, 1111, Hungary.
Stephan KarlAustralian Institute of Tropical Health and Medicine, James Cook University, 1/14-88 McGregor Road, Smithfield, QLD, 4870, Australia.
Beáta G VértessyMalaria Research Laboratory, Institute of Enzymology, Research Centre for Natural Sciences, Budapest, 1117, Hungary. vertessy@mail.bme.hu.
István KézsmárkiMalaria Research Laboratory, Institute of Enzymology, Research Centre for Natural Sciences, Budapest, 1117, Hungary. istvan.kezsmarki@physik.uni-augsburg.de.
Budapest University of Technology and Economics · HUHUN-REN Research Centre for Natural Sciences · HUAustralian Institute of Tropical Health and Medicine · AUInstitute of Molecular Life Sciences · HUUniversity of Augsburg · DE

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Emergence of resistant Plasmodium species makes drug efficacy testing a crucial part of malaria control. Here we describe a novel assay for sensitive, fast and simple drug screening via the magneto-optical detection of hemozoin, a natural biomarker formed during the hemoglobin metabolism of Plasmodium species. By quantifying hemozoin production over the intraerythrocytic cycle, we reveal that hemozoin formation is already initiated by ~ 6-12 h old ring-stage parasites. We demonstrate that the new assay is capable of drug efficacy testing with incubation times as short as 6-10 h, using synchronized P. falciparum 3D7 cultures incubated with chloroquine, piperaquine and dihydroartemisinin. The determined 50% inhibitory concentrations agree well with values established by standard assays requiring significantly longer testing time. Accordingly, we conclude that magneto-optical hemozoin detection provides a practical approach for the quick assessment of drug effect with short incubation times, which may also facilitate stage-specific assessment of drug inhibitory effects.

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AntimalarialsDrug Evaluation, PreclinicalDrug ResistanceHemeproteinsHumansPlasmodiumAntimalarialsHemeproteinshemozoin

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PMID32820190
PMCPMC7441145
OpenAlexW3070462113

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