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ArticlePharmaceuticals (Basel, Switzerland)2021

Antiparasitic Effect of Stilbene and Terphenyl Compounds against

Federica Bruno, Germano Castelli, Fabrizio Vitale, Simone Catanzaro, Valeria Vitale Badaco, Marinella Roberti, Claudia Colomba, Antonio Cascio, Manlio Tolomeo

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Article in Pharmaceuticals (Basel, Switzerland), 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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9 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Federica BrunoNational Reference Center for Leishmaniasis (C.Re.Na.L.), Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale della Sicilia, Via Gino Marinuzzi 3, 90129 Palermo, Italy.ORCID 0000-0001-6181-6984
Germano CastelliNational Reference Center for Leishmaniasis (C.Re.Na.L.), Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale della Sicilia, Via Gino Marinuzzi 3, 90129 Palermo, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-0464-4474
Fabrizio VitaleNational Reference Center for Leishmaniasis (C.Re.Na.L.), Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale della Sicilia, Via Gino Marinuzzi 3, 90129 Palermo, Italy.
Simone CatanzaroNational Reference Center for Leishmaniasis (C.Re.Na.L.), Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale della Sicilia, Via Gino Marinuzzi 3, 90129 Palermo, Italy.
Valeria Vitale BadacoNational Reference Center for Leishmaniasis (C.Re.Na.L.), Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale della Sicilia, Via Gino Marinuzzi 3, 90129 Palermo, Italy.
Marinella RobertiDepartment of Pharmacy and Biotechnology, University of Bologna, Via Belmeloro 6, 40126 Bologna, Italy.
Claudia ColombaDepartment of Health Promotion Sciences, Section of Infectious Diseases, University of Palermo, Via del Vespro 129, 90127 Palermo, Italy.
Antonio CascioDepartment of Health Promotion Sciences, Section of Infectious Diseases, University of Palermo, Via del Vespro 129, 90127 Palermo, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-1992-1796
Manlio TolomeoDepartment of Health Promotion Sciences, Section of Infectious Diseases, University of Palermo, Via del Vespro 129, 90127 Palermo, Italy.
Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale Della Sicilia · ITUniversity of Palermo · ITUniversity of Bologna · IT

Funding

Ministero della Salute IZS SI RC 05/16
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundChagas disease, also known as American trypanosomiasis, is a potentially life-threatening illness caused by the protozoan parasite

methodsThis study evaluated the in vitro antiparasitic activity of a series of previously synthesized stilbene and terphenyl compounds in

resultsThe stilbene ST18 was the most potent compound of the series. It was slightly less active than Nifurtimox in epimastigotes but most active in intracellular amastigotes. Compared to Nifurtimox, it was markedly less cytotoxic when tested in vitro on normal cells. ST18 was able to induce a marked increase in parasites positive for Annexin V and monodansylcadaverine. Moreover, ST18 induced the activation, in infected macrophages, of caspase-1, a conserved enzyme that plays a major role in controlling parasitemia, host survival and the onset of the adaptive immune response in Trypanosoma infection.

conclusionsThe antiparasitic activity of ST18 together with its ability to activate caspase-1 in infected macrophages and its low toxicity toward normal cells makes this compound interesting for further clinical investigation.

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stilbene ST18terphenyl TR4Trypanosoma cruzi

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PMID34832980
PMCPMC8617688
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