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ArticleACS infectious diseases2025

High-Throughput Screening of More Than 30,000 Compounds for Anthelmintics against Gastrointestinal Nematode Parasites.

Mostafa A Elfawal, Emily Goetz, Youmie Kim, Paulina Chen, Sergey N Savinov, Leonard Barasa, Paul R Thompson, Raffi V Aroian

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Article in ACS infectious diseases, 2025. 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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5 · Who and what money

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8 authors.

Mostafa A ElfawalProgram in Molecular Medicine, University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School, Worcester, Massachusetts 01605, United States.
Emily GoetzProgram in Molecular Medicine, University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School, Worcester, Massachusetts 01605, United States.
Youmie KimProgram in Molecular Medicine, University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School, Worcester, Massachusetts 01605, United States.
Paulina ChenProgram in Molecular Medicine, University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School, Worcester, Massachusetts 01605, United States.
Sergey N SavinovDepartment of Science, Rivier University, Nashua, New Hampshire 03060, United States.ORCID 0000-0001-6604-3562
Leonard BarasaDepartment of Chemical Biology, University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School, Worcester, Massachusetts 01605, United States.
Paul R ThompsonDepartment of Chemical Biology, University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School, Worcester, Massachusetts 01605, United States.ORCID 0000-0002-1621-3372
Raffi V AroianProgram in Molecular Medicine, University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School, Worcester, Massachusetts 01605, United States.ORCID 0000-0002-9741-3834

Funding

Function/optimization of a nematicidal Cry toxin arsenalR01AI056189 · NIAID · UNIV OF MASSACHUSETTS MED SCH WORCESTER · PI RAFFI V AROIAN · 2005 to 2026
$11.0M
Automated high throughput compound screening for broadly active anti-parasitic nematode drugsR01AI150866 · NIAID · UNIV OF MASSACHUSETTS MED SCH WORCESTER · PI AROIAN, RAFFI V · 2020 to 2024
$2.5M
NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI056189NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI150866
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Gastrointestinal nematodes (GINs) are among the most common parasites of humans, livestock, and companion animals. GIN parasites infect 1-2 billion people worldwide, significantly impacting hundreds of millions of children, pregnant women, and adult workers, thereby perpetuating poverty. Two benzimidazoles with suboptimal efficacy are currently used to treat GINs in humans as part of mass drug administrations, with many instances of lower-than-expected or poor efficacy and possible resistance. Thus, new anthelmintics are urgently needed. However, screening methods for new anthelmintics using human GINs typically have low throughput. Here, using our novel screening pipeline that starts with human hookworms, we screened 30,238 unique small molecules from a wide range of compound libraries, including ones with generic diversity, repurposed drugs, natural derivatives, known mechanisms of action, as well as multiple target-focused libraries (e.g., targeting kinases, GPCRs, and neuronal proteins). We identified 55 compounds with broad-spectrum activity against adult stages of two evolutionary divergent GINs, hookworms (

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AnthelminticsHigh-Throughput Screening AssaysAncylostomaAnimalsDrug DiscoveryDrug Evaluation, PreclinicalHumansIntestinal Diseases, ParasiticNematodaNematode InfectionsSmall Molecule LibrariesTrichurisAnthelminticsSmall Molecule Librariesanthelmintic discoverydrug screeninggastrointestinal nematode parasiteshookwormssoil-transmitted helminthswhipworms

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PMID39653369
PMCPMC11731298

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