Flow cytometric assessment of hydroxypyridinone iron chelators on in vitro growth of drug-resistant malaria

Cytometry
K PattanapanyasatH K Webster

Abstract

The resurgence of drug-resistant malaria makes urgent the evaluation of new antimalarial agents. This study describes a flow cytometric method (FCM) for testing in vitro drug susceptibility of Plasmodium falciparum malaria to several orally active hydroxypyridinone (CP) iron chelators and to the parenteral iron chelator desferrioxamine (DF). After exposure of parasites to various concentrations of iron chelating agents, aliquots of cultures were fixed with glutaraldehyde. The fixed samples were washed and stained for parasite DNA with propidium iodide and analyzed by flow cytometry. The remaining cells were pulsed with 3H-hypoxanthine, using the microdilution radioisotope method. Both CP and DF showed dose-dependent inhibition of parasite growth. Of the compounds studied, DF exerted a stronger inhibitory effect. Fifty percent of inhibitory concentrations (IC50) of CP and DF determined by DNA fluorescence profiles in the flow cytometer were consistent with those obtained from the radioisotope method and by microscopic examination. Moreover, the minimum inhibitory concentrations (MIC) of drug required to inhibit parasite growth, as detected by the decreasing DNA fluorescence intensity of the schizont, correlated with observed abn...Continue Reading

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