Screening of the MMV and GSK open access chemical boxes using a viability assay developed against the kinetoplastid Crithidia fasciculata

Molecular and Biochemical Parasitology
Wakisa KipandulaTerry K Smith

Abstract

Diseases caused by the pathogenic kinetoplastids continue to incapacitate and kill hundreds of thousands of people annually throughout the tropics and sub-tropics. Unfortunately, in the countries where these neglected diseases occur, financial obstacles to drug discovery and technical limitations associated with biochemical studies impede the development of new, safe, easy to administer and effective drugs. Here we report the development and optimisation of a Crithidia fasciculata resazurin viability assay, which is subsequently used for screening and identification of anti-crithidial compounds in the MMV and GSK open access chemical boxes. The screening assay had an average Z' factor of 0.7 and tolerated a maximum dimethyl sulfoxide concentration of up to 0.5%. We identified from multiple chemical boxes two compound series exhibiting nanomolar potency against C. fasciculata, one centred around a 5-nitrofuran-2-yl scaffold, a well-known moiety in several existing anti-infectives, and another involving a 2-(pyridin-2-yl) pyrimidin-4-amine scaffold which seems to have pan-kinetoplastid activity. This work facilitates the future use of C. fasciculata as a non-pathogenic and inexpensive biological resource to identify mode of actio...Continue Reading

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Aug 8, 2019·Scientific Reports·Abdullah AlotaibiDavid G Watson
Nov 23, 2019·Journal of Enzyme Inhibition and Medicinal Chemistry·Paula Martínez de IturrateCarmen Gil

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