van Pelt-Koops, J. C. and Pett, H. E. and Graumans, W. and Vegte-Bolmer, Mv and van Gemert, G. J. and Rottmann, M. and Yeung, B. K. and Diagana, T. T. and Sauerwein, R. W.. (2012) The spiroindolone drug candidate NITD609 potently inhibits gametocytogenesis and blocks Plasmodium falciparum transmission to Anopheles mosquito vector. Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy, Vol. 56, H. 7. pp. 3544-3548.
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Abstract
The global malaria agenda has undergone a reorientation from control of clinical cases to entirely eradicating malaria. For that purpose, a key objective is blocking transmission of malaria parasites from humans to mosquito vectors. The new antimalarial drug candidate NITD609 was evaluated for its transmission reducing potential, and compared to a few established antimalarials (lumefantrine, artemether, primaquine), using a suite of in vitro assays. Using a microscopic readout NITD609 was found to inhibit, the early and late development of Plasmodium falciparum gametocytes in vitro in a dose dependent fashion over a 5-500 nM range. In addition, using the standard membrane feeding assay, NITD609 was also found to be a very effective drug in reducing transmission to Anopheles stephensi mosquito vector. Collectively our data suggest a strong transmission reducing effect of NITD609 acting against different P. falciparum transmission stages
| Faculties and Departments: | 09 Associated Institutions > Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute (Swiss TPH) > Department of Medical Parasitology and Infection Biology (MPI) > Parasite Chemotherapy (Mäser) |
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| UniBasel Contributors: | Rottmann, Matthias |
| Item Type: | Article, refereed |
| Article Subtype: | Research Article |
| Publisher: | American Society for Microbiology |
| ISSN: | 0066-4804 |
| Note: | Publication type according to Uni Basel Research Database: Journal article |
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| Last Modified: | 19 Jul 2013 07:44 |
| Deposited On: | 19 Jul 2013 07:42 |
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