| Literature DB >> 19769357 |
Jeremy P Mallari1, Anang A Shelat, Aaron Kosinski, Conor R Caffrey, Michele Connelly, Fangyi Zhu, James H McKerrow, R Kiplin Guy.
Abstract
The trypanosomal cathepsin TbcatB is essential for parasite survival and is an attractive therapeutic target. Herein we report the structure-guided development of TbcatB inhibitors with specificity relative to rhodesain and human cathepsins B and L. Inhibitors were tested for enzymatic activity, trypanocidal activity, and general cytotoxicity. These data chemically validate TbcatB as a drug target and demonstrate that it is possible to potently and selectively inhibit TbcatB relative to trypanosomal and human homologues.Entities:
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Year: 2009 PMID: 19769357 PMCID: PMC2762491 DOI: 10.1021/jm900908p
Source DB: PubMed Journal: J Med Chem ISSN: 0022-2623 Impact factor: 7.446