| Literature DB >> 21116453 |
Ryan C Murphy1, Kayode K Ojo, Eric T Larson, Alejandro Castellanos-Gonzalez, B Gayani K Perera, Katelyn R Keyloun, Jessica E Kim, Janhavi G Bhandari, Natascha R Muller, Christophe L M J Verlinde, A Clinton White, Ethan A Merritt, Wesley C Van Voorhis, Dustin J Maly.
Abstract
The protozoans Cryptosporidium parvum and Toxoplasma gondii are parasites of major health concern to humans. Both parasites contain a group of calcium-dependent protein kinases (CDPKs), which are found in plants and ciliates but not in humans or fungi. Here we describe a series of potent inhibitors that target CDPK1 in C. parvum (CpCDPK1) and T. gondii (TgCDPK1). These inhibitors are highly selective for CpCDPK1 and TgCDPK1 over the mammalian kinases SRC and ABL. Furthermore, they are able to block an early stage of C. parvum invasion of HCT-8 host cells, which is similar to their effects on T. gondii invasion of human fibroblasts.Entities:
Year: 2010 PMID: 21116453 PMCID: PMC2992447 DOI: 10.1021/ml100096t
Source DB: PubMed Journal: ACS Med Chem Lett ISSN: 1948-5875 Impact factor: 4.345