| Literature DB >> 28096161 |
Atteneri López-Arencibia1,2, Carmen Martín-Navarro2, Ines Sifaoui3, María Reyes-Batlle2, Carolina Wagner2,4, Jacob Lorenzo-Morales2, Sutherland K Maciver5, José E Piñero2.
Abstract
Here the mechanism by which perifosine induced cell death in Leishmania donovani and Leishmania amazonensis is described. The drug reduced Leishmania mitochondrial membrane potential and decreased cellular ATP levels while increasing phosphatidylserine externalization. Perifosine did not increase membrane permeabilization. We also found that the drug inhibited the phosphorylation of Akt in the parasites. These results highlight the potential use of perifosine as an alternative to miltefosine against Leishmania.Entities:
Keywords: Leishmania; activity; apoptosis-like; perifosine
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Year: 2017 PMID: 28096161 PMCID: PMC5365646 DOI: 10.1128/AAC.02127-16
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Antimicrob Agents Chemother ISSN: 0066-4804 Impact factor: 5.191