| Literature DB >> 33361300 |
Julianna Siciliano de Araújo1, Raiza Brandão Peres1, Patrícia Bernardino da Silva1, Marcos Meuser Batista1, Geert Jan Sterk2, Louis Maes3, Guy Caljon3, Rob Leurs2, Harry P de Koning4, Titilola D Kalejaiye4, Maria de Nazaré Correia Soeiro5.
Abstract
The phosphodiesterase inhibitor tetrahydrophthalazinone NPD-008 was explored by phenotypic in vitro screening, target validation, and ultrastructural approaches against Trypanosoma cruzi NPD-008 displayed activity against different forms and strains of T. cruzi (50% effective concentration [EC50], 6.6 to 39.5 μM). NPD-008 increased cAMP levels of T. cruzi and its combination with benznidazole gave synergistic interaction. It was also moderately active against intracellular amastigotes of Leishmania amazonensis and Leishmania infantum, confirming a potential activity profile as an antitrypanosomatid drug candidate.Entities:
Keywords: L. amazonensis; L. infantum; T. cruzi; cAMP; in vitro activity; phosphodiesterase inhibitor
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Year: 2021 PMID: 33361300 PMCID: PMC8092546 DOI: 10.1128/AAC.00960-20
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Antimicrob Agents Chemother ISSN: 0066-4804 Impact factor: 5.191