Novel Endoperoxide-Based Transmission-Blocking Antimalarials with Liver- and Blood-Schizontocidal Activities
作者:Daniela Miranda、Rita Capela、Inês S. Albuquerque、Patrícia Meireles、Isa Paiva、Fátima Nogueira、Richard Amewu、Jiri Gut、Philip J. Rosenthal、Rudi Oliveira、Maria M. Mota、Rui Moreira、Francesc Marti、Miguel Prudêncio、Paul M. O’Neill、Francisca Lopes
DOI:10.1021/ml4002985
日期:2014.2.13
In a search for effective compounds against both the blood- and liver-stages of infection by malaria parasites with the ability to block the transmission of the disease to mosquito vectors, a series of hybrid compounds combining either a 1,2,4-trioxane or 1,2,4,5-tetraoxane and 8-aminoquinoline moieties were synthesized and screened for their antimalarial activity. These hybrid compounds showed high potency against both exoerythrocytic and erythrocytic forms of malaria parasites, comparable to representative trioxane-based counterparts. Furthermore, they efficiently blocked the development of the sporogonic cycle in the mosquito vector. The tetraoxane-based hybrid 5, containing an amide linker between the two moieties, effectively cleared a patent blood-stage P. berghei infection in mice after i.p. administration. Overall, these results indicate that peroxide-8-aminoquinoline hybrids are excellent starting points to develop an agent that conveys all the desired antimalarial multistage activities in a single chemical entity and, as such, with the potential to be used in malaria elimination campaigns.