Anti-trypanosomatid drug discovery: an ongoing challenge and a continuing need

MC Field, D Horn, AH Fairlamb… - Nature Reviews …, 2017 - nature.com
The WHO recognizes human African trypanosomiasis, Chagas disease and the
leishmaniases as neglected tropical diseases. These diseases are caused by parasitic …

The therapeutic journey of pyridazinone

W Akhtar, M Shaquiquzzaman, M Akhter… - European journal of …, 2016 - Elsevier
Pyridazinones have drawn a substantial attention within the field of research analysis and
development. The moiety is a subject matter of intensive research because of its wide …

Identification of potent and orally efficacious phosphodiesterase inhibitors in Cryptosporidium parvum-infected immunocompromised male mice

J Ajiboye, JE Teixeira, M Gasonoo, EB Mattice… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
Cryptosporidium parvum and C. hominis are parasites that cause life-threatening diarrhea in
children and immunocompromised people. There is only one approved treatment that is …

Unpacking the Pathogen Box—an open source tool for fighting neglected tropical disease

CGL Veale - ChemMedChem, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract The Pathogen Box is a 400‐strong collection of drug‐like compounds, selected for
their potential against several of the world's most important neglected tropical diseases …

Flagellar cAMP signaling controls trypanosome progression through host tissues

S Shaw, SF DeMarco, R Rehmann, T Wenzler… - Nature …, 2019 - nature.com
The unicellular parasite Trypanosoma brucei is transmitted between mammals by tsetse
flies. Following the discovery that flagellar phosphodiesterase PDEB1 is required for …

Nucleoside analogue activators of cyclic AMP-independent protein kinase A of Trypanosoma

S Bachmaier, Y Volpato Santos, S Kramer… - Nature …, 2019 - nature.com
Protein kinase A (PKA), the main effector of cAMP in eukaryotes, is a paradigm for the
mechanisms of ligand-dependent and allosteric regulation in signalling. Here we report the …

Phenotypic, chemical and functional characterization of cyclic nucleotide phosphodiesterase 4 (PDE4) as a potential anthelmintic drug target

T Long, L Rojo-Arreola, D Shi… - PLoS neglected …, 2017 - journals.plos.org
Background Reliance on just one drug to treat the prevalent tropical disease,
schistosomiasis, spurs the search for new drugs and drug targets. Inhibitors of human cyclic …

Targeting a Subpocket in Trypanosoma brucei Phosphodiesterase B1 (TbrPDEB1) Enables the Structure-Based Discovery of Selective Inhibitors with Trypanocidal …

AR Blaazer, AK Singh, E De Heuvel… - Journal of medicinal …, 2018 - ACS Publications
Several trypanosomatid cyclic nucleotide phosphodiesterases (PDEs) possess a unique,
parasite-specific cavity near the ligand-binding region that is referred to as the P-pocket …

[HTML][HTML] 3-nitroimidazo [1, 2-b] pyridazine as a novel scaffold for antiparasitics with sub-nanomolar anti-Giardia lamblia activity

Y Zheng, J Müller, S Kunz, M Siderius, L Maes… - International Journal for …, 2022 - Elsevier
As there is a continuous need for novel anti-infectives, the present study aimed to fuse two
modes of action into a novel 3-nitroimidazo [1, 2-b] pyridazine scaffold to improve …

Structural Investigations of Phthalazinone Derivatives as Allosteric Inhibitors of Human DNA Methyltransferase 3A

I Hernandez, E Ward, TRR Pettus… - ACS Medicinal …, 2024 - ACS Publications
The development of new therapeutics targeting enzymes involved in epigenetic pathways
such as histone modification and DNA methylation has received a lot of attention …