Human P38 Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinase Inhibitor Drugs Inhibit Plasmodium Falciparum Replication
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
6-1-2011
Abstract
We recently demonstrated that human p38 mitogen-activated protein kinase (MAPK) inhibitors reduced in vitro and in vivo replication of the protozoan parasites Toxoplasma gondii and Encephalitozoon cuniculi. In this study, we assessed the efficacy of five p38 MAPK inhibitors to block the replication of Plasmodium falciparum in human erythrocytes cultured ex vivo and demonstrate that the pyridinylimidazole RWJ67657 and the pyrrolobenzimidazole RWJ68198 reduced P. falciparum replication, yielded trophozoites that were greatly diminished in size at 24. h, and that these two agents interfered with stage differentiation. Interestingly, the chloroquine-resistant strain W2 was significantly more sensitive to these drugs than was the chloroquine-sensitive strain HB3. These results suggest that pyridinylimidazoles and pyrrolobenzimidazoles designed to inhibit human p38 MAPK activation can be developed to treat malaria.
DOI
10.1016/j.exppara.2011.02.016
Montclair State University Digital Commons Citation
Brumlik, Michael J.; Nkhoma, Standwell; Kious, Mark J.; Thompson, George R.; Patterson, Thomas F.; Siekierka, John; Anderson, Tim J.C.; and Curiel, Tyler J., "Human P38 Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinase Inhibitor Drugs Inhibit Plasmodium Falciparum Replication" (2011). Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry Faculty Scholarship and Creative Works. 492.
https://digitalcommons.montclair.edu/chem-biochem-facpubs/492