A novel multiple-stage antimalarial agent that inhibits protein synthesis

Beatriz Baragana; Irene Hallyburton; Marcus C. S. Lee; Neil R. Norcross; Raffaella Grimaldi; Thomas D. Otto; William R. Proto; Andrew M. Blagborough; Stephan Meister; Grennady Wirjanata; Andrea Ruecker; Leanna M. Upton; Tara S. Abraham; Mariana J. Almeida; Anupam Pradhan; Achim Porzelle; Maria Santos Martinez; Judith M. Bolscher; Andrew Woodland; Torsten Luksch; Suzanne Norval; Fabio Zuccotto; John Thomas; Frederick Simeons; Laste Stojanovski; Maria Osuna-Cabello; Paddy M. Brock; Tom S. Churcher; Katarzyna A. Sala; Sara E. Zakutansky; María  Belén Jiménez-Díaz; Laura Maria Sanz; Jennifer Riley; Rajshekhar Basak; Michael Campbell; Vicky M. Avery; Robert W. Sauerwein; Koen J. Dechering; Rintis Noviyanti; Brice Campo; Julie A. Frearson; Inigo Angulo-Barturen; Santiago Ferrer-Bazaga; Francisco Javier Gamo; Paul G. Wyatt; Didier Leroy; Peter Siegl; Michael J. Delves; Dennis E. Kyle; Sergio Wittlin; Jutta Marfurt; Ric N. Price; Robert E. Sinden; Elizabeth A. Winzeler; Susan A. Charman; Lidiya Bebrevska; David W. Gray; Simon Campbell; Alan H. Fairlamb; Paul A. Willis; Julian C. Rayner; David A. Fidock; Kevin D. Read; Ian H. Gilbert

doi:10.1038/nature14451

A novel multiple-stage antimalarial agent that inhibits protein synthesis

Beatriz Baragana, Irene Hallyburton, Marcus C. S. Lee, Neil R. Norcross, Raffaella Grimaldi, Thomas D. Otto, William R. Proto, Andrew M. Blagborough, Stephan Meister, Grennady Wirjanata, Andrea Ruecker, Leanna M. Upton, Tara S. Abraham, Mariana J. Almeida, Anupam Pradhan, Achim Porzelle, Maria Santos Martinez, Judith M. Bolscher, Andrew Woodland, Torsten LukschSuzanne Norval, Fabio Zuccotto, John Thomas, Frederick Simeons, Laste Stojanovski, Maria Osuna-Cabello, Paddy M. Brock, Tom S. Churcher, Katarzyna A. Sala, Sara E. Zakutansky, María Belén Jiménez-Díaz, Laura Maria Sanz, Jennifer Riley, Rajshekhar Basak, Michael Campbell, Vicky M. Avery, Robert W. Sauerwein, Koen J. Dechering, Rintis Noviyanti, Brice Campo, Julie A. Frearson, Inigo Angulo-Barturen, Santiago Ferrer-Bazaga, Francisco Javier Gamo, Paul G. Wyatt, Didier Leroy, Peter Siegl, Michael J. Delves, Dennis E. Kyle, Sergio Wittlin, Jutta Marfurt, Ric N. Price, Robert E. Sinden, Elizabeth A. Winzeler, Susan A. Charman, Lidiya Bebrevska, David W. Gray, Simon Campbell, Alan H. Fairlamb, Paul A. Willis, Julian C. Rayner, David A. Fidock, Kevin D. Read (Lead / Corresponding author), Ian H. Gilbert (Lead / Corresponding author)

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Abstract

There is an urgent need for new drugs to treat malaria, with broad therapeutic potential and novel modes of action, to widen the scope of treatment and to overcome emerging drug resistance. Here we describe the discovery of DDD107498, a compound with a potent and novel spectrum of antimalarial activity against multiple life-cycle stages of the Plasmodium parasite, with good pharmacokinetic properties and an acceptable safety profile. DDD107498 demonstrates potential to address a variety of clinical needs, including single-dose treatment, transmission blocking and chemoprotection. DDD107498 was developed from a screening programme against blood-stage malaria parasites; its molecular target has been identified as translation elongation factor 2 (eEF2), which is responsible for the GTP-dependent translocation of the ribosome along messenger RNA, and is essential for protein synthesis. This discovery of eEF2 as a viable antimalarial drug target opens up new possibilities for drug discovery.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	315-320
Number of pages	6
Journal	Nature
Volume	522
Issue number	7556
Early online date	17 Jun 2015
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1038/nature14451
Publication status	Published - 18 Jun 2015

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Drug discovery and development
Malaria
Target identification

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Corrigendum: A novel multiple-stage antimalarial agent that inhibits protein synthesis
Baragaña, B., Hallyburton, I., Lee, M., Norcross, N. R., Grimaldi, R., Otto, T. D., Proto, W. R., Blagborough, A. M., Meister, S., Wirjanata, G., Ruecker, A., Upton, L. M., Abraham, T. S., Almeida, M. J., Pradhan, A., Porzelle, A., Santos Martinez, M., Bolscher, J. M., Woodland, A., Luksch, T., & 44 othersNorval, S., Zuccotto, F., Thomas, J., Simeons, F., Stojanovski, L., Osuna-Cabello, M., Brock, P. M., Churcher, T. S., Sala, K. A., Zakutansky, S. E., Jiménez-Díaz, M. B., Sanz, L. M., Riley, J., Basak, R., Campbell, M., Avery, V. M., Sauerwein, R. W., Dechering, K. J., Noviyanti, R., Campo, B., Frearson, J. A., Angulo-Barturen, I., Ferrer-Bazaga, S., Javier Gamo, F., Wyatt, P. G., Leroy, D., Siegl, P., Delves, M. J., Kyle, D. E., Wittlin, S., Marfurt, J., Price, R. N., Sinden, R. E., Winzeler, E. A., Charman, S. A., Bebrevska, L., Gray, D. W., Campbell, S., Fairlamb, A. H., Willis, P. A., Rayner, J. C., Fidock, D. A., Read, K. D. & Gilbert, I. H., 1 Sept 2016, In: Nature. 537, 7618, p. 122 1 p.
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Baragana, B., Hallyburton, I., Lee, M. C. S., Norcross, N. R., Grimaldi, R., Otto, T. D., Proto, W. R., Blagborough, A. M., Meister, S., Wirjanata, G., Ruecker, A., Upton, L. M., Abraham, T. S., Almeida, M. J., Pradhan, A., Porzelle, A., Santos Martinez, M., Bolscher, J. M., Woodland, A., ... Gilbert, I. H. (2015). A novel multiple-stage antimalarial agent that inhibits protein synthesis. Nature, 522(7556), 315-320. https://doi.org/10.1038/nature14451

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A novel multiple-stage antimalarial agent that inhibits protein synthesis

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