Cyclin-dependent kinase 12 is a drug target for visceral leishmaniasis

Susan Wyllie; Michael Thomas; Stephen Patterson; Sabrinia Crouch; Manu De Rycker; Rhiannon Lowe; Stephanie Gresham; Michael D. Urbaniak; Thomas D. Otto; Laste Stojanovski; Frederick R. C. Simeons; Sujatha Manthri; Lorna M. MacLean; Fabio Zuccotto; Nadine Homeyer; Hannah Pflaumer; Markus Boesche; Lalitha Sastry; Paul Connolly; Sebastian Albrecht; Matt Berriman; Gerard Drewes; David W. Gray; Sonja Ghidelli-Disse; Susan Dixon; Jose M. Fiandor; Paul G. Wyatt; Michael A. J. Ferguson; Alan H. Fairlamb; Timothy J. Miles; Kevin D. Read; Ian H. Gilbert

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Cyclin-dependent kinase 12 is a drug target for visceral leishmaniasis

Susan Wyllie, Michael Thomas, Stephen Patterson, Sabrinia Crouch, Manu De Rycker, Rhiannon Lowe, Stephanie Gresham, Michael D. Urbaniak, Thomas D. Otto, Laste Stojanovski, Frederick R. C. Simeons, Sujatha Manthri, Lorna M. MacLean, Fabio Zuccotto, Nadine Homeyer, Hannah Pflaumer, Markus Boesche, Lalitha Sastry, Paul Connolly, Sebastian AlbrechtMatt Berriman, Gerard Drewes, David W. Gray, Sonja Ghidelli-Disse, Susan Dixon, Jose M. Fiandor, Paul G. Wyatt, Michael A. J. Ferguson, Alan H. Fairlamb, Timothy J. Miles (Lead / Corresponding author), Kevin D. Read (Lead / Corresponding author), Ian H. Gilbert (Lead / Corresponding author)

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Visceral leishmaniasis causes considerable mortality and morbidity in many parts of the world. There is an urgent need for the development of new, effective treatments for this disease. Here we describe the development of an anti-leishmanial drug-like chemical series based on a pyrazolopyrimidine scaffold. The leading compound from this series (7, DDD853651/GSK3186899) is efficacious in a mouse model of visceral leishmaniasis, has suitable physicochemical, pharmacokinetic and toxicological properties for further development, and has been declared a preclinical candidate. Detailed mode-of-action studies indicate that compounds from this series act principally by inhibiting the parasite cdc-2-related kinase 12 (CRK12), thus defining a druggable target for visceral leishmaniasis.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	192-197
Number of pages	6
Journal	Nature
Volume	560
Issue number	7717
Early online date	25 Jul 2018
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-018-0356-z
Publication status	Published - 9 Aug 2018

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Wyllie, S., Thomas, M., Patterson, S., Crouch, S., De Rycker, M., Lowe, R., Gresham, S., Urbaniak, M. D., Otto, T. D., Stojanovski, L., Simeons, F. R. C., Manthri, S., MacLean, L. M., Zuccotto, F., Homeyer, N., Pflaumer, H., Boesche, M., Sastry, L., Connolly, P., ... Gilbert, I. H. (2018). Cyclin-dependent kinase 12 is a drug target for visceral leishmaniasis. Nature, 560(7717), 192-197. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-018-0356-z

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Cyclin-dependent kinase 12 is a drug target for visceral leishmaniasis

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