Title
Mutations in the P-type cation-transporter ATPase 4, PfATP4, mediate resistance to both aminopyrazole and spiroindolone antimalarials
Date Issued
20 February 2015
Access level
open access
Resource Type
journal article
Author(s)
Flannery E.L.
McNamara C.W.
Kim S.W.
Kato T.S.
Li F.
Teng C.H.
Gagaring K.
Manary M.J.
Barboa R.
Meister S.
Kuhen K.
Chatterjee A.K.
Winzeler E.A.
University of California
Publisher(s)
American Chemical Society
Abstract
Aminopyrazoles are a new class of antimalarial compounds identified in a cellular antiparasitic screen with potent activity against Plasmodium falciparum asexual and sexual stage parasites. To investigate their unknown mechanism of action and thus identify their target, we cultured parasites in the presence of a representative member of the aminopyrazole series, GNF-Pf4492, to select for resistance. Whole genome sequencing of three resistant lines showed that each had acquired independent mutations in a P-type cation-transporter ATPase, PfATP4 (PF3D7-1211900), a protein implicated as the novel Plasmodium spp. target of another, structurally unrelated, class of antimalarials called the spiroindolones and characterized as an important sodium transporter of the cell. Similarly to the spiroindolones, GNF-Pf4492 blocks parasite transmission to mosquitoes and disrupts intracellular sodium homeostasis. Our data demonstrate that PfATP4 plays a critical role in cellular processes, can be inhibited by two distinct antimalarial pharmacophores, and supports the recent observations that PfATP4 is a critical antimalarial target.
Start page
413
End page
420
Volume
10
Issue
2
Language
English
OCDE Knowledge area
Farmacología, Farmacia
Scopus EID
2-s2.0-84923327067
PubMed ID
Source
ACS Chemical Biology
ISSN of the container
15548929
Sponsor(s)
Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation - OPP1054480. National Institutes of Health - 1R01AI0358-01A1, 5R01AI090141-03. Wellcome Trust - WT078285, WT096157. National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases - F32AI102567.
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