1. A Novel Fluorescence Resonance Energy Transfer-Based Screen in High-Throughput Format To Identify Inhibitors of Malarial and Human Glucose Transporters.
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Kraft TE, Heitmeier MR, Putanko M, Edwards RL, Ilagan MX, Payne MA, Autry JM, Thomas DD, Odom AR, and Hruz PW
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- Antimalarials chemistry, Cells, Cultured, Erythrocytes drug effects, Erythrocytes metabolism, Erythrocytes parasitology, Gene Expression, Glucose metabolism, Glucose Transporter Type 1 genetics, Glucose Transporter Type 1 metabolism, Glucose Transporter Type 2 genetics, Glucose Transporter Type 2 metabolism, Glucose Transporter Type 3 genetics, Glucose Transporter Type 3 metabolism, Glucose Transporter Type 4 genetics, Glucose Transporter Type 4 metabolism, HEK293 Cells, Humans, Monosaccharide Transport Proteins genetics, Monosaccharide Transport Proteins metabolism, Plasmodium falciparum growth & development, Plasmodium falciparum metabolism, Protozoan Proteins genetics, Protozoan Proteins metabolism, Small Molecule Libraries chemistry, Species Specificity, Structure-Activity Relationship, Tritium, Antimalarials pharmacology, Fluorescence Resonance Energy Transfer methods, Glucose antagonists & inhibitors, High-Throughput Screening Assays, Monosaccharide Transport Proteins antagonists & inhibitors, Plasmodium falciparum drug effects, Protozoan Proteins antagonists & inhibitors, Small Molecule Libraries pharmacology
- Abstract
The glucose transporter PfHT is essential to the survival of the malaria parasite Plasmodium falciparum and has been shown to be a druggable target with high potential for pharmacological intervention. Identification of compounds against novel drug targets is crucial to combating resistance against current therapeutics. Here, we describe the development of a cell-based assay system readily adaptable to high-throughput screening that directly measures compound effects on PfHT-mediated glucose transport. Intracellular glucose concentrations are detected using a genetically encoded fluorescence resonance energy transfer (FRET)-based glucose sensor. This allows assessment of the ability of small molecules to inhibit glucose uptake with high accuracy (Z' factor of >0.8), thereby eliminating the need for radiolabeled substrates. Furthermore, we have adapted this assay to counterscreen PfHT hits against the human orthologues GLUT1, -2, -3, and -4. We report the identification of several hits after screening the Medicines for Malaria Venture (MMV) Malaria Box, a library of 400 compounds known to inhibit erythrocytic development of P. falciparum Hit compounds were characterized by determining the half-maximal inhibitory concentration (IC
50 ) for the uptake of radiolabeled glucose into isolated P. falciparum parasites. One of our hits, compound MMV009085, shows high potency and orthologue selectivity, thereby successfully validating our assay for antimalarial screening., (Copyright © 2016, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.)- Published
- 2016
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