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Selective Transport of a New Class of Purine Antimetabolites by the Protozoan Parasite Trypanosoma brucei
- Source :
- ChemInform. 36
- Publication Year :
- 2005
- Publisher :
- Wiley, 2005.
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Abstract
- Purine antimetabolites have been very successful therapeutic agents against a host of infectious diseases and malignancies. Success of the treatment relies as much on the efficient accumulation by the target cell or organism as it does on selective action on a vital biochemical pathway of the target cell. Here we compare the ability of a new class of tricyclic purine antimetabolites to interact with transporters from human erythrocytes or Trypanosoma brucei. We show that these compounds display a remarkable selectivity for the parasite's transporters. The adenine analogue showed greater trypanocidal activity than the hypoxanthine or guanine analogues in vitro. #This work was funded by the Wellcome Trust.
Details
- ISSN :
- 15222667 and 09317597
- Volume :
- 36
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- ChemInform
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi...........348032592baab8f618b6202a946ddd04