Plasmepsins (PMs) are involved in the degradation of host cell hemoglobin during malaria infection. PM II and IV initiate the degradative process, and have been suggested as attractive targets for treatment of malaria. Previously, 30 compounds were identified by post-processing the results of a large docking screen of commercially available compounds using an automated procedure based on molecular dynamics refinement and binding free-energy estimation using MM-PBSA and MM-GBSA (Degliesposti et al., 2009). Presently, these were experimentally validated using an inhibition assay based on fluorescence resonance energy transfer (FRET) and hemoglobin substrate degradation. Remarkably, 26 of the 30 tested compounds were active as PM II inhibitors, with FRET IC50 values ranging from 4.3 nM to 1.8 μM. Also, IC50 value for PM IV inhibition ranged from 9.34 nM to 83 μM and the best inhibitor among the 30 compounds was compound 7. Hemoglobin degradation by recombinant PM II and IV was completely inhibited by 100 μM of compound 7. The newly identified compounds, and one in particular (compound 7), can inhibit PM II and IV activity and hemoglobin degradation in vitro. These experiments suggest an overall approach in the design of powerful and selective PM II and IV inhibitors. © 2010 Springer Science+Business Media, LLC.
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Kang, H. K., Hwang, S. W., Kim, D. W., Breton, V., & Kim, D. (2010). In vitro test for potential inhibitors of plasmepsin II and IV as anti-malarial agents. In Managed Grids and Cloud Systems in the Asia-Pacific Research Community (pp. 67–81). Springer US. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4419-6469-4_4
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