New insights into apicoplast metabolism in blood-stage malaria parasites

R Elahi, ST Prigge - Current opinion in microbiology, 2023 - Elsevier
Highlights•Isoprenoid precursors and CoA are essential metabolites generated by
apicoplast-localized enzymes.•Isoprenoids play an essential role in apicoplast …

Recent metabolomic developments for antimalarial drug discovery

L Mamede, F Fall, M Schoumacher, A Ledoux… - Parasitology …, 2022 - Springer
Malaria is a parasitic disease that remains a global health issue, responsible for a significant
death and morbidity toll. Various factors have impacted the use and delayed the …

Non‐canonical metabolic pathways in the malaria parasite detected by isotope‐tracing metabolomics

SA Cobbold, MV Tutor, P Frasse… - Molecular Systems …, 2021 - embopress.org
The malaria parasite, Plasmodium falciparum, proliferates rapidly in human erythrocytes by
actively scavenging multiple carbon sources and essential nutrients from its host cell …

Identification of Co-Existing Mutations and Gene Expression Trends Associated With K13-Mediated Artemisinin Resistance in Plasmodium falciparum

M Rawat, A Kanyal, D Choubey, B Deshmukh… - Frontiers in …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Plasmodium falciparum infects millions and kills thousands of people annually the world
over. With the emergence of artemisinin and/or multidrug resistant strains of the pathogen, it …

GAPDH mediates drug resistance and metabolism in Plasmodium falciparum malaria parasites

AJ Jezewski, AM Guggisberg, DM Hodge… - PLoS …, 2022 - journals.plos.org
Efforts to control the global malaria health crisis are undermined by antimalarial resistance.
Identifying mechanisms of resistance will uncover the underlying biology of the Plasmodium …

The metabolite repair enzyme Phosphoglycolate phosphatase regulates central carbon metabolism and fosmidomycin sensitivity in plasmodium falciparum

L Dumont, MB Richardson, P van der Peet… - MBio, 2019 - Am Soc Microbiol
Members of the haloacid dehalogenase (HAD) family of metabolite phosphatases play an
important role in regulating multiple pathways in Plasmodium falciparum central carbon …

[HTML][HTML] Integrative analysis of multi-omics data reveals inhibition of RB1 signaling promotes apatinib resistance of hepatocellular carcinoma

K He, S An, F Liu, Y Chen, G Xiang… - International Journal of …, 2023 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Although apatinib is a promising drug for the treatment of liver cancer, the underlying drug
resistance mechanism is still unclear. Here, we constructed apatinib-resistant HepG2 cells …

New pyridine‐based chalcones and pyrazolines with anticancer, antibacterial, and antiplasmodial activities

J Ramírez‐Prada, JS Rocha‐Ortiz… - Archiv der …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
New pyridine‐based chalcones 4a–h and pyrazolines 5a–h (N‐acetyl), 6a–h (N‐phenyl),
and 7a–h (N‐4‐chlorophenyl) were synthesized and evaluated by the National Cancer …

The 3S Enantiomer Drives Enolase Inhibitory Activity in SF2312 and Its Analogues

F Pisaneschi, YH Lin, PG Leonard, N Satani, VC Yan… - Molecules, 2019 - mdpi.com
We recently reported that SF2312 ((1, 5-dihydroxy-2-oxopyrrolidin-3-yl) phosphonic acid), a
phosphonate antibiotic with a previously unknown mode of action, is a potent inhibitor of the …

Predicting drug resistance using deep mutational scanning

G Pines, RG Fankhauser, CA Eckert - Molecules, 2020 - mdpi.com
Drug resistance is a major healthcare challenge, resulting in a continuous need to develop
new inhibitors. The development of these inhibitors requires an understanding of the …