期刊
MOLECULAR PHARMACEUTICS
卷 6, 期 3, 页码 813-824出版社
AMER CHEMICAL SOC
DOI: 10.1021/mp8001039
关键词
Kahalalide F; Leishmania; membrane permeabilization; combinatorial chemistry; structure-activity relationship; marine compound; solid-phase synthesis
资金
- PharmaMar, S.A.
- CICYT [CTQ2006-03794/BQU]
- ISCIII [CIBER-BBN 0074, FIS PI06115, RD 06/0021/0006]
- Generalitat de Catalunya [2005SGR 00662]
- Institute for Research in Biomedicine, the Barcelona Science Park
- Comunidad de Madrid [S-BIO-0260/2006]
- [PET2006-0139-01]
Leishmaniasis is a human parasitic disease caused by infection by the protozoan Leishmania spp. Chemotherapy is currently the only treatment available, but its efficacy is increasingly challenged by the rising incidence of resistance and the frequent severe side effects associated with first-line drugs. Thus the development of leads with distinct mechanisms of action is urgently needed. A strategy often used for this purpose consists of assaying for leishmanicidal activity drugs formerly developed for other applications, such as amphotericin B (antifungal) or miltefosine (antitumor), among others, to profit from previous pharmacological and toxicological studies. Kahalalide F (KF) is a tumoricidal cyclic depsipeptide currently under phase II clinical trials for several types of cancer and psoriasis. Its mechanism of action has not been fully elucidated. Here we report the leishmanicidal activity of KF and its synthetic analogues at a micromolar range of concentrations. Its lethality is strongly linked to the alteration of the plasma membrane (PM) of the parasite based on (i) a rapid depolarization of the PM and uptake of the vital dye SYTOX Green upon its addition; (ii) evidence of severe morphological damage to the membrane of the parasite, as shown by transmission electron microscopy; and (iii) a rapid drop in the intracellular ATIP levels, which correlates significantly with the leishmanicidal activity for active analogues, some of them with significant improvement of their therapeutic index with respect to the parental molecule. In addition to the basic knowledge obtained, this class of lethal mechanism is considerably less prone to the induction of resistance than classical drugs. All together, these observations foster further studies for the optimization of KF and its analogues as new anti-Leishmania leads with a new mode of action.
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