Streamlined and robust stage-specific profiling of gametocytocidal compounds against Plasmodium falciparum
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Reader, Janette
Van der Watt, Mariette Elizabeth
Birkholtz, Lyn-Marie
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Frontiers Media
Abstract
Malaria elimination is dependent on the ability to target both the pathogenic and transmissible stages of the human malaria parasite, Plasmodium falciparum. These forms of the parasite are differentiated by unique developmental stages, each with their own biological mechanisms and processes. These individual stages therefore also respond differently to inhibitory compounds, and this complicates the discovery of multistage active antimalarial agents. The search for compounds with transmission-blocking activity has focused on screening for activity on mature gametocytes, with only limited descriptions available for the activity of such compounds on immature stage gametocytes. This therefore poses a gap in the profiling of antimalarial agents for pan-reactive, multistage activity to antimalarial leads. Here, we optimized an effective and robust strategy for the simple and cost-effective description of the stage-specific action of gametocytocidal antimalarial compounds.
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Gametocyte, Luciferase, Malaria, Plasmodium, Transmission-blocking, Drug discovery
Sustainable Development Goals
Citation
Reader, J., Van der Watt, M.E. and
Birkholtz, L.-M. (2022) Streamlined and
Robust Stage-Specific Profiling of
Gametocytocidal Compounds Against
Plasmodium falciparum.
Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology 12:926460.
doi: 10.3389/fcimb.2022.926460.