Targeting of Hematin by the Antimalarial Pyronaridine
- 1 June 2006
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Society for Microbiology in Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy
- Vol. 50 (6), 2197-2200
- https://doi.org/10.1128/aac.00119-06
Abstract
Pyronaridine, 2-methoxy-7-chloro-10[3',5'-bis(pyrrolidinyl-1-methyl-)4'hydroxyphenyl]aminobenzyl-(b)-1,5-naphthyridine, a new Mannich base schizontocide originally developed in China and structurally related to the aminoacridine drug quinacrine, is currently undergoing clinical testing. We now show that pyronaridine targets hematin, as demonstrated by its ability to inhibit in vitro beta-hematin formation (at a concentration equal to that of chloroquine), to form a complex with hematin with a stoichiometry of 1:2, to enhance hematin-induced red blood cell lysis (but at 1/100 of the chloroquine concentration), and to inhibit glutathione-dependent degradation of hematin. Our observations that pyronaridine exerted this mechanism of action in situ, based on growth studies of Plasmodium falciparum K1 in culture showing antagonism of pyronaridine in combination with antimalarials (chloroquine, mefloquine, and quinine) that inhibit beta-hematin formation, were equivocal.Keywords
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