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Recent Advancement in the Search of Innovative Antiprotozoal Agents Targeting Trypanothione Metabolism.
ChemMedChem ( IF 3.6 ) Pub Date : 2020-08-17 , DOI: 10.1002/cmdc.202000325 Francesco Saccoliti 1 , Roberto Di Santo 2 , Roberta Costi 2
ChemMedChem ( IF 3.6 ) Pub Date : 2020-08-17 , DOI: 10.1002/cmdc.202000325 Francesco Saccoliti 1 , Roberto Di Santo 2 , Roberta Costi 2
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Leishmania and Trypanosoma parasites are responsible for the challenging neglected tropical diseases leishmaniases, Chagas disease, and human African trypanosomiasis, which account for up to 40,000 deaths annually mainly in developing countries. Current chemotherapy relies on drugs with significant limitations in efficacy and safety, prompting the urgent need to explore innovative approaches to improve the drug discovery pipeline. The unique trypanothione‐based redox pathway, which is absent in human hosts, is vital for all trypanosomatids and offers valuable opportunities to guide the rational development of specific, broad‐spectrum and innovative anti‐trypanosomatid agents. Major efforts focused on the key metabolic enzymes trypanothione synthetase‐amidase and trypanothione reductase, whose inhibition should affect the entire pathway and, finally, parasite survival. Herein, we will report and comment on the most recent studies in the search for enzyme inhibitors, underlining the promising opportunities that have emerged so far to drive the exploration of future successful therapeutic approaches.
更新日期：2020-08-17
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