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Investigating Sulfoxide-to-Sulfone Conversion as a Prodrug Strategy for a Phosphatidylinositol 4-Kinase Inhibitor in a Humanized Mouse Model of Malaria.


ABSTRACT: The in vivo antimalarial efficacies of two phosphatidylinositol 4-kinase (PI4K) inhibitors, a 3,5-diaryl-2-aminopyrazine sulfoxide and its corresponding sulfone metabolite, were evaluated in the NOD-scid IL2R?null (NSG) murine malaria disease model of Plasmodium falciparum infection. We hypothesized that the sulfoxide would serve as a more soluble prodrug for the sulfone, which would lead to improved drug exposure with oral dosing. Both compounds had similar efficacy (90% effective dose [ED90], 0.1?mg?kg-1 of body weight) across a quadruple-dose regimen. Pharmacokinetic profiling revealed rapid sulfoxide clearance via conversion to sulfone, with sulfone identified as the major active metabolite. When the sulfoxide was dosed, the exposure of the sulfone achieved was as much as 2.9-fold higher than when the sulfone was directly dosed, thereby demonstrating that the sulfoxide served as an effective prodrug for the treatment of malaria.

SUBMITTER: Gibhard L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6256810 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Investigating Sulfoxide-to-Sulfone Conversion as a Prodrug Strategy for a Phosphatidylinositol 4-Kinase Inhibitor in a Humanized Mouse Model of Malaria.

Gibhard Liezl L   Njoroge Mathew M   Paquet Tanya T   Brunschwig Christel C   Taylor Dale D   Lawrence Nina N   Abay Efrem E   Wittlin Sergio S   Wiesner Lubbe L   Street Leslie J LJ   Chibale Kelly K   Basarab Gregory S GS  

Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy 20181126 12


The <i>in vivo</i> antimalarial efficacies of two phosphatidylinositol 4-kinase (PI4K) inhibitors, a 3,5-diaryl-2-aminopyrazine sulfoxide and its corresponding sulfone metabolite, were evaluated in the NOD-scid IL2Rγ<sup>null</sup> (NSG) murine malaria disease model of <i>Plasmodium falciparum</i> infection. We hypothesized that the sulfoxide would serve as a more soluble prodrug for the sulfone, which would lead to improved drug exposure with oral dosing. Both compounds had similar efficacy (90  ...[more]

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