Ullah, I, Sharma, R, Biagini, G and Horrocks, P (2016) A validated bioluminescence-based assay for the rapid determination of the initial rate of kill for discovery antimalarials. Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy, 72 (3). pp. 717-726. ISSN 1460-2091

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Abstract

Objectives: A future treatment for uncomplicated malaria will contain at least one component that exerts a rapid rate of kill. We describe here the validation and application of a simple, robust and rapid bioluminescence-based assay for the determination of the initial rate of kill in intra-erythrocytic asexual stages of Plasmodium falciparum.

Methods: A modification to the concentration–response bioluminescence [here termed bioluminescence relative rate of kill (BRRoK)] assay, utilizing exposure to fold-IC50 concentrations (0.33× to  9×), was used to monitor the immediate cytocidal effect of 372 open-source compounds for antimalarial drug discovery available through the Medicines for Malaria Venture Malaria Box.

Results: Antimalarial drugs that exert a rapid cytocidal effect produce a concentration-dependent loss of bioluminescence signal that correlates with available in vitro and in vivo estimates of parasite clearance time and parasite reduction ratio. Following the measurement of IC50 for the Malaria Box compounds in Dd2luc, the BRRoK assay was used to identify and rank 372 compounds for their initial cytocidal activity. Fifty-three compounds in the Malaria Box show an initial relative rate of kill greater than that of chloroquine, with 17 of these having an initial relative rate of kill greater than that of dihydroartemisinin.

Conclusions: The BRRoK assay provides a rapid assay format for the estimation of a key pharmacodynamic property of antimalarial drug action. The simplicity and robustness of the assay suggests it would be readily scalable for high-throughput screening and a critical decision-making tool for antimalarial drug development.

Item Type: Article
Additional Information: This is the accepted author manuscript (AAM). The final published version (version of record) is available online via OUP at http://jac.oxfordjournals.org/content/early/2016/12/02/jac.dkw449.abstract Please refer to any applicable terms of use of the publisher.
Uncontrolled Keywords: Malaria, rate of kill, pharmacodynamics, bioluminescence, drug screening, MMV Malaria
Subjects: R Medicine > R Medicine (General)
Divisions: Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences > Institute for Science and Technology in Medicine
Depositing User: Symplectic
Date Deposited: 29 Sep 2016 14:41
Last Modified: 01 Apr 2021 12:33
URI: https://eprints.keele.ac.uk/id/eprint/2231

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