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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
2
pubmed:dateCreated
2009-8-27
pubmed:abstractText
Antiretroviral protease inhibitors significantly potentiated the sensitivity of chloroquine-resistant malaria parasites to the antimalarial drug in vitro and in vivo. Ritonavir was found to be potent in potentiating CQ antimalarial activities in both -resistant and -sensitive lines. The mechanism by which the APIs modulate the CQ resistance in malaria parasites was further investigated. CQ-resistant parasites showed increased intracellular glutathione levels in comparison with the CQ-sensitive parasites. Treatment with APIs significantly reduced the levels of GSH and glutathione S-transferase activities in CQ-resistant parasites. Ritonavir also decreased glutathione reductase activities and glutathione peroxidase activities in CQ-resistant parasite line. Taken together, these results demonstrate that parasite GSH and GST may play an important role in CQ resistance and APIs are able to enhance the sensitivity of CQ-resistant malaria parasite to the drug by influencing the levels of GSH and the activities of the related enzymes.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Oct
pubmed:issn
1090-2449
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Electronic
pubmed:volume
123
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
122-7
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:19538959-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:19538959-Anti-Retroviral Agents, pubmed-meshheading:19538959-Antimalarials, pubmed-meshheading:19538959-Chloroquine, pubmed-meshheading:19538959-Drug Resistance, pubmed-meshheading:19538959-Drug Synergism, pubmed-meshheading:19538959-Female, pubmed-meshheading:19538959-Glutathione, pubmed-meshheading:19538959-Glutathione Peroxidase, pubmed-meshheading:19538959-Glutathione Reductase, pubmed-meshheading:19538959-Glutathione Transferase, pubmed-meshheading:19538959-HIV Protease Inhibitors, pubmed-meshheading:19538959-Inhibitory Concentration 50, pubmed-meshheading:19538959-Malaria, pubmed-meshheading:19538959-Mice, pubmed-meshheading:19538959-Nelfinavir, pubmed-meshheading:19538959-Plasmodium chabaudi, pubmed-meshheading:19538959-Plasmodium falciparum, pubmed-meshheading:19538959-Ritonavir, pubmed-meshheading:19538959-Saquinavir
pubmed:year
2009
pubmed:articleTitle
Antiretroviral protease inhibitors potentiate chloroquine antimalarial activity in malaria parasites by regulating intracellular glutathione metabolism.
pubmed:affiliation
Center for Infection and Immunity, Guangzhou Institutes of Biomedicine and Health, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't