OXYGEN-DEPENDENT AND TIME-DEPENDENT EFFECTS OF ANTIBIOTICS AND SELECTED MITOCHONDRIAL INHIBITORS ON PLASMODIUM-FALCIPARUM IN CULTURE
OXYGEN-DEPENDENT AND TIME-DEPENDENT EFFECTS OF ANTIBIOTICS AND SELECTED MITOCHONDRIAL INHIBITORS ON PLASMODIUM-FALCIPARUM IN CULTURE
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DOI:
10.1128/aac.27.1.21
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发表时间:
1985-01-01
影响因子:
4.9
通讯作者:
JENSEN, JB
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作者:
DIVO, AA;GEARY, TG;JENSEN, JB
Several antibiotics which inhibit protein synthesis on 70S ribosomes, including clindamycin, pirlimycin, 4''-pentyl-N-demethylclindamycin, 4 tetracyclines, chloramphenicol, thiamphenicol and erythromycin, had antimalarial effects against P. falciparum in culture which were greatly influenced by the duration of drug exposure and by O2 tension. In 96-h incubations, potency was increased by a factor of up to 106 over the first 48-h period and by a factor of up to 104 in 15% O2 vs 1% O2. Two aminoglycosides, kanamycin and tobramycin, had no antimalarial activity. Rifampin and nalidixic acid, which inhibit nucleic acid synthesis, were not similar to the 70S inhibitors. The mitochondrial inhibitors Janus Green, rhodamine 123, antimycin A1 and 8-methylamino-8-desmethylriboflavin had activities which were influenced by the duration of exposure and O2 tension. Quinoline-containing antimalarial agents, ionophores and other antimalarial drugs were influenced to a minor extent by the duration of exposure but were not affected by O2 tension. These data can best be explained by the hypothesis that antimalarial 70S ribosome-specific protein synthesis inhibitors are toxic to the parasites by acting on the mitochondrion.