Drug reformulation for a neglected disease. The NANOHAT project to develop a safer more effective sleeping sickness drug
Drug reformulation for a neglected disease. The NANOHAT project to develop a safer more effective sleeping sickness drug
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针对被忽视的疾病重新配制药物。
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10.1101/573329
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2019
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Sanderson L
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Sanderson L
Human African trypanosomiasis (HAT or sleeping sickness) is caused by the parasiteTrypanosoma brucei sspp. The disease has two stages, a haemolymphatic stage after the bite of an infected tsetse fly, followed by a central nervous system stage where the parasite penetrates the brain, causing death if untreated. Treatment is stage-specific, due to the blood-brain barrier, with less toxic drugs such as pentamidine used to treat stage 1. The primary objective of our research programme was to develop an intravenous formulation of pentamidine which increases CNS exposure by some 10-100 fold, leading to efficacy against a model of stage 2 HAT. This target candidate profile is in line with drugs for neglected diseases inititative (DNDi) recommendations. To do this, we evaluated the physicochemical and structural characteristics of Pluronic-pentamidine formulations, selected appropriate candidates for efficacy and toxicity evaluationin vitro, quantified pentamidine CNS delivery of a sub-set of formulationsin vitroandin vivo, and progressed one pentamidine-Pluronic formulation for further evaluation using anin vivosingle dose brain penetration study. Screening pentamidine against 40 CNS targets did not reveal any major neurotoxicity concerns, however, pentamidine had a high affinity for the imidazoline2receptor. The observed reduction in insulin secretion with pentamidine in MIN6 β-cells maybe secondary to pentamidine-mediated activation of β-cell imidazoline receptors and impairment of cell viability. F68 (0.01%w/v)-pentamidine formulation had a similar inhibitory effect on insulin secretion as pentamidine alone and an additive trypanocidal effectin vitro. However, all Pluronics tested (P85, P105 and F68) did not significantly enhance brain exposure of pentamidine. We therefore closed the study before progressing toin vivoefficacy and toxicity studies. Importantly, this MRC DPFS funded study has resulted in the generation of a set of results which are relevant to further developing block-copolymers as nanocarriers, improving BBB drug penetration and understanding the side effects of pentamidine.
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