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Autor(es): dc.creator | Bahia, Maria Terezinha | - |
Autor(es): dc.creator | Andrade, Isabel Mayer de | - |
Autor(es): dc.creator | Martins, Tassiane Assíria Fontes | - |
Autor(es): dc.creator | Nascimento, Álvaro Fernando da Silva do | - |
Autor(es): dc.creator | Diniz, Lívia de Figueiredo | - |
Autor(es): dc.creator | Caldas, Ivo Santana | - |
Autor(es): dc.creator | Talvani, André | - |
Autor(es): dc.creator | Trunz, Bernadette Bourdin | - |
Autor(es): dc.creator | Torreele, Els | - |
Autor(es): dc.creator | Ribeiro, Isabela | - |
Data de aceite: dc.date.accessioned | 2019-11-06T13:31:33Z | - |
Data de disponibilização: dc.date.available | 2019-11-06T13:31:33Z | - |
Data de envio: dc.date.issued | 2014-12-16 | - |
Data de envio: dc.date.issued | 2014-12-16 | - |
Data de envio: dc.date.issued | 2012 | - |
Fonte completa do material: dc.identifier | http://www.repositorio.ufop.br/handle/123456789/4178 | - |
Fonte: dc.identifier.uri | http://educapes.capes.gov.br/handle/capes/557224 | - |
Descrição: dc.description | Background: New safe and effective treatments for Chagas disease (CD) are urgently needed. Current chemotherapy options for CD have significant limitations, including failure to uniformly achieve parasitological cure or prevent the chronic phase of CD, and safety and tolerability concerns. Fexinidazole, a 2-subsituted 5-nitroimidazole drug candidate rediscovered following extensive compound mining by the Drugs for Neglected Diseases initiative and currently in Phase I clinical study for the treatment of human African trypanosomiasis, was evaluated in experimental models of acute and chronic CD caused by different strains of Trypanosoma cruzi. Methods and Findings: We investigated the in vivo activity of fexinidazole against T. cruzi, using mice as hosts. The T. cruzi strains used in the study were previously characterized in murine models as susceptible (CL strain), partially resistant (Y strain), and resistant (Colombian and VL-10 strains) to the drugs currently in clinical use, benznidazole and nifurtimox. Our results demonstrated that fexinidazole was effective in suppressing parasitemia and preventing death in infected animals for all strains tested. In addition, assessment of definitive parasite clearance (cure) through parasitological, PCR, and serological methods showed cure rates of 80.0% against CL and Y strains, 88.9% against VL-10 strain, and 77.8% against Colombian strain among animals treated during acute phase, and 70% (VL-10 strain) in those treated in chronic phase. Benznidazole had a similar effect against susceptible and partially resistant T. cruzi strains. Fexinidazole treatment was also shown to reduce myocarditis in all animals infected with VL-10 or Colombian resistant T. cruzi strains, although parasite eradication was not achieved in all treated animals at the tested doses. Conclusions: Fexinidazole is an effective oral treatment of acute and chronic experimental CD caused by benznidazolesusceptible, partially resistant, and resistant T. cruzi. These findings illustrate the potential of fexinidazole as a drug candidate for the treatment of human CD. | - |
Idioma: dc.language | en | - |
Direitos: dc.rights | Nenhuma autorização é necessária para depósito dos artigos publicados pelos Periódicos PloS em repositório. Fonte: Plos <http://www.plos.org/open-access/> Acesso em: 14 nov. 2014. | - |
Palavras-chave: dc.subject | Chagas disease | - |
Palavras-chave: dc.subject | Trypanosoma cruzi | - |
Título: dc.title | Fexinidazole: a potential new drug candidate for Chagas disease. | - |
Aparece nas coleções: | Repositório Institucional - UFOP |
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