title: The interplay between drug resistance and fitness in malaria parasites.
abstract: Controlling the spread of antimalarial drug resistance, especially resistance of Plasmodium falciparum to artemisinin-based combination therapies, is a high priority. Available data indicate that, as with other microorganisms, the spread of drug-resistant malaria parasites is limited by fitness costs that frequently accompany resistance. Resistance-mediating polymorphisms in malaria parasites have been identified in putative drug transporters and in target enzymes. The impacts of these polymorphisms on parasite fitness have been characterized in vitro and in animal models. Additional insights have come from analyses of samples from clinical studies, both evaluating parasites under different selective pressures and determining the clinical consequences of infection with different parasites. With some exceptions, resistance-mediating polymorphisms lead to malaria parasites that, compared with wild type, grow less well in culture and in animals, and are replaced by wild type when drug pressure diminishes in the clinical setting. In some cases, the fitness costs of resistance may be offset by compensatory mutations that increase virulence or changes that enhance malaria transmission. However, not enough is known about effects of resistance mediators on parasite fitness. A better appreciation of the costs of fitness-mediating mutations will facilitate the development of optimal guidelines for the treatment and prevention of malaria.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, CA, 94143, USA.
authors.forename: Philip J
authors.initials: PJ
authors.lastname: Rosenthal
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000962:Antimalarials / Q000494:pharmacology* / Q000627:therapeutic use; D037621:Artemisinins / Q000494:pharmacology* / Q000627:therapeutic use; D004351:Drug Resistance; D004798:Enzymes / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D006801:Humans; D007783:Lactones / Q000494:pharmacology* / Q000627:therapeutic use; D026901:Membrane Transport Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D010963:Plasmodium falciparum / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000254:growth & development / Q000502:physiology*; D011110:Polymorphism, Genetic; D014774:Virulence
chemical_list: D000962:Antimalarials; D037621:Artemisinins; D004798:Enzymes; D007783:Lactones; D026901:Membrane Transport Proteins; C075875:artemisin
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