title: Small molecule screen for candidate antimalarials targeting Plasmodium Kinesin-5.
abstract: Plasmodium falciparum and vivax are responsible for the majority of malaria infections worldwide, resulting in over a million deaths annually. Malaria parasites now show measured resistance to all currently utilized drugs. Novel antimalarial drugs are urgently needed. The Plasmodium Kinesin-5 mechanoenzyme is a suitable "next generation" target. Discovered via small molecule screen experiments, the human Kinesin-5 has multiple allosteric sites that are "druggable." One site in particular, unique in its sequence divergence across all homologs in the superfamily and even within the same family, exhibits exquisite drug specificity. We propose that Plasmodium Kinesin-5 shares this allosteric site and likewise can be targeted to uncover inhibitors with high specificity. To test this idea, we performed a screen for inhibitors selective for Plasmodium Kinesin-5 ATPase activity in parallel with human Kinesin-5. Our screen of nearly 2000 compounds successfully identified compounds that selectively inhibit both P. vivax and falciparum Kinesin-5 motor domains but, as anticipated, do not impact human Kinesin-5 activity. Of note is a candidate drug that did not biochemically compete with the ATP substrate for the conserved active site or disrupt the microtubule-binding site. Together, our experiments identified MMV666693 as a selective allosteric inhibitor of Plasmodium Kinesin-5; this is the first identified protein target for the Medicines of Malaria Venture validated collection of parasite proliferation inhibitors. This work demonstrates that chemical screens against human kinesins are adaptable to homologs in disease organisms and, as such, extendable to strategies to combat infectious disease.
authors.affiliation: From the Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, New Orleans, Louisiana 70112.
authors.forename: Liqiong
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.affiliation: From the Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, New Orleans, Louisiana 70112.
authors.forename: Jessica
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Richard
authors.affiliation: From the Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, New Orleans, Louisiana 70112.
authors.forename: Sunyoung
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.affiliation: From the Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, New Orleans, Louisiana 70112 ewojci@lsuhsc.edu.
authors.forename: Edward J
authors.initials: EJ
authors.lastname: Wojcik
mesh_terms: D000495:Allosteric Site; D000962:Antimalarials / Q000494:pharmacology*; D004353:Drug Evaluation, Preclinical; D006801:Humans; D010961:Plasmodium / Q000187:drug effects*; D015800:Protozoan Proteins / Q000187:drug effects*
chemical_list: D000962:Antimalarials; D015800:Protozoan Proteins
keywords: Allosteric Regulation; High Throughput Screening (HTS); Kinesin; MMV666693; Malaria; Plasmodium
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