mSphere (Feb 2021)
Dichloroacetate and Pyruvate Metabolism: Pyruvate Dehydrogenase Kinases as Targets Worth Investigating for Effective Therapy of Toxoplasmosis
- Mariana Galvão Ferrarini,
- Lindice Mitie Nisimura,
- Richard Marcel Bruno Moreira Girard,
- Mayke Bezerra Alencar,
- Mariana Sayuri Ishikawa Fragoso,
- Carlla Assis Araújo-Silva,
- Alan de Almeida Veiga,
- Ana Paula Ressetti Abud,
- Sheila Cristina Nardelli,
- Rossiane C. Vommaro,
- Ariel Mariano Silber,
- Marie France-Sagot,
- Andréa Rodrigues Ávila
Affiliations
- Mariana Galvão Ferrarini
- ORCiD
- Laboratoire de Biométrie et Biologie Évolutive, UMR 5558, CNRS, Université de Lyon 1, Villeurbanne, France
- Lindice Mitie Nisimura
- Laboratório de Pesquisa em Apicomplexa, Instituto Carlos Chagas, Fiocruz, Paraná, Brazil
- Richard Marcel Bruno Moreira Girard
- Laboratory of Biochemistry of Tryps, Department of Parasitology, Institute of Biomedical Sciences, University of São Paulo, São Paulo, SP, Brazil
- Mayke Bezerra Alencar
- Laboratory of Biochemistry of Tryps, Department of Parasitology, Institute of Biomedical Sciences, University of São Paulo, São Paulo, SP, Brazil
- Mariana Sayuri Ishikawa Fragoso
- Laboratório de Pesquisa em Apicomplexa, Instituto Carlos Chagas, Fiocruz, Paraná, Brazil
- Carlla Assis Araújo-Silva
- Laboratório de Ultraestrutura Celular Hertha Meyer, Instituto de Biofísica Carlos Chagas Filho, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
- Alan de Almeida Veiga
- Laboratório de Pesquisa em Apicomplexa, Instituto Carlos Chagas, Fiocruz, Paraná, Brazil
- Ana Paula Ressetti Abud
- Laboratório de Pesquisa em Apicomplexa, Instituto Carlos Chagas, Fiocruz, Paraná, Brazil
- Sheila Cristina Nardelli
- Laboratório de Pesquisa em Apicomplexa, Instituto Carlos Chagas, Fiocruz, Paraná, Brazil
- Rossiane C. Vommaro
- Laboratório de Ultraestrutura Celular Hertha Meyer, Instituto de Biofísica Carlos Chagas Filho, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
- Ariel Mariano Silber
- ORCiD
- Laboratory of Biochemistry of Tryps, Department of Parasitology, Institute of Biomedical Sciences, University of São Paulo, São Paulo, SP, Brazil
- Marie France-Sagot
- Laboratoire de Biométrie et Biologie Évolutive, UMR 5558, CNRS, Université de Lyon 1, Villeurbanne, France
- Andréa Rodrigues Ávila
- ORCiD
- Laboratório de Pesquisa em Apicomplexa, Instituto Carlos Chagas, Fiocruz, Paraná, Brazil
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1128/mSphere.01002-20
- Journal volume & issue
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Vol. 6,
no. 1
Abstract
Currently, the drugs used for toxoplasmosis have severe toxicity to human cells, and the treatment still lacks effective and safer alternatives. The search for novel drug targets is timely.