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  • mutations in the plasmodium falciparum Cyclic Amine resistance locus pfcarl confer multidrug resistance
    Mbio, 2016
    Co-Authors: Gregory Lamonte, Melanie Wree, Christin Reimer, Marie Nachon, Victoria C Corey, Peter Gedeck, David Plouffe, Alan Du, Nelissa Figueroa, Bryan K S Yeung
    Abstract:

    ABSTRACT Mutations in the Plasmodium falciparum Cyclic Amine resistance locus (PfCARL) are associated with parasite resistance to the imidazolopiperazines, a potent class of novel antimalarial compounds that display both prophylactic and transmission-blocking activity, in addition to activity against blood-stage parasites. Here, we show that pfcarl encodes a protein, with a predicted molecular weight of 153 kDa, that localizes to the cis-Golgi apparatus of the parasite in both asexual and sexual blood stages. Utilizing clustered regularly interspaced short palindromic repeat (CRISPR)-mediated gene introduction of 5 variants (L830V, S1076N/I, V1103L, and I1139K), we demonstrate that mutations in pfcarl are sufficient to generate resistance against the imidazolopiperazines in both asexual and sexual blood-stage parasites. We further determined that the mutant PfCARL protein confers resistance to several structurally unrelated compounds. These data suggest that PfCARL modulates the levels of small-molecule inhibitors that affect Golgi-related processes, such as protein sorting or membrane trafficking, and is therefore an important mechanism of resistance in malaria parasites. IMPORTANCE Several previous in vitro evolution studies have implicated the Plasmodium falciparum Cyclic Amine resistance locus (PfCARL) as a potential target of imidazolopiperazines, potent antimalarial compounds with broad activity against different parasite life cycle stages. Given that the imidazolopiperazines are currently being tested in clinical trials, understanding their mechanism of resistance and the cellular processes involved will allow more effective clinical usage.

  • plasmodium falciparum Cyclic Amine resistance locus pfcarl a resistance mechanism for two distinct compound classes
    ACS Infectious Diseases, 2016
    Co-Authors: Pamela Magistrado, Gregory Lamonte, Melanie Wree, Victoria C Corey, Amanda K Lukens, Erika Sasaki, Stephan Meister, Elizabeth A Winzeler, Dyann F Wirth
    Abstract:

    MMV007564 is a novel antimalarial benzimidazolyl piperidine chemotype identified in cellular screens. To identify the genetic determinant of MMV007564 resistance, parasites were cultured in the presence of the compound to generate resistant lines. Whole genome sequencing revealed distinct mutations in the gene named Plasmodium falciparum Cyclic Amine resistance locus (pfcarl), encoding a conserved protein of unknown function. Mutations in pfcarl are strongly associated with resistance to a structurally unrelated class of compounds, the imidazolopiperazines, including KAF156, currently in clinical trials. Our data demonstrate that pfcarl mutations confer resistance to two distinct compound classes, benzimidazolyl piperidines and imidazolopiperazines. However, MMV007564 and the imidazolopiperazines, KAF156 and GNF179, have different timings of action in the asexual blood stage and different potencies against the liver and sexual blood stages. These data suggest that pfcarl is a multidrug-resistance gene rat...