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spermidine and Trypanosomiasis, African

spermidine has been researched along with Trypanosomiasis, African in 17 studies

Trypanosomiasis, African: A disease endemic among people and animals in Central Africa. It is caused by various species of trypanosomes, particularly T. gambiense and T. rhodesiense. Its second host is the TSETSE FLY. Involvement of the central nervous system produces African sleeping sickness. Nagana is a rapidly fatal trypanosomiasis of horses and other animals.

Research Excerpts

ExcerptRelevanceReference
"DL-alpha-Difluoromethylornithine, a polyamine biosynthesis inhibitor, and bleomycin, a currently used antineoplastic agent, have each previously been shown to be curative for acute short-term infections of mice with Trypanosoma brucei brucei, an African trypanosome closely related to those that cause the human disease African sleeping sickness."3.66Efficacy of combinations of difluoromethylornithine and bleomycin in a mouse model of central nervous system African trypanosomiasis. ( Bacchi, CJ; Clarkson, AB; McCann, PP; Mellow, GH; Nathan, HC; Sjoerdsma, A, 1983)
"Chemotherapy of human African trypanosomiasis is problematic because of the high frequency of severe adverse events, the long duration and high cost of treatment, and an increasing number of treatment-refractory cases."1.31New drugs for the treatment of human African trypanosomiasis: research and development. ( Burri, C; Keiser, J; Stich, A, 2001)

Research

Studies (17)

TimeframeStudies, this research(%)All Research%
pre-19903 (17.65)18.7374
1990's1 (5.88)18.2507
2000's10 (58.82)29.6817
2010's3 (17.65)24.3611
2020's0 (0.00)2.80

Authors

AuthorsStudies
Jagu, E1
Pomel, S1
Diez-Martinez, A1
Ramiandrasoa, F1
Krauth-Siegel, RL3
Pethe, S1
Blonski, C1
Labruère, R1
Loiseau, PM1
Wendler, A1
Irsch, T1
Rabbani, N1
Thornalley, PJ1
Xiao, Y1
McCloskey, DE1
Phillips, MA1
Wyllie, S1
Oza, SL1
Patterson, S1
Spinks, D1
Thompson, S1
Fairlamb, AH2
Bocedi, A1
Dawood, KF1
Fabrini, R1
Federici, G1
Gradoni, L1
Pedersen, JZ1
Ricci, G1
Diechtierow, M1
Moritz, E1
Seidensticker, S1
Gottwald, A1
Maier, W1
Hoerauf, A1
Njuguna, JT1
Kaiser, A1
Berriman, M1
Ghedin, E1
Hertz-Fowler, C1
Blandin, G1
Renauld, H1
Bartholomeu, DC1
Lennard, NJ1
Caler, E1
Hamlin, NE1
Haas, B1
Böhme, U1
Hannick, L1
Aslett, MA1
Shallom, J1
Marcello, L1
Hou, L1
Wickstead, B1
Alsmark, UC1
Arrowsmith, C1
Atkin, RJ1
Barron, AJ1
Bringaud, F1
Brooks, K1
Carrington, M1
Cherevach, I1
Chillingworth, TJ1
Churcher, C1
Clark, LN1
Corton, CH1
Cronin, A1
Davies, RM1
Doggett, J1
Djikeng, A1
Feldblyum, T1
Field, MC1
Fraser, A1
Goodhead, I1
Hance, Z1
Harper, D1
Harris, BR1
Hauser, H1
Hostetler, J1
Ivens, A1
Jagels, K1
Johnson, D1
Johnson, J1
Jones, K1
Kerhornou, AX1
Koo, H1
Larke, N1
Landfear, S1
Larkin, C1
Leech, V1
Line, A1
Lord, A1
Macleod, A1
Mooney, PJ1
Moule, S1
Martin, DM1
Morgan, GW1
Mungall, K1
Norbertczak, H1
Ormond, D1
Pai, G1
Peacock, CS1
Peterson, J1
Quail, MA1
Rabbinowitsch, E1
Rajandream, MA1
Reitter, C1
Salzberg, SL1
Sanders, M1
Schobel, S1
Sharp, S1
Simmonds, M1
Simpson, AJ1
Tallon, L1
Turner, CM1
Tait, A1
Tivey, AR1
Van Aken, S1
Walker, D1
Wanless, D1
Wang, S1
White, B1
White, O1
Whitehead, S1
Woodward, J1
Wortman, J1
Adams, MD1
Embley, TM1
Gull, K1
Ullu, E1
Barry, JD1
Opperdoes, F1
Barrell, BG1
Donelson, JE1
Hall, N1
Fraser, CM1
Melville, SE1
El-Sayed, NM1
Nishimura, K1
Yanase, T1
Araki, N1
Ohnishi, Y1
Kozaki, S1
Shima, K1
Asakura, M1
Samosomsuk, W1
Yamasaki, S1
Heby, O1
Persson, L1
Rentala, M1
Taylor, MC1
Kaur, H1
Blessington, B1
Kelly, JM1
Wilkinson, SR1
Clarkson, AB1
Bacchi, CJ2
Mellow, GH1
Nathan, HC2
McCann, PP2
Sjoerdsma, A1
Hutner, SH1
Duch, DS1
Nichol, CA1
Keiser, J1
Stich, A1
Burri, C1
D'Silva, C1
Daunes, S1
Walsh, C1
Bradley, M1
Nadeau, K1
Giffin, BF1

Reviews

3 reviews available for spermidine and Trypanosomiasis, African

ArticleYear
Targeting the polyamine biosynthetic enzymes: a promising approach to therapy of African sleeping sickness, Chagas' disease, and leishmaniasis.
    Amino acids, 2007, Volume: 33, Issue:2

    Topics: Adenosine; Adenosylmethionine Decarboxylase; Animals; Biogenic Polyamines; Chagas Disease; Eflornith

2007
The therapeutic potential of inhibitors of the trypanothione cycle.
    Expert opinion on investigational drugs, 2002, Volume: 11, Issue:2

    Topics: Animals; Chagas Disease; Enzyme Inhibitors; Glutathione; Humans; Leishmaniasis; NADH, NADPH Oxidored

2002
Molecular studies on trypanothione reductase: an antiparasitic target enzyme.
    Current topics in cellular regulation, 1992, Volume: 33

    Topics: Amino Acid Sequence; Animals; Antiprotozoal Agents; Binding Sites; Chagas Disease; Crithidia; Drug D

1992

Other Studies

14 other studies available for spermidine and Trypanosomiasis, African

ArticleYear
Synthesis and in vitro antikinetoplastid activity of polyamine-hydroxybenzotriazole conjugates.
    Bioorganic & medicinal chemistry, 2017, 01-01, Volume: 25, Issue:1

    Topics: Animals; Antiprotozoal Agents; Humans; Leishmania donovani; Leishmaniasis, Visceral; NADH, NADPH Oxi

2017
Glyoxalase II does not support methylglyoxal detoxification but serves as a general trypanothione thioesterase in African trypanosomes.
    Molecular and biochemical parasitology, 2009, Volume: 163, Issue:1

    Topics: Animals; Cell Line; Glutathione; Humans; Kinetics; Protozoan Proteins; Pyruvaldehyde; Spermidine; Su

2009
RNA interference-mediated silencing of ornithine decarboxylase and spermidine synthase genes in Trypanosoma brucei provides insight into regulation of polyamine biosynthesis.
    Eukaryotic cell, 2009, Volume: 8, Issue:5

    Topics: Adenosylmethionine Decarboxylase; Animals; Cell Line; Glutathione; Humans; Ornithine Decarboxylase;

2009
Dissecting the essentiality of the bifunctional trypanothione synthetase-amidase in Trypanosoma brucei using chemical and genetic methods.
    Molecular microbiology, 2009, Volume: 74, Issue:3

    Topics: Amide Synthases; Amidohydrolases; Animals; Enzyme Inhibitors; Gene Knockout Techniques; Glutathione;

2009
Trypanothione efficiently intercepts nitric oxide as a harmless iron complex in trypanosomatid parasites.
    FASEB journal : official publication of the Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology, 2010, Volume: 24, Issue:4

    Topics: Animals; Chagas Disease; Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; Glutathione; Iron; Leishmania infantum; N

2010
A tryparedoxin-dependent peroxidase protects African trypanosomes from membrane damage.
    Free radical biology & medicine, 2011, Aug-15, Volume: 51, Issue:4

    Topics: Antioxidants; Chromans; Gene Knockdown Techniques; Glutathione; Glutathione Peroxidase; Humans; Hydr

2011
The efficacy of inhibitors involved in spermidine metabolism in Plasmodium falciparum, Anopheles stephensi and Trypanosoma evansi.
    Parasitology research, 2004, Volume: 94, Issue:1

    Topics: Animals; Anopheles; Antimalarials; Antiparasitic Agents; Drug Design; Enzyme Inhibitors; Humans; Mic

2004
The genome of the African trypanosome Trypanosoma brucei.
    Science (New York, N.Y.), 2005, Jul-15, Volume: 309, Issue:5733

    Topics: Amino Acids; Animals; Antigenic Variation; Antigens, Protozoan; Carbohydrate Metabolism; Chromosomes

2005
Effects of polyamines on two strains of Trypanosoma brucei in infected rats and in vitro culture.
    The Journal of parasitology, 2006, Volume: 92, Issue:2

    Topics: Amide Synthases; Animals; Culture Media; Eflornithine; Enzyme Inhibitors; Gene Expression Regulation

2006
Validation of spermidine synthase as a drug target in African trypanosomes.
    The Biochemical journal, 2008, Jan-15, Volume: 409, Issue:2

    Topics: Amino Acid Sequence; Animals; Eflornithine; Models, Biological; Molecular Sequence Data; Recombinant

2008
Efficacy of combinations of difluoromethylornithine and bleomycin in a mouse model of central nervous system African trypanosomiasis.
    Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 1983, Volume: 80, Issue:18

    Topics: Animals; Bleomycin; Central Nervous System Diseases; Disease Models, Animal; Drug Therapy, Combinati

1983
Prevention by polyamines of the curative effect of amicarbalide and imidocarb for Trypanosoma brucei infections in mice.
    Biochemical pharmacology, 1981, Apr-15, Volume: 30, Issue:8

    Topics: Amidines; Animals; Carbanilides; Female; Imidocarb; Male; Mice; Polyamines; Spermidine; Spermine; Tr

1981
New drugs for the treatment of human African trypanosomiasis: research and development.
    Trends in parasitology, 2001, Volume: 17, Issue:1

    Topics: Animals; Drug Combinations; Glutathione; Humans; Spermidine; Thiadiazoles; Trypanocidal Agents; Tryp

2001
Physiological activation of the mitochondrion and the transformation capacity of DFMO induced intermediate and short stumpy bloodstream form trypanosomes.
    The American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene, 1989, Volume: 40, Issue:5

    Topics: Animals; Dihydrolipoamide Dehydrogenase; Eflornithine; Histocytochemistry; Male; Microscopy, Electro

1989