Abstract
Artemisinin induces the growth inhibition of Plasmodium falciparum by sphingomyelinase-generated ceramide. To understand whether artemisinin could have another effect, sphingolipid biosynthesis was studied. Our result shows that a delay in the formation of final products (globoside, cerebrosides) production might be involved in the increase of ceramide.
Keywords: Plasmodium, Artemisinin, Serine, Ceramide, Sphingomyelin
Letters in Drug Design & Discovery
Title: Artemisinin Delays Sphingolipid Biosynthesis in Plasmodium falciparum
Volume: 4 Issue: 7
Author(s): Francoise Debierre-Grockiego, Jorg Schmidt, Eliezer Flescher and Ralph T. Schwarz
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Keywords: Plasmodium, Artemisinin, Serine, Ceramide, Sphingomyelin
Abstract: Artemisinin induces the growth inhibition of Plasmodium falciparum by sphingomyelinase-generated ceramide. To understand whether artemisinin could have another effect, sphingolipid biosynthesis was studied. Our result shows that a delay in the formation of final products (globoside, cerebrosides) production might be involved in the increase of ceramide.
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Debierre-Grockiego Francoise, Schmidt Jorg, Flescher Eliezer and Schwarz T. Ralph, Artemisinin Delays Sphingolipid Biosynthesis in Plasmodium falciparum, Letters in Drug Design & Discovery 2007; 4 (7) . https://dx.doi.org/10.2174/157018007781788499
DOI https://dx.doi.org/10.2174/157018007781788499 |
Print ISSN 1570-1808 |
Publisher Name Bentham Science Publisher |
Online ISSN 1875-628X |
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