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Am. J. Trop. Med. Hyg., 38(1), 1988, pp. 24-29
Copyright © 1988 by The American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

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In Vitro Activity of Pyronaridine against Field Isolates and Reference Clones of Plasmodium Falciparum

G. E. Childs*, B. Häusler{dagger}, W. Milhous{ddagger}, C. Chen§, T. Wimonwattrawatee*, N. Pooyindee* AND E. F. Boudreau*
* U.S. Army Medical Component, Armed Forces Research Institute of Medical Sciences, Bangkok, Thailand
{dagger} Malaria Division, Ministry of Public Health, Bangkok, Thailand
{ddagger} Division of Experimental Therapeutics, Walter Reed Army Institute of Research, Washington, DC 20307-5100
§ Institute of Parasitic Diseases, China Academy of Preventive Medicine, Shanghai, China

Pyronaridine, a 9-substituted 1-aza-acridine, was assayed for in vitro activity against clinical and field isolates as well as characterized clones of Plasmodium falciparum. The in vitro antimalarial activity of pyronaridine was compared to activities of standard antimalarials against multidrug-resistant isolates of P. falciparum from eastern and northern Thailand using an assay based on the inhibition of schizont maturation. Isolates from eastern Thailand (n = 30) were susceptible to pyronaridine (IC50 8.40 nM), mefloquine (IC50 6.97 nM), and amodiaquine (IC50 12.7 nM) and resistant to chloroquine (IC50 361 nM), quinine (IC50 388 nM), and pyrimethamine (IC50 11,800 nM). The isolates from northern Thailand (n = 7) showed no statistical difference in susceptibility to pyronaridine (IC50 10.1 nM), amodiaquine (IC50 7.29 nM), and mefloquine (IC50 5.48 nM); however, isolates were significantly more susceptible to chloroquine (IC50 167 nM), quinine (IC50 248 nM), and pyrimethamine (IC50 1,980 nM). These data suggest a lack of cross-resistance between pyronaridine and either chloroquine, quinine, or pyrimethamine. Using the same assay system the in vitro activity of pyronaridine was evaluated against isolates from treatment failures of mefloquine or enpiroline from eastern Thailand. The IC50 values for mefloquine against five recrudescent isolates were significantly higher (IC50 16.4 nM) than the field isolates collected from the same region (IC50 6.97 nM); however, there was no significant difference in the pyronaridine susceptibility between the isolates from the field study (IC50 8.89 nM) and the isolates from the treatment failures (IC50 8.40 nM). These observations suggest a lack of cross-resistance to mefloquine following treatment failure with either mefloquine or enpiroline. Using an in vitro assay based on the measurement of the inhibition of nucleic acid synthesis the high levels of antimalarial activity of pyronaridine was further evidenced by the comparatively low IC50 values of the drugs against two reference clones, D-6 African (IC50 4.73 nM) and the W-2 Indochina (IC50 15.4 nM).

Accepted for publication July 6, 1987.






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