New Compound Sets Identified from High Throughput Phenotypic Screening Against Three Kinetoplastid Parasites: An Open Resource
12 03 15- Filed In:hit identification
The GSK high-throughput screening group at Tres Cantos and collaborators have just published DOI the results of whole-cell phenotypic screens against the three kinetoplastids most relevant to human disease, i.e. Leishmania donovani, Trypanosoma cruzi and Trypanosoma brucei. Three anti-kinetoplastid chemical boxes of ~200 compounds each were assembled. Functional analyses of these compounds suggest a wide array of potential modes of action against kinetoplastid kinases, proteases and cytochromes as well as potential host-pathogen targets. The compound sets are provided as an open resource for the scientific community.