2019 Fiscal Year Final Research Report
Development of a new immunostimulatory drug for non-haemolytic alternative to PQ.
| Project/Area Number |
18K19394
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Challenging Research (Exploratory)
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| Allocation Type | Multi-year Fund |
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| Review Section |
Medium-sized Section 47:Pharmaceutical sciences and related fields
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| Research Institution | Kanazawa University |
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Principal Investigator |
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| Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) |
伊従 光洋 金沢大学, 薬学系, 准教授 (20608351)
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| Project Period (FY) |
2018-06-29 – 2020-03-31
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| Keywords | 三日熱マラリア / プリマキン / 自然免疫 / バキュロウルス |
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| Outline of Final Research Achievements |
Baculovirus (BV)-induced innate immunity completely kills liver-stage parasites using IFN-aRKO and IFN-gRKO mice. As primaquine (PQ) is the only licensed drug for the radical cure of P. vivax hypnozoites, we compared the elimination effects of BV with those of PQ. Treatment with PQ could not exclude liver-stage parasites. Treatment with BV proves to be more effective than PQ. BV effectively induces fast-acting innate immune responses that provide powerful first lines of both defensive and offensive attacks against pre-erythrocytic parasites. Our results illustrate the potential of BV as a new potent prophylactic and therapeutic immunostimulatory agent against pre-erythrocytic stage parasites.
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| Free Research Field |
感染症、マラリア、治療薬
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| Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements |
三日熱マラリアの根治治療に使用されている唯一の薬プリマキンは、多くの禁忌、副作用があり三日熱マラリアコントロールの障害となっている。BVが誘導する自然免疫応答が肝臓期マラリア原虫に対して強力な殺傷効果を発揮するメカニズムを一部解明できたことは、BVを利用したプリマキンに替わる新しいコンセプトの抗マラリア新薬の開発につながる。
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