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In‐vitroantileishmanial potential of peptide drug hirudin
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Hirudin is clinically an important drug used for the treatment of cardiac diseases, but has never been elucidated for antileishmanial potential. This study was designed to determine the therapeutic utility of hirudin against leishmaniasis. Binding affinities of 28 potent proteinase inhibitors were screened computationally against leishmanolysin (GP63), out of which hirudin exhibited higher binding affinity withGP63 and good expectedIC50values. Experimentally, hirudin showed most promising activity against promastigote and axenic amastigote forms of leishmanial parasites withIC50values of 0.60 ± 0.36 μg/mL and 0.43 ± 0.23 μg/mL, respectively, in a dose‐ and time‐dependent assay. The cytotoxicity assay revealed no adverse effects on human macrophages withLD50value of 860.11 ± 53.44 μg/mL. Hirudin caused leishmanial cell death mainly by apoptosis and membrane permeability. In spite of the basic knowledge obtained, hirudin mechanism is considerably less prone to the induction of resistance than classical drugs. Collectively, this study fosters further studies for the hirudin as new antileishmania lead with a new mode of action.
Title: In‐vitroantileishmanial potential of peptide drug hirudin
Description:
Hirudin is clinically an important drug used for the treatment of cardiac diseases, but has never been elucidated for antileishmanial potential.
This study was designed to determine the therapeutic utility of hirudin against leishmaniasis.
Binding affinities of 28 potent proteinase inhibitors were screened computationally against leishmanolysin (GP63), out of which hirudin exhibited higher binding affinity withGP63 and good expectedIC50values.
Experimentally, hirudin showed most promising activity against promastigote and axenic amastigote forms of leishmanial parasites withIC50values of 0.
60 ± 0.
36 μg/mL and 0.
43 ± 0.
23 μg/mL, respectively, in a dose‐ and time‐dependent assay.
The cytotoxicity assay revealed no adverse effects on human macrophages withLD50value of 860.
11 ± 53.
44 μg/mL.
Hirudin caused leishmanial cell death mainly by apoptosis and membrane permeability.
In spite of the basic knowledge obtained, hirudin mechanism is considerably less prone to the induction of resistance than classical drugs.
Collectively, this study fosters further studies for the hirudin as new antileishmania lead with a new mode of action.
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