cipargamin   Click here for help

GtoPdb Ligand ID: 9721

Synonyms: KAE609 | NITD609
Antimalarial Ligand
Compound class: Synthetic organic
Comment: Cipargamin is an antimalarial drug candidate, under clinical development. It is the optimised lead for the spiroindolones, a novel class of compounds identified from a phenotypic screen as having antimalarial activity [3,9] and awarded MMV Project of the Year (2009).
The active enantiomer is shown here, with the 1R,3S configuration essential for antimalarial activity [3].

The Malaria tab on this ligand page provides additional curator comments of relevance to the Guide to MALARIA PHARMACOLOGY.
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2D Structure
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Physico-chemical Properties
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Hydrogen bond acceptors 3
Hydrogen bond donors 3
Rotatable bonds 0
Topological polar surface area 56.92
Molecular weight 389.05
XLogP 4.62
No. Lipinski's rules broken 0
SMILES / InChI / InChIKey
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Canonical SMILES CC1Cc2c3cc(F)c(cc3[nH]c2C2(N1)C(=O)Nc1c2cc(Cl)cc1)Cl
Isomeric SMILES C[C@H]1Cc2c3cc(F)c(cc3[nH]c2[C@@]2(N1)C(=O)Nc1c2cc(Cl)cc1)Cl
InChI InChI=1S/C19H14Cl2FN3O/c1-8-4-11-10-6-14(22)13(21)7-16(10)23-17(11)19(25-8)12-5-9(20)2-3-15(12)24-18(19)26/h2-3,5-8,23,25H,4H2,1H3,(H,24,26)/t8-,19+/m0/s1
InChI Key CKLPLPZSUQEDRT-WPCRTTGESA-N
Guide to Malaria Pharmacology Comments
Cipargamin has potent activity against the asexual blood stages of P. falciparum and P. vivax [3] and potential as a transmission-blocking therapy with a study reporting that the drug inhibits gametocytogenesis and blocks P. falciparum transmission to the Anopheles mosquito vector [7].

Potential Target/Mechanism Of Action: A number of studies have investigated the mechanism of action of cipargamin, with evidence from genetic experiments indicating Plasmodium non-SERCA-type Ca2+-transporting P-ATPase (PfATP4) may be the target [1,3].
Target Candidate Profiles
Profile Intended Use Target Stage Comment References
TCP-1 reduce parasite burden asexual blood stages
TCP-5 transmission reduction gametocytes