Razzaq Sarah, Olmo Francisco, Lakshminarayana Suresh B, Ying-Bo Chen, Jayawardhana Shiromani, Rao Srinivasa P S, Kelly John M, A F Francisco
Department of Infection Biology, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom.
Department of Parasitology, Faculty of Sciences, University of Granada, Granada, Andalusia, Spain.
Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 2025 May 7;69(5):e0013525. doi: 10.1128/aac.00135-25. Epub 2025 Apr 14.
Cardiomyopathy is the most common pathology associated with infection. Reports that statins have both cardioprotective and trypanocidal activity have generated interest in their potential as a therapeutic treatment. Using a highly sensitive bioluminescent mouse model, we show that a 5-day treatment with statins has no significant impact on parasite load. The free systemic concentrations fail to reach the level required for potency. Hence, clinical trials to investigate the trypanocidal activity of statins lack experimental justification.
心肌病是与感染相关的最常见病理状况。有报道称他汀类药物具有心脏保护和杀锥虫活性,这引发了人们对其作为治疗方法潜力的兴趣。我们使用高度敏感的生物发光小鼠模型表明,他汀类药物为期5天的治疗对寄生虫负荷没有显著影响。全身游离浓度未能达到有效所需水平。因此,研究他汀类药物杀锥虫活性的临床试验缺乏实验依据。