New drugs are urgently needed for effective and non-toxic chemotherapy of widespread human diseases like malaria and cancer. We are blending chemical insights and synthesis skills with biological testing in vitro and then, for the most promising new chemical entities, in vivo to establish efficacy and safety. This interdisciplinary research characterizes our program at Hopkins for practical preclincial development of new drug candidates for chemotherapy of malaria and cancer. Based on our good mechanistic and synthetic progress with anti-infective and anticancer peroxides like the natural trioxane artemisinin and some of its dinners, we propose the following five research goals for the next five years: (1) to design, prepare, and evaluate new, structurally simple, easily prepared, inexpensive, potent and safe (a) monomeric synthetic endoperoxides; (b) dimeric synthetic endoperoxides (2) to design, prepare, and evaluate new, potent, and safe semi-synthetic dimers prepared (a) from dihydroartemisinin acetate; (b) from artemisinin-9-en-10-aldehyde (3) to determine the molecular mechanism of action of our most promising dimeric endoperoxides and trioxanes. As synthetic and medicinal chemists, we are in a unique position to make fundamental advances in molecular parasitology and oncology specifically concerning mechanism of action aid improved therapeutic aspects of easily prepared and relatively inexpensive new peroxides as antimalarial and anticancer drug candidates. ? ?

Agency
National Institute of Health (NIH)
Institute
National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID)
Type
Method to Extend Research in Time (MERIT) Award (R37)
Project #
2R37AI034885-13
Application #
6965274
Study Section
Special Emphasis Panel (ZRG1-DDR (01))
Program Officer
Coyne, Philip Edward
Project Start
1994-01-01
Project End
2010-12-31
Budget Start
2006-01-01
Budget End
2006-12-31
Support Year
13
Fiscal Year
2006
Total Cost
$400,468
Indirect Cost
Name
Johns Hopkins University
Department
Chemistry
Type
Schools of Arts and Sciences
DUNS #
001910777
City
Baltimore
State
MD
Country
United States
Zip Code
21218
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