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Abstract
Methods: In vitro whole organism assays were used to assess the anti-schistosomal activity of 39 Homo sapiens Lysine Specific Demethylase 1 (HsLSD1) inhibitors on different parasite life cycle stages. Moreover, tissue-specific stains and genomic analysis shed light on the effect of these small molecules on the parasite biology.
Results: Amongst this collection of small molecules, compound 33 was the most potent in reducing ex vivo viabilities of schistosomula, juveniles, miracidia and adults. At its sub-lethal concentration to adults (3.13 µM), compound 33 also significantly impacted oviposition, ovarian as well as vitellarian architecture and gonadal/neoblast stem cell proliferation. ATAC-seq analysis of adults demonstrated that compound 33 significantly affected chromatin structure (intragenic regions > intergenic regions), especially in genes differentially expressed in cell populations (e.g., germinal stem cells, hes2+ stem cell progeny, S1 cells and late female germinal cells) associated with these ex vivo phenotypes. KEGG analyses further highlighted that chromatin structure of genes associated with sugar metabolism as well as TGF-beta and Wnt signalling were also significantly perturbed by compound 33 treatment.
Conclusions: This work confirms the importance of histone methylation in S. mansoni lifecycle transitions, suggesting that evaluation of LSD1 - targeting epi-drugs may facilitate the search for next-generation anti-schistosomal drugs. The ability of compound 33 to modulate chromatin structure as well as inhibit parasite survival, oviposition and stem cell proliferation warrants further investigations of this compound and its epigenetic target SmLSD1.
Original language | English |
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Article number | 146 |
Number of pages | 29 |
Journal | Wellcome Open Research |
Volume | 8 |
Issue number | 146 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 30 Mar 2023 |
Keywords
- anthelmintics
- ATAC-seq
- epigenetics
- Lysine Specific Demethylase 1
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WormassayGP2
Padalino, G. & Pagliuca, G., Zenodo, 03 Jul 2020
DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.3929417, https://zenodo.org/record/3929417
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Chemical modulation of Schistosoma mansoni lysine specific demethylase 1 (SmLSD1) induces wide-scale biological and epigenomic changes - Supplementary Figures
Padalino, G., Celatka, C. A., Young Rienhoff Jr, H., Kalin, J. H., A Cole, P., Lassalle, D., Forde-Thomas, J., Chalmers, I. W., Brancale, A., Grunau, C. & Hoffmann, K. F., figshare, 05 Mar 2023
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Chemical modulation of Schistosoma mansoni lysine specific demethylase 1 (SmLSD1) induces wide-scale biological and epigenomic changes - Supplementary tables and movies
Padalino, G., Celatka, C. A., Young Rienhoff Jr, H., Kalin, J. H., Cole, P. A., Lassalle, D., Forde-Thomas, J., Chalmers, I. W., Brancale, A., Grunau, C. & Hoffmann, K. F., figshare, 04 Jan 2023
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.21814623
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Flatworm functional genomics initiative- FUGI
Hoffmann, K. (PI)
01 Oct 2015 → 31 Mar 2022
Project: Externally funded research
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Aberystwyth University Researchers Reveal New Findings on Nucleoproteins [Chemical modulation of Schistosoma mansoni lysine specific demethylase 1 (SmLSD1) induces wide-scale biological and epigenomic changes [version 1; peer review: 2 approved]]
10 Aug 2023
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