18 - Malaria Flashcards
What Drug?

SESQUITERPENE LACTONES
Artemisinin** & **ARTHEMETHER** & **Artesunate
artesunate is still investigational
Target
BLOOD SHIZONTS** & **YOUNG GAMETOCYTES
MoA:
Free Radical Formation = ENDEPEROXIDE
oxidative dmg to parasite’s membrane

Mefloquine

Class / Target / Use
- *4 - Substituted Quinolines**
- *4-chinoline-methanols**
BLOOD SCHIZONTS
Treatment for:
- P. falciparum** or *non-ID species in areas with CQ RESISTANCE
- *Pregnant women** = Mefloquine + Clindamycin
Prevention for:
Long Trips
Chloroquine RESISTANCE
4-sub-quinine
Blood Schizonts Only
Spontaneous Gene Mutations
pfcrt transporter protein on digestive vacuole membrane
Plasmodium falciparum CQ resistance transporter
↑drug efflux against ION TRAPPING
↑Plasmodial P450 Metabolism
4-Substituted Quinolones
&
Their TARGET?
BLOOD SCHIZONTS
can only treat the ACTIVE FORM in BLOOD, not dormant liver form

Quinine
Chloroquine
Mefloquine
Halofantrine
Atovaquone + Proguanil
for Prevention of Malaria
Use / Dosing / CI’s
Last Minute & short Trips
Prior to Travel: 1-2 DAYS
After Travel: 7 Days
250/100mg one tablet a day
CI’s
PREGNANCY / BREASTFEEDING (infant < 5kg)
RENAL Impairment
What Drug?

- *Atovaquone**
- *UBIQUINONE REDUCTASE INHIBITOR** –> collapse of mitochondrial membrane potential
What Malaria Drug?

ANTIFOLATE
PYRIMETHAMINE
used typically in combination with Sulfadoxine
Target only:
BLOOD SHIZONTS

Quinine

Class / Target / Use
- *4 - Substituted Quinolines**
- *4-chinoline-methanols**
BLOOD SCHIZONTS
Essential Stereoconfiguration
8S - 9R = Quinine
8R - 9S = Quinidine
quinidine for MORE SEVERE malaria forms
Treatment for:
- *P. Falciparum** or non-ID species in CQ resistant areas
- *Quinine Sulfate + Doxy/Tetra**
Uncomplicated vs SEVERE
Malaria
Uncomplicated = Severe Cold Symptoms
Severe Malaria:
Parasitemia > 5%
Hemoglobinuria / Jaundice / ANEMIA
Impaired Conciousness + Coma
Renal Failure / Respiratory Distress / HypoTension
Convulsions / Bleeding / Intravascular coagulation
How do we get the drug into the food vacuole of plasmodium?
4-Sub-Quinolines
ION TRAPPING
Food Vacoules = ACIDIC (5.5pH)
drug = BASIC –> move towards acidic pH & become protonated
Malaria Life Cycle
in
HUMANS
- Female anopheles –> blood meal
- Sporozoites enters with saliva
- Enter human liver & divide
- burst out –> MEROZITES in blood stream
-
Merozites enter RBC’s & replicate
- burst out & re-infect RBCs = MALARIA FEVER
-
Some intracellular merozites develop into:
- sexual forms = GAMETOCYTES
- –> ingested by ANOTHER MOSQUITO
What drugs can be used for the
PREVENTION OF MALARIA
Longer Trips
Chloroquine & Mefloquine
Short Trip
Doxycycline
Last Minute / Short
Atovaquone + Proguanil
Preventing P. Vivax
Primaquine
ARTEMISINS
DRUGS & TARGET
Artemisinin** & **ARTHEMETHER** & **Artesunate
artesunate is still investigational
Target
BLOOD SHIZONTS** & **YOUNG GAMETOCYTES
MoA:
Free Radical Formation = ENDEPEROXIDE
oxidative dmg to parasite’s membrane

8-Substituted Quinolines = PRIMAQUINE
MoA
Generation of:
ROS
via autooxidation of 8-amino group
H2O2 / Superoxide / Hydroxyl Radical
VV
Oxidative Cell Damage
How can P.vivax and P. ovale escape drug treatment?
(M. Tertiana)
- *DORMANT LIVER FORMS**
- *HYPNOZOITES**
- *1st Line Quinolones –> blood schizonts only**
- ineffective vs dormant hepatic stage*
To Prevent RELAPSE:
Primaquine = 8-subquinolone
Chloroquine = CQ

Class / Target / Use
- *4 - Substituted Quinolines**
- *4-chinoline-AMINE**
BLOOD SCHIZONTS
Treatment for:
- CQ Sensitive** P. Falciparum or Non-ID species *_w/o CQ resistance_
- *P. Malariae_ & _P. Knowlesi**
- *P. Vivax_/_Ovale** taken with Primaquine Phos
- *Pregnant Women**
Prevention for:
Longer Trips
Chloroquine
for Prevention of Malaria
Use / Dosing / CI’s
Longer Trips
Prior to Travel: 1-2 Weeks
After Travel: 4 weeks
600mg (300mg base) on exact same day of each week
CI’s
- *VISON PROBLEMS**
- irreversible retinal dmg may occur with PROLONGED treatment*
Treatment of Malaria
P. Vivax & P. Ovale
Relapsing
M. Tertiana
CQ + PP
- *ChloroQuine Phosphate_ + _Primaquine Phosphate**
- except for certain areas*
for 2 Weeks
Mefloquine
for Prevention of Malaria
Use / Dosing / CI’s
Longer Trips
Prior to Travel: 2-3 Weeks
After Travel: 4 weeks
250mg (228mg base) on exact same day of each week
CI’s
MENTAL ADR + TINGLING FEET & FINGERS
SEIZURES
cardiac conduction / PREGNANCY
8-Substituted Quinolones
&
Their TARGET?
LIVER Hypnozoites & Schizonts
- *BLOOD Gametocides**
- does NOT work on BLOOD SCHIZONTS*
- *PRIMAQUINE**
- do NOT give to pregnant women*

PRIMAQUINE
for Prevention of Malaria
Use / Dosing / CI’s
Preventing P. VIVAX
good for places with >90% P. Vivax
Prior to Travel: 1-2 DAYS
After Travel: 7 DAYS
30mg QD
CI’s
G6PD DEFICIENCY –> NEED TESTING
PREGNANCY & BREASTFEEDING
PYRIMETHAMINE
Class / Target / Uses
DHFR Inhibitor = Antifolate
Blood Schizonts
Used in combination with:
Sulfadoxine** + **Pyrimethamine = FANSIDAR
Treatment & Prevention for:
QC-RESISTANT MALARIA
Used with quinine
If the diagnosis of malaria is suspected and cannot be confirmed,
or
if the diagnosis is confirmed but species determination is not possible
treat against
- *CQ-RESISTANT P.F**
- *immediately**
Treatment of Malaria
PREGNANT WOMAN
can NOT use PRIMAQUINE
ChloroQuine
or
Mefloquine + Clindamycin
For P.Vivax & Ovale:
maintain with CQ prophylaxis during pregnancy
then Primaquine AFTER delivery
if Severe –> use Parenteral treatment
Treatment of Malaria
SEVERE
Require IV THERAPY
QuiniDINE Gluconate IV
for 24 h+ (Parasitemia < 1%)
(if not available –> Artesunate)
THEN
Oral:
QuinineorAtovaquone-GuanilorArtemether-Lumefantrine
What organisms cause Malaria?
Vector = FEMALE ANOPHELES MOSQUITO
plasmodium genus
FOVM-k
- *P. Falciparum**
- *M. Tropica** = fulminating disease
- *P. Vivax / Ovale**
- *M. Tertiana** = RELAPSING
- *P. Malariae**
- *M. QUARTana**
P.Knowlesi = ZOONOTIC –> monkey transmition
DHFR Inhibitor = Antifolates
TARGET
PYRIMETHAMINE
used typically in combination with Sulfadoxine
Target only:
BLOOD SHIZONTS

What Drug?

Proguanil
inhibit the enzyme DHFR (anti-folate)
Guanidine Derivative
Doxycycline
for Prevention of Malaria
Use / Dosing / CI’s
SHORT Trips
Prior to Travel: 1-2 DAYS
After Travel: 4 weeks
100mg/daily
CI’s
Pregnancy / Children <8 y/o / SUN EXPOSURE
MoA:
- *impairs reporduction of malaria specific plastids**
- *only Prophylaxis** not treatment
Malaria Life Cycle
in
MOSQUITO
- Mosquito blood meal
- –> ingest GAMETOZYTES
-
Male + Female –> form zygote in GI of mosquito
- mature to mobile form = OOKINETE
-
Ookinte –> migrates to cell wall of gut
- matures into OOCYST
-
Oocyst replicates new sporoids
-
ruptures –> releases SPOROZOITES
- SALIVA GLANDS –> human infection
-
ruptures –> releases SPOROZOITES
If malaria infection occurred despite use of a preventive drug…
that DRUG should NOT be used
in part of the
treatment regimen
Quinidine

Class / Target / Use
- *4 - Substituted Quinolines**
- *4-chinoline-methanols**
BLOOD SCHIZONTS
Essential Stereoconfiguration
8S - 9R = Quinine
8R - 9S = Quinidine
quinidine for MORE SEVERE malaria forms
Treatment for:
SEVERE MALARIA – IV Quinidine Gluconate
MALARONE
Atovaquone / Proguanil
MoA / Uses
- *Atovaquone**
- *UBIQUINONE REDUCTASE INHIBITOR** –> collapse of mitochondrial membrane potential
- *Proguanil**
- inhibit the enzyme* DHFR (anti-folate)
Target only BLOOD SCHIZONTS
for
CQ Resistant & Multidrug Resistant
P. Falciparum**&**P.Vivax
Treatment of Malaria
CQ sensitive P. falciparum
or
species not identified in areas w/o CQ resistance
ChloroQuine Phosphate
CQ
600mg base @0h
300mg base @6/24/48h
Treatment of Malaria
P. falciparum
or
species not identified in area WITH CQ RESISTANCE
Atovaquone - Proguanil
or
Artemether-Lumefantrine
or
Quinine Sulfate + Doxycycline or Tetracycline
or
Mefloquine
Which Malaria drug can cause:
VISION PROBLEMS?
CHLOROQUINE
used for
Long Trips - Prevention of Malaria
irreversibal retinal dmg with prolonged treatment
Which Malaria drug can cause:
Mental Side Effects & Tingling Feet/Fingers?
MEFLOQUINE
used for
Long Trips - Prevention of Malaria
Also:
SEUIZURES
Cardiac Conduction Problems
PREGNANCY
Treatment of Malaria
P. malariae & P. Knowlesi
CQ resistance is UNUSUAL for these species
ChloroQuine Phosphate
CQ
or
same treatment for CQ resistant
Halofantrine

Class / Target / Use
- *4 - Substituted Quinolines**
- *4-chinoline-methanols**
BLOOD SCHIZONTS
- *Same use as Mefloquine?**
- both are 4-chinoline methanols*
MoA of
4- Sub Quinolines
Quinine / Quinidine
Mefloquine / Halofantrine / Chloroquine (CQ)
-
Hemoglobin –> food vacuoles of Plasmodium
-
digestion (protein) –> source of Amino Acids
- also HEME = TOXIC TO PLASMODIUM CELLS
-
digestion (protein) –> source of Amino Acids
-
HEME DETOXIFICATION
- Heme –> HEMOZOIN, not toxic**
Quinolines bind to HEMAZOIN
aromatic system binds via p-bonds to porphyrin nucleus
blockage of polymer extention & ↑Toxic Heme
VVV
CELL DEATH