ANTHELMINTIC ACTIVITY OF DIOXAPYRROLOMYCIN

Dioxapyrrolomycin, pyrrolomycin C, pyrrolomycin D, and piericidin C2 produced by UC 11065 were evaluated as anthelmintics. Assays used to examine these compounds included effects on the free-living nematode Caenorhabditis elegans, ability to clear target nematodes (Haemonchus contortus and Trichostr...

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Published in:Journal of antibiotics 1992/06/25, Vol.45(6), pp.977-983
Main Authors: CONDER, GEORGE A., ZIELINSKI, RAYMOND J., JOHNSON, SANDRA S., KUO, MING-SHANG T., COX, DEBBIE L., MARSHALL, VINCENT P., HABER, CHRISTOPHER L., DIROMA, PETER J., NELSON, STEPHEN J., CONKLIN, RICHARD D., LEE, B. LAMAR, GEARY, TIMOTHY G., ROTHWELL, J. T., SANGSTER, N. C.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Actinomycetales - metabolism
Animals
Anthelmintics - isolation & purification
Anthelmintics - pharmacology
Anti-Bacterial Agents - isolation & purification
Anti-Bacterial Agents - pharmacology
Antibiotics. Antiinfectious agents. Antiparasitic agents
Antiparasitic agents
Biological and medical sciences
Medical sciences
Pharmacology. Drug treatments
Pyrroles - isolation & purification
Pyrroles - pharmacology
Sheep
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Summary:Dioxapyrrolomycin, pyrrolomycin C, pyrrolomycin D, and piericidin C2 produced by UC 11065 were evaluated as anthelmintics. Assays used to examine these compounds included effects on the free-living nematode Caenorhabditis elegans, ability to clear target nematodes (Haemonchus contortus and Trichostrongylus colubriformis) from jirds, and clearance of Haemonchus contortus from lambs. A crude extract of UC 11065 containing dioxapyrrolomycin, pyrrolomycin C, pyrrolomycin D, and piericidin C2 was active against C. elegans and against H. contortus in the jird. Purified and/or synthetic samples of dioxapyrrolomycin, pyrrolomycin C, pyrrolomycin D, and piericidin C2 were tested in the jird model; only dioxapyrrolomycin exhibited appreciable activity against H. contortus ( ≥ 90.9% clearance at 0.33 mg/jird), while none of the compounds showed appreciable activity against T. colubriformis. Dioxapyrrolomycin cleared 99.9% of H. contortus from lambs at 12.5 mg/kg. An in vitro migration study using susceptible and closantel-resistant H. contortus showed there is cross-resistance between dioxapyrrolomycin and closantel. Dioxapyrrolomycin appears to be a narrow-spectrum anthelmintic which works through a closantel-like mode-of-action.
ISSN:0021-8820
1881-1469
DOI:10.7164/antibiotics.45.977