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Investigation of the threonine metabolism of Echinococcus multilocularis: the threonine dehydrogenase as a potential drug target in alveolar echinococcosis

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Kaethner, Marc
Zumstein, Pascal
Müller, Joachim
Preza Pérez, Matías Facundo
Grossenbacher, Philipp
Bartetzko, Anissa
Vetter, Laura
Lochner, Martin
Schürch, Stefan
Regnault, Clement
Villalobos Ramírez, Daniel
Lundström-Stadelmann, Britta

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Echinococcus multilocularis
Cestode
Threonine metabolism
Target-based screening
Disulfiram
Sanguinarine

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2025

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Alveolar echinococcosis (AE) is a severe zoonotic disease caused by the metacestode stage of the fox tapeworm Echinococcus multilocularis. We recently showed that E. multilocularis metacestode vesicles scavenge large amounts of L-threonine from the culture medium. This motivated us to study the effect of L-threonine on the parasite and how it is metabolized. We established a novel metacestode vesicle growth assay with an automated readout, which showed that L-threonine treatment led to significantly increased parasite growth. In addition, L- threonine increased the formation of novel metacestode vesicles from primary parasite cell cultures in contrast to the non-proteinogenic threonine analog 3-hydroxynorvaline. Tracing of [U-13C]-L-threonine and metabolites in metacestode vesicles and culture medium resulted in the detection of [U-13C]-labeling in aminoacetone and glycine, indicating that L-threonine was metabolized by threonine dehydrogenase (TDH). EmTDH-mediated threonine metabolism in the E. multilocularis metacestode stage was further confirmed by quantitative real-time PCR, which demonstrated high expression of emtdh in in vitro cultured metacestode vesicles and also in metacestode samples obtained from infected animals. EmTDH was enzymatically active in metacestode vesicle extracts. The compounds disulfiram, myricetin, quercetin, sanguinarine, and seven quinazoline carboxamides were evaluated for their ability to inhibit recombinantly expressed EmTDH. The most potent inhibitors, albeit not very strong or highly specific, were disulfiram, myricetin and sanguinarine. These compounds were subsequently tested for activity against E. multilocularis metacestode vesicles and primary parasite cells and only sanguinarine demonstrated significant in vitro activity. However, TDH is not its only cellular target, and it is also known to be highly toxic. Our findings suggest that additional targets of sanguinarine should be explored, and that it may serve as a foundation for developing more specific compounds against the parasite. Moreover, the EmTDH assay could be a valuable high-throughput, target-based platform for discovering novel anti-echinococcal compounds.

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International Journal for Parasitology: Drugs and Drug Resistance, 2025, 27: 100581.

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Kaethner, M, Zumstein, P, Müller, J [y otros autores]. "Investigation of the threonine metabolism of Echinococcus multilocularis: the threonine dehydrogenase as a potential drug target in alveolar echinococcosis". International Journal for Parasitology: Drugs and Drug Resistance. [en línea] 2025, 27: 100581. 15 h. DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpddr.2025.100581

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