Resonance Raman spectroscopy can detect structural changes in haemozoin (malaria pigment) following incubation with chloroquine in infected erythrocytes.

Abstract:

:Resonance Raman spectroscopy was applied to monitor the effects of chloroquine (CQ) treatment on cultures of Plasmodium falciparum trophozoites. A number of bands assigned to A(1g) and B(1g) modes characteristic of the haemozoin aggregate are reduced in intensity in the CQ-treated cells, however, no bands from the CQ are observed. The intensity changes are attributed to intermolecular drug binding of the CQ in a sandwich type complex between ferriprotoporphyrin IX (FePPIX) dimer units. It is postulated that the CQ binds via pi-pi interactions between adjacent and orientated porphyrins thereby disrupting the haemozoin aggregate and reducing excitonic interactions between adjacent haems. The results show the potential of Raman microscopy as a screening tool for FePPIX:drug interactions in live cells.

journal_name

FEBS Lett

journal_title

FEBS letters

authors

Webster GT,Tilley L,Deed S,McNaughton D,Wood BR

doi

10.1016/j.febslet.2008.02.062

subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

2008-04-02 00:00:00

pages

1087-92

issue

7

eissn

0014-5793

issn

1873-3468

pii

S0014-5793(08)00180-4

journal_volume

582

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