On 2014 Nov 05, Gary Ward commented:

This is a beautiful and clear demonstration of how Toxoplasma gondii can serve as both a useful model organism for the study of other apicomplexan parasites, and powerful surrogate system for small molecule screening. By complementing TgCDPK3 with Plasmodium falciparum CDPK1 (PfCDPK1), the group was able to confirm the functional localization dependence of PfCDPK1 and identify compounds that inhibit both PfCDPK1 and TgCDPK3, as well as those that inhibit PfCDPK1 alone. This work and the work of Sharling et al. PLOS Negl Trop Dis [2010] 4: e794 and others provide good examples of how studying T. gondii may be useful to understanding other apicomplexan parasites from a drug development standpoint.

Posted by Gary Ward on behalf of the University of Vermont Toxoplasma Journal Club (UVM ToxoJC); members include Sam Ashley, Jenna Foderaro, Anne Kelsen, Shruthi Krishnamurthy, Jacqueline Leung, Pramod Rompikuntal & Gary Ward

On 2014 Nov 05, Gary Ward commented:

This is a beautiful and clear demonstration of how Toxoplasma gondii can serve as both a useful model organism for the study of other apicomplexan parasites, and powerful surrogate system for small molecule screening. By complementing TgCDPK3 with Plasmodium falciparum CDPK1 (PfCDPK1), the group was able to confirm the functional localization dependence of PfCDPK1 and identify compounds that inhibit both PfCDPK1 and TgCDPK3, as well as those that inhibit PfCDPK1 alone. This work and the work of Sharling et al. PLOS Negl Trop Dis [2010] 4: e794 and others provide good examples of how studying T. gondii may be useful to understanding other apicomplexan parasites from a drug development standpoint.

Posted by Gary Ward on behalf of the University of Vermont Toxoplasma Journal Club (UVM ToxoJC); members include Sam Ashley, Jenna Foderaro, Anne Kelsen, Shruthi Krishnamurthy, Jacqueline Leung, Pramod Rompikuntal & Gary Ward