RESEARCH ARTICLE Emodepside targets SLO-1 channels of Onchocerca ochengi and induces broad anthelmintic effects in a bovine model of onchocerciasis 1 2 3¤ Germanus S. BahID , Sebastian SchneckenerID , Steffen R. Hahnel , Nicolas 1 3 3 4 5 H. BayangID , Helena FieselerID , Gabriele M. Schmuck , Ralph Krebber , Anouk Sarr , 6 1 1 1 Carsten TerjungID , Henrietta F. NgangyungID , David D. Ekale , Youssouf M. Mfopit , 5 7 1,8 a1111111111 Lucien RufenerID , John Graham-BrownID , Vincent N. TanyaID , Martin Glenschek- 9 3¤ 7 a1111111111 SieberthID , Daniel Kulke , Benjamin L. MakepeaceID * a1111111111 1 Institut de Recherche Agricole pour le DeÂveloppement, Centre ReÂgional de Wakwa, NgaoundeÂreÂ, a1111111111 Cameroun, 2 Bayer AG, Engineering & Technology, Applied Mathematics, Leverkusen, Germany, 3 Bayer a1111111111 Animal Health GmbH, Drug Discovery & External Innovation, Monheim am Rhein, Germany, 4 Bayer AG, Crop Science Division, Research & Development-Regulatory Science-Human Safety-Residue Analysis, Monheim am Rhein, Germany, 5 INVENesis Sarl, St-Blaise (NE), Switzerland, 6 Bayer AG, Pharmaceuticals, DMPK, Wuppertal, Germany, 7 Institute of Infection, Veterinary and Ecological Sciences, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, United Kingdom, 8 Cameroon Academy of Sciences, YaoundeÂ, Cameroon, 9 Bayer AG, Pharmaceuticals, Wuppertal, Germany OPEN ACCESS Citation: Bah GS, Schneckener S, Hahnel SR, ¤ Current address: Elanco Animal Health, Monheim, Germany Bayang NH, Fieseler H, Schmuck GM, et al. (2021) *
[email protected] Emodepside targets SLO-1 channels of Onchocerca ochengi and induces broad anthelmintic effects in a bovine model of Abstract onchocerciasis. PLoS Pathog 17(6): e1009601. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.ppat.1009601 Onchocerciasis (river blindness), caused by the filarial worm Onchocerca volvulus, is a Editor: Makedonka Mitreva, Washington University neglected tropical disease mostly affecting sub-Saharan Africa and is responsible for >1.3 School of Medicine, UNITED STATES million years lived with disability.