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Background  Given the central importance of anti-malarial drugs in the treatment of malaria, there is a need to understand the effect of  Plasmodium  infection on the broad spectrum of drug metabolizing enzymes. Previous studies have shown reduced clearance of quinine, a treatment for  Plasmodium  infection, in individuals with malaria.    Methods  The hepatic expression of a large panel of drug metabolizing enzymes was studied in the livers of mice infected with the AS strain of  Plasmodium chabaudi chabaudi , a nonlethal parasite in most strains of mice with several features that model human  Plasmodium  infections. C57BL/6J mice were infected with  P. chabaudi  by intraperitoneal injection of infected erythrocytes and sacrificed at different times after infection. Relative hepatic mRNA levels of various drug metabolizing enzymes, cytokines and acute phase proteins were measured by reverse transcriptase-real time PCR. Relative levels of cytochrome P450 proteins were measured by Western blotting with IR-dye labelled antibodies. Pharmacokinetics of 5 prototypic cytochrome P450 substrate drugs were measured by cassette dosing and high-resolution liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry. The results were analysed by MANOVA and post hoc univariate analysis of variance.    Results  The great majority of enzyme mRNAs were down-regulated, with the greatest effects occurring at the peak of parasitaemia 8 days post infection. Protein levels of cytochrome P450 enzymes in the Cyp 2b, 2c, 2d, 2e, 3a and 4a subfamilies were also down-regulated. Several distinct groups differing in their temporal patterns of regulation were identified. The cassette dosing study revealed that at the peak of parasitaemia, the clearances of caffeine, bupropion, tolbutamide and midazolam were markedly reduced by 60–70%.    Conclusions  These findings in a model of uncomplicated human malaria suggest that changes in drug clearance in this condition may be of sufficient magnitude to cause significant alterations in exposure and response of anti-malarial drugs and co-medications.    Electronic supplementary material  The online version of this article (10.1186/s12936-019-2860-5) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users.

A non-lethal malarial infection results in reduced drug metabolizing enzyme expression and drug clearance in mice