Targeted disruption of an erythrocyte binding antigen in Plasmodium falciparum is associated with a switch toward a sialic acid-independent pathway of invasion
AUTOR(ES)
Reed, Michael B.
FONTE
The National Academy of Sciences
RESUMO
Erythrocyte invasion by Plasmodium requires molecules present both on the merozoite surface and within the specialized organelles of the apical complex. The Plasmodium erythrocyte binding protein family includes the Plasmodium falciparum sialic acid-binding protein, EBA-175 (erythrocyte binding antigen-175), which binds sialic acid present on glycophorin A of human erythrocytes. We address the role of the conserved 3′-cysteine rich region, the transmembrane, and cytoplasmic domains through targeted gene disruption. Truncation of EBA-175 had no measurable effect on either the level of EBA-175 protein expression or its subcellular localization. Similarly, there appears to be no impairment in the ability of soluble EBA-175 to be released into the culture supernatant after schizont rupture. Additionally, the 3′-cys rich region, transmembrane, and cytoplasmic domains of EBA-175 are apparently non-essential for merozoite invasion. In contrast, erythrocyte invasion via the EBA-175/glycophorin A route appears to have been disrupted to such a degree that the mutant lines have undergone a stable switch in invasion phenotype. As such, EBA-175 appears to have been functionally inactivated within the truncation mutants. The sialic acid-independent invasion pathway within the mutant parasites accounts for approximately 85% of invasion into normal erythrocytes. These data demonstrate the ability of P. falciparum to utilize alternate pathways for invasion of red blood cells, a property that most likely provides a substantial survival advantage in terms of overcoming host receptor heterogeneity and/or immune pressure.
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