A subset of Plasmodium falciparum SERA genes are expressed and appear to play an important role in the erythrocytic cycle.

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ID Serval
serval:BIB_5152D0F83BA5
Type
Article: article d'un périodique ou d'un magazine.
Collection
Publications
Titre
A subset of Plasmodium falciparum SERA genes are expressed and appear to play an important role in the erythrocytic cycle.
Périodique
Journal of Biological Chemistry
Auteur⸱e⸱s
Miller S.K., Good R.T., Drew D.R., Delorenzi M., Sanders P.R., Hodder A.N., Speed T.P., Cowman A.F., de Koning-Ward T.F., Crabb B.S.
ISSN
0021-9258 (Print)
ISSN-L
0021-9258
Statut éditorial
Publié
Date de publication
2002
Volume
277
Numéro
49
Pages
47524-47532
Langue
anglais
Résumé
The Plasmodium falciparum serine repeat antigen (SERA) has shown considerable promise as a blood stage vaccine for the control of malaria. A related protein, SERPH, has also been described in P. falciparum. Whereas their biological role remains unknown, both proteins possess papain-like protease domains that may provide attractive targets for therapeutic intervention. Genomic sequencing has recently shown that SERA and SERPH are the fifth and sixth genes, respectively, in a cluster of eight SERA homologues present on chromosome 2. In this paper, the expression and functional relevance of these eight genes and of a ninth SERA homologue found on chromosome 9 were examined in blood stage parasites. Using reverse transcriptase-PCR and microarray approaches, we demonstrate that whereas mRNA to all nine SERA genes is synthesized late in the erythrocytic cycle, it is those genes in the central region of the chromosome 2 cluster that are substantially up-regulated at this time. Using antibodies specific to each SERA, it was apparent that SERA4 to -6, and possibly also SERA9, are synthesized in blood stage parasites. The reactivity of antibodies from malaria-immune individuals with the SERA recombinant proteins suggested that SERA2 and SERA3 are also expressed at least in some parasite populations. To examine whether SERA genes are essential to blood stage growth, each of the eight chromosome 2 SERA genes was targeted for disruption. Whereas genes at the periphery of the cluster were mostly dispensable (SERA2 and -3 and SERA7 and -8), those in the central region (SERA4 to -6) could not be disrupted. The inability to disrupt SERA4, -5, and -6 is consistent with their apparent dominant expression and implies an important role for these genes in maintenance of the erythrocytic cycle.
Mots-clé
Animals, Antigens, Protozoan/biosynthesis, Antigens, Protozoan/genetics, Blotting, Southern, Blotting, Western, Chromosomes, DNA/metabolism, Electrophoresis, Polyacrylamide Gel, Erythrocytes/metabolism, Erythrocytes/parasitology, Female, Fluorescent Antibody Technique, Indirect, Glutathione Transferase/metabolism, Mice, Mice, Inbred BALB C, Microscopy, Fluorescence, Models, Genetic, Multigene Family, Oligonucleotide Array Sequence Analysis, Plasmodium falciparum/genetics, Plasmodium falciparum/metabolism, Protein Structure, Tertiary, Rabbits, Recombinant Proteins/metabolism, Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction, Time Factors, Transfection
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Web of science
Open Access
Oui
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