論文

査読有り 国際誌
2018年2月27日

PV1, a novel Plasmodium falciparum merozoite dense granule protein, interacts with exported protein in infected erythrocytes.

Scientific reports
  • Masayuki Morita
  • Hikaru Nagaoka
  • Edward H Ntege
  • Bernard N Kanoi
  • Daisuke Ito
  • Takahiro Nakata
  • Ji-Won Lee
  • Kazuaki Tokunaga
  • Tadahiro Iimura
  • Motomi Torii
  • Takafumi Tsuboi
  • Eizo Takashima
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開始ページ
3696
終了ページ
3696
記述言語
英語
掲載種別
研究論文(学術雑誌)
DOI
10.1038/s41598-018-22026-0

Upon invasion, Plasmodium falciparum exports hundreds of proteins across its surrounding parasitophorous vacuole membrane (PVM) to remodel the infected erythrocyte. Although this phenomenon is crucial for the parasite growth and virulence, elucidation of precise steps in the export pathway is still required. A translocon protein complex, PTEX, is the only known pathway that mediates passage of exported proteins across the PVM. P. falciparum Parasitophorous Vacuolar protein 1 (PfPV1), a previously reported parasitophorous vacuole (PV) protein, is considered essential for parasite growth. In this study, we characterized PfPV1 as a novel merozoite dense granule protein. Structured illumination microscopy (SIM) analyses demonstrated that PfPV1 partially co-localized with EXP2, suggesting the protein could be a PTEX accessory molecule. Furthermore, PfPV1 and exported protein PTP5 co-immunoprecipitated with anti-PfPV1 antibody. Surface plasmon resonance (SPR) confirmed the proteins' direct interaction. Additionally, we identified a PfPV1 High-affinity Region (PHR) at the C-terminal side of PTP5 where PfPV1 dominantly bound. SIM analysis demonstrated an export arrest of PTP5ΔPHR, a PTP5 mutant lacking PHR, suggesting PHR is essential for PTP5 export to the infected erythrocyte cytosol. The overall results suggest that PfPV1, a novel dense granule protein, plays an important role in protein export at PV.

リンク情報
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-018-22026-0
PubMed
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29487358
PubMed Central
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5829233
ID情報
  • DOI : 10.1038/s41598-018-22026-0
  • PubMed ID : 29487358
  • PubMed Central 記事ID : PMC5829233

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