Evidence of promiscuous endothelial binding by Plasmodium falciparum-infected erythrocytes.

Claudia Esser, Anna Bachmann, Daniela Kuhn, Kathrin Schuldt, Birgit Förster, Meike Thiel, Jürgen May, Friedrich Koch-Nolte, María Yáñez-Mó, Francisco Sánchez-Madrid, Alfred H. Schinkel, Sirpa Jalkanen, Alister Craig, Iris Bruchhaus, Rolf D. Horstmann

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Abstract

The adhesion of infected red blood cells (iRBCs) to human endothelium is considered a key event in the pathogenesis of cerebral malaria and other life-threatening complications caused by the most prevalent malaria parasite Plasmodium falciparum. In the past 30 years, 14 endothelial receptors for iRBCs have been identified. Exposing 10 additional surface proteins of endothelial cells to a mixture of P. falciparum isolates from three Ghanaian malaria patients, we identified seven new iRBC receptors, all expressed in brain vessels. This finding strongly suggests that endothelial binding of P. falciparum iRBCs is promiscuous and may use a combination of endothelial surface moieties.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)701-708
Number of pages8
JournalCellular Microbiology
Volume16
Issue number5
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 1 May 2014

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