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ArticleMalaria journal2018

Comparative 1D Blue-Native electrophoresis analysis of Plasmodium falciparum and human proteins associated with cytoadherence.

Yang Wu, Simon C Wagstaff, Saeed A Al-Harthi, Alister G Craig

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Article in Malaria journal, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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4 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Yang WuLiverpool School of Tropical Medicine, Pembroke Place, Liverpool, L3 5QA, UK.
Simon C WagstaffLiverpool School of Tropical Medicine, Pembroke Place, Liverpool, L3 5QA, UK.
Saeed A Al-HarthiDepartment of Parasitology, Faculty of Medicine, Umm AL-Qura University, Makkah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
Alister G CraigLiverpool School of Tropical Medicine, Pembroke Place, Liverpool, L3 5QA, UK. alister.craig@lstmed.ac.uk.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0914-6164
Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine · GBUmm al-Qura University · SA

Funding

Medical Research Council MC_PC_16052Wellcome TrustWellcome Trust 095507/Z/11/Z
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundTo understand more about changes to the molecular components that occur when host endothelium interacts with Plasmodium falciparum-infected erythrocytes, a combined technique of protein separation (1D Blue-Native electrophoresis) and mass spectrometry of infected erythrocytes with endothelial cells (EC) in a co-culture system has been used.

methodsNative proteins were extracted from co-cultures and identified by mass spectrometry. Proteomic data from different parasite strains, either adhesion proficient (to endothelial cells) or non-adherent, were analysed in parallel to reveal protein associations linked to cytoadherence. Informatic approaches were developed to facilitate this comparison.

resultsBlue-Native gel separation and LC/MS/MS identification revealed major differences in samples produced from endothelial cell co-culture with adherent and non-adherent parasite strains. This approach enabled us to identify protein associations seen only with the adhesion proficient parasite strain.

conclusionsThe combination of proteomic and analytical approaches has identified differences between adherent and non-adherent parasite lines in co-culture with EC, providing potential candidates for complexes or associations formed during cytoadherence involved in cell structure, signalling and apoptosis.

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Cell AdhesionElectrophoresisChromatography, LiquidCoculture TechniquesEndothelial CellsErythrocytesHumansPlasmodium falciparumProteomicsProtozoan ProteinsTandem Mass SpectrometryProtozoan ProteinsBlue native electrophoresisCytoadherencePlasmodium falciparumProtein complexes

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PMID30103779
PMCPMC6090645
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