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ArticleNature communications2024

Population genomics and transcriptomics of Plasmodium falciparum in Cambodia and Vietnam uncover key components of the artemisinin resistance genetic background.

Sourav Nayak, Thomas J Peto, Michal Kucharski, Rupam Tripura, James J Callery, Duong Tien Quang Huy, Mathieu Gendrot, Dysoley Lek, Ho Dang Trung Nghia, Rob W van der Pluijm and 15 more

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Article in Nature communications, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 10 papers.

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10 citing papers in PubMed.

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5 · Who and what money

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25 authors.

Sourav Nayak *School of Biological Sciences, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, Singapore.
Thomas J Peto *Mahidol-Oxford Tropical Medicine Research Unit, Faculty of Tropical Medicine, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand.ORCID 0000-0003-3197-9891
Michal Kucharski *School of Biological Sciences, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, Singapore.ORCID 0000-0002-1505-5608
Rupam TripuraMahidol-Oxford Tropical Medicine Research Unit, Faculty of Tropical Medicine, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand.
James J CalleryMahidol-Oxford Tropical Medicine Research Unit, Faculty of Tropical Medicine, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand.ORCID 0000-0002-3218-2166
Duong Tien Quang HuySchool of Biological Sciences, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, Singapore.ORCID 0009-0004-6051-3200
Mathieu GendrotSchool of Biological Sciences, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, Singapore.
Dysoley LekCentre for Parasitology, Entomology and Malaria Control, Phnom Penh, Cambodia.
Ho Dang Trung NghiaOxford University Clinical Research Unit, Hospital for Tropical Diseases, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam.
Rob W van der PluijmMahidol-Oxford Tropical Medicine Research Unit, Faculty of Tropical Medicine, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand.
Nguyen DongKhanh Hoa Hospital for Tropical diseases, Ho Chi Minh City, Khanh Hoa province, Vietnam.
Le Thanh LongPhuoc Long Hospital, Ho Chi Minh City, Binh Phuoc province, Vietnam.
Ranitha VongpromekMahidol-Oxford Tropical Medicine Research Unit, Faculty of Tropical Medicine, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand.
Huy RekolAmsterdam UMC, University of Amsterdam, Department of Global Health, Amsterdam Institute for Global Health and Development, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
Nguyen Hoang ChauNational Institute for Public Health, Phnom Penh, Cambodia.ORCID 0000-0002-7826-3850
Olivo MiottoMahidol-Oxford Tropical Medicine Research Unit, Faculty of Tropical Medicine, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand.ORCID 0000-0001-8060-6771
Mavuto MukakaMahidol-Oxford Tropical Medicine Research Unit, Faculty of Tropical Medicine, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand.
Mehul DhordaMahidol-Oxford Tropical Medicine Research Unit, Faculty of Tropical Medicine, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand.
Lorenz von SeidleinMahidol-Oxford Tropical Medicine Research Unit, Faculty of Tropical Medicine, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand.ORCID 0000-0002-0282-6469
Mallika ImwongMahidol-Oxford Tropical Medicine Research Unit, Faculty of Tropical Medicine, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand.ORCID 0000-0003-0857-1855
Xavier RocaSchool of Biological Sciences, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, Singapore.
Nicholas P J DayMahidol-Oxford Tropical Medicine Research Unit, Faculty of Tropical Medicine, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand.
Nicholas J WhiteMahidol-Oxford Tropical Medicine Research Unit, Faculty of Tropical Medicine, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand.ORCID 0000-0002-1897-1978
Arjen M DondorpMahidol-Oxford Tropical Medicine Research Unit, Faculty of Tropical Medicine, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand. arjen@tropmedres.ac.ORCID 0000-0001-5190-2395
Zbynek BozdechSchool of Biological Sciences, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, Singapore. zbozdech@ntu.edu.sg.ORCID 0000-0002-9830-8446

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The emergence of Plasmodium falciparum parasites resistant to artemisinins compromises the efficacy of Artemisinin Combination Therapies (ACTs), the global first-line malaria treatment. Artemisinin resistance is a complex genetic trait in which nonsynonymous SNPs in PfK13 cooperate with other genetic variations. Here, we present population genomic/transcriptomic analyses of P. falciparum collected from patients with uncomplicated malaria in Cambodia and Vietnam between 2018 and 2020. Besides the PfK13 SNPs, several polymorphisms, including nonsynonymous SNPs (N1131I and N821K) in PfRad5 and an intronic SNP in PfWD11 (WD40 repeat-containing protein on chromosome 11), appear to be associated with artemisinin resistance, possibly as new markers. There is also a defined set of genes whose steady-state levels of mRNA and/or splice variants or antisense transcripts correlate with artemisinin resistance at the base level. In vivo transcriptional responses to artemisinins indicate the resistant parasite's capacity to decelerate its intraerythrocytic developmental cycle (IDC), which can contribute to the resistant phenotype. During this response, PfRAD5 and PfWD11 upregulate their respective alternatively/aberrantly spliced isoforms, suggesting their contribution to the protective response to artemisinins. PfRAD5 and PfWD11 appear under selective pressure in the Greater Mekong Sub-region over the last decade, suggesting their role in the genetic background of the artemisinin resistance.

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AntimalarialsArtemisininsDrug ResistanceMalaria, FalciparumPlasmodium falciparumPolymorphism, Single NucleotideCambodiaGene Expression ProfilingGenomicsHumansProtozoan ProteinsTranscriptomeVietnamAntimalarialsartemisininArtemisininsProtozoan Proteins

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PMCPMC11621345

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