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dc.contributor.authorAndrews, KT
dc.contributor.authorPirrit, LA
dc.contributor.authorPrzyborski, JM
dc.contributor.authorSanchez, CP
dc.contributor.authorSterkers, Y
dc.contributor.authorRicken, S
dc.contributor.authorWickert, H
dc.contributor.authorLepolard, C
dc.contributor.authorAvril, M
dc.contributor.authorScherf, A
dc.contributor.authorGysin, R
dc.contributor.authorLanzer, M
dc.date.accessioned2017-05-03T16:57:44Z
dc.date.available2017-05-03T16:57:44Z
dc.date.issued2003
dc.date.modified2009-12-21T03:15:34Z
dc.identifier.issn0950-382X
dc.identifier.doi10.1046/j.1365-2958.2003.03595.x
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10072/27824
dc.description.abstractProtection against maternal malaria has been associated with the acquisition of a specific antibody response that prevents adhesion of Plasmodium falciparum-infected erythrocytes to the glycosaminoglycan chondroitin-4-sulphate (CSA), which is present in the placental intervillous space. These antibodies are directed against variant forms of the P. falciparum erythrocyte membrane protein 1 (PfEMP1) that mediate binding to CSA. We have generated insertional disruption mutants of the gene encoding the CSA-binding phenotype in the P. falciparum clone FCR3 (var CSA) to test the hypothesis that strategies targeting the parasite's determinant for this adhesive phenotype may prevent sequestration of infected erythrocytes in the placenta and hence the development of maternal malaria. The var CSA-disruption mutants were initially unable to adhere to CSA; however, they could recover the phenotype after repeated selection over CSA. We show that recovery of CSA binding is var CSA independent and mediated by the activation of a novel var variant. Importantly, the corresponding PfEMP1 protein reacts with a monoclonal antibody recognizing the DBL3? domain of the var CSA gene product, indicating that the DBL3? CSA-binding domains are conserved between these PfEMP1-binding variants. Our data support strategies exploring these conserved epitopes as vaccine candidates against maternal malaria.
dc.description.peerreviewedYes
dc.description.publicationstatusYes
dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherBlackwell Publishing Ltd
dc.publisher.placeUnited Kingdom
dc.publisher.urihttp://www.wiley.com/bw/journal.asp?ref=0950-382X
dc.relation.ispartofpagefrom655
dc.relation.ispartofpageto669
dc.relation.ispartofissue3
dc.relation.ispartofjournalMolecular Microbiology
dc.relation.ispartofvolume49
dc.subject.fieldofresearchBiological sciences
dc.subject.fieldofresearchAgricultural, veterinary and food sciences
dc.subject.fieldofresearchBiomedical and clinical sciences
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode31
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode30
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode32
dc.titleRecovery of adhesion to chondroitin-4-sulphate in Plasmodium falciparum varCSA disruption mutants by antigenically similar PfEMP1 variants
dc.typeJournal article
dc.type.descriptionC1 - Articles
dc.type.codeC - Journal Articles
gro.date.issued2003
gro.hasfulltextNo Full Text
gro.griffith.authorAndrews, Katherine T.


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