Journal
CLINICAL IMMUNOLOGY
Volume 171, Issue -, Pages 32-35Publisher
ACADEMIC PRESS INC ELSEVIER SCIENCE
DOI: 10.1016/j.clim.2016.08.017
Keywords
Malarial anemia; Complement; Hematin; Compstatin
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- National Institutes of Health [AI068730, AI030040]
- European Commission [602699]
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During malarial anemia, 20 uninfected red blood cells (RBC5) are destroyed for every RBC infected by Plasmodium falciparum (Pf). Increasing evidence indicates an important role for complement in destruction of uninfected RBCs. Products of RBC lysis induced by Pf, including the digestive vacuole and hematin, activate complement and promote C3 fragment deposition on uninfected RBC5. C3-opsonized cells are then subject to extravascular destruction mediated by fixed tissue macrophages which express receptors for C3 fragments. The Compstatin family of cyclic peptides blocks complement activation at the C3 cleavage step, and is under investigation for treatment of complement-mediated diseases. We demonstrate, that under a variety of stringent conditions, second-generation Compstatin analogue Cp40 completely blocks hematin-mediated deposition of C3 fragments on naive RBCs. Our findings indicate that prophylactic provision of Compstatin for malaria-infected individuals at increased risk for anemia may provide a safe and inexpensive treatment to prevent or substantially reduce malarial anemia. (C) 2016 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
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