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SCIENCE
卷 338, 期 6112, 页码 1348-1351出版社
AMER ASSOC ADVANCEMENT SCIENCE
DOI: 10.1126/science.1228892
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- National Health and Medical Research Council of Australia [605524, 490037]
- Australian Cancer Research Foundation
- National Collaborative Research Infrastructure Strategy of Australia
- Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation Grand Challenges Explorations
- Howard Hughes Medical Institute
- Australian Research Council [DP120100061]
- Victorian State Government Operational Infrastructure Support Scheme
Platelets restrict the growth of intraerythrocytic malaria parasites by binding to parasitized cells and killing the parasite within. Here, we show that the platelet molecule platelet factor 4 (PF4 or CXCL4) and the erythrocyte Duffy-antigen receptor (Fy) are necessary for platelet-mediated killing of Plasmodium falciparum parasites. PF4 is released by platelets on contact with parasitized red cells, and the protein directly kills intraerythrocytic parasites. This function for PF4 is critically dependent on Fy, which binds PF4. Genetic disruption of Fy expression inhibits binding of PF4 to parasitized cells and concomitantly prevents parasite killing by both human platelets and recombinant human PF4. The protective function afforded by platelets during a malarial infection may therefore be compromised in Duffy-negative individuals, who do not express Fy.
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