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Malaria protection due to sickle haemoglobin depends on parasite genotype

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NATURE
卷 602, 期 7895, 页码 106-+

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DOI: 10.1038/s41586-021-04288-3

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  1. Wellcome [202800/Z/16/Z, WT077383/Z/05/Z, 090770/Z/09/Z, 203141/Z/16/Z, 206194]
  2. Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation through the Foundations of the National Institutes of Health
  3. Medical Research Council [G0600718, G0600230, MR/M006212/1]
  4. NIAID [R21AI125988]
  5. National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences [UL1TR002553]
  6. Wellcome Trust [202800/Z/16/Z, 090770/Z/09/Z] Funding Source: Wellcome Trust

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This study found a strong association between host sickle haemoglobin (HbS) and three regions of the parasite genome, which is replicated in additional samples. The protective effect of HbS against severe malaria varies greatly according to the parasite genotype at these three loci, suggesting an evolutionary adaptation of parasite populations to host genetic factors.
Host genetic factors can confer resistance against malaria(1), raising the question of whether this has led to evolutionary adaptation of parasite populations. Here we searched for association between candidate host and parasite genetic variants in 3,346 Gambian and Kenyan children with severe malaria caused by Plasmodium falciparum. We identified a strong association between sickle haemoglobin (HbS) in the host and three regions of the parasite genome, which is not explained by population structure or other covariates, and which is replicated in additional samples. The HbS-associated alleles include nonsynonymous variants in the gene for the acyl-CoA synthetase family member(2-4) PfACS8 on chromosome 2, in a second region of chromosome 2, and in a region containing structural variation on chromosome 11. The alleles are in strong linkage disequilibrium and have frequencies that covary with the frequency of HbS across populations, in particular being much more common in Africa than other parts of the world. The estimated protective effect of HbS against severe malaria, as determined by comparison of cases with population controls, varies greatly according to the parasite genotype at these three loci. These findings open up a new avenue of enquiry into the biological and epidemiological significance of the HbS-associated polymorphisms in the parasite genome and the evolutionary forces that have led to their high frequency and strong linkage disequilibrium in African P. falciparum populations.

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