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SCIENTIFIC REPORTS
卷 6, 期 -, 页码 -出版社
NATURE PUBLISHING GROUP
DOI: 10.1038/srep23449
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- Singapore A*Star-UK MRC joint Grant (A*Star) [10/1/22/24/630]
- Singapore Nanyang Technological University (WBS) [M47080081]
- Medical Research Council, UK [U117584248]
- European Union Seventh Framework Programme [242095-EVIMalaR]
- Medical Research Council [MC_EX_G0901345] Funding Source: researchfish
- The Francis Crick Institute [10352] Funding Source: researchfish
- Wellcome Trust [104777/Z/14/Z] Funding Source: researchfish
- MRC [MC_EX_G0901345] Funding Source: UKRI
- Wellcome Trust [104777/Z/14/Z] Funding Source: Wellcome Trust
Plasmodium multigene families play a central role in the pathogenesis of malaria. The Plasmodium interspersed repeat (pir) genes comprise the largest multigene family in many Plasmodium spp. However their function(s) remains unknown. Using the rodent model of malaria, Plasmodium chabaudi, we show that individual CIR proteins have differential localizations within infected red cell (iRBC), suggesting different functional roles in a blood-stage infection. Some CIRs appear to be located on the surface of iRBC and merozoites and are therefore well placed to interact with host molecules. In line with this hypothesis, we show for the first time that a subset of recombinant CIRs bind mouse RBCs suggesting a role for CIR in rosette formation and/or invasion. Together, our results unravel differences in subcellular localization and ability to bind mouse erythrocytes between the members of the cir family, which strongly suggest different functional roles in a blood-stage infection.
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