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EXPERIMENTAL PARASITOLOGY
卷 129, 期 1, 页码 75-80出版社
ACADEMIC PRESS INC ELSEVIER SCIENCE
DOI: 10.1016/j.exppara.2011.05.023
关键词
Phospholipase C; EC 3.1.4.11; Malaria; Gene knock-out; Promoter exchange
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- Wellcome Trust [WT089085/Z/09/Z]
- UK Medical Research Council [G0501670]
- MRC [G0501670] Funding Source: UKRI
- Medical Research Council [G0501670] Funding Source: researchfish
Phosphoinositide-specific phospholipase C (PI-PLC) is a major regulator of calcium-dependent signal transduction, which has been shown to be important in various processes of the malaria parasite Plasmodium. PI-PLC is generally implicated in calcium liberation from intracellular stores through the action of its product, inositol-(1,4,5)-trisphosphate, and is itself dependent on calcium for its activation. Here we describe the plc genes from Plasmodium species. The encoded proteins contain all domains typically found in PI-PLCs of the 8 class but are almost twice as long as their orthologues in mammals. Transcriptional analysis by qRT-PCR of plc during the erythrocytic cycle of P. falciparum revealed steady expression levels that increased at the late schizont stages. Genetic analysis in the P. berghei model revealed that the plc locus was targetable but that plc gene knock-outs could not be obtained, thereby strongly indicating that the gene is essential during blood stage development. Alternatively, we attempted to modify plc expression through a promoter exchange approach but found the gene to be refractory to over-expression indicating that plc expression levels might additionally be tightly controlled. (C) 2011 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
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