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AFRICAN RESEARCH NEXUS
SHINING A SPOTLIGHT ON AFRICAN RESEARCH
immunology and microbiology
Beninese children with cerebral malaria do not develop humoral immunity against the IT4-VAR19-DC8 PfEMP1 variant linked to EPCR and brain endothelial binding
Malaria Journal, Volume 14, No. 1, Article 493, Year 2015
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Background: Malaria is still one of the most prevalent infectious diseases in the world. Sequestration of infected erythrocytes (IEs) is the prime mediator of disease. Cytoadhesion of IEs is mediated by members of the highly diverse Plasmodium falciparum erythrocyte membrane protein 1 (PfEMP1). A restricted sub-set of var genes encoding for PfEMP1s possessing the domain cassettes DC8 and DC13 were found to bind to the endothelial protein C receptor (EPCR). These var genes were shown to be highly expressed by parasites from patients with severe malaria clinical outcomes compared to those from patients with uncomplicated symptoms. Methods: In order to further study the molecular mechanisms underlying DC8/DC13 expressing IEs adhesion to EPCR, a method was developed to produce highly pure recombinant EPCR. The IT4 parasite strain was selected on either anti-IT4-VAR19 purified IgG, EPCR or human brain endothelial cell line and their var gene expression profiles as well as their binding phenotypes were compared. The N-terminal region of IT4-VAR19 comprising a full-length DC8 cassette as well as the single EPCR binding CIDRα1.1 domain were also produced, and their immune recognition (IgG) was assessed using plasma samples from Beninese children presenting acute mild malaria, severe malaria or cerebral malaria at the time of their admission to the clinic, and from convalescent-phase plasma collected 30 days after anti-malarial treatment. Results: The multi-domain VAR19-NTS-DBLγ6 binds to EPCR with a greater affinity than the CIDRα1.1 domain alone and this study also demonstrates that VAR19-NTS-DBLγ6 binding to the EPCR-expressing endothelial cell line (HBEC5i) is more pronounced than that of the CIDRα1.1 domain alone. IT4-VAR19 represents the preferentially expressed-PfEMP1 when FCR3-IEs are selected based on their capability to bind EPCR. Notably, no significant difference in the levels of antibodies towards IT4-VAR19 antigens was observed within all clinical groups between plasma samples collected during the acute malaria phase compared to samples collected 30 days after anti-malaria treatment. Conclusions: These data indicate that even being the preferentially selected IT4-EPCR-binding variant, the IT4-VAR19-DC8 region does not appear to be associated with the acquisition of antibodies during a single severe paediatric malaria episode in Benin. © 2015 Nunes-Silva et al.
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Authors & Co-Authors
Nunes-Silva, Sofia
France, Paris
Inserm
France, Paris
Université Paris Cité
France, Paris
Institut National de la Transfusion Sanguine
France, Paris
Laboratory of Excellence Gr-ex
Dechavanne, Sébastien
France, Paris
Inserm
France, Paris
Université Paris Cité
France, Paris
Institut National de la Transfusion Sanguine
France, Paris
Laboratory of Excellence Gr-ex
Moussiliou, Azizath
France, Paris
Laboratory of Excellence Gr-ex
France, Marseille
Ird Institut de Recherche Pour le Developpement
Semblat, Jean Philippe
France, Paris
Inserm
France, Paris
Université Paris Cité
France, Paris
Institut National de la Transfusion Sanguine
France, Paris
Laboratory of Excellence Gr-ex
Gangnard, Stéphane
France, Paris
Inserm
France, Paris
Université Paris Cité
France, Paris
Institut National de la Transfusion Sanguine
France, Paris
Laboratory of Excellence Gr-ex
Tuikue-Ndam, Nicaise
France, Paris
Laboratory of Excellence Gr-ex
France, Marseille
Ird Institut de Recherche Pour le Developpement
Deloron, Philippe
France, Paris
Laboratory of Excellence Gr-ex
France, Marseille
Ird Institut de Recherche Pour le Developpement
Chêne, Arnaud
France, Paris
Inserm
France, Paris
Université Paris Cité
France, Paris
Institut National de la Transfusion Sanguine
France, Paris
Laboratory of Excellence Gr-ex
Gamain, Benoît
France, Paris
Inserm
France, Paris
Université Paris Cité
France, Paris
Institut National de la Transfusion Sanguine
France, Paris
Laboratory of Excellence Gr-ex
Statistics
Citations: 8
Authors: 9
Affiliations: 5
Identifiers
Doi:
10.1186/s12936-015-1008-5
ISSN:
14752875
Research Areas
Genetics And Genomics
Health System And Policy
Infectious Diseases
Maternal And Child Health
Study Locations
Benin