Evidence of promiscuous endothelial binding by Plasmodium falciparum-infected erythrocytes.




Esser, Bachmann, Kuhn, Schuldt, Förster, Thiel, May, Koch-Nolte, Yáñez-Mó, Sánchez-Madrid, Schinkel, Jalkanen, Craig, Bruchhaus, Horstmann

PublisherWILEY-BLACKWELL

2014

 Cellular Microbiology

Cellular microbiology

Cell Microbiol

16

5

701

708

8

1462-5822

1462-5822

DOIhttps://doi.org/10.1111/cmi.12270



The adhesion of infected red blood cells (iRBCs) to human endothelium is considered a key event in the pathogenesis of cerebral malaria and other life-threatening complications caused by the most prevalent malaria parasite Plasmodium falciparum. In the past 30 years, 14 endothelial receptors for iRBCs have been identified. Exposing 10 additional surface proteins of endothelial cells to a mixture of P.  falciparum isolates from three Ghanaian malaria patients, we identified seven new iRBC receptors, all expressed in brain vessels. This finding strongly suggests that endothelial binding of P.  falciparum iRBCs is promiscuous and may use a combination of endothelial surface moieties.




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