Cell-passage activity is required for the malarial parasite to cross the liver sinusoidal cell layer.
Liver infection is an obligatory step in malarial transmission, but it remains unclear how the sporozoites gain access to the hepatocytes, which are separated from the circulatory system by the liver sinusoidal cell layer. We found that a novel microneme protein, named sporozoite microneme protein e...
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doaj-4bee6bcbd90443a8ad5a22fde09d342c2021-07-02T10:55:54ZengPublic Library of Science (PLoS)PLoS Biology1544-91731545-78852004-01-0121E410.1371/journal.pbio.0020004Cell-passage activity is required for the malarial parasite to cross the liver sinusoidal cell layer.Tomoko IshinoKazuhiko YanoYasuo ChinzeiMasao YudaLiver infection is an obligatory step in malarial transmission, but it remains unclear how the sporozoites gain access to the hepatocytes, which are separated from the circulatory system by the liver sinusoidal cell layer. We found that a novel microneme protein, named sporozoite microneme protein essential for cell traversal (SPECT), is produced by the liver-infective sporozoite of the rodent malaria parasite, Plasmodium berghei. Targeted disruption of the spect gene greatly reduced sporozoite infectivity to the liver. In vitro cell invasion assays revealed that these disruptants can infect hepatocytes normally but completely lack their cell passage ability. Their apparent liver infectivity was, however, restored by depletion of Kupffer cells, hepatic macrophages included in the sinusoidal cell layer. These results show that malarial sporozoites access hepatocytes through the liver sinusoidal cell layer by cell traversal motility mediated by SPECT and strongly suggest that Kupffer cells are main routes for this passage. Our findings may open the way for novel malaria transmission-blocking strategies that target molecules involved in sporozoite migration to the hepatocyte.http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC314464?pdf=render |
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Tomoko Ishino Kazuhiko Yano Yasuo Chinzei Masao Yuda Cell-passage activity is required for the malarial parasite to cross the liver sinusoidal cell layer. PLoS Biology |
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Tomoko Ishino Kazuhiko Yano Yasuo Chinzei Masao Yuda |
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Cell-passage activity is required for the malarial parasite to cross the liver sinusoidal cell layer. |
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Cell-passage activity is required for the malarial parasite to cross the liver sinusoidal cell layer. |
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Cell-passage activity is required for the malarial parasite to cross the liver sinusoidal cell layer. |
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Cell-passage activity is required for the malarial parasite to cross the liver sinusoidal cell layer. |
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Cell-passage activity is required for the malarial parasite to cross the liver sinusoidal cell layer. |
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cell-passage activity is required for the malarial parasite to cross the liver sinusoidal cell layer. |
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Liver infection is an obligatory step in malarial transmission, but it remains unclear how the sporozoites gain access to the hepatocytes, which are separated from the circulatory system by the liver sinusoidal cell layer. We found that a novel microneme protein, named sporozoite microneme protein essential for cell traversal (SPECT), is produced by the liver-infective sporozoite of the rodent malaria parasite, Plasmodium berghei. Targeted disruption of the spect gene greatly reduced sporozoite infectivity to the liver. In vitro cell invasion assays revealed that these disruptants can infect hepatocytes normally but completely lack their cell passage ability. Their apparent liver infectivity was, however, restored by depletion of Kupffer cells, hepatic macrophages included in the sinusoidal cell layer. These results show that malarial sporozoites access hepatocytes through the liver sinusoidal cell layer by cell traversal motility mediated by SPECT and strongly suggest that Kupffer cells are main routes for this passage. Our findings may open the way for novel malaria transmission-blocking strategies that target molecules involved in sporozoite migration to the hepatocyte. |
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