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@article{Koch:2019:10.1186/s12936-019-3016-3,
author = {Koch, M and Cegla, J and Jones, B and Lu, Y and Mallar, Z and Blagborough, A and Angrisano, F and Baum, J},
doi = {10.1186/s12936-019-3016-3},
journal = {Malaria Journal},
title = {The effects of dyslipidaemia and cholesterol modulation on erythrocyte susceptibility to malaria parasite infection},
url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12936-019-3016-3},
volume = {18},
year = {2019}
}
TY - JOUR
AB - BackgroundMalaria disease commences when blood-stage parasites, called merozoites, invade human erythrocytes. Whilst the process of invasion is traditionally seen as being entirely merozoite-driven, emerging data suggests erythrocyte biophysical properties markedly influence invasion. Cholesterol is a major determinant of cell membrane biophysical properties demanding its interrogation as a potential mediator of resistance to merozoite invasion of the erythrocyte. MethodsBiophysical measurements of erythrocyte deformability by flicker spectroscopy were used to assess changes in erythrocyte bending modulus on forced integration of cholesterol and how these artificial changes affect invasion by human Plasmodium falciparum merozoites. To validate these observations in a natural context, either murine Plasmodium berghei or human Plasmodium falciparum merozoites were tested for their ability to invade erythrocytes from a hypercholesterolaemic mouse model or human clinical erythrocyte samples deriving from patients with a range of serum cholesterol concentrations, respectively. ResultsErythrocyte bending modulus (a measure of deformability) was shown to be markedly affected by artificial modulation of cholesterol content and negatively correlated with merozoite invasion efficiency. In an in vitro infection context, however, erythrocytes taken from hypercholesterolaemic mice or from human clinical samples with varying serum cholesterol levels showed little difference in their susceptibility to merozoite invasion. Explaining this, membrane cholesterol levels in both mouse and human hypercholesterolaemia erythrocytes were subsequently found to be no different from matched normal serum controls.ConclusionsBased on these observations, serum cholesterol does not appear to impact on erythrocyte susceptibility to merozoite entry. Indeed, no relationship between serum cholesterol and cholesterol content of the erythrocyte is apparent. This work, nonetheless, suggests that native p
AU - Koch,M
AU - Cegla,J
AU - Jones,B
AU - Lu,Y
AU - Mallar,Z
AU - Blagborough,A
AU - Angrisano,F
AU - Baum,J
DO - 10.1186/s12936-019-3016-3
PY - 2019///
SN - 1475-2875
TI - The effects of dyslipidaemia and cholesterol modulation on erythrocyte susceptibility to malaria parasite infection
T2 - Malaria Journal
UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12936-019-3016-3
UR - http://hdl.handle.net/10044/1/75286
VL - 18
ER -
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