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. 1987 Sep;25(2):165-74.
doi: 10.1016/0166-6851(87)90005-3.

Localization of Plasmodium falciparum histidine-rich protein 1 in the erythrocyte skeleton under knobs

D W Taylor  1 , M Parra, G B Chapman, M E Stearns, J Rener, M Aikawa, S Uni, S B Aley, L J Panton, R J Howard
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Localization of Plasmodium falciparum histidine-rich protein 1 in the erythrocyte skeleton under knobs

D W Taylor et al. Mol Biochem Parasitol. 1987 Sep.

Abstract

Plasmodium falciparum parasites that induce knobs in the host erythrocyte membrane (K+ phenotype) synthesize a 90 kDa histidine-rich protein (PfHRP-1), whereas knobless variants do not. A monoclonal antibody (mAb 89) to PfHRP-1, in combination with cryo-thin section immunoelectron microscopy, localized the antigen in the parasitophorous vacuolar space and vesicles within the erythrocyte cytosol. Additional immunoelectron microscopic studies showed that PfHRP-1 was also associated with submembranous electron-dense material under knobs and with microfilaments of the host erythrocyte skeletal network. Immunofluorescence and immunoelectron microscopy of intact, non-fixed K+ infected erythrocytes using mAb 89 and a rabbit antiserum raised against purified PfHRP-1, failed to identify any surface exposed epitopes. These antibodies also failed to block cytoadherence of infected erythrocytes to C32 melanoma cells or to affect macrophage phagocytosis of infected erythrocytes.

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