解构出口的疟疾蛋白质
Serge Bonnefoy1, Robert Ménard
1Institut Pasteur, Unité d'Immunologie Moléculaire des Parasites, 75724 Paris Cedex 15, France.
Cell
|July 11, 2008
概括
研究人员选了疟疾寄生虫基因,这些基因对于毒性至关重要. 比预期的更多的基因对于Plasmodium falciparum在体外生存至关重要.
科学领域:
- 疟疾学 疟疾学
- 分子寄生虫学 分子寄生虫学
- 细胞生物学 细胞生物学
背景情况:
- 疟疾寄生虫Plasmodium falciparum导致严重的疾病.
- 寄生虫的毒性依赖于被输出到感染红细胞表面的蛋白质.
研究的目的:
- 为了确定参与Plasmodium falciparum蛋白质出口和贩运的基因.
- 为了确定这些基因对寄生虫生存的必要性.
主要方法:
- 在Plasmodium falciparum基因的系统遗传查.
- 在体外测试以评估寄生虫存活率.
主要成果:
- 确定了大量以前未被识别的对寄生虫蛋白质出口至关重要的基因.
- 证明了比预期的更多的基因对Plasmodium falciparum生存至关重要.
结论:
- 菌的出口和贩运机制比以前认为的要复杂得多.
- 这些发现突出了抗疟疾药物开发的新目标.
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