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Plasmodium falciparum: regional differences in lectin and cationized ferritin binding to the surface of the malaria-infected human erythrocyte

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  06 April 2009

I. W. Sherman  and
Jane R. T. Greenan
I. W. Sherman
Affiliation:
Department of Biology, University of California, Riverside, CA 92521
Jane R. T. Greenan
Affiliation:
Department of Biology, University of California, Riverside, CA 92521
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Summary

The distribution of anionic residues on the surface of erythrocytes infected with Plasmodium falciparum was studied using cationized ferritin (CF) and transmission electron microscopy. CF staining of uninfected erythrocytes or erythrocytes infected with a knobless variant resulted in a dense and uniform distribution of ferritin particles; however, when red cells infected with a knob-inducing variant were exposed to CF, aggregates of ferritin particles were observed in the region of membrane elevation. Lectin binding to the erythrocyte surface was visualized by transmission electron microscopy using ferritin-conjugated lectins and lectin-fetuin-gold. No differences were observed in the lectin-binding patterns of malaria-infected or uninfected erythrocytes using WGA (wheat-germ agglutinin), RCA (ricin), and Limax flavus lectin. In distinct contrast to the uniform distribution of ferritin particles seen with these lectins was the appearance of clusters of ferritin-ConA over the knobby regions. Localized aggregates of ConA were not seen in knob-free areas or on the surface of red cells infected with a knobless variant. No significant differences were found in the agglutination reactions of normal and infected cells with the Cancer antennarius lectin specific for O-acylated sialic acids.

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Parasitology , Volume 93 , Issue 1 , August 1986 , pp. 17 - 32
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1986

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