Genetic diversity in two Plasmodium vivax protein ligands for reticulocyte invasion

Autor: Anuj Kumar, Camille Roesch, Zo Andriamanantena, Chetan E. Chitnis, Vorleak Run, Christèle Huon, Stéphanie Ramboarina, David Serre, Rado Rakotoarison, Saorin Kim, Micheline Guillotte-Blisnick, Didier Menard, Sophalai Bin, Inès Vigan-Womas, Jean Popovici, Emma Rakotomalala, Tsikiniaina Rasoloharimanana
Přispěvatelé: Laboratoire d'épidémiologie moléculaire, Institut Pasteur du Cambodge, Réseau International des Instituts Pasteur (RIIP)-Réseau International des Instituts Pasteur (RIIP), Unité d'immunologie des maladies infectieuses [Antananarivo, Madagascar] (IPM), Institut Pasteur de Madagascar, International Centre for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology (ICGEB), Biologie de Plasmodium et Vaccins - Malaria Parasite Biology and Vaccines, Institut Pasteur [Paris], University of Maryland [Baltimore County] (UMBC), University of Maryland System, International Centre for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology [New Delhi] (ICGEB), This work was supported in part by a Programme Transversaux de Recherche grant, PTR490, from Institut Pasteur. CR was supported by a grant from the Fondation Pierre Ledoux Jeunesse Internationale, SR by a Calmette and Yersin felllowship (Institut Pasteur International Direction) and JP by a NIH grant (1R01AI103228)., We acknowledge all patients from Cambodia and Madagascar participating to the study along with health care staff located in health centers., Institut Pasteur [Paris] (IP)
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2018
Předmět:
0301 basic medicine
Nonsynonymous substitution
Plasmodium
Reticulocytes
Plasmodium vivax
Protozoan Proteins
Geographical Locations
0302 clinical medicine
Animal Cells
Red Blood Cells
Genotype
Gene duplication
Medicine and Health Sciences
Genetics
0303 health sciences
education.field_of_study
biology
lcsh:Public aspects of medicine
Genomics
Copy Number Variation
Infectious Diseases
Cellular Types
Cambodia
Synonymous substitution
Research Article
lcsh:Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine
Asia
lcsh:RC955-962
030231 tropical medicine
Population
Bone Marrow Cells
Antigens
Protozoan

Receptors
Cell Surface

Genome Complexity
03 medical and health sciences
Genetic variation
Parasite Groups
parasitic diseases
Parasitic Diseases
Madagascar
Malaria
Vivax

Humans
Allele
education
Gene
030304 developmental biology
[SDV.GEN]Life Sciences [q-bio]/Genetics
Blood Cells
Binding protein
Public Health
Environmental and Occupational Health

Gene Amplification
Biology and Life Sciences
Computational Biology
Genetic Variation
lcsh:RA1-1270
Cell Biology
Tropical Diseases
biology.organism_classification
Malaria
030104 developmental biology
Cross-Sectional Studies
People and Places
Africa
Parasitology
Apicomplexa
Zdroj: PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases
PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, Public Library of Science, 2018, 12 (10), pp.e0006555. ⟨10.1371/journal.pntd.0006555⟩
PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, Vol 12, Iss 10, p e0006555 (2018)
PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 2018, 12 (10), pp.e0006555. ⟨10.1371/journal.pntd.0006555⟩
ISSN: 1935-2727
1935-2735
DOI: 10.1101/328757
Popis: The interaction between Plasmodium vivax Duffy binding protein (PvDBP) and Duffy antigen receptor for chemokines (DARC) has been described as critical for the invasion of human reticulocytes, although increasing reports of P. vivax infections in Duffy-negative individuals questions its unique role. To investigate the genetic diversity of the two main protein ligands for reticulocyte invasion, PvDBP and P. vivax Erythrocyte Binding Protein (PvEBP), we analyzed 458 isolates collected in Cambodia and Madagascar from individuals genotyped as Duffy-positive. First, we observed a high proportion of isolates with multiple copies PvEBP from Madagascar (56%) where Duffy negative and positive individuals coexist compared to Cambodia (19%) where Duffy-negative population is virtually absent. Whether the gene amplification observed is responsible for alternate invasion pathways remains to be tested. Second, we found that the PvEBP gene was less diverse than PvDBP gene (12 vs. 33 alleles) but provided evidence for an excess of nonsynonymous mutations with the complete absence of synonymous mutations. This finding reveals that PvEBP is under strong diversifying selection, and confirms the importance of this protein ligand in the invasion process of the human reticulocytes and as a target of acquired immunity. These observations highlight how genomic changes in parasite ligands improve the fitness of P. vivax isolates in the face of immune pressure and receptor polymorphisms.
Author summary Until recently, P. vivax was thought to infect only Duffy positive individuals, due to its dependence on binding the Duffy blood group antigen as a receptor for reticulocyte invasion and to be absent from parts of Africa where the Duffy-negative phenotype is highly frequent. However, a number of recent studies from across sub-Saharan Africa have reported P. vivax infections in Duffy-negative individuals. Invasion into Duffy-positive reticulocytes is mediated by the P. vivax Duffy binding protein (PvDBP). The mechanism for invasion into Duffy-negative reticulocytes is not known. A homologue of PvDBP, namely, P. vivax erythrocyte binding protein (PvEBP), has been recently identified but its role in Duffy independent invasion is not clearly defined. Here, we provide unique insights into the roles of these two key ligands by studying the genetic diversity of P. vivax isolates collected from Cambodia, where most of the individuals are Duffy positive (not all), and Madagascar where both Duffy-positive and Duffy-negative individuals coexists. Our data suggest that PvEBP may play an important functional role in invasion into Duffy-negative reticulocytes. PvEBP appears to be a target of naturally acquired antibody responses following natural exposure to P. vivax infection and such as a consequence an important vaccine candidate, together with PvDBP.
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