Evidence for a Golgi-to-endosome protein sorting pathway in Plasmodium falciparum.
During the asexual intraerythrocytic stage, the malaria parasite Plasmodium falciparum must traffic newly-synthesized proteins to a broad array of destinations within and beyond the parasite's plasma membrane. In this study, we have localized two well-conserved protein components of eukaryotic...
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| description | During the asexual intraerythrocytic stage, the malaria parasite Plasmodium falciparum must traffic newly-synthesized proteins to a broad array of destinations within and beyond the parasite's plasma membrane. In this study, we have localized two well-conserved protein components of eukaryotic endosomes, the retromer complex and the small GTPase Rab7, to define a previously-undescribed endosomal compartment in P. falciparum. Retromer and Rab7 co-localized to a small number of punctate structures within parasites. These structures, which we refer to as endosomes, lie in close proximity to the Golgi apparatus and, like the Golgi apparatus, are inherited by daughter merozoites. However, the endosome is clearly distinct from the Golgi apparatus as neither retromer nor Rab7 redistributed to the endoplasmic reticulum upon brefeldin A treatment. Nascent rhoptries (specialized secretory organelles required for invasion) developed adjacent to endosomes, an observation that suggests a role for the endosome in rhoptry biogenesis. A P. falciparum homolog of the sortilin family of protein sorting receptors (PfSortilin) was localized to the Golgi apparatus. Together, these results elaborate a putative Golgi-to-endosome protein sorting pathway in asexual blood stage parasites and suggest that one role of retromer is to mediate the retrograde transport of PfSortilin from the endosome to the Golgi apparatus. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-48a3139a75f649c0b6f4a37694bf70cc2022-12-21T21:53:58ZengPublic Library of Science (PLoS)PLoS ONE1932-62032014-01-0192e8977110.1371/journal.pone.0089771Evidence for a Golgi-to-endosome protein sorting pathway in Plasmodium falciparum.Priscilla KraiSeema DalalMichael KlembaDuring the asexual intraerythrocytic stage, the malaria parasite Plasmodium falciparum must traffic newly-synthesized proteins to a broad array of destinations within and beyond the parasite's plasma membrane. In this study, we have localized two well-conserved protein components of eukaryotic endosomes, the retromer complex and the small GTPase Rab7, to define a previously-undescribed endosomal compartment in P. falciparum. Retromer and Rab7 co-localized to a small number of punctate structures within parasites. These structures, which we refer to as endosomes, lie in close proximity to the Golgi apparatus and, like the Golgi apparatus, are inherited by daughter merozoites. However, the endosome is clearly distinct from the Golgi apparatus as neither retromer nor Rab7 redistributed to the endoplasmic reticulum upon brefeldin A treatment. Nascent rhoptries (specialized secretory organelles required for invasion) developed adjacent to endosomes, an observation that suggests a role for the endosome in rhoptry biogenesis. A P. falciparum homolog of the sortilin family of protein sorting receptors (PfSortilin) was localized to the Golgi apparatus. Together, these results elaborate a putative Golgi-to-endosome protein sorting pathway in asexual blood stage parasites and suggest that one role of retromer is to mediate the retrograde transport of PfSortilin from the endosome to the Golgi apparatus.http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3934947?pdf=render |
| spellingShingle | Priscilla Krai Seema Dalal Michael Klemba Evidence for a Golgi-to-endosome protein sorting pathway in Plasmodium falciparum. PLoS ONE |
| title | Evidence for a Golgi-to-endosome protein sorting pathway in Plasmodium falciparum. |
| title_full | Evidence for a Golgi-to-endosome protein sorting pathway in Plasmodium falciparum. |
| title_fullStr | Evidence for a Golgi-to-endosome protein sorting pathway in Plasmodium falciparum. |
| title_full_unstemmed | Evidence for a Golgi-to-endosome protein sorting pathway in Plasmodium falciparum. |
| title_short | Evidence for a Golgi-to-endosome protein sorting pathway in Plasmodium falciparum. |
| title_sort | evidence for a golgi to endosome protein sorting pathway in plasmodium falciparum |
| url | http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3934947?pdf=render |
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