title: Plasmodium falciparum EBA-175 kDa protein peptides which bind to human red blood cells.
abstract: Solid experimental evidence indicates that EBA-175 is used as a ligand by the Plasmodium falciparum merozoite to bind to human RBC, via different binding processing fragments. Using synthetic peptides and specific receptor-ligand interaction methodology, we have identified 6 high-activity binding sequences from the EBA-175 CAMP strain; peptide 1758 (KSYGTPDNIDKNMSLIHKHN), located in the so-called region I for which no binding activity has been reported before, peptides 1779 (NIDRIYDKNLLMIKEHILAI) and 1783 (HRNKKNDKLYRDEWWKVIKK), located in region II, in a sub-region known as 5' Cys F2, previously reported as being a binding region, and peptides 1814 (DRNSNTLHLKDYRNEENERH), 1815 (YTNQNINISQERDLQKHGFH) and 1818 (NNNFNNIPSRYNLYDKKLDL), in region III-V where antibodies inhibit merozoite invasion of erythrocytes. The affinity constants were between 60 and 180 nM and the critical amino acids involved in the binding were identified. The binding of these peptides to enzyme-treated RBC was analysed; binding of peptide 1814, located in the III-V region, was found to be sialic acid dependent. Some of these high binding peptides were able to inhibit in vitro merozoite invasion and to block the binding of recombinant RII-EBA to RBC. Several of these peptides are located in regions recognized by protective immune clusters of merozoites (ICMs) eluted antibodies.
authors.affiliation: Instituto de Immunología, Hospital San Juan de Dios, (Universidad Nacional de Colombia), Santafé de Bogota, South America. rodriguez_luis_@hotmail.com
authors.forename: L E
authors.initials: LE
authors.lastname: Rodriguez
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Urquiza
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ocampo
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Suarez
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Curtidor
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Guzman
authors.forename: L E
authors.initials: LE
authors.lastname: Vargas
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Triviños
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Rosas
authors.forename: M E
authors.initials: ME
authors.lastname: Patarroyo
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D000953:Antigens, Protozoan; D001667:Binding, Competitive; D002352:Carrier Proteins / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000502:physiology; D004912:Erythrocytes / Q000737:chemistry / Q000469:parasitology*; D006400:Hematocrit; D006801:Humans; D007457:Iodine Radioisotopes; D008024:Ligands; D016778:Malaria, Falciparum / Q000469:parasitology*; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D010446:Peptide Fragments / Q000138:chemical synthesis; D010963:Plasmodium falciparum / Q000737:chemistry*; D015800:Protozoan Proteins / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000502:physiology; D012588:Scintillation Counting
chemical_list: D000953:Antigens, Protozoan; D002352:Carrier Proteins; D007457:Iodine Radioisotopes; D008024:Ligands; D010446:Peptide Fragments; D015800:Protozoan Proteins; C065668:erythrocyte-binding antigen 175, Plasmodium