Malaria parasite-infected erythrocytes inhibit glucose utilization in uninfected red cells
Malaria parasite-infected erythrocytes inhibit glucose utilization in uninfected red cells
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DOI:
10.1016/j.febslet.2005.09.088
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发表时间:
2005-11-07
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影响因子:
3.5
通讯作者:
Sharma, S
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作者:
Mehta, M;Sonawat, HM;Sharma, S
The erythrocytic stages of the malaria parasite depend on anaerobic glycolysis for energy. Using [2-C-13]glucose and nuclear magnetic resonance, the glucose utilization rate and 2,3-diphosphoglycerate (2,3-DPG) level produced in normal RBCs and Plasmodium falciparum infected red blood cell populations (IRBCs, with < 4% parasite infected red cells), were measured. The glucose flux in IRBCs was several-folds greater, was proportional to parasitemia, and maximal at trophozoite stage. The 2,3-DPG levels were disproportionately lower in IRBCs, indicating a downregulation of 2,3-DPG flux in non-parasitized RBCs. This may be due to lowered pH leading to selective differential inhibition of the regulatory glycolytic enzyme phospho-fructokinase. This downregulation of the glucose utilization rate in the majority (> 96%) of uninfected RBCs in an IRBC population may have physiological implications in malaria patients. (c) 2005 Published by Elsevier B.V. on behalf of the Federation of European Biochemical Societies.