Parasites resistant to the antimalarial atovaquone fail to transmit by mosquitoes.
Parasites resistant to the antimalarial atovaquone fail to transmit by mosquitoes.
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10.1126/science.aad9279
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2016-04-15
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McFadden GI
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Goodman CD;Siregar JE;Mollard V;Vega-Rodríguez J;Syafruddin D;Matsuoka H;Matsuzaki M;Toyama T;Sturm A;Cozijnsen A;Jacobs-Lorena M;Kita K;Marzuki S;McFadden GI
Drug resistance compromises control of malaria. Here, we show that resistance to a commonly used antimalarial medication, atovaquone, is apparently unable to spread. Atovaquone pressure selects parasites with mutations in cytochrome b, a respiratory protein with low but essential activity in the mammalian blood phase of the parasite life cycle. Resistance mutations rescue parasites from the drug but later prove lethal in the mosquito phase, where parasites require full respiration. Unable to respire efficiently, resistant parasites fail to complete mosquito development, arresting their life cycle. Because cytochrome b is encoded by the maternally inherited parasite mitochondrion, even outcrossing with wild-type strains cannot facilitate spread of resistance. Lack of transmission suggests that resistance will be unable to spread in the field, greatly enhancing the utility of atovaquone in malaria control.
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作者:
Nam, Tae-gyu;McNamara, Case W.;Winzeler, Elizabeth A.
通讯作者:
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DOI:
10.1074/jbc.m111.324319
发表时间:
2012-03-23
期刊:
The Journal of biological chemistry
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1.5
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