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摘要
由恶性疟原虫(Plasmodium falciparum,Pf)引起的疟疾是一种严重影响全球健康的疾病。疟原虫会对宿主细胞进行重大改造,以满足其新陈代谢需求并逃避宿主的免疫反应。其中包括向受感染的红细胞(iRBC)输出大量寄生虫蛋白质。可变表面抗原(VSAs)是高度多态的蛋白质家族,在免疫逃避中发挥着重要作用,是输出蛋白质的重要组成部分。共有五个蛋白家族构成了 VSAs,即 PfEMP1(Pf 红细胞膜蛋白 1)、RIFIN(重复穿插家族)、STEVOR(亚端粒开放阅读框)、SURFIN(表面相关穿插基因家族)和 PfMC-2TM(Pf Maurer's cleft two transmembrane)。VSAs 在各种猿类感染物种中都有同源物,它们具有各种结构域拓扑和组织结构,同时在整个寄生虫生命周期中表现出不同的表达方式。它们在临床分离株和实验室菌株中的表达各不相同,这表明它们在宿主细胞的生存和防御中起着至关重要的作用。据报道,VSAs 成员通过免疫逃避过程,如细胞粘附、iRBC 在宿主血管中固着、轮集、降低红细胞变形性和直接免疫抑制等,对疾病的发病机制起着重要作用。在本研究中,我们收集了 VSAs 的各方面信息,如它们的同源物、结构域、表面拓扑、功能和相互作用以及三维结构,同时强调了该领域的新发现。考虑到具有新功能的质体 VSA 种类繁多,人们对这些家族以及疟疾生物学仍有很多未知之处。
Variable Surface Antigens of Plasmodium falciparum: Protein Families with Divergent Roles.
Malaria caused by Plasmodium falciparum (Pf) is an illness that contributes significantly to the global health burden. Pf makes significant alterations to the host cell to meet its metabolic demands and escape the immune response of the host. These include the export of a large number of parasite proteins to the infected Red Blood Cells (iRBC). Variable Surface Antigens (VSAs), which are highly polymorphic protein families with important roles in immune evasion, form an important component of the exported proteins. A total of five protein families constitute the VSAs, viz. PfEMP1 (Pf erythrocyte membrane protein 1), RIFIN (repetitive interspersed family), STEVOR (sub-telomeric open reading frame), SURFIN (surface-associated interspersed gene family), and PfMC-2TM (Pf Maurer's cleft two transmembrane). With orthologues present in various simian-infecting species, VSAs take up a variety of domain topologies and organizational structures while exhibiting differential expressions throughout the parasite life cycle. Their expression varies across clinical isolates and laboratory strains, which suggests their crucial role in host cell survival and defense. Members of VSAs are reported to contribute significantly to disease pathogenesis through immune evasion processes like cytoadherence, iRBC sequestration in the host vasculature, rosetting, reduced erythrocyte deformability, and direct immunosuppression. In this study, we have gathered information on various aspects of VSAs, like their orthologues, domain architecture, surface topology, functions and interactions, and three-dimensional structures, while emphasizing discoveries in the field. Considering the vast repertoire of Plasmodial VSAs with new emergent functions, a lot remains unknown about these families and, hence, malaria biology.
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Protein & Peptide Letters publishes letters, original research papers, mini-reviews and guest edited issues in all important aspects of protein and peptide research, including structural studies, advances in recombinant expression, function, synthesis, enzymology, immunology, molecular modeling, and drug design. Manuscripts must have a significant element of novelty, timeliness and urgency that merit rapid publication. Reports of crystallization and preliminary structure determination of biologically important proteins are considered only if they include significant new approaches or deal with proteins of immediate importance, and preliminary structure determinations of biologically important proteins. Purely theoretical/review papers should provide new insight into the principles of protein/peptide structure and function. Manuscripts describing computational work should include some experimental data to provide confirmation of the results of calculations.
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