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lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
1
pubmed:dateCreated
2009-1-7
pubmed:abstractText
By studying the inactivation of malaria parasite culture by cysteine protease inhibition using confocal microscopy of living cells and electron microscopy of high-pressure frozen and freeze-substituted cells, we report the precise step in the release of malaria parasites from erythrocytes that is likely regulated by cysteine proteases: the opening of the erythrocyte membrane, liberating parasites for the next round of infection. Inhibition of cysteine proteases within the last few minutes of cycle does not affect rupture of the parasitophorus vacuole but irreversibly blocks the subsequent rupture of the host cell membrane, locking in resident parasites, which die within a few hours of captivity. This irreversible inactivation of mature parasites inside host cells makes plasmodial cysteine proteases attractive targets for antimalarials, as parasite-specific cysteine protease inhibitors may significantly augment multi-target drug cocktails.
pubmed:grant
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pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jan
pubmed:issn
1462-5822
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Electronic
pubmed:volume
11
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
95-105
pubmed:dateRevised
2011-9-28
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2009
pubmed:articleTitle
Irreversible effect of cysteine protease inhibitors on the release of malaria parasites from infected erythrocytes.
pubmed:affiliation
Laboratory of Cellular and Molecular Biophysics, National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, N.I.H., Intramural