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- Title
Identification of proteases that regulate erythrocyte rupture by the malaria parasite Plasmodium falciparum.
- Authors
Arastu-Kapur, Shirin; Ponder, Elizabeth L.; Fonović, Urša Pečar; Yeoh, Sharon; Yuan, Fang; Fonović, Marko; Grainger, Munira; Phillips, Carolyn I.; Powers, James C.; Bogyo, Matthew
- Abstract
Newly replicated Plasmodium falciparum parasites escape from host erythrocytes through a tightly regulated process that is mediated by multiple classes of proteolytic enzymes. However, the identification of specific proteases has been challenging. We describe here a forward chemical genetic screen using a highly focused library of more than 1,200 covalent serine and cysteine protease inhibitors to identify compounds that block host cell rupture by P. falciparum. Using hits from the library screen, we identified the subtilisin-family serine protease PfSU B1 and the cysteine protease dipeptidyl peptidase 3 (DPAP3) as primary regulators of this process. Inhibition of both DPAP3 and PfSUB1 caused a block in proteolytic processing of the serine repeat antigen (SERA) protein SERA5 that correlated with the observed block in rupture. Furthermore, DPAP3 inhibition reduced the levels of mature PfSUB1. These results suggest that two mechanistically distinct proteases function to regulate processing of downstream substrates required for efficient release of parasites from host red blood cells.
- Subjects
PLASMODIUM falciparum; MALARIA; ERYTHROCYTES; PARASITES; PROTEOLYTIC enzymes
- Publication
Nature Chemical Biology, 2008, Vol 4, Issue 3, p203
- ISSN
1552-4450
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1038/nchembio.70