Publication: Ectophosphorylation of CD36 regulates cytoadherence of Plasmodium falciparum to microvascular endothelium under flow conditions
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2005-12-01
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00199567
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Infection and Immunity. Vol.73, No.12 (2005), 8179-8187
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May Ho, Holly L. Hoang, Kristine M. Lee, Naili Liu, Tara MacRae, Laura Montes, Christine L. Flatt, Bryan G. Yipp, Bradley J. Berger, Sorrnchai Looareesuwan, Stephen M. Robbins Ectophosphorylation of CD36 regulates cytoadherence of Plasmodium falciparum to microvascular endothelium under flow conditions. Infection and Immunity. Vol.73, No.12 (2005), 8179-8187. doi:10.1128/IAI.73.12.8179-8187.2005 Retrieved from: https://repository.li.mahidol.ac.th/handle/20.500.14594/16535
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Ectophosphorylation of CD36 regulates cytoadherence of Plasmodium falciparum to microvascular endothelium under flow conditions
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The adhesion of Plasmodium falciparum-infected erythrocytes (IRBCs) to human dermal microvascular endothelial cells (HDMECs) under flow conditions is regulated by a Src family kinase- and alkaline phosphatase (AP)-dependent mechanism. In this study, we showed that the target of the phosphatase activity is the ectodomain of CB36 at threonine-92 (Thr92). Mouse fibroblasts (NIH 3T3 cells) transfected with wild-type CD36 or a mutant protein in which Thr92was substituted by Ala supported the rolling and adhesion of IRBCs. However, while the Src family kinase inhibitors PP1 and PP2 and the specific AP inhibitor levamisole significantly reduced IRBC adhesion to wild-type CB36 transfectants as with HDMECs, the inhibitors had no effect on IRBC adhesion to the mutant cells. Using a phosphospecific antibody directed at a 12-amino-acid peptide spanning Thr92, we demonstrated directly that CD36 was constitutively phosphorylated and could be dephosphorylated by exogenous AP. Endothelial CD36 was likewise constitutively phosphorylated. The phosphospecific antibody inhibited IRBC adhesion to HDMECs that could be reversed by preincubating the antibody with the phosphorylated but not the nonphosphorylated peptide. Pretreatment of HDMECs with AP abrogated the effect of PP1 on IRBC adhesion. Collectively, these results are consistent with a critical role for CD36 dephosphorylation through Src family kinase activation in regulating IRBC adhesion to vascular endothelium. Copyright © 2005, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.