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Elife ; 122023 10 05.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-37796723

ABSTRACT

Basigin is an essential host receptor for invasion of Plasmodium falciparum into human erythrocytes, interacting with parasite surface protein PfRH5. PfRH5 is a leading blood-stage malaria vaccine candidate and a target of growth-inhibitory antibodies. Here, we show that erythrocyte basigin is exclusively found in one of two macromolecular complexes, bound either to plasma membrane Ca2+-ATPase 1/4 (PMCA1/4) or to monocarboxylate transporter 1 (MCT1). PfRH5 binds to each of these complexes with a higher affinity than to isolated basigin ectodomain, making it likely that these are the physiological targets of PfRH5. PMCA-mediated Ca2+ export is not affected by PfRH5, making it unlikely that this is the mechanism underlying changes in calcium flux at the interface between an erythrocyte and the invading parasite. However, our studies rationalise the function of the most effective growth-inhibitory antibodies targeting PfRH5. While these antibodies do not reduce the binding of PfRH5 to monomeric basigin, they do reduce its binding to basigin-PMCA and basigin-MCT complexes. This indicates that the most effective PfRH5-targeting antibodies inhibit growth by sterically blocking the essential interaction of PfRH5 with basigin in its physiological context.


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Malaria, Falciparum , Plasmodium falciparum , Humans , Plasmodium falciparum/physiology , Basigin , Erythrocytes/parasitology , Antibodies, Neutralizing , Malaria, Falciparum/parasitology , Protozoan Proteins/metabolism , Protein Binding , Antigens, Protozoan
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Neuron ; 96(4): 827-838.e9, 2017 Nov 15.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-29056295

ABSTRACT

Plasma membrane Ca2+-ATPases (PMCAs), a family of P-type ATPases, extrude Ca2+ ions from the cytosol to the extracellular space and are considered to be key regulators of Ca2+ signaling. Here we show by functional proteomics that native PMCAs are heteromeric complexes that are assembled from two pore-forming PMCA1-4 subunits and two of the single-span membrane proteins, either neuroplastin or basigin. Contribution of the two Ig domain-containing proteins varies among different types of cells and along postnatal development. Complex formation of neuroplastin or basigin with PMCAs1-4 occurs in the endoplasmic reticulum and is obligatory for stability of the PMCA proteins and for delivery of PMCA complexes to the surface membrane. Knockout and (over)-expression of both neuroplastin and basigin profoundly affect the time course of PMCA-mediated Ca2+ transport, as well as submembraneous Ca2+ concentrations under steady-state conditions. Together, these results establish neuroplastin and basigin as obligatory auxiliary subunits of native PMCAs and key regulators of intracellular Ca2+ concentration.


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Basigin/metabolism , Calcium/metabolism , Membrane Glycoproteins/metabolism , Plasma Membrane Calcium-Transporting ATPases/metabolism , Animals , Endoplasmic Reticulum/metabolism , Female , Male , Membrane Glycoproteins/genetics , Mice , Mice, Knockout , Protein Subunits/metabolism
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