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000635879 1001_ $$0P:(DE-HGF)0$$aWunderlich, Juliane$$b0$$eCorresponding author
000635879 245__ $$aIron transport pathways in the human malaria parasite Plasmodium falciparum revealed by RNA-sequencing
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000635879 520__ $$aHost iron deficiency is protective against severe malaria as the human malaria parasite Plasmodium falciparum depends on bioavailable iron from its host to proliferate. The essential pathways of iron acquisition, storage, export, and detoxification in the parasite differ from those in humans, as orthologs of the mammalian transferrin receptor, ferritin, or ferroportin, and a functional heme oxygenase are absent in P. falciparum. Thus, the proteins involved in these processes may be excellent targets for therapeutic development, yet remain largely unknown. Here, we show that parasites cultured in erythrocytes from an iron-deficient donor displayed significantly reduced growth rates compared to those grown in red blood cells from healthy controls. Sequencing of parasite RNA revealed diminished expression of genes involved in overall metabolism, hemoglobin digestion, and metabolite transport under low-iron versus control conditions. Supplementation with hepcidin, a specific ferroportin inhibitor, resulted in increased labile iron levels in erythrocytes, enhanced parasite replication, and transcriptional upregulation of genes responsible for merozoite motility and host cell invasion. Through endogenous GFP tagging of differentially expressed putative transporter genes followed by confocal live-cell imaging, proliferation assays with knockout and knockdown lines, and protein structure predictions, we identified six proteins that are likely required for ferrous iron transport in P. falciparum. Of these, we localized PfVIT and PfZIPCO to cytoplasmic vesicles, PfMRS3 to the mitochondrion, and the novel putative iron transporter PfE140 to the plasma membrane for the first time in P. falciparum. PfNRAMP/PfDMT1 and PfCRT were previously reported to efflux Fe$^{2+}$ from the digestive vacuole. Our data support a new model for parasite iron homeostasis, in which PfE140 is involved in iron uptake across the plasma membrane, PfMRS3 ensures non-redundant Fe$^{2+}$ supply to the mitochondrion as the main site of iron utilization, PfVIT transports excess iron into cytoplasmic vesicles, and PfZIPCO exports Fe$^{2+}$ from these organelles in case of iron scarcity. These results provide new insights into the parasite’s response to differential iron availability in its environment and into the mechanisms of iron transport in P. falciparum as promising candidate targets for future antimalarial drugs.  
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000635879 7001_ $$aKotov, Vadim$$b1
000635879 7001_ $$aVotborg-Novél, Lasse$$b2
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000635879 7001_ $$aGeffken, Maria$$b4
000635879 7001_ $$aPeine, Sven$$b5
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000635879 7001_ $$0P:(DE-H253)PIP1081588$$aStrauss, Jan$$b7
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