Liposome Disruption Assay to Examine Lytic Properties of Biomolecules
[Abstract] Proteins may have three dimensional structural or amino acid features that suggest a role in targeting and disrupting lipids within cell membranes. It is often necessary to experimentally investigate if these proteins and biomolecules are able to disrupt membranes in order to conclusively characterize the function of these biomolecules. Here, we ...
Plasmodium Sporozoite Motility on Flat Substrates
[Abstract] Plasmodium sporozoites are the infectious, highly motile forms of the malaria parasite transmitted by Anopheles mosquitoes. Sporozoite motility can be assessed following the dissection of Anopheles salivary glands and isolation of sporozoites in vitro.
Preparation of Parasite Protein Extracts and Western Blot Analysis
Authors: Arlett Heiber and
Tobias Spielmann,
date: 06/05/2014,
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[Abstract] In order to prepare protein extracts of Plasmodium falciparum blood stages for western blot analysis, infected red blood cells (iRBC) need to be separated from uninfected red blood cells (uRBC) which make up the bulk of the parasite culture. Depending on the localisation of the parasite protein of interest, different methods are available ...
Immuno-EM Analysis of PF13_0191-GFP Expressing Parasites
[Abstract] This protocol was used to prepare pre-embedding samples of Plasmodium falciparum blood stage parasites that overexpressed the parasite protein PF13_0191 tagged with GFP. Using GFP-specific antibodies and Protein A-Gold the localisation of the overexpressed protein in the infected host cell was determined using standard transmission ...
Plasmodium falciparum Rosette Formation Assay
[Abstract] Rosetting, i.e. the capacity of red blood cells (iRBCs) infected with mature parasite stages to bind two or more uninfected red blood cells (RBCs) is a virulence factor of Plasmodium falciparum. This protocol describes an in vitro assay to monitor rosette formation by P. falciparum-infected red blood cells, ...
Plasmodium falciparum Rosette Disruption Assay
[Abstract] Rosetting, i.e. the capacity of Plasmodium falciparum-infected red blood cells (iRBCs) to bind two or more uninfected red blood cells (RBCs) is associated with severe malaria in African children. Disruption of rosettes using small soluble inhibitors or specific antibodies is viewed as an interesting strategy to treat or prevent ...