TitleActive APPL1 sequestration by Plasmodium favors liver-stage development.
Publication TypeJournal Article
Year of Publication2022
AuthorsLahree A, Baptista Sde Jesus S, Marques S, Perschin V, Zuzarte-Luís V, Goel M, Choudhary HHasan, Mishra S, Stigloher C, Zerial M, Sundaramurthy V, Mota MM
JournalCell Rep
Volume39
Issue9
Pagination110886
Date Published2022 May 31
ISSN2211-1247
Abstract

Intracellular pathogens manipulate host cells to survive and thrive. Cellular sensing and signaling pathways are among the key host machineries deregulated to favor infection. In this study, we show that liver-stage Plasmodium parasites compete with the host to sequester a host endosomal-adaptor protein (APPL1) known to regulate signaling in response to endocytosis. The enrichment of APPL1 at the parasitophorous vacuole membrane (PVM) involves an atypical Plasmodium Rab5 isoform (Rab5b). Depletion of host APPL1 alters neither the infection nor parasite development; however, upon overexpression of a GTPase-deficient host Rab5 mutant (hRab5_Q79L), the parasites are smaller and their PVM is stripped of APPL1. Infection with the GTPase-deficient Plasmodium berghei Rab5b mutant (PbRab5b_Q91L) in this case rescues the PVM APPL1 signal and parasite size. In summary, we observe a robust correlation between the level of APPL1 retention at the PVM and parasite size during exoerythrocytic development.

DOI10.1016/j.celrep.2022.110886
Alternate JournalCell Rep
PubMed ID35649358