Fractionation of Plasmodium-infected human red blood cells to study protein trafficking

Methods Mol Biol. 2015:1270:71-80. doi: 10.1007/978-1-4939-2309-0_5.

Abstract

Subcellular fractionation is a valuable tool to follow protein traffic between cellular compartments. Here we detail a procedure for fractionating erythrocytes infected with the human malaria parasite P. falciparum using the bacterial pore-forming protein Streptolysin O (SLO). Additionally we describe an experimental protocol to determine protein topology by carrying out a protease protection assay on SLO-lysed infected erythrocytes.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Bacterial Proteins / metabolism
  • Enzyme Assays
  • Erythrocytes / metabolism*
  • Erythrocytes / parasitology*
  • Hemolysis
  • Humans
  • Peptide Hydrolases / metabolism
  • Permeability
  • Plasmodium / physiology*
  • Protein Transport
  • Streptolysins / metabolism*
  • Subcellular Fractions

Substances

  • Bacterial Proteins
  • Streptolysins
  • streptolysin O
  • Peptide Hydrolases