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J. Biol. Chem., Vol. 275, Issue 32, 24506-24511, August 11, 2000

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Developmental Stage-specific Biosynthesis of Glycosylphosphatidylinositol Anchors in Intraerythrocytic Plasmodium falciparum and Its Inhibition in a Novel Manner by Mannosamine^*

Ramachandra S. Naik, Eugene A. Davidson, and D. Channe Gowda

From the Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Georgetown University Medical Center, Washington, D. C. 20007

Glycosylphosphatidylinositols (GPIs) are the major glycoconjugates in intraerythrocytic stage Plasmodium falciparum. Several functional proteins including merozoite surface protein 1 are anchored to the cell surface by GPI modification, and GPIs are vital to the parasite. Here, we studied the developmental stage-specific biosynthesis of GPIs by intraerythrocytic P. falciparum. The parasite synthesizes GPIs exclusively during the maturation of early trophozoites to late trophozoites but not during the development of rings to early trophozoites or late trophozoites to schizonts and merozoites. Mannosamine, an inhibitor of GPI biosynthesis, inhibits the growth of the parasite specifically at the trophozoite stage, preventing further development to schizonts and causing death. Mannosamine has no effect on the development of either rings to early trophozoites or late trophozoites to schizonts and merozoites. The analysis of GPIs and proteins synthesized by the parasite in the presence of mannosamine demonstrates that the effect is because of the inhibition of GPI biosynthesis. The data also show that mannosamine inhibits GPI biosynthesis by interfering with the addition of mannose to an inositol-acylated GlcN-phosphatidylinositol (PI) intermediate, which is distinctively different from the pattern seen in other organisms. In other systems, mannosamine inhibits GPI biosynthesis by interfering with either the transfer of a mannose residue to the Man1-6Man1-4GlcN-PI intermediate or the formation of ManN-Man-GlcN-PI, an aberrant GPI intermediate, which cannot be a substrate for further addition of mannose. Thus, the parasite GPI biosynthetic pathway could be a specific target for antimalarial drug development.

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