Large-scale differential proteome analysis in Plasmodium falciparum under drug treatment.

ABSTRACT: Proteome studies contribute markedly to our understanding of parasite biology, host-parasite interactions, and mechanisms of drug action. For most antimalarial drugs neither mode of action nor mechanisms of resistance development are fully elucidated although this would be important prerequisites for successfully developing urgently required novel antimalarials. Here, we establish a large-scale quantitative proteomic approach to examine protein expression changes in trophozoite stages of the malarial parasite Plasmodium falciparum following chloroquine and artemisinin treatment. For this purpose SIL (stable isotope labeling) using (14)N-isoleucine and (13)C(6),(15)N(1)-isoleucine was optimized to obtain 99% atomic percent enrichment. Proteome fractionation with anion exchange chromatograph

SUBMITTER: Prieto JH 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC2605551 | biostudies-literature | 2008

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature