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Changes in heterochromatin distribution during the initial stages of sexual development in Plasmodium falciparum


ABSTRACT: In the malaria parasite Plasmodium falciparum, changes in the distribution of heterochromatin at specific loci regulate the expression of clonally variant genes (CVGs), which play fundamental roles in host-parasite interactions. In addition to differences in heterochromatin between individual parasites associated with variant expression of CVGs, changes in heterochromatin distribution associated with different developmental stages have been described. However, while stage II/III gametocytes (sexual precursors) have an altered distribution of heterochromatin compared with asexual blood stages, it is unclear if heterochromatin changes already occur at the very early stages of sexual development. Here we used a transgenic parasite line in which sexual conversion can be conditionally induced to characterise the changes in heterochromatin distribution associated with the earliest stages of sexual development. We found that there were essentially no changes in sexual rings or stage I gametocytes compared with asexual blood stages, and remodelling of heterochromatin started at stage II or III of gametocyte development, with changes similar to those previously described in parasites of a different genetic background. Therefore, global redistribution of heterochromatin does not appear to play a role in the initial steps of sexual development. We also found that, for several genes, changes in expression associated with sexual development precede changes in the heterochromatin at their locus.

ORGANISM(S): Plasmodium falciparum

PROVIDER: GSE252334 | GEO | 2024/10/09

REPOSITORIES: GEO

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