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Synchronisation of Plasmodium falciparum and P. knowlesi In Vitro Cultures Using a Highly Specific Protein Kinase Inhibitor.

Margarida RessurreiçãoRobert William MoonDavid Andrew BakerChristiaan van Ooij
Published in: Methods in molecular biology (Clifton, N.J.) (2022)
Synchronisation of Plasmodium cultures is essential to investigate the complexities of time-dependent events associated with the asexual blood stage of the malaria parasite life cycle. Here we describe a procedure using ML10, a highly specific inhibitor of the parasite cyclic GMP-dependent protein kinase (PKG), to attain high synchronicity of Plasmodium falciparum and P. knowlesi asexual blood-stage cultures and to obtain high levels of arrested mature schizonts as well as viable released merozoites. Additionally, we describe how to use ML10 to improve the transfection efficiency of P. falciparum parasites and also how to derive the half maximal effective concentration (EC 50 ) of ML10 in other P. falciparum laboratory lines and clinical isolates.
Keyphrases
  • plasmodium falciparum
  • life cycle
  • protein kinase
  • heart rate
  • resistance training
  • protein protein
  • biofilm formation
  • small molecule
  • staphylococcus aureus