Journal: iScience
Article Title: Targeting an essential Plasmodium cold shock protein to block growth and transmission of malaria parasite
doi: 10.1016/j.isci.2023.106637
Figure Lengend Snippet: Expression and localization analysis of Pf CoSP at asexual and gametocyte stages of parasite life cycle and effect of LI71 on native Pf CoSP to bind with DNA and α/β tubulin (A) Immunofluorescence images showing the localization of Pf CoSP at asexual and gametocyte stages of parasite life cycle. Smears of methanol-fixed Pf 3D7-infected erythrocytes were stained with anti- Pf CoSP antibodies (1:250) followed by incubation with Alexa Fluor-conjugated secondary antibodies (Alexa Fluor 488, green). DIC: differential interference contrast image, DAPI: nuclear staining 40, 6-diamidino-2-phenylindole (blue); Pf CoSP: mouse anti- Pf CoSP (green); merge: overlay of Pf CoSP with DAPI (Scale bar: 2 μm). (B) Co-localization of Pf CoSP with Pf NapL. Smears of methanol-fixed Pf 3D7-infected erythrocytes were stained with anti- Pf CoSP (1:250) and anti- Pf NapL antibodies (1:250), followed by incubation with Alexa Fluor-conjugated secondary antibodies (Alexa Fluor 488, green; Alexa Fluor 594, red). DIC: differential interference contrast image, DAPI: nuclear staining 40, 6-diamidino-2-phenylindole (blue); Pf CoSP: mouse anti- Pf CoSP (green); Pf NapL: anti- Pf NapL antibody (red); merge: overlay of Pf CoSP with Pf NapL (Scale bar: 2 μm). (C) Co-localization of Pf CoSP with tubulin. Smears of methanol-fixed Pf 3D7-infected erythrocytes were stained with anti- Pf CoSP (1:250) and anti-tubulin antibodies (1:250), followed by incubation with Alexa Fluor-conjugated secondary antibodies (Alexa Fluor 488, green; Alexa Fluor 594, red). DIC: differential interference contrast image, DAPI: nuclear staining 40, 6-diamidino-2-phenylindole (blue); Pf CoSP: mouse anti- Pf CoSP (green); Pf tubulin-: anti- Pf tubulin antibody (red); merge: overlay of Pf CoSP with Pf tubulin (Scale bar: 2 μm). (D) Bead based Pf CoSP-DNA pull down assay in the presence of LI71. Cellulose beads with immobilized single and double stranded calf thymus DNA (as mentioned on the blot) were incubated with parasite lysate treated with and without LI71 (as depicted by + and - sign on the blot) at 25°C and 37°C (mentioned below the blot). Post washing bead pellet was boiled in 1X SDS-PAGE sample loading dye followed by western blotting. Protein bands are marked with ‘∗’. (E) Co-immunoprecipitation assay with parasite lysate to evaluate the interaction of native Pf CoSP with α/β tubulin in the presence and absence of LI71. Pf CoSP specific antisera was coupled to aminolink plus coupling resin, and used to pull down α (i) and β tubulin (ii) from parasite culture treated with and without LI71 (as depicted by + and - sign on the blot) at 25°C and 37°C (mentioned below the blot). Elutes from the assay were probed by western blot analysis using anti-α (i) and anti-β (ii) tubulin antibodies. Protein bands are marked with ‘∗’.
Article Snippet: Deoxyribonucleic acid-cellulose double-stranded from calf Thymus DNA , Sigma-Aldrich , Cat #D8515.
Techniques: Expressing, Immunofluorescence, Infection, Staining, Incubation, Pull Down Assay, SDS Page, Western Blot, Co-Immunoprecipitation Assay