- Arese P, Schwarzer E (1997) Malarial pigment (haemozoin): A very active ‘inert’ substance. Ann Trop Med Parasitol 91:501–516
PubMed CAS Google Scholar
- Atamna H, Ginsburg H (1995) Heme degradation in the presence of glutathione: A proposed mechanism to account for the high levels of non-heme iron found in the membranes of hemoglobinopathic red blood cells. J Biol Chem 42:24876–24883
Google Scholar
- Atkinson CT, Bayne MT, Gordeuk VR, Brittenham GM, Aikawa M (1991) Stage-specific ultrastructural effects of desferrioxamine on Plasmodium falciparum in vitro. Am J Trop Med Hyg 45:593–601
PubMed CAS Google Scholar
- Bahl A, Brunk B, Coppel RL, Crabtree J, Diskin SJ, Fraunholz MJ, Grant GR, Gupta D, Huestis RL, Kissinger JC, Labo P, Li L, McWeeney SK, Milgram AJ, Roos DS, Schug J, Stoeckert CJ, Jr. (2002) Plasmodb: The Plasmodium genome resource. An integrated database providing tools for accessing, analyzing and mapping expression and sequence data (both finished and unfinished). Nucl Acids Res 30:87–90
Article PubMed CAS Google Scholar
- Basilico N, Pagani E, Monti D, Olliaro P, Taramelli D (1998) A microtitre-based method for measuring the haem polymerization inhibitory activity (hpia) of antimalarial drugs. J Antimicrob Chemother 42:55–60
Article PubMed CAS Google Scholar
- Bendrat K, Berger BJ, Cerami A (1995) Haem polymerization in malaria. Nature 378:138
Article PubMed CAS Google Scholar
- Berger J, Dyck JL, Galan P, Aplogan A, Schneider D, Traissac P, Hercberg S (2000) Effect of daily iron supplementation on iron status, cell-mediated immunity, and incidence of infections in 6-36 month old Togolese children Eur J Clin Nutr 54:29–35
Article PubMed CAS Google Scholar
- Blauer G, Akkawi M (1997) Investigations of b-and β-hematin. J Inorg Chem 66:145–152
CAS Google Scholar
- Blauer G, Akkawi M (2000) On the preparation of beta-haematin. Biochem J 346:249–250
Article PubMed CAS Google Scholar
- Bohle DS, Helms JB (1993) Synthesis of β-hematin by dehydrohalogenation of hemin. Biochem Biophys Res Comm 193:504–508
Article PubMed CAS Google Scholar
- Bozdech Z, Llinas M, Pulliam BL, Wong ED, Zhu J, DeRisi JL (2003) The transcriptome of the intraerythrocytic developmental cycle of Plasmodium falciparum. PLoS Biol 1:86–100
Article Google Scholar
- Brooker S, Peshu N, Warn PA, Mosobo M, Guyatt HL, Marsh K, Snow RW (1999) The epidemiology of hookworm infection and its contribution to anaemia among pre-school children on the Kenyan coast. Trans R Soc Trop Med Hyg 93:240–246
PubMed CAS Google Scholar
- Buller R, Peterson ML, Almarsson O, Leiserowitz L (2002) Quinoline binding site on malaria pigment crystal:A rational pathway for antimalaria drug design. Cryst Growth Des 2:553–562
Article CAS Google Scholar
- Carbone T (1891) Sulla natura chimica del pigmento malarico G. Accad Med Torino 39:901
Google Scholar
- Choi YHC, Cerda FJ, Chu H-a, Babcock TG, Marletta AM (1999) Spectroscopic characterization of the heme-binding sites in Plasmodium falciparum histidine-rich protein 2. Biochemistry 38:16916–16924
PubMed CAS Google Scholar
- Chong CR, Sullivan DJ (2003) Inhibition of heme crystal growth by antimalarials and other compounds:Implications for drug discovery. Biochem Pharm 66:2201–2212
Article PubMed CAS Google Scholar
- Cotter RJ (1997) Time-of-flightmass spectrometry: Instrumentation and applications in biological research. American Chemical Society, Washington, D.C
Google Scholar
- Deharo E, Barkan D, Krugliak M, Golenser J, Ginsburg H (2003) Potentiation of the antimalarial action of chloroquine in rodent malaria by drugs known to reduce cellular glutathione levels. Biochem Pharm 66:809–817
Article PubMed CAS Google Scholar
- DeHoffman E, Charette J, Stroobant V (1996) Mass spectrometry: Principles and applications. JohnWiley and Sons, Chichester, UK
Google Scholar
- Demirev PA, Feldman AB, Kongkasuriyachai D, Scholl P, Sullivan D, Jr., Kumar N (2002) Detection of malaria parasites in blood by laser desorption mass spectrometry. Anal Chem 74:3262–3266
Article PubMed CAS Google Scholar
- Desai MR, Dhar R, Rosen DH, Kariuki SK, Shi YP, Kager PA, Ter Kuile FO (2004) Daily iron supplementation is more efficacious than twice weekly iron supplementation for the treatment of childhood anemia in western Kenya. J Nutr 134:1167–1174
PubMed CAS Google Scholar
- Desai MR, Mei JV, Kariuki SK, Wannemuehler KA, Phillips-Howard PA, Nahlen BL, Kager PA, Vulule JM, ter Kuile FO (2003) Randomized, controlled trial of daily iron supplementation and intermittent sulfadoxine-pyrimethamine for the treatment of mild childhood anemia in western Kenya. J Infect Dis 187:658–666
Article PubMed CAS Google Scholar
- Dorn A, Stoffel R, Matile H, Bubendorf A, Ridley RG (1995) Malarial haemozoin/betahaematin supports haem polymerization in the absence of protein. Nature 374:269–271
Article PubMed CAS Google Scholar
- Dorn A, Vippagunta SR, Matile H, Bubendorf A, Vennerstrom JL, Ridley RG (1998a) A comparison and analysis of several ways to promote haematin (haem) polymerisation and an assessment of its initiation in vitro. Biochem Pharm 55:737–747
PubMed CAS Google Scholar
- Dorn A, Vippagunta SR, Matile H, Jaquet C, Vennerstrom JL, Ridley RG (1998b) An assessment of drug-haematin binding as amechanism for inhibition of haematin polymerisation by quinoline antimalarials Biochem Pharm 55:727–736
PubMed CAS Google Scholar
- Eckstein-Ludwig U, Webb RJ, VanGoethem ID, East JM, Lee AG, Kimura M, O’Neill PM, Bray PG, Ward SA, Krishna S (2003) Artemisinins target the SERCA of Plasmodium falciparum. Nature 424:957–961
Article PubMed CAS Google Scholar
- Egan T, Ross D, Adams P (1994a) Quinoline anti-malarial drugs inhibit spontaneous formation of beta-haematin (malaria pigment). FEBS Letters 352:54–57
Article PubMed CAS Google Scholar
- Egan TJ (2002) Physico-chemical aspects of hemozoin (malaria pigment) structure and formation. J Inorg Biochem 91:19–26
Article PubMed CAS Google Scholar
- Egan TJ (2004) Haemozoin formation as a target for the rational design of new antimalarials. Drug Design Reviews Online 1:93–110
CAS Google Scholar
- Egan TJ, Combrinck JM, Egan J, Hearne GR, Marques HM, Ntenteni S, Sewell BT, Smith PJ, Taylor D, Van Schalkwyk DA, Walden JC (2002) Fate of haem iron in the malaria parasite Plasmodium falciparum. Biochem J 365: 343–347
Article PubMed CAS Google Scholar
- Egan TJ, Hunter R, Kaschula CH, Marques HM, Misplon A, Walden J (2000) Structurefunction relationships in aminoquinolines: Effect of amino and chloro groups on quinoline-hematin complex formation, inhibition of beta-hematin formation, and antiplasmodial activity. J Med Chem 43:283–291
PubMed CAS Google Scholar
- Egan TJ, Mavuso WW, Ncokazi KK (2001) The mechanism of beta-hematin formation in acetate solution. Parallels between hemozoin formation and biomineralization processes. Biochemistry 40:204–213
Article PubMed CAS Google Scholar
- Egan TJ, Mavuso WW, Ross DC, Marques HM (1997) Thermodynamic factors controlling the interaction of quinoline antimalarial drugs with ferriprotoporphyrin IX. J Inorg Biochem 68:137–145
Article PubMed CAS Google Scholar
- Egan TJ, Ross DC, Adams PA (1994b) Quinoline anti-malarial drugs inhibit spontaneous formation of beta-haematin (malaria pigment). FEBS Lett 352:54–57
Article PubMed CAS Google Scholar
- Ekvall H, Premji Z, Bjorkman A (2000) Micronutrient and iron supplementation and effective antimalarial treatment synergistically improve childhood anaemia. Trop Med Int Health 5:696–705
Article PubMed CAS Google Scholar
- Fairbanks Vf, Beutler E. (1995a) Iron deficiency. In: Beutler E, Lichtman M, Coller B, Kipps T (eds) Williams hematology, McGraw-Hill, New York, pp490–511
Google Scholar
- Fairbanks Vf, Beutler E. (1995b). Iron metabolism. In: Beutler E, Lichtman M, Coller B, Kipps T (eds) Williams hematology, McGraw-Hill, New York, pp369–379
Google Scholar
- Famin O, Ginsburg H (2003) The treatment of plasmodium falciparum-infected erythrocytes with chloroquine leads to accumulation of ferriprotoporphyrin IX bound to particular parasite proteins and to the inhibition of the parasite’s 6-phosphogluconate dehydrogenase. Parasite 10:39–50
PubMed CAS Google Scholar
- Famin O, Krugliak M, Ginsburg H (1999) Kinetics of inhibitionof glutathione-mediated degradation of ferriprotoporphyrin IX by antimalarial drugs. Biochem Pharm 58:59–68
Article PubMed CAS Google Scholar
- Fitch C, Cai G, Chen Y, Shoemaker J (1999) Involvement of lipids inferriprotoporphyrin IX polymerization in malaria. Biochim Biophys Acta 1454:31–37
PubMed CAS Google Scholar
- Fitch CD (1998) Involvement of heme in the antimalarial action of chloroquine. Trans Am Clin Climatol Assoc 109:97–105; discussion 105–106
PubMed CAS Google Scholar
- Fitch CD, Chen YF, Cai GZ (2003) Chloroquine-induced masking of a lipid that promotes ferriprotoporphyrin IX dimerization in malaria. J Biol Chem 278:22596–22599
PubMed CAS Google Scholar
- Fitch CD, Chou AC (1996) Heat-labile and heat-stimulable heme polymerase activities in Plasmodium berghei. Mol Biochem Parasitol 82:261–264
Article PubMed CAS Google Scholar
- Fitch CD, Kanjananggulpan P (1987) The state of ferriprotoporphyrin IX in malaria pigment. J Biol Chem 262:15552–15555
PubMed CAS Google Scholar
- Francis SE, Sullivan DJ Jr, Goldberg DE (1997) Hemoglobin metabolism in the malaria parasite Plasmodium falciparum Annu Rev Microbiol 51:97–123
Article PubMed CAS Google Scholar
- Fry M, Beesley JE (1991) Mitochondria of mammalian Plasmodium spp. Parasitology 102:17–26
Article PubMed Google Scholar
- Gabay T, Ginsburg H (1993) Hemoglobin denaturation and iron release in acidified red blood cell lysate-a possible source of iron for intraerthrocytic malaria parasites. Exp Parisitol 77:261–272
CAS Google Scholar
- Gabay T, Krugliak M, Shalmiev G, Ginsburg H (1994) Inhibition by anti-malarial drugs of haemoglobin denaturation and iron release in acidified red blood cell lysates-a possible mechanism of their anti-malarial effect? Parasitology 108:371–381
PubMed CAS Google Scholar
- Garrick MD, Nunez MT, Olivares M, Harris ED (2003) Parallels and contrasts between iron and copper metabolism. Biometals 16:1–8
PubMed CAS Google Scholar
- Gera T, Sachdev HP (2002) Effect of iron supplementation on incidence of infectious illness in children: Systematic review. BMJ 325:1142
Article PubMed CAS Google Scholar
- Ginsburg H, Famin O, Zhang J, Krugliak M (1998) Inhibition of glutathione-dependant degradation of heme by chloroquine and amodiaquine as a possible basis for their antimalarials mode of action. Biochem Pharmacol 56:1305–1313
Article PubMed CAS Google Scholar
- Ginsburg H, Gorodetsky R, Krugliak M (1986) The status of zinc in malaria (Plasmodium falciparum) infected human red blood cells: Stage dependent accumulation, compartmentation and effect of dipicolinate. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta 886:337–344
PubMed CAS Google Scholar
- Ginsburg H, Krugliak M (1999) Chloroquine—someopen questions on its antimalarial mode of action and resistance. Drug Resist Update 2:180–187
CAS Google Scholar
- Goldberg DE, Slater AFG, Cerami A, Henderson GB (1990) Hemoglobin degradation in the malaria parasite Plasmodium falciparum: An ordered process in a unique organelle. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA 87:2931–2935
PubMed CAS Google Scholar
- Gordeuk V, Thuma P, Brittenham G, McLaren C, Parry D, Backenstose A, Biemba G, Msiska R, Holmes L, McKinley E, et al. (1992) Effect of iron chelation therapy on recovery from deep coma in children with cerebral malaria. N Engl J Med 327:1473–1477
Article PubMed CAS Google Scholar
- Gushin H, Mackenzie B, Berger UV, Gushin Y, Romero MR, Boron WF, Nussberger S, Gollan JL, Hediger MA (1997) Cloning and characterization of a mammalian proton-coupled metal-ion transporter. Nature 388:482–487
Google Scholar
- Haddad S, Restieri C, Krishnan K (2001) Characterization of age-related changes in body weight and organ weights from birth to adolescence in humans. J Toxicol Environ Health A 64:453–464
Article PubMed CAS Google Scholar
- Haldar K, Henderson CL, Cross GAM (1986) Identification of the parasite transferrin receptor of _Plasmodium falciparim_-infected erythrocytes and its acylation via 1,2-diacyl-sn-glycerol. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA 83:8565–8569
PubMed CAS Google Scholar
- Hastka J, Lasserre J, Schwarzbeck A, Strauch M, Hehlmann R (1993) Zinc protoporphyrin in anemia of chronic disorders. Blood 81:1200–1204
PubMed CAS Google Scholar
- Hawley SR, Bray PG, Mungthin M, Atkinson JD, O’Neill PM, Ward SA (1998) Relationship between antimalarial drug activity, accumulation, and inhibition of heme polymerization in Plasmodium falciparum in vitro Antimicrob Agents Chemother 42:682–686
PubMed CAS Google Scholar
- Hempelmann E, Egan TJ (2002) Pigment biocrystallization in Plasmodium falciparum. Trends Parasitol 18:11
Article PubMed Google Scholar
- Hempelmann E, Motta C, Hughes R, Ward SA, Bray PG (2003) Plasmodium falciparum: Sacrificing membrane to grow crystals? Trends Parasitol 19:23–26
PubMed CAS Google Scholar
- Hentze MW, Muckenthaler MU, Andrews NC (2004) Balancing acts:Molecular control of mammalian iron metabolism. Cell 117:285–297
Article PubMed CAS Google Scholar
- Hershko C, Peto TE (1988) Deferoxamine inhibition of malaria is independent of host iron status. J Exp Med 168:375–387
Article PubMed CAS Google Scholar
- Huy NT, Kamei K, Yamamoto T, Kondo Y, Kanaori K, Takano R, Tajima K, Hara S (2002) Clotrimazole binds to heme and enhances heme-dependent hemolysis: Proposed antimalarial mechanism of clotrimazole. J Biol Chem 277:4152–4158
Article PubMed CAS Google Scholar
- Iyer JK, Shi L, Shankar AH, Sullivan DJ, Jr. (2003) Zinc protoporphyrin IX binds heme crystals to inhibit the process of crystallization in Plasmodium falciparum. Mol Med 9:175–182
PubMed CAS Google Scholar
- Kalkanidis M, Klonis N, Tilley L, Deady LW (2002) Novel phenothiazine antimalarials: Synthesis, antimalarial activity, and inhibition of the formation of beta-haematin. Biochem Pharmacol 63:833–842
Article PubMed CAS Google Scholar
- Kaplan J, O’Halloran TV (1996) Iron metabolism in eukaryotes: Mars and venus at it again. Science 271:1510–1512
PubMed CAS Google Scholar
- Kristiansen JE, Jepsen S (1985) The susceptibility of Plasmodium falciparum in vitro to chlorpromazine and the stereo-isomeric compounds cis (z)-and trans (e)-clopenthixol. Acta Pathol Microbiol Immunol Scand [B] 93:249–251
CAS Google Scholar
- Krugliak M, Zhang J, Ginsburg H (2002) Intraerythrocytic Plasmodium falciparum utilizes only a fraction of the amino acids derived from the digestion of host cell cytosol for the biosynthesis of its proteins. Mol Biochem Parasitol 119:249–256
Article PubMed CAS Google Scholar
- Kurosawa Y, Dorn A, Kitsuji-Shirane M, Shimada H, Satoh T, Matile H, Hofheinz W, Masciadri R, Kansy M, Ridley RG (2000) Hematin polymerization assay as a highthroughput screen for identification of new antimalarial pharmacophores. Antimicrob Agents Chemother 44:2638–2644
Article PubMed CAS Google Scholar
- Lamola AA, Yamane T (1974) Zinc protoporphyrin in the erythrocytes of patientswith lead intoxication and iron deficiency anemia. Science 186:936–938
PubMed CAS Google Scholar
- Lawrence C, Olson JA (1986) Birefringent hemozoin identifies malaria. Am J Clin Pathol 86:360–363
PubMed CAS Google Scholar
- Leed A, DuBay K, Ursos LM, Sears D, DeDios AC, Roepe PD (2002) Solution structures of antimalarial drug-heme complexes Biochemistry 41:10245–10255
Article PubMed CAS Google Scholar
- Leenstra T, Kariuki SK, Kurtis JD, Oloo AJ, Kager PA, ter Kuile FO (2004) Prevalence and severity of anemia and iron deficiency: Cross-sectional studies in adolescent schoolgirls in western Kenya. Eur J Clin Nutr 58:681–691
Article PubMed CAS Google Scholar
- Levesque MA, Sullivan AD, Meshnick SR (1999) Splenic and hepatic hemozoin in mice after malaria parasite clearance. J Parasitol 85:570–573
PubMed CAS Google Scholar
- Lew VL, Tiffert T, Ginsburg H (2003) Excess hemoglobin digestion and the osmotic stability of _Plasmodium falciparum_-infected red blood cells. Blood 101:4189–4194
Article PubMed CAS Google Scholar
- Loyevsky M, John C, Dickens B, Hu V, Miller JH, Gordeuk VR (1999a) Chelation of iron within the erythrocytic Plasmodium falciparum parasite by iron chelators. Mol Biochem Parasitol 101:43–59
Article PubMed CAS Google Scholar
- Loyevsky M, LaVaute T, Allerson CR, Stearman R, Kassim OO, Cooperman S, Gordeuk VR, Rouaul TA (2001) An IRP-like protein from Plasmodium falciparum binds to a mammalian iron-responsive element. Blood 98:2555–2562
Article PubMed CAS Google Scholar
- Loyevsky M, Lytton SD, Mester B, Libman J, Shanzer A, Cabantchik ZI (1993) The antimalarial action of desferal involves a direct access route to erythrocytic (Plasmodium falciparum parasites. J Clin Invest 91:218–224
Article PubMed CAS Google Scholar
- Loyevsky M, Mompoint F, Yikilmaz E, Altschul SF, Madden T, Wootton JC, Kurantsin-Mills J, Kassim OO, Gordeuk VR, Rouault TA (2003) Expression of a recombinant IRP-like Plasmodium falciparum protein that specifically binds putative plasmodial ires. Mol Biochem Parasitol 126:231–238
Article PubMed CAS Google Scholar
- Loyevsky M, Sacci JB, Jr., Boehme P, Weglicki W, John C, Gordeuk VR (1999b) Plasmodium falciparum and Plasmodium yoelii: Effect of the iron chelation prodrug dexrazoxane on in vitro cultures. Exp Parasitol 91:105–114
Article PubMed CAS Google Scholar
- Mabeza GF, Loyevsky M, Gordeuk VR, Weiss G (1999) Iron chelation therapy for malaria: A review. Pharmacol Ther 81:53–75
Article PubMed CAS Google Scholar
- Mann S, Bannister JV, Williams RJP (1986) Structure and composition of ferritin cores isolated from human spleen, limpet (Patella vulgata) hemolymph and bacterial (Pseudomonas aeruginosa) cells. J Mol Biol 188:225–232
Article PubMed CAS Google Scholar
- Marques HM, Voster K, Egan TJ (1996) The interaction of the heme-octapeptide, nacetylmicroperoxidase-8 with antimalarial drugs: Solution studies and modeling by molecular mechanics methods. J Inorgan Biochem 64:7–23
Article CAS Google Scholar
- Massaga JJ, Kitua AY, Lemnge MM, Akida JA, Malle LN, Ronn AM, Theander TG, Bygbjerg IC (2003) Effect of intermittent treatmentwith amodiaquine on anaemia and malarial fevers in infants in Tanzania: A randomised placebo-controlled trial Lancet 361:1853–1860
Article PubMed CAS Google Scholar
- McKie AT, Marciani P, Rolfs A, Brennan K, Wehr K, Barrow D, Miret S, Bomford A, Peters TJ, Farzaneh F, Hediger MA, Hentze MW, Simpson RJ (2000) A novel duodenal iron-regulated transporter, IREG1, implicated in the basolateral transfer of iron to the circulation. Mol Cell 5:299–309
Article PubMed CAS Google Scholar
- Mebrahtu T, Stoltzfus RJ, Chwaya HM, Jape JK, Savioli L, Montresor A, Albonico M, Tielsch JM (2004) Low-dose daily iron supplementation for 12 months does not increase the prevalence of malarial infection or density of parasites in young Zanzibari children J Nutr 134:3037–3041
PubMed CAS Google Scholar
- Menendez C, Kahigwa E, Hirt R, Vounatsou P, Aponte JJ, Font F, Acosta CJ, Schellenberg DM, Galindo CM, Kimario J, Urassa H, Brabin B, Smith TA, Kitua AY, Tanner M, Alonso PL (1997) Randomised placebo-controlled trial of iron supplementation and malaria chemoprophylaxis for prevention of severe anaemia and malaria in Tanzanian infants. Lancet 350:844–85
PubMed CAS Google Scholar
- Menendez C, Schellenberg D, Quinto L, Kahigwa E, Alvarez L, Aponte JJ, Alonso PL (2004) The effects of short-term iron supplementation on iron status in infants in malaria-endemic areas. Am J Trop Med Hyg 71:434–440
PubMed CAS Google Scholar
- Miyajima H (2002) Genetic disorders affecting proteins of iron and copper metabolism: Clinical implications. Intern Med 41:762–769
PubMed CAS Google Scholar
- Monti D, Vodopivec B, Basilico N, Olliaro P, Taramelli D (1999) A novel endogenous antimalarial: Fe (ii)-protoporphyrin IX alpha (heme) inhibits hematin polymerization to beta-hematin (malaria pigment) and kills malaria parasites. Biochemistry 38:8858–8863
Article PubMed CAS Google Scholar
- Moody A (2002) Rapid diagnostic tests for malaria parasites. Clin Microbiol Rev 15:66–78
Article PubMed CAS Google Scholar
- Moreau S, Perly B, Chachaty C, and Deleuze C (1985) A nuclear magnetic resonance study of the interactions of antimalarial drugs with porphyrins. Biochem Biophys Acta 840:107–116
PubMed CAS Google Scholar
- Murray MJ, Murray NJ, Murray AB, Murray MB (1975) Refeeding-malaria and hyperferraemia. Lancet 1:653–654
PubMed CAS Google Scholar
- Noland GS, Briones N, Sullivan DJ (2003) The shape and size of hemozoin crystals distinguishes diverse Plasmodium species. Mol Biochem Parasitol 130:91–99
Article PubMed CAS Google Scholar
- Nyakeriga AM, Troye-Blomberg M, Dorfman JR, Alexander ND, Back R, Kortok M, Chemtai AK, Marsh K, Williams TN (2004) Iron deficiency and malaria among children living on the coast of Kenya. J Infect Dis 190:439–447
Article PubMed CAS Google Scholar
- O’Neill PM, Willock DJ, Hawley SR, Bray PG, Storr RC, Ward SA, Park BK (1997) Synthesis, antimalarial activity, and molecularmodeling of tebuquine analogues. J Med Chem 40:437–448
PubMed CAS Google Scholar
- Oppenheimer SJ (2001) Iron and its relation to immunity and infectious disease. J Nutr 131:616S-633S; discussion 633S-635S
Google Scholar
- Pagola S, Stephens PW, Bohle DS, Kosar AD, Madsen SK (2000) The structure of malaria pigment beta-hematin. Nature 404:307–310
PubMed CAS Google Scholar
- Pandey AV, Babbarwal VK, Okoyeh JN, Joshi RM, Puri SK, Singh RL, Chauhan VS (2003) Hemozoin formation in malaria: A two-step process involving histidinerich proteins and lipids. Biochem Biophys Res Commun 308:736–743
Article PubMed CAS Google Scholar
- Panek H, O’Brian MR (2002) A whole genome view of prokaryotic haem biosynthesis. Microbiology 148:2273–2282
PubMed CAS Google Scholar
- Papalexis V, Siomos MA, Campanale N, Guo X, Kocak G, Foley M, Tilley L (2001) Histidine-rich protein 2 of the malaria parasite, Plasmodium falciparum, is involved in detoxification of the by-products of haemoglobin degradation. Mol Biochem Parasitol 115:77–86
Article PubMed CAS Google Scholar
- Peto TE, Thompson JL (1986) A reappraisal of the effects of iron and desferrioxamine on the growth of Plasmodium falciparum ‘in vitro’: The unimportance of serum iron Br J Haematol 63:273–280
PubMed CAS Google Scholar
- Rasoloson D, Shi L, Chong CR, Kafsack BF, Sullivan DJ (2004) Copper pathways in Plasmodium falciparum infected erythrocytes indicate an efflux role for the copper P-ATPase. Biochem J
Google Scholar
- Raventos-Suarez C, Pollack S, Nagel RL (1982) Plasmodium falciparum: Inhibition of in vitro growth by desferrioxamine. Am J Trop Med Hyg 31:919–922
PubMed CAS Google Scholar
- Ridley RG (1996) Hemozoin formation in malaria parasites: Is there a haem polymerase? Trends Microbiol 4:253–254
Article PubMed CAS Google Scholar
- Rodriguez MH, Jungery M (1986) A protein on _Plasmodium falciparum_-infected erythrocytes functions as a transferrin receptor. Nature 324:388–391
Article PubMed CAS Google Scholar
- Sanchez-Lopez R, Haldar K (1992) A transferrin-independent iron uptake activity in _Plasmodium falciparum_-infected and uninfected erythrocytes. Mol Biochem Parasitol 55:9–20
Article PubMed CAS Google Scholar
- Sato S, Wilson RJ (2003) Proteobacteria-like ferrochelatase in the malaria parasite Curr Genet 42:292–300
PubMed CAS Google Scholar
- Scholl PF, Kongkasuriyachai D, Demirev PA, Feldman AB, Lin JS, Sullivan DJ, Kumar N (2004) Rapid detection of malaria infection in vivo by laser desorption mass spectrometry. Am J Trop Med Hyg 71:546–551
PubMed CAS Google Scholar
- Schwarzer E, Datteis DF, Giribaldi G, Ulliers D, Valente E, Arese P (1999a) Hemozoin stability and dormant induction of heme oxygenase in hemozoin-fed human monocytes. Mol Biochem Parasitol 100:61–72
Article PubMed CAS Google Scholar
- Schwarzer E, Turrini F, Ulliers D, Giribaldi G, Ginsburg H, Arese P (1992) Impairment of macrophage functions after ingestion of _Plasmodium falciparum_-infected erythrocytes or isolated malarial pigment. J Exp Med 176:1033–1041
Article PubMed CAS Google Scholar
- Scott MD, Ranz A, Kuypers FA, Lubin BH, Meshnick SR (1990) Parasite uptake of desferroxamine: A prerequisite for antimalarial activity Br J Haematol 75:598–602
PubMed CAS Google Scholar
- Slater AF (1993) Chloroquine:Mechanism of drug action and resistance in Plasmodium falciparum. Pharmacol Ther 57:203–235
Article PubMed CAS Google Scholar
- Slater AF, Cerami A (1992) Inhibition by chloroquine of a novel haem polymerase enzyme activity in malaria trophozoites. Nature 355:167–169
Article PubMed CAS Google Scholar
- Slater AF, Swiggard WJ, Orton BR, Flitter WD, Goldberg DE, Cerami A, Henderson GB (1991) An iron-carboxylate bond links the heme units of malaria pigment. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA 88:325–329
PubMed CAS Google Scholar
- Slater AFG (1992) Malarial pigment. Experim Parasitol 74:362–365
CAS Google Scholar
- Spivak JL (2002) Iron and the anemia of chronic disease. Oncology (Huntingt) 16:25–33
Google Scholar
- Stoltzfus RJ, Chwaya HM, Montresor A, Tielsch JM, Jape JK, Albonico M, Savioli L (2004) Low dose daily iron supplementation improves iron status and appetite but not anemia, whereas quarterly anthelminthic treatment improves growth, appetite and anemia in Zanzibari preschool children. J Nutr 134:348–356
PubMed CAS Google Scholar
- Stoltzfus RJ, Chwaya HM, Montresor A, Albonico M, Savioli L, Tielsch JM (2000) Malaria, hookworms and recent fever are related to anemia and iron status indicators in 0-to 5-y old Zanzibari choldren and these relationships change with age. J Nutr 130:1724–1733
PubMed CAS Google Scholar
- Sullivan D (2002a) Hemozoin: A biocrystal synthesized during the degradation of hemoglobin. In Matsumura S, Steinbüchel A (eds) Miscellaneous biopolymers, biodegradation of synthetic polymers, Wiley-VCHVerlagGmbH&Co, Weinheim, Germany, pp129–163
Google Scholar
- Sullivan DJ (2002b) Theories onmalarial pigment formation and quinoline action. Int J Parasitol 32:1645–1653
PubMed CAS Google Scholar
- Sullivan DJ Jr, Gluzman IY, Goldberg DE (1996a) Plasmodium hemozoin formation mediated by histidine-rich proteins. Science 271:219–222
PubMed CAS Google Scholar
- Sullivan DJ Jr, Gluzman IY, Russell DG, Goldberg DE (1996b) On the molecular mechanism of chloroquine’s antimalarial action. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA 93:11865–11870
PubMed CAS Google Scholar
- Sullivan DJ Jr, Matile H, Ridley RG, Goldberg DE (1998) A common mechanism for blockade of heme polymerization by antimalarial quinolines. J Biol Chem 273:31103–31107
Article PubMed CAS Google Scholar
- Surolia N, Padmanaban G (1992) De novo biosynthesis of heme offers a new chemotherapeutic target in the human malarial parasite. Biochem Biophys Res Commun 187:744–750
Article PubMed CAS Google Scholar
- Taliaferro WH, Mulligan HW (1937) The histopathology of malaria with special reference to the function and origin of macrophages in defense. Indian Med Mem 29:1–12
Google Scholar
- Tatala S, Svanberg U, Mduma B (1998) Low dietary iron availability is a major cause of anemia: A nutrition survey in the Lindi district of Tanzania. Am J Clin Nutr 68:171–178
PubMed CAS Google Scholar
- Thuma PE, Mabeza GF, Biemba G, Bhat GJ, McLaren CE, Moyo VM, Zulu S, Khumalo H, Mabeza P, M’Hango A, Parry D, Poltera AA, Brittenham GM, Gordeuk VR (1998) Effect of iron chelation therapy on mortality in zambian children with cerebral malaria. Trans R Soc Trop Med Hyg 92:214–218
Article PubMed CAS Google Scholar
- Tripathi AK, Garg SK, Tekwani BL (2002) A physiochemical mechanism of hemozoin (beta-hematin) synthesis by malaria parasite Biochem Biophys Res Commun 290:595–601
Article PubMed CAS Google Scholar
- Tripathi AK, Khan SI, Walker LA, Tekwani BL (2004) Spectrophotometric determination of de novo hemozoin/beta-hematin formation in an in vitro assay. Anal Biochem 325:85–91
Article PubMed CAS Google Scholar
- Vennerstrom JL, Ager AL Jr, Andersen SL, Grace JM, Wongpanich V, Angerhofer CK, Hu JK, Wesche DL (2000) Assessment of the antimalarial potential of tetraoxane WR 148999. Am J Trop Med Hyg 62:573–578
PubMed CAS Google Scholar
- Verhoef H, West CE, Nzyuko SM, de Vogel S, van der Valk R, Wanga MA, Kuijsten A, Veenemans J, Kok FJ (2002) Intermittent administration of iron and sulfadoxinepyrimethamine to control anaemia in Kenyan children: A randomised controlled trial. Lancet 360:908–914
PubMed CAS Google Scholar
- Weaver J, Zhan H, Pollack S (1993) Erythrocyte haemolysate interacts with atp-fe to forma complex containing iron, ATP and 13 800MWpolypeptide. Br J Haematol 83:138–144
PubMed CAS Google Scholar
- Wilson CM, Smith AB, Baylon RV (1996) Characterization of the delta-aminolevulinate synthase gene homologue in P. falciparum. Mol Biochem Parasitol 79:135–140
Article PubMed CAS Google Scholar
- Yip R (1998) Iron deficiency. Bull WHO 76:121–123
PubMed Google Scholar
- Zhan H, Gupta RK, Weaver J, Pollack S (1990) Iron bound to low MW ligands: Interactions with mitochondria and cytosolic proteins. Eur J Haematol 44:125–131
PubMed CAS Google Scholar
- Zhang J, Krugliak M, Ginsburg H (1999) The fate of ferriprotoporphyrin IX in malaria infected erythrocytes in conjunction with the mode of action of antimalarial drugs. Mol Biochem Parasitol 99:129–141
Article PubMed CAS Google Scholar