Abstract
ObjectiveTo characterize the sequence diversity of blood-stage Plasmodium falciparum serine repeat antigen-5 (PfSERA5) which is lacking in a malaria-endemic country like India. MethodsIn this study, parasitic DNA was obtained from field isolates collected from various geographic regions. Subsequently, PfSERA5 gene sequence was PCR amplified and DNA sequenced. ResultsWe reported the existence of unique repeat polymorphisms and novel haplotypes for both the octamer repeat (OR) and serine repeat (SR) regions of the N-terminal fragment of PfSERA5 from Indian isolates. Several isolates from India were identical to low-frequency African haplotypes. Unique finding of our study was an Indian isolate showing deletion in a perfectly conserved 14 mer sequence within octamer repeat. Indian haplotypes reported in this study were found to be distributed into the three earlier classified allelic clusters of FCR3, K1 and Honduras showcasing broad diversity as compared to worldwide haplotypes. ConclusionsThis study is the first report on genetic diversity of PfSERA5 antigen from India. Further evaluation of these haplotypes by serotyping would provide useful information for investigating variant-specific immunity and aid in malaria vaccine research.
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