RGD Reference Report - The levels of CD16/Fc gamma receptor IIIA on CD14+ CD16+ monocytes are higher in children with severe Plasmodium falciparum anemia than in children with cerebral or uncomplicated malaria. - Rat Genome Database

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The levels of CD16/Fc gamma receptor IIIA on CD14+ CD16+ monocytes are higher in children with severe Plasmodium falciparum anemia than in children with cerebral or uncomplicated malaria.

Authors: Ogonda, LA  Orago, AS  Otieno, MF  Adhiambo, C  Otieno, W  Stoute, JA 
Citation: Ogonda LA, etal., Infect Immun. 2010 May;78(5):2173-81. doi: 10.1128/IAI.01078-09. Epub 2010 Mar 15.
RGD ID: 11040771
Pubmed: PMID:20231419   (View Abstract at PubMed)
PMCID: PMC2863496   (View Article at PubMed Central)
DOI: DOI:10.1128/IAI.01078-09   (Journal Full-text)

Fc gamma receptor IIIA (CD16/Fc gamma RIIIA) on monocytes/macrophages may play an important role in the pathogenesis of severe malarial anemia (SMA) by promoting phagocytosis of IgG-coated uninfected red cells and by allowing the production of tumor necrosis factor alpha (TNF-alpha) upon cross-linking by immune complexes (ICs). However, not much is known about the differential expression of this receptor on monocytes of children with severe malaria and uncomplicated malaria. Therefore, we investigated the expression of CD16/Fc gamma RIIIA on monocytes of children with SMA, cerebral malaria (CM), and their age-matched uncomplicated malaria controls by flow cytometry. Since CD14 low (CD14(+)) monocytes are considered more mature and macrophage-like than CD14 high (CD14(++)) monocytes, we also compared the level of expression of CD16/Fc gamma RIIIA according to the CD14 level and studied the relationship between CD16/Fc gamma RIIIA expression and intracellular TNF-alpha production upon stimulation by ICs. CD16/Fc gamma RIIIA expression was the highest overall on CD14(+) CD16(+) monocytes of children with SMA at enrollment. At convalescence, SMA children were the only ones to show a significant decline in the same parameter. In contrast, there were no significant differences among groups in the expression of CD16/Fc gamma RIIIA on CD14(++) CD16(+) monocytes. A greater percentage of CD14(+) CD16(+) monocytes produced TNF-alpha upon stimulation than any other monocyte subset, and the amount of intracellular TNF-alpha correlated positively with CD16/Fc gamma RIIIA expression. Furthermore, there was an inverse correlation between hemoglobin levels and CD16/Fc gamma RIIIA expression in children with SMA and their controls. These data suggest that monocytes of children with SMA respond differently to Plasmodium falciparum infection by overexpressing CD16/Fc gamma RIIIA as they mature, which could enhance erythrophagocytosis and TNF-alpha production.

RGD Manual Disease Annotations    Click to see Annotation Detail View
TermQualifierEvidenceWithReferenceNotesSourceOriginal Reference(s)
Malarial Anemia severityIEP 11040771 RGD 
Malarial Anemia severityISOFCGR3A (Homo sapiens)11040771; 11040771 RGD 

Objects Annotated

Genes (Rattus norvegicus)
Fcgr3a  (Fc gamma receptor 3A)

Genes (Mus musculus)
Fcgr4  (Fc receptor, IgG, low affinity IV)

Genes (Homo sapiens)
FCGR3A  (Fc gamma receptor IIIa)


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