Inga Siden-Kiamos
Malaria is a disease having a huge impact on human health and economic development with about half a million lethal cases every year. It is primarily a disease of less developed countries in Africa and South East Asia. Malaria is controlled by drugs targeting the parasite in the human host and insecticides to limit the exposure to the mosquito. However, resistance of the parasite to the drugs used and of the mosquitoes to the insecticides threaten these strategies. No vaccine is currently available.
Malaria is caused by unicellular protozoan parasites of the genus Plasmodium, which are transmitted by anopheline mosquitoes. It is recognized that in order to eliminate or even eradicate the disease, methods to block transmission through the mosquito are crucial prerequisites. However, the development of such methods is hampered by the fact that these parasite stages are not well understood.
The research in our laboratory centers on understanding key events during the development of the parasite within the mosquito using a combination of techniques such as reverse genetics together with cell and molecular biology. Our own expertise is complemented with that of collaborating groups around the world.
Lopez AJ, Andreadaki M, Vahokoski J, Deligianni E, Calder LJ, Camerini S, Freitag A, Bergmann U, Rosenthal PB, Sidén-Kiamos I, Kursula I. (2023) Structure and function of Plasmodium actin II in the parasite mosquito stages. PLoS Pathog. 19:e1011174.
Deligianni E, Kiamos IS. (2021) Gene editing in Plasmodium berghei made easy: Development of a CRISPR/Cas9 protocol using linear donor template and ribozymes for sgRNA generation. Mol Biochem Parasitol. 246:111415.
Siden-Kiamos I, Spanos L, Currà C. (2020) A method for purification of Plasmodium oocysts from mosquito midguts. Sci Rep. 10:7262.
Andreadaki M, Hanssen E, Deligianni E, Claudet C, Wengelnik K, Mollard V, McFadden GI, Abkarian M, Braun-Breton C, Siden-Kiamos I. (2018) Sequential Membrane Rupture and Vesiculation during Plasmodium berghei Gametocyte Egress from the Red Blood. Cell. Sci. Rep. 8:3543.
Currà C, Gessmann R, Pace T, Picci L, Peruzzi G, Varamogianni-Mamatsi V, Spanos L, Garcia CR, Spaccapelo R, Ponzi M, Siden-Kiamos I (2016) Release of Plasmodium sporozoites requires proteins with histone-fold dimerization domains. Nat Commun. 7:13846.
2023
Lopez AJ, Andreadaki M, Vahokoski J, Deligianni E, Calder LJ, Camerini S, Freitag A, Bergmann U, Rosenthal PB, Sidén-Kiamos I, Kursula I. (2023) Structure and function of Plasmodium actin II in the parasite mosquito stages. PLoS Pathogens PLoS Pathog. 2023 Mar 6;19(3):e1011174. doi: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1011174.
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2022
Siden-Kiamos I, Koidou V, Livadaras I, Skoufa E, Papadogiorgaki S, Papadakis S, Chalepakis G, Ioannidis P, Vontas J. (2022). Dynamic interactions between the symbiont Candidatus Erwinia dacicola and its olive fruit fly host Bactrocera oleae. Insect Biochem Mol Biol. 2022 Jul;146:103793. doi: 10.1016/j.ibmb.2022.103793. Epub 2022 May 23. PMID: 35618174.
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Hamelmann NM, Paats JD, Avalos-Padilla Y, Lantero E, Spanos L, Siden-Kiamos I, Fernàndez-Busquets X, Paulusse JMJ. (2022) Single-Chain Polymer Nanoparticles Targeting the Ookinete Stage of Malaria Parasites. ACS Infectious Diseases DOI: 10.1021/acsinfecdis.2c00336.
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2021
Deligianni E, Kiamos IS. (2021) Gene editing in Plasmodium berghei made easy: Development of a CRISPR/Cas9 protocol using linear donor template and ribozymes for sgRNA generation. Mol Biochem Parasitol. 2021 Sep 16;246:111415. doi: 10.1016/j.molbiopara.2021.111415.
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Livadaras I, Koidou V, Pitsili E, Moustaka J, Vontas J, Siden-Kiamos I. Stably inherited transfer of the bacterial symbiont Candidatus Erwinia dacicola from wild olive fruit flies Bactrocera oleae to a laboratory strain. Bull Entomol Res. 2021 Jun;111(3):379-384. doi: 10.1017/S0007485321000031.
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2020
Grasso F, Mochi S, Fratini F, Olivieri A, Currà C, Siden-Kiamos I, Deligianni E, Birago C, Picci L, Pizzi E, Pace T, Ponzi M. (2020) A comprehensive gender-related secretome of Plasmodium berghei sexual stages. Mol Cell Proteomics. 2020 Dec;19(12):1986-1997. doi: 10.1074/mcp.RA120.002212. Epub 2020 Sep 3. PMID: 32883804.
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Andreadaki M, Pace T, Grasso F, Siden-Kiamos I, Mochi S, Picci L, Bertuccini L, Ponzi M, Currà C. (2020) Plasmodium berghei Gamete Egress Protein is required for fertility of both genders Microbiology Open. Microbiologyopen. 2020 Jul;9(7):e1038. doi: 10.1002/mbo3.1038. Epub 2020 Apr 30. PMID: 32352241.
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Biosca A, Bouzón-Arnáiz I, Spanos L, Siden-Kiamos I, Iglesias V, Ventura S, Fernàndez-Busquets X. (2020) Detection of massive Protein Aggregation in Live Plasmodium Parasites. Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy, 2020 May 21;64(6):e02135-19. doi: 10.1128/AAC.02135-19. Print 2020 May 21. PMID: 32284383.
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Siden-Kiamos I, Spanos L, Currà C. (2020) A method for purification of Plasmodium oocysts from mosquito midguts. Sci Rep. 2020 Apr 29;10(1):7262. doi: 10.1038/s41598-020-64121-1. PMID: 32350329.
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Siden-Kiamos I, Goosmann C, Buscaglia CA, Brinkmann V, Matuschewski K, Montagna GN. (2019) Polarization of MTIP is a signature of gliding locomotion in Plasmodium ookinetes and sporozoites. Mol Biochem Parasitol. 2020 Jan;235:111247. doi: 10.1016/j.molbiopara.2019.111247.
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2019
Currà C, Kehrer J, Lemgruber L, Silva PAGC, Bertuccini L, Superti F, Pace T, Ponzi M, Frischknecht F, Siden-Kiamos I, Mair GR. (2019) Malaria transmission through the mosquito requires the function of the OMD protein. PLoS One. 2019 Sep 25;14(9):e0222226. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0222226. eCollection 2019.
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2018
Siden-Kiamos I, Pace T, Klonizakis A, Nardini M, Garcia CRS, Currà C. (2018) Identification of Plasmodium berghei Oocyst Rupture Protein 2 (ORP2) domains involved in sporozoite egress from the oocyst. Int J Parasitol. 2018 Dec;48(14):1127-1136. doi: 10.1016/j.ijpara.2018.09.004.
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Martí Coma-Cros E, Biosca A, Marques J, Carol L, Urbán P, Berenguer D, Riera MC, Delves M, Sinden RE, Valle-Delgado JJ, Spanos L, Siden-Kiamos I, Pérez P, Paaijmans K, Rottmann M, Manfredi A, Ferruti P, Ranucci E, Fernàndez-Busquets X. (2018) Polyamidoamine Nanoparticles for the Oral Administration of Antimalarial Drugs. Pharmaceutics. 2018 Nov 10;10(4). pii: E225. doi: 10.3390/pharmaceutics10040225.
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Deligianni E, Silmon de Monerri NC, McMillan PJ, Bertuccini L, Superti F, Manola M, Spanos L, Louis C, Blackman MJ, Tilley L, Siden-Kiamos I. (2018) Essential role of Plasmodium perforin-like protein 4 in ookinete midgut passage. PLoS One. 2018 Aug 13;13(8):e0201651. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0201651.
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Goulielmaki E, Kaforou S, Venugopal K, Loukeris TG, Siden-Kiamos I, Koussis K. (2018) Distinct effects of HIV protease inhibitors and ERAD inhibitors on zygote to ookinete transition of the malaria parasite. Mol Biochem Parasitol 220, March 2018, Pages 10-14.
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Kefi M, Mavridis K, Simões ML, Dimopoulos G, Siden-Kiamos I, Vontas J. (2018) New rapid one-step PCR diagnostic assay for Plasmodium falciparum infective mosquitoes. Sci. Rep. 23;8(1):1462. doi: 10.1038/s41598-018-19780-6.
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Deligianni E, Andreadaki M, Koutsouris K, Siden-Kiamos I. (2018) Sequence and functional divergence of gametocyte-specific parasitophorous vacuole membrane proteins in Plasmodium parasites. Mol Biochem Parasitol 10.1016/j.molbiopara.2018.01.002.
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Andreadaki M, Hanssen E, Deligianni E, Claudet C, Wengelnik K, Mollard V, McFadden GI, Abkarian M, Braun-Breton C, Siden-Kiamos I. (2018) Sequential Membrane Rupture and Vesiculation during Plasmodium berghei Gametocyte Egress from the Red Blood Cell. Sci. Rep. Feb 23;8(1):3543. doi: 10.1038/s41598-018-21801-3.
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2017
Koussis K, Goulielmaki E, Chalari A, Withers-Martinez C, Siden-Kiamos I, Matuschewski K, Loukeris TG. (2017) Targeted Deletion of a Plasmodium Site-2 Protease Impairs Life Cycle Progression in the Mammalian Host. PLoS One. 12(1):e0170260
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2016
Currà C, Gessmann R, Pace T, Picci L, Peruzzi G, Varamogianni-Mamatsi V, Spanos L, Garcia CR, Spaccapelo R, Ponzi M, Siden-Kiamos I (2016) Release of Plasmodium sporozoites requires proteins with histone-fold dimerization domains. Nat Commun. 2016 Dec 16;7:13846. doi: 10.1038/ncomms13846.
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Andreadaki M, Deligianni E, Nika F, Siden-Kiamos I. (2016) Expression of the Plasmodium berghei actin II gene is controlled by elements in a long genomic region. Parasitol Res. 115(8):3261-5.
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2015
Andreadaki M, Mollenkopf HJ, Nika F, Brady D, Tewari R, Matuschewski K, Siden-Kiamos I. (2015) Global expression profiling reveals shared and distinct transcript signatures in arrested act2(-) and CDPK4(-) Plasmodium berghei gametocytes.Mol Biochem Parasitol.201(2):100-7.
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Tampaki Z, Mwakubambanya RS, Goulielmaki E, Kaforou S, Kim K, Waters AP, Carruthers VB, Siden-Kiamos I, Loukeris TG, Koussis K. (2015) Ectopic Expression of a Neospora caninum Kazal Type Inhibitor Triggers Developmental Defects in Toxoplasma and Plasmodium. PLoS One. 2015 Mar 24;10(3):e0121379. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0121379
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Olivieri A, Bertuccini L, Deligianni E, Franke-Fayard B, Currà C, Siden-Kiamos I, Hanssen E, Grasso F, Superti F, Pace T, Fratini F, Janse CJ, Ponzi M. (2015) Distinct properties of the egress-related osmiophilic bodies in male and female gametocytes of the rodent malaria parasite Plasmodium berghei. Cell Microbiol. 2015 Mar; 17(3):355-68. doi: 10.1111/cmi.12370
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Hliscs M, Millet C, Dixon MW, Siden-Kiamos I, McMillan P, Tilley L. (2015) Organisation and function of an actin cytoskeleton in Plasmodium falciparum gametocytes. Cell Microbiol. 2015 Feb;17(2):207-25. doi: 10.1111/cmi.12359
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2014
Guerreiro A, Deligianni E, Santos J. M, Silva P, Louis C, Pain A, Janse C. J, Franke-Fayard B, Carret C. K, Sidén-Kiamos I, Mair G R. (2014) Genome-wide RIP-Chip analysis of translational repressor-bound mRNAs in the Plasmodium gametocyte. Genome Biology 15:493
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Goulielmaki E, Sidén-Kiamos I, Loukeris TG. (2014) Functional Characterization of Anopheles Matrix Metalloprotease 1 Reveals Its Agonistic Role during Sporogonic Development of Malaria Parasites. Infect Immun. 2014 Nov;82(11):4865-77. doi: 10.1128/IAI.02080-14
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Andreadaki, M., Morgan, R.N., Deligianni, E., Kooij T.W.A., Santos, J.M., Spanos, L., Matuschewski, K., Louis, C., Mair, G.R., and Siden-Kiamos, I. (2014) Genetic crosses and complementation reveal essential functions for the Plasmodium stage-specific actin2 in sporogonic development. Cell. Microbiol. 16(5):751-67. doi: 10.1111/cmi.12274
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Vahokoski, J., Bhargav, S.P., Desfosses, A., Andreadaki, M., Kumpula, E.-P., Martinez, S.M., Ignatev, A., Lepper, S., Frischknecht, F., Sidén-Kiamos, I., Sachse, C., and Kursula, I. (2014) Structural Differences Explain Diverse Functions of Plasmodium Actins. PLoS Pathog. Apr 17;10(4):e1004091. doi: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1004091.
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2013
Deligianni, E., Morgan, R.N., Bertuccini, L., Wirth, C.C., Silmon de Monerri, N.C., Spanos, L., Blackman, M.J., Louis , C., Pradel, G., and Siden-Kiamos, I. (2013) A perforin-like protein mediates disruption of the erythrocyte membrane during egress of Plasmodium berghei male gametocytes Cell. Microbiol. 15(8):1438-55, Aug 2013
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Currà C, Di Luca M, Picci L, de Sousa Silva Gomes dos Santos C, Siden-Kiamos I, Pace T, Ponzi M. (2013) The ETRAMP family member SEP2 is expressed throughout Plasmodium berghei life cycle and is released during sporozoite gliding motility. PLOS One 8(6):e67238
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2012
Siden-Kiamos, I., Louis, C., Matuschewski, K. (2012). Evidence for filamentous actin in ookinetes of a malarial parasite. Mol. Biochem. Parasitol. 181(2):186-9
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2011
Deligianni E, Morgan RN, Bertuccini L, Kooij TW, Laforge A, Nahar C, Poulakakis N, Schüler H, Louis C, Matuschewski K, Siden-Kiamos I. (2011) Critical role for a stage-specific actin in male exflagellation of the malaria parasite. Cell Microbiol. 13:1714-1730
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Siden-Kiamos I, Ganter M, Kunze A, Hliscs M, Steinbüchel M, Mendoza J, Sinden RE, Louis C, Matuschewski, K. (2011) Stage-specific Depletion of Myosin A Supports an Essential Role in Motility of Malarial Ookinetes. Cell Microbiol.13:1996-2006
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2010
Siden-Kiamos I, Schüler H, Liakopoulos D, Louis C. (2010) Arp1, an actin-related protein, in Plasmodium berghei. Mol Biochem Parasitol. 173(2):88-96
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2009
Ponzi M, Sidén-Kiamos I, Bertuccini L, Currà C, Kroeze H, Camarda G, Pace T, Franke-Fayard B, Laurentino EC, Louis C, Waters AP, Janse CJ, Alano P. (2009) Egress of Plasmodium berghei gametes from their host erythrocyte is mediated by the MDV-1/PEG3 protein. Cell Microbiol. 11(8):1272-88
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