Link to bioRxiv paper:

http://biorxiv.org/cgi/content/short/2020.07.29.225839v1?rss=1

Authors: Miller, J., Odom John, A. R.

Abstract:

Infection with malarial parasites renders hosts more mosquito attractive than their uninfected, healthy, counterparts. One volatile organic compound, -pinene, is associated with Plasmodium spp. infection in multiple studies and is a known mosquito attractant. However, how malarial infection results in elevated levels of host-associated -pinene remains unclear. One study suggests that erythrocyte exposure to the malarial metabolite, (E)-4-hydroxy-3-methyl-but-2-enyl pyrophosphate (HMBPP), results in increased levels of -pinene. Here, we establish that endogenous levels of -pinene are present in human erythrocytes, that these levels vary widely by erythrocyte donor, and that -pinene levels are not altered by HMBPP treatment.

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