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SEM and molecular approaches to identify Calicophoron clavula in Saudi Arabia. J Parasit Dis 2020; 44:239-247. [DOI: 10.1007/s12639-019-01187-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/02/2019] [Accepted: 12/17/2019] [Indexed: 10/25/2022] Open
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Kalpana Devi R, Vasantha S, Panneerselvam A, Rajesh NV, Jeyathilakan N, Venkataramanan R. Gastrothylax crumenifer: ultrastructure and histopathology study of in vitro trematodicidal effect of Microlepia speluncae (L.) Moore. JOURNAL OF APPLIED ANIMAL RESEARCH 2018. [DOI: 10.1080/09712119.2017.1331849] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/19/2022]
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- R. Kalpana Devi
- PG and Research Department of Botany and Microbiology, A.V.V.M Sri Pushpam College (Autonomous), Bharathidasan University (Affiliated), Thanjavur, Tamil Nadu, India
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- PG and Research Department of Botany and Microbiology, A.V.V.M Sri Pushpam College (Autonomous), Bharathidasan University (Affiliated), Thanjavur, Tamil Nadu, India
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- PG and Research Department of Botany and Microbiology, A.V.V.M Sri Pushpam College (Autonomous), Bharathidasan University (Affiliated), Thanjavur, Tamil Nadu, India
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- Veterinary University Training and Research Centre, Tamilnadu Veterinary and Animal Sciences University, Ramanathapuram, Tamil Nadu, India
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- Department of Veterinary Parasitology, Veterinary College and Research Institute, Tamilnadu Veterinary and Animal Sciences University, Thanjavur, Tamil Nadu, India
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- Post Graduate Research Institute in Animal Sciences, Tamilnadu Veterinary and Animal Sciences University, Kancheepuram 603 203, Tamil Nadu, India
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Rajesh KD, Subramani V, Annamalai P, Nakulan V. R, Narayanaperumal J, Ponraj P, Durai R. Gastrothylax crumenifer: Ultrastructure and histopathology study of in vitro trematodicidal action of Marattia fraxinea (Sm.). CLINICAL PHYTOSCIENCE 2017. [DOI: 10.1186/s40816-016-0039-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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Huson KM, Oliver NAM, Robinson MW. Paramphistomosis of Ruminants: An Emerging Parasitic Disease in Europe. Trends Parasitol 2017; 33:836-844. [PMID: 28754416 DOI: 10.1016/j.pt.2017.07.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 63] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/30/2017] [Revised: 07/04/2017] [Accepted: 07/07/2017] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
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Whilst historically regarded as being of minor importance in European livestock, recent evidence suggests that the prevalence of paramphistomosis is greater than that of fasciolosis in parts of the UK. In order to address this emerging threat to ruminant farming systems, and associated risks for food security posed by rumen fluke infection, it is imperative that we develop a better understanding of the basic biology of this parasite and how it interacts with its ruminant host. In this Opinion article we review recent progress in tracking the spread of rumen fluke infection in Europe, and propose some research questions that should be addressed if we are to develop tools to diagnose and treat paramphistomosis more effectively in the future.
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- Kathryn M Huson
- Institute for Global Food Security, School of Biological Sciences, Queen's University Belfast, 97 Lisburn Road, Belfast, UK
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- Institute for Global Food Security, School of Biological Sciences, Queen's University Belfast, 97 Lisburn Road, Belfast, UK
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- Institute for Global Food Security, School of Biological Sciences, Queen's University Belfast, 97 Lisburn Road, Belfast, UK.
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Rajesh KD, Subramani V, Annamalai P, Nakulan V. R, Narayanaperumal J, Solomon J. In vitro study of trematodicidal action of Dicranopteris linearis (Burm.f.) Underw. extracts against Gastrothylax crumenifer. Biomed Pharmacother 2016; 84:2042-2053. [DOI: 10.1016/j.biopha.2016.11.015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/07/2016] [Revised: 10/30/2016] [Accepted: 11/03/2016] [Indexed: 12/19/2022] Open
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The complete mitochondrial genome of Orthocoelium streptocoelium (Digenea: Paramphistomidae) for comparison with other digeneans. J Helminthol 2016; 91:255-261. [DOI: 10.1017/s0022149x16000183] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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AbstractOrthocoelium streptocoelium is a common paramphistome species parasitizing the rumen and/or reticulum of small ruminants, leading to significant losses. This study first determined the complete mitochondrial (mt) genome of O. streptocoelium. The complete mt genome of O. streptocoelium was amplified, sequenced, assembled, analysed and then compared with those of other digeneans. The entire mt genome of O. streptocoelium is 13,800 bp in length, which is smaller than those of other digeneans except for Opisthorchis viverrini. This mt genome contains 12 protein-coding genes, 22 transfer RNA genes, two ribosomal RNA genes and two non-coding regions. The arrangement of the O. streptocoelium mt genome is the same as those of other digeneans except for Schistosoma haematobium and Schistosoma spindale. Phylogenetic analyses based on concatenated amino acid sequences of the 12 protein-coding genes representing 16 digeneans were conducted to assess the relationship of O. streptocoelium with other digeneans. The result indicated that O. streptocoelium is closely related to Paramphistomum cervi and Fischoederius elongates, which is in accordance with their relationships by taxonomy. This complete mt genome of O. streptocoelium enriched the mitochondrial genome data of paramphistomes and provided important molecular markers for diagnostics and studies of population variation, epidemiology, ecology and evolution of O. streptocoelium and other digeneans.
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Yan HB, Wang XY, Lou ZZ, Li L, Blair D, Yin H, Cai JZ, Dai XL, Lei MT, Zhu XQ, Cai XP, Jia WZ. The mitochondrial genome of Paramphistomum cervi (Digenea), the first representative for the family Paramphistomidae. PLoS One 2013; 8:e71300. [PMID: 23990943 PMCID: PMC3750040 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0071300] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/25/2013] [Accepted: 06/26/2013] [Indexed: 11/27/2022] Open
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We determined the complete mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) sequence of a fluke, Paramphistomum cervi (Digenea: Paramphistomidae). This genome (14,014 bp) is slightly larger than that of Clonorchis sinensis (13,875 bp), but smaller than those of other digenean species. The mt genome of P. cervi contains 12 protein-coding genes, 22 transfer RNA genes, 2 ribosomal RNA genes and 2 non-coding regions (NCRs), a complement consistent with those of other digeneans. The arrangement of protein-coding and ribosomal RNA genes in the P. cervi mitochondrial genome is identical to that of other digeneans except for a group of Schistosoma species that exhibit a derived arrangement. The positions of some transfer RNA genes differ. Bayesian phylogenetic analyses, based on concatenated nucleotide sequences and amino-acid sequences of the 12 protein-coding genes, placed P. cervi within the Order Plagiorchiida, but relationships depicted within that order were not quite as expected from previous studies. The complete mtDNA sequence of P. cervi provides important genetic markers for diagnostics, ecological and evolutionary studies of digeneans.
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- Hong-Bin Yan
- State Key Laboratory of Veterinary Etiological Biology, Key Laboratory of Veterinary Parasitology of Gansu Province, Key Laboratory of Veterinary Public Health of Agriculture Ministry, Lanzhou Veterinary Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Lanzhou, Gansu Province, PR China
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- State Key Laboratory of Veterinary Etiological Biology, Key Laboratory of Veterinary Parasitology of Gansu Province, Key Laboratory of Veterinary Public Health of Agriculture Ministry, Lanzhou Veterinary Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Lanzhou, Gansu Province, PR China
- College of Veterinary Medicine, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, Shanxi Province, PR China
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- State Key Laboratory of Veterinary Etiological Biology, Key Laboratory of Veterinary Parasitology of Gansu Province, Key Laboratory of Veterinary Public Health of Agriculture Ministry, Lanzhou Veterinary Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Lanzhou, Gansu Province, PR China
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- State Key Laboratory of Veterinary Etiological Biology, Key Laboratory of Veterinary Parasitology of Gansu Province, Key Laboratory of Veterinary Public Health of Agriculture Ministry, Lanzhou Veterinary Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Lanzhou, Gansu Province, PR China
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- School of Marine and Tropical Biology, James Cook University, Queensland, Australia
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- State Key Laboratory of Veterinary Etiological Biology, Key Laboratory of Veterinary Parasitology of Gansu Province, Key Laboratory of Veterinary Public Health of Agriculture Ministry, Lanzhou Veterinary Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Lanzhou, Gansu Province, PR China
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- Laboratory of Plateau Veterinary Parasitology, Veterinary Research Institute, Qinghai Academy of Animal Science and Veterinary Medicine, Xining, Qinghai Province, PR China
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- State Key Laboratory of Veterinary Etiological Biology, Key Laboratory of Veterinary Parasitology of Gansu Province, Key Laboratory of Veterinary Public Health of Agriculture Ministry, Lanzhou Veterinary Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Lanzhou, Gansu Province, PR China
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- Laboratory of Plateau Veterinary Parasitology, Veterinary Research Institute, Qinghai Academy of Animal Science and Veterinary Medicine, Xining, Qinghai Province, PR China
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- State Key Laboratory of Veterinary Etiological Biology, Key Laboratory of Veterinary Parasitology of Gansu Province, Key Laboratory of Veterinary Public Health of Agriculture Ministry, Lanzhou Veterinary Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Lanzhou, Gansu Province, PR China
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- State Key Laboratory of Veterinary Etiological Biology, Key Laboratory of Veterinary Parasitology of Gansu Province, Key Laboratory of Veterinary Public Health of Agriculture Ministry, Lanzhou Veterinary Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Lanzhou, Gansu Province, PR China
- * E-mail: (WZJ); (XPC)
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- State Key Laboratory of Veterinary Etiological Biology, Key Laboratory of Veterinary Parasitology of Gansu Province, Key Laboratory of Veterinary Public Health of Agriculture Ministry, Lanzhou Veterinary Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Lanzhou, Gansu Province, PR China
- * E-mail: (WZJ); (XPC)
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Saowakon N, Lorsuwannarat N, Changklungmoa N, Wanichanon C, Sobhon P. Paramphistomum cervi: the in vitro effect of plumbagin on motility, survival and tegument structure. Exp Parasitol 2012. [PMID: 23206952 DOI: 10.1016/j.exppara.2012.11.018] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Paramphistomiasis causes enteritis and anemia in livestocks and result in substantial production and economic losses. It is considered a neglected tropical disease, with no effective trematodicidal compound for treatment. Plumbagin (PB), a compound founds to be rich in the roots of Plumbago indica, is a naphthoquinone derivatives which can induce oxidative stress in parasites. In this study we have evaluated the anthelmintic activity of PB against adult Paramphistomum cervi by incubating the parasites in M-199 medium containing 0.1, 1.0, 10 and 100 μg/ml of the PB, and albendazole (ABZ) at the concentration of 100 μg/ml as the positive control, for 3, 6, 12 and 24 h, using relative motility (RM) assay and observed by scanning electron microscopy (SEM). After 12 h exposure with 100 μg/ml ABZ, flukes showed decreased contraction and motility. At 24 h incubation they showed only active movement of some part of the body. The PB-treated flukes at all concentrations showed rapid decrease of motility at 3 h incubation. In 0.1, 1.0 and 10 μg/ml of PB, the RM values were decreased sharply from 3 to 12 h, and then they were killed since 12 h in the incubation with 10 μg/ml of PB. The highest parasite mortality was found as early as 3h when they were incubated with 100 μg/ml of PB. The morphological changes on the tegumental surface were similar in both flukes treated with ABZ and PB, which sequentially comprised of swelling, followed by blebbings that later ruptured, leading to the erosion and desquamation of the tegument syncytium. As the result, lesions were formed which exposed the basal lamina. The damage appeared more severe on the ventral than the dorsal surface, and earlier on the anterior part and lateral margins of middle third when compared to the posterior part of the parasites's bodies. The severity and rapidity of the damages were enhanced with increasing concentration of PB, which showed stronger activity than ABZ. Hence, PB has a potential to be an anthelmintic drug against adult P.cervi.
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- Naruwan Saowakon
- School of Biology, Institute of Science, Suranaree University of Technology, Nakhon Ratchasima 30000, Thailand.
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Developmental changes in the tegument of four microphallid metacercariae in their second (crustacean) intermediate hosts. J Helminthol 2009. [DOI: 10.1017/s0022149x00015418] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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AbstractThe morphology of the tegument of four microphallid metacercariae from the stage of invasive cercariae to their maturation as encysted metacercariae inside their crustacean second intermediate hosts is described. The tegument of the metacercariae developed surface lamellae and projections which, along with coated vesicles in the surface syncytium, indicated that the tegument had an absorptive function. The disappearance of secretory granules from the tegument at the same time as the appearance of the first cyst wall suggested that the tegument had a role in primary cyst production. Following this, the metacercariae continued to grow and seemingly retained their absorptive ability. The tegument was also involved in the transport of material into the perimetacercarial lumen prior to its eventual inclusion in the developing inner cyst layers. It appeared that this material originated in tegumental cells located amongst the parenchymal cells beneath the tegumental syncytial layer. On completion of the secondary cyst layers there was a gradual degeneration of structures associated with absorption and a progressive accumulation of dense discoid granules traceable to underlying tegumental cells. All four microphallid species (Maritrema arenaria,M. subdolum,Levinseniella brachysomaandMicrophallus claviformis) demonstrated the same developmental pattern but the period spent in each stage differed depending on the time spent migrating to encystment sites. The pattern of tegumental development described is thought to be applicable to all microphallid metacercariae and possibly to other metacercariae which undergo growth and development in their second intermediate hosts.
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Cohen SC, Kohn A, de Fatima Diniz Baptista-Farias M. Ultrastructure of the tegument of Saccocoelioides godoyi. J Helminthol 2001; 75:15-21. [PMID: 11316468 DOI: 10.1079/joh200040] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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The tegument of adult Saccocoelioides godoyi Kohn & Froes, 1986 (Digenea: Haploporidae), specimens of which were collected from the intestine of the freshwater fish, Leporinus friderici (Bloch, 1794) (Anostomidae) from the reservoir of Itaipu Hydroelectric Power Station, Parana State, Brazil, was studied by transmission electron microscopy. The tegument comprises an external anucleate layer, covered by a surface plasma membrane and associated glycocalyx. The surface layer is bound by the basal plasma membrane and contains spines, two types of inclusion bodies and mitochondria. Tegumental cell bodies are located beneath the surface musculature and contain a single nucleus, cytoplasm with rough endoplasmic reticulum, mitochondria, ribosomes, and inclusion bodies similar to those found in the external layer. Cytoplasmic strands connect the cell bodies to the external surface layer, suggesting that the inclusion bodies are produced in these cells and pass up into the syncytium, as is known for other digeneans from experimental evidence.
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- S C Cohen
- Departamento de Helmintologia, Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, FIOCRUZ, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
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Cohen SC, Kohn A, Barth OM. Ultrastructure of the tegument of Prosorhynchoides arcuatus (Linton, 1900) Bray, 1984 (Trematoda, Bucephalidae). Mem Inst Oswaldo Cruz 1996. [DOI: 10.1590/s0074-02761996000400013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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Sharma PN, Rai N, Brennan GP. Ultrastructure of the tegument of the trematode Ganeo tigrinum parasitizing the intestine of Indian frogs. J Helminthol 1996; 70:137-42. [PMID: 8960210 DOI: 10.1017/s0022149x00015297] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/03/2023]
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The surface tegument of G. tigrinum generally resembles that described for other digeneans. It contains surface tubercles and is covered with a glycocalyx. In the anterior region the tegument bears spines while tubular-like canals and occasional deep invaginations are present on the anteroventral surface. Two types of secretory body are present in the tegumental syncytium and produced in separate tegumental cells. Mitochondria are present in the surface syncytium, suggesting active transport occurs across the tegument in non-hibernating frogs.
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- P N Sharma
- Department of Zoology, Mohanlal Sukhadia University, Udaipur, India
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Galaktionov KV, Malkova II. The glands of trematode cercariae of the family Microphallidae Travassos, 1920. Int J Parasitol 1994; 24:595-604. [PMID: 8082989 DOI: 10.1016/0020-7519(94)90151-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/28/2023]
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The ultrastructure of the glands of microphallid cercariae is described. The fully-formed cercariae possess only penetration glands opening onto the surface of the tegument. Cercarial embryos have tegumental glands transferring their secretion in the tegument. In all studied species two anterior pairs of penetration glands produce identical granules while two posterior pairs produce heterogeneous granules of various shapes and sizes. Tegument cells are divided into mucoid and two other types of tegument glands (TG1 and TG2). The mucoid glands of Microphallinae cercariae produce large fibrous granules, while those of Maritrematinae cercariae produce osmiophil ones. TG1 cells of Maritrema subdolum produce large rod-shaped granules and TG1 cells of Levinseniella brachysoma, Microphallus sp. and M. claviformis produce two types of osmiophil granules. TG2 produce small rod-shaped granules. The association of gland ultrastructure with their function and features of the microphallid life-history are discussed.
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- K V Galaktionov
- Laboratory of Parasitology, Murmansk Marine Biological Institute, Russia
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Mattison RG, Hanna RE, Nizami WA. Ultrastructure and histochemistry of the digestive tract of juvenile Paramphistomum epiclitum (Paramphistomidae: Digenea) during migration in Indian ruminants. Int J Parasitol 1992; 22:1089-101. [PMID: 1487369 DOI: 10.1016/0020-7519(92)90029-k] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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The digestive tract of juvenile Paramphistomum epiclitum consists of a foregut with a highly muscular terminal pharynx and an oesophagus, which leads to a pair of unbranched and blind-ending intestinal caeca. A syncytium lining the foregut is continuous with the external tegument and displays similar sensory papillae and secretory bodies (T1 and T2). A third type of secretory body (T3) is confined to the oesophageal cytons of newly excysted juveniles and is first evident in the syncytium by day 14 of migration. An epithelium lining the caeca is composed of a single layer of morphologically uniform cells whose apical surface is amplified by microvilli. Dense secretions synthesized in the caecal epithelium of mature cercariae are released during migration by a mechanism resembling modified apocrine discharge. The caecal epithelium of migrating juveniles undergoes a 10-fold increase in surface amplification (irrespective of growth) during its transition from a primarily secretory tissue to one apparently specialized for absorption.
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- R G Mattison
- School of Biology and Biochemistry, Queen's University of Belfast, Northern Ireland, U.K
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Simonsen PE, Vennervald BJ, Birch-Andersen A. Echinostoma caproni in mice: ultrastructural studies on the formation of immune complexes on the surface of an intestinal trematode. Int J Parasitol 1990; 20:935-41. [PMID: 2276867 DOI: 10.1016/0020-7519(90)90032-i] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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The binding of mouse antibodies to the surface antigens of juvenile and 7 and 28 day old Echinostoma caproni was examined by transmission electron microscopy of thin sections of parasites, which were treated with antibodies in a double sandwich technique with ferritin-conjugated antibody. The surface of freshly recovered mature adult parasites was covered with an irregular but often rather intensive mouse antibody containing matrix, which probably represents a layer of mouse antibody/parasite antigen complexes. The complexes were lost after in vitro culturing of the parasites for 24 h, but incubation of the in vitro-maintained antibody-negative adult parasites with immune mouse serum led to reformation of a similar but less intensive cover with immune complexes. Juvenile and young stages of E. caproni, which had never been exposed to host antibodies, obtained a layer of immune complexes on their surface after incubation with immune mouse serum in vitro. In both young and mature parasites, the antibody-antigen complexes were observed to be rather loosely attached to the outer surface of the parasites, where the antigens probably constitute a part of the irregular glycocalyx of the organisms. It may also be that the antigens are present as isolated excretion along the surface of the parasites. Several sections indicated that the parasite surface antigens may be present in the tegument in vesicles which fuse with the outer membrane of the parasite whereby their contents are released to the exterior.
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Huh S, Lee SH, Seo BS. Histochemical findings of the tribocytic organ and tegument of Fibricola seoulensis. KISAENGCH'UNGHAK CHAPCHI. THE KOREAN JOURNAL OF PARASITOLOGY 1990; 28:155-60. [PMID: 2151308 DOI: 10.3347/kjp.1990.28.3.155] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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The tribocytic organ and tegument of Fibricola seoulensis were examined histochemically for the detection of carbohydrates, mucosubstances, amyloid, collagen and alkaline phosphatase. The surface, secretes, gland cells of the tribocytic organ, and the tegument of the worms were positive to periodic acid Schiff (PAS) and PAS with diastase stain but negative to other stains. It was inferred that the tribocytic organ and tegument of F. seoulensis comprise neutral mucopolysaccharides, which may take a protective role against host enzymes. The surface and secretes of the tribocytic organ, and the tegument of the worms were also positive to double bridge PAP for alkaline phosphatase. This fact suggests that they may play a role as both self protective and host tissue lytic functions.
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- S Huh
- Department of Parasitology, College of Medicine, Hallym University, Chunchon, Korea
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