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Rhipicephalus appendiculatus salivary glands: Identification of bioactive molecules and antigens

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  19 September 2011

Moses K. H. Limo ,
David C. Seldin ,
Wolf P. Voigt  and
Onesmo K. Ole Moiyoi
Moses K. H. Limo
Affiliation:
International Laboratory for Research on Animal Diseases (ILRAD), P. O. Box 30709, Nairobi Kenya
David C. Seldin
Affiliation:
Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston Massachusetts 02115, USA
Wolf P. Voigt
Affiliation:
International Laboratory for Research on Animal Diseases (ILRAD), P. O. Box 30709, Nairobi Kenya
Onesmo K. Ole Moiyoi
Affiliation:
International Laboratory for Research on Animal Diseases (ILRAD), P. O. Box 30709, Nairobi Kenya
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Abstract

Rhipicephalus appendiculatus salivary glands extracts and saliva contain both biochemically active and pharmacological agents with various effector functions, including inhibition of host enzymes or inactivation of other host molecules that may be important in mounting tick rejection. The majority of these salivary biochemicals may interact with host antibodies at the feeding site or in the gut (or both), that interfere with proper tick attachment and feeding. The possible role of these biochemicals in tick feeding is discussed. Of particular interest is a salivary anticoagulant, which increased as feeding phase progressed and was present in all life cycle stages of the tick. Antibodies raised in rabbits against salivary gland extracts obtained from female if. appendiculatus fed on rabbits for various days, recognized several antigens on Western blots of salivary gland extracts, but failed to react with the purified tick salivary anticoagulant molecule. Thus, tick anticoagulant was poorly immunogenic compared to other salivary moieties. These results may help to explain the strategies adopted by the tick to circumvent biochemical detachment by the damaging host-protective immune responses, thereby enabling the vector to co-exist with its mammalian hosts.

Résumé

Les extraits de glandes salivaires et la sali ve de Rhipicephalus appendiculatus contiennent des substances biochimiques actives dont les diverses fonctions incluent entre autres l'inhibition des enzymes ou l'inactivation d'autres molecules de l'hôte; el les pourraient jouer un ròle important dans la rejection de la tique. La majorité de ces composes biochimiques pourraient réagir avec les anticorps de l'hôte au niveau de la prise de nourriture ou de l'estomac (ou les deux à la fois), et influencer la fixation de la tique sur l'hôte et la prise de nourriture. Le rôle possible de ces composes biochimiques au niveau de la tique est discuté. lin intérét particulier est porté sur un anticoagulant contenu dans la salive et present à tous les stades de développement du vecteur; le volume secrete de cet anticoagulant augmente au fur et à mesure que se poursuite le processus de prise de nourriture. Des anticorps produits à partir des lapins centre les extraits de glandes salivaires obtenus de la femelle de R. appendiculatus nourris plusiers jours sur de lapins, detectent plusiers antigens grace à la technique de “Western blot” utilisant des extraits de glandes salivaires, mais ne peuvant réagir avec la molecule purifiée de l'anticoagulant. II a été déduit que l'anticoagulant contenu dans la salive de la tique est très peu immunogéne en comparaison avec d'autres molecules salivaires.

Ces résultats pourraient expliquer des strategies adoptees par la tique pour empècher un detachment biochimique, par la destruction des réponses immunitaires de l'héres nôtes.

Keywords

TicksRhipicephalus appendiculatussalivary gland extractssalivabioactive moleculesanticoagulantimmunoblottingantigensimmunizationTiqueRhipicephalus appendiculatusextraits de glandes salivairessalivemolecules bioactivesanticoagulantimmunoblottingantigénesimmunisation
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Research Articles
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International Journal of Tropical Insect Science , Volume 14 , Issue 2 , April 1993 , pp. 235 - 245
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Copyright © ICIPE 1993

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