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Schistosoma mansoni: a comparative study of artificially transformed schistosomula and schistomula recoverd after cercarial penetration of isolated skin

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  06 April 2009

Linda H. Brink ,
Diane J. McLaren  and
S. R. Smithers
Linda H. Brink
Affiliation:
Division of Parasitology, National Institute of Medical Research, London N W7 1 AA
Diane J. McLaren
Affiliation:
Division of Parasitology, National Institute of Medical Research, London N W7 1 AA
S. R. Smithers
Affiliation:
Division of Parasitology, National Institute of Medical Research, London N W7 1 AA
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A comparison was made of the ultrastructure, development and antigenic nature of the surfaces and of the viability of three types of schistosomula of Schistosoma mansoni: schistosomula formed afrer cercariae had penetrated isolated skin (SS), schistosomula produced after mechanical separation of cercarial tails from bodies (MS), and schistosomula transformed from cercariae after incubation in fresh rat serum (RS).

Within 2 h of transformation, the surface membrane of all three types of schistosomula had changed from trilaminate to heptalaminate structures and SS and MS had lost their cercarial glycocalyx. Initially a dense amorphous material was demonstrated on the surfaces of RS, which was thought to be the result of an interaction between a factor in rat serum and the glycocalyx: this material was greatly reduced within 2 h of transformation. The pre-acetabular glands of SS were emptied while those of MS and RS retained their contents. Immunofluorescent studies showed that all schistosomula bound serum from mice immune to S. mansoni, but the binding was stronger with MS and RS. The mixed agglutination reaction demonstrated the presence of human A and B blood group-like antigenic determinants on approximately 30% of 3 h old SS; these determinants were not detected on MS or RS. In vitro, the development of MS and RS was similar to SS; the first schistosomula reached the ‘gut-closed’ stage by day 10; 50–70% of SS reached this stage by day 12, in contrast to only 25–50% of MS and RS. Between 28 and 45% of all schistosomula developed to maturity when injected intravenously into mice.

It was concluded that the two types of artificially prepared schistosomula fultil the main criteria of transformation from cercaria to schistosomulum. Further, it is suggested that MS are the most appropriate source of material for immunochemical and physiological studies.

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Parasitology , Volume 74 , Issue 1 , February 1977 , pp. 73 - 86
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1977

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