Taylor DW, Wells PZ. Isolation and antigen analysis of surface tegument membranes from schistosomula of Schistosoma mansoni.
Parasitology 1984;
89 ( Pt 3):495-510. [PMID:
6240013 DOI:
10.1017/s0031182000056729]
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Abstract
The outer tegument membranes of Schistosoma mansoni schistosomula have been removed by mechanical disruption in a hypotonic salt solution and partially purified by differential and sucrose density gradient centrifugation. Fractionation was monitored by measuring increase in specific activity of bound [125I]wheat-germ agglutinin (WGA), alkaline phosphatase and calcium-stimulated ATPase. Two-dimensional IEF/SDS polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis was used to analyse the peptide composition of the isolated membranes and to compare and contrast with lactoperoxidase/glucose oxidase surface labelled peptides. At least 35 surface-labelled peptides were resolved on the two-dimensional maps: all were also present in the membrane material recovered from the sucrose gradient. Western blot analysis demonstrated a marked heterogeneity in the antibody response of infected human patients to individual membrane antigens. The antigenic profile of membranes isolated from cercariae, 18 and 96 h schistosomula were compared using Western blots: some minor differences were observed between the three preparations.
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