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Xiao SH, Sun J, Xue J, Du XL, Zhang HB. Ultrastructural alterations of adult Schistosoma japonicum harbored in mice treated with a single oral dose of OZ78. Zhongguo Ji Sheng Chong Xue Yu Ji Sheng Chong Bing Za Zhi 2013; 31:419-427. [PMID: 24818405] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/03/2023]
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OBJECTIVE To observe the ultrastructural alterations of adult Schistosoma japonicum induced by synthetic trioxolane OZ78. METHODS Eight out of ten mice infected with 40-60 S. japonicum cercariae for 35 d were treated orally with OZ78 at a single dose of 400 mg/kg. Four groups of two mice were killed at 24 h, 3 d, 7 d, and 14 d post treatment, and schistosomes were recovered by perfusion technique, fixed, and examined by transmission electron microscopy. Schistosomes obtained from the remaining two untreated mice served as control. RESULTS After infected mice were treated with OZ78 for 24 h, the prominent alterations in tegument of both male and female worms were observed, which revealed in flattened surface due to swelling of cytoplasmic processes, irregular expansion in distal end of cytoplasmic processes accompanied by decrease in rod-like and discoid-like secretory bodies, focal lysis of tegumental matrix; fusion of some cytoplasmic processes to form a large piece, disruption or disappearance of basal membrane, and destruction of internal structures in sensory organelles. In the subtegument, no or slight swelling and focal lysis of muscle bundles were seen, while the syncytium beneath the muscle showed enlargement of nucleus with indistinction of partial nuclear membrane, formation of small vacuoles due to focal lysis of chromatin, and emergence of degenerated mitochondria in perinuclear cytoplasm. As to parenchymal tissues, the major alterations included degeneration of mitochondria, formation of some small vacuoles and myelin-like structures. In gut epithelial cells, the prominent alterations were irregular enlargement of nucleus with light lysis of nucleoli and fusion of partial bi-layer nuclear membrane, degeneration of mitochondria in cytoplasm and collapse of microvilli. At this time point, in the vitelline cells of female worms, the most significant alteration was the collapse of many vitelline droplets, which led to release of the vitelline balls, followed by their lysis and fusion. Three to 7 d post treatment, the damage to the worms aggravated either in extent or in severity along with time. The significant damages to male and female worms were fusion of cytoplasmic processes, peeling or collapse of damaged cytoplasmic processes resulting in exposure of muscle bundles, severe destruction of sensory organelles and syncytium, focal or extensive swelling and lysis of muscle bundles, emergence of some larger piece of degenerated parenchymal tissues and severe damage to the gut epithelial cell. While in the vitelline cells of female worms, decrease in the number of vitelline droplet, focal lysis of nucleus and extensive lysis of parenchymal tissues among the vitelline cells were also observed. Fourteen days post OZ78 dosing, male and female worms which survived the treatment showed some renovation in damaged tegument and subtegument, while most gut epithelial cells and vitelline cells still revealed in prominent injury. CONCLUSION The results demonstrate that OZ78 possesses an extensive damage to the ultrastructure in tegument and subtegument tissues including syncytium, parenchymal tissues, gut epithelial cells, and vitelline cells of adult S. japonicum.
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Yang J, Hong Y, Yuan C, Fu Z, Shi Y, Zhang M, Shen L, Han Y, Zhu C, Li H, Lu K, Liu J, Feng X, Lin J. Microarray analysis of gene expression profiles of Schistosoma japonicum derived from less-susceptible host water buffalo and susceptible host goat. PLoS One 2013; 8:e70367. [PMID: 23940568 PMCID: PMC3734127 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0070367] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/03/2013] [Accepted: 06/18/2013] [Indexed: 01/14/2023] Open
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Background Water buffalo and goats are natural hosts for S. japonicum in endemic areas of China. The susceptibility of these two hosts to schistosome infection is different, as water buffalo are less conducive to S. japonicum growth and development. To identify genes that may affect schistosome development and survival, we compared gene expression profiles of schistosomes derived from these two natural hosts using high-throughput microarray technology. Results The worm recovery rate was lower and the length and width of worms from water buffalo were smaller compared to those from goats following S. japonicum infection for 7 weeks. Besides obvious morphological difference between the schistosomes derived from the two hosts, differences were also observed by scanning and transmission electron microscopy. Microarray analysis showed differentially expressed gene patterns for parasites from the two hosts, which revealed that genes related to lipid and nucleotide metabolism, as well as protein folding, sorting, and degradation were upregulated, while others associated with signal transduction, endocrine function, development, immune function, endocytosis, and amino acid/carbohydrate/glycan metabolism were downregulated in schistosomes from water buffalo. KEGG pathway analysis deduced that the differentially expressed genes mainly involved lipid metabolism, the MAPK and ErbB signaling pathways, progesterone-mediated oocyte maturation, dorso-ventral axis formation, reproduction, and endocytosis, etc. Conclusion The microarray gene analysis in schistosomes derived from water buffalo and goats provide a useful platform to disclose differences determining S. japonicum host compatibility to better understand the interplay between natural hosts and parasites, and identify schistosome target genes associated with susceptibility to screen vaccine candidates.
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- Jianmei Yang
- Shanghai Veterinary Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Key Laboratory of Animal Parasitology, Ministry of Agriculture, Shanghai, People's Republic of China
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- Shanghai Veterinary Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Key Laboratory of Animal Parasitology, Ministry of Agriculture, Shanghai, People's Republic of China
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- Shanghai Veterinary Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Key Laboratory of Animal Parasitology, Ministry of Agriculture, Shanghai, People's Republic of China
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- Shanghai Veterinary Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Key Laboratory of Animal Parasitology, Ministry of Agriculture, Shanghai, People's Republic of China
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- Shanghai Veterinary Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Key Laboratory of Animal Parasitology, Ministry of Agriculture, Shanghai, People's Republic of China
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- Shanghai Veterinary Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Key Laboratory of Animal Parasitology, Ministry of Agriculture, Shanghai, People's Republic of China
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- College of Veterinary Medicine, Sichuan Agricultural University, Ya'an, People's Republic of China
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- Shanghai Veterinary Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Key Laboratory of Animal Parasitology, Ministry of Agriculture, Shanghai, People's Republic of China
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- Shanghai Veterinary Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Key Laboratory of Animal Parasitology, Ministry of Agriculture, Shanghai, People's Republic of China
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- Shanghai Veterinary Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Key Laboratory of Animal Parasitology, Ministry of Agriculture, Shanghai, People's Republic of China
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- Shanghai Veterinary Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Key Laboratory of Animal Parasitology, Ministry of Agriculture, Shanghai, People's Republic of China
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- Shanghai Veterinary Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Key Laboratory of Animal Parasitology, Ministry of Agriculture, Shanghai, People's Republic of China
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- Shanghai Veterinary Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Key Laboratory of Animal Parasitology, Ministry of Agriculture, Shanghai, People's Republic of China
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- Shanghai Veterinary Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Key Laboratory of Animal Parasitology, Ministry of Agriculture, Shanghai, People's Republic of China
- * E-mail: (JL); (XF)
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Yang J, Feng X, Fu Z, Yuan C, Hong Y, Shi Y, Zhang M, Liu J, Li H, Lu K, Lin J. Ultrastructural observation and gene expression profiling of Schistosoma japonicum derived from two natural reservoir hosts, water buffalo and yellow cattle. PLoS One 2012; 7:e47660. [PMID: 23110087 PMCID: PMC3482235 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0047660] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/13/2012] [Accepted: 09/14/2012] [Indexed: 01/10/2023] Open
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Water buffalo and yellow cattle are the two of the most important natural reservoir hosts for Schistosoma japonicum in endemic areas of China, although their susceptibility differs, with water buffalo being less conducive to the growth and development of S. japonicum. Results from the current study show that the general morphology and ultrastructure of adult schistosomes derived from the two hosts also differed. Using high-throughput microarray technology, we also compared the gene expression profiles of adult schistosomes derived from the two hosts. We identified genes that were differentially expressed in worms from the two natural hosts. Further analysis revealed that genes associated with protein kinase and phosphatase, the stimulus response, and lipid and nucleotide metabolism were overexpressed, whereas genes associated with reproduction, anatomical structure morphogenesis and multifunctional motif were underexpressed in schistosomes from water buffalo. These differentially expressed genes were mainly involved in nucleotide, energy, lipid metabolism, energy metabolism, transcription, transport and signaling pathway. This suggests that they are key molecules affecting the survival and development of schistosomes in different natural host species. The results of this study add to current understanding of the interplay between parasites and their natural hosts, and provide valuable information for the screening of vaccine candidates or new drug targets against schistosomiasis in the natural reservoir hosts in endemic areas.
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- Jianmei Yang
- Shanghai Veterinary Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Key Laboratory of Animal Parasitology, Ministry of Agriculture of China, Shanghai, People’s Republic of China
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- Shanghai Veterinary Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Key Laboratory of Animal Parasitology, Ministry of Agriculture of China, Shanghai, People’s Republic of China
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- Shanghai Veterinary Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Key Laboratory of Animal Parasitology, Ministry of Agriculture of China, Shanghai, People’s Republic of China
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- Shanghai Veterinary Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Key Laboratory of Animal Parasitology, Ministry of Agriculture of China, Shanghai, People’s Republic of China
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- Shanghai Veterinary Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Key Laboratory of Animal Parasitology, Ministry of Agriculture of China, Shanghai, People’s Republic of China
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- Shanghai Veterinary Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Key Laboratory of Animal Parasitology, Ministry of Agriculture of China, Shanghai, People’s Republic of China
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- Shanghai Veterinary Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Key Laboratory of Animal Parasitology, Ministry of Agriculture of China, Shanghai, People’s Republic of China
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- Shanghai Veterinary Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Key Laboratory of Animal Parasitology, Ministry of Agriculture of China, Shanghai, People’s Republic of China
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- Shanghai Veterinary Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Key Laboratory of Animal Parasitology, Ministry of Agriculture of China, Shanghai, People’s Republic of China
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- Shanghai Veterinary Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Key Laboratory of Animal Parasitology, Ministry of Agriculture of China, Shanghai, People’s Republic of China
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- Shanghai Veterinary Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Key Laboratory of Animal Parasitology, Ministry of Agriculture of China, Shanghai, People’s Republic of China
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Zhong QP, Li JL, Ming ZP, Jiang MS, Dong HF. [Effects of male worm extraction on ultrastructure of cultured vitelline cells from Schistosoma japonicum]. Zhongguo Xue Xi Chong Bing Fang Zhi Za Zhi 2011; 23:424-427. [PMID: 22164857] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/31/2023]
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OBJECTIVE To study the effects of male worm extraction on the proliferation and metabolic activity of cultured vitelline cells from Schistosoma japonicum. METHODS The 28-day S. japonicum worms were harvested by perfusion. The male and female of them were isolated after asepsis separately. The vitelline glands of female worms were isolated, and the vitelline cells were harvested by the cold digestion, then they were inoculated with the moist system method on the walls of culture flasks. The cultured vitelline cells were randomly divided into test and control groups. The cells in the control group were cultured in routine media and those in the test group were cultured in routine media containing male worm extraction of the concentration of 100 microg/ml. When cultured for 7 days, the cells in both groups were prepared for observation under a transmission electron microscope. RESULTS In the test group, the numbers of mature vitelline cells were more than those in the control group; the cytoplasm and nucleus of mature vitelline cells were homogeneous stain. The nucleolus and rough-surfaced endoplasm reticula were clear, the intervals of vitelline globules were clear and their numbers could be counted. The number of mitochondria was small and the electron density was low; abundant rough-surfaced endoplasm reticula were found in the immature vitelline cells. There were more immature vitelline cells in the control group. The cytoplasm of the cultured vitelline cells took changes of balloon, especially in mature vitelline cells, vitelline globules fused each other, no mitochondria were found; in immature vitelline cells, the space between vitelline globules and the membrane surrounding them broadened gradually and vitelline globules were released and uncovered; rough-surfaced endoplasmic reticula enlarged, space vacuolated and the ribosomes dropped; and the number of lipid increased. CONCLUSION The S. japonicum male worm extraction can stimulate the development and survival of the cultured vitelline cells.
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- Qin-Ping Zhong
- Department of Medical Parasitology and Research Laboratory of Schistosomiasis, School of Basic Medical Science, Wuhan University, Wuhan 430071, China
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Peng J, Gobert GN, Hong Y, Jiang W, Han H, McManus DP, Wang X, Liu J, Fu Z, Shi Y, Lin J. Apoptosis governs the elimination of Schistosoma japonicum from the non-permissive host Microtus fortis. PLoS One 2011; 6:e21109. [PMID: 21731652 PMCID: PMC3120819 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0021109] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/13/2011] [Accepted: 05/18/2011] [Indexed: 02/02/2023] Open
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The reed vole, Microtus fortis, is the only known mammalian host in which schistosomes of Schistosoma japonicum are unable to mature and cause significant pathogenesis. However, little is known about how Schistosoma japonicum maturation (and, therefore, the development of schistosomiasis) is prevented in M. fortis. In the present study, the ultrastructure of 10 days post infection schistosomula from BALB/c mice and M. fortis were first compared using scanning electron microscopy and transmission electron microscopy. Electron microscopic investigations showed growth retardation and ultrastructural differences in the tegument and sub-tegumental tissues as well as in the parenchymal cells of schistosomula from M. fortis compared with those in BALB/c mice. Then, microarray analysis revealed significant differential expression between the schistosomula from the two rodents, with 3,293 down-regulated (by ≥ 2-fold) and 71 up-regulated (≥ 2 fold) genes in schistosomula from the former. The up-regulated genes included a proliferation-related gene encoding granulin (Grn) and tropomyosin. Genes that were down-regulated in schistosomula from M. fortis included apoptosis-inhibited genes encoding a baculoviral IAP repeat-containing protein (SjIAP) and cytokine-induced apoptosis inhibitor (SjCIAP), genes encoding molecules involved in insulin metabolism, long-chain fatty acid metabolism, signal transduction, the transforming growth factor (TGF) pathway, the Wnt pathway and in development. TUNEL (terminal deoxynucleotidyl transferase dUTP nick end labeling) and PI/Annexin V-FITC assays, caspase 3/7 activity analysis, and flow cytometry revealed that the percentages of early apoptotic and late apoptotic and/or necrotic cells, as well as the level of caspase activity, in schistosomula from M. fortis were all significantly higher than in those from BALB/c mice.
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- Jinbiao Peng
- Shanghai Veterinary Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Key Laboratory of Animal Parasitology, Ministry of Agriculture, Shanghai, China
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Xiao SH, Xue J, Shen BG. Tegumental alterations of adult Schistosoma japonicum harbored in mice treated with a single oral dose of mefloquine. Zhongguo Ji Sheng Chong Xue Yu Ji Sheng Chong Bing Za Zhi 2010; 28:1-7. [PMID: 20411739] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/29/2023]
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OBJECTIVE To observe the effect of mefloquine on the tegument of adult Schistosoma japonicum harbored in mice. METHODS Twelve mice were each infected with 60-80 S. japonicum cercariae. At 35 days post-infection, 10 mice were treated orally with mefloquine at a single dose of 400 mg/kg. Two mice were sacrificed at 8 h, 24 h, 3 days, 7 days, and 14 days post-treatment respectively, and schistosomes were collected by the perfusion technique, fixed and examined under a scanning electron microscope. Schistosomes obtained from the remaining 2 untreated mice served as control. RESULTS 8 h post-treatment, male and female schistosomes showed focal swelling of the worm body accompanied by extensive swelling, tough junction and fusion of tegumental ridges. Meanwhile, some of the sensory structures showed enlargement and part of them collapsed. 24 h after mefloquine administration, head portion of some male and female worms revealed high swelling accompanied by severe damage to oral sucker. 3 days post-treatment, focal swelling of worm body along the whole worm was universal. In some male and female worms, the damaged tegument fused together to form a large mass protruding from the tegumental surface. In addition, focal or extensive peeling of tegumental ridges was seen or collapse of enlarged sensory structure resulted in formation of hole-like appearance. 7 days post administration, focal swelling of worm body and damage to tegument induced by mefloquine were similar to those aforementioned, but focal peeling, collapse of enlarged sensory structures, and deformation of oral sucker in male and female worms were universal. 14 days post-treatment, individual male worm survived the treatment revealed normal appearance of tegumental ridges in head portion, although light focal swelling of worm body was still observed. CONCLUSION Mefloquine causes focal swelling of worm body, extensive and severe damage to the tegument in adult S. japonicum.
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- Shu-hua Xiao
- National Institute of Parasitic Diseases, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Key Laboratory of Parasite and Vector Biology, MOH, WHO Collaborating Centre for Malaria, Schistosomiasis and Filariasis, Shanghai 200025, China.
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Zhao ZR, Lei L, Liu M, Zhu SC, Ren CP, Wang XN, Shen JJ. Schistosoma japonicum: inhibition of Mago nashi gene expression by shRNA-mediated RNA interference. Exp Parasitol 2008; 119:379-84. [PMID: 18466902 DOI: 10.1016/j.exppara.2008.03.015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/03/2007] [Revised: 03/25/2008] [Accepted: 03/26/2008] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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RNA interference (RNAi) mediated by short interfering RNA (siRNA) is a powerful reverse genetics tool and holds enormous therapeutic potential for various diseases, including parasite infections. siRNAs bind their complementary mRNA and lead to degradation of their specific mRNA targets. RNAi has been widely used for functional analysis of specific genes in various cells and organisms. In this paper, we tested the potential of silencing the expression of the Mago nashi gene in Schistosoma japonicum by siRNAs derived from shRNA expressed by mammalian Pol III promoter H1. Schistosomula, transformed from cercariae by mechanical shearing of the tails, were electroporated with Mago nashi shRNA expression vector. Aliquots of parasites were harvested at days 1, 3, and 5 after electroporation, respectively. Levels of Mago nashi mRNA and protein were determined by RT-PCR and Western blotting analysis. The results showed that shRNA expressed from mammalian Pol III promoter H1 specifically reduced the levels of Mago nashi mRNA and proteins in S. japonicum. Changes in testicular lobes were apparent when parasites were introduced into mammalian hosts. Thus, vector-mediated gene silencing is applicable to S. japonicum, which provides a means for the functional analysis of genes in this organism.
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- Zhi-rong Zhao
- Department of Microbiology & Parasitology, Anhui Medical University, Meishan Road, Hefei 230032, China
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Jones MK, McManus DP, Sivadorai P, Glanfield A, Moertel L, Belli SI, Gobert GN. Tracking the fate of iron in early development of human blood flukes. Int J Biochem Cell Biol 2007; 39:1646-58. [PMID: 17556009 PMCID: PMC2758302 DOI: 10.1016/j.biocel.2007.04.017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 45] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/19/2006] [Revised: 04/01/2007] [Accepted: 04/18/2007] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Iron (Fe) is an important trace element found in nearly all organisms, and is used as a cofactor in many biological reactions. One role for Fe in some invertebrates is in stabilization of extracellular matrices. The human blood fluke, Schistosoma japonicum, is responsible for significant human disease in developing and tropical nations. Disease in humans arises from host immunological reaction to parasite eggs that lodge in tissues. Schistosomes require Fe for development in their hosts, and store abundant Fe in vitelline (eggshell-forming) cells of the female system. The understanding of Fe metabolism and functionality are aspects of its biology that may be exploited in future therapeutics. The biology of Fe stores in vitelline cells of S. japonicum was investigated to illuminate possible functions of this element in early development of these parasites. Vitelline Fe is stored in yolk ferritin that is upregulated in females and is also expressed at low levels in egg-stages and adult males. Laser microdissection microscopy, coupled with reverse transcriptase- and real time-PCR amplification of schistosome ferritin sequences, confirmed that the vitelline cells are the likely progenitor cells of yolk ferritin. Assessment of Fe concentrations in whole male and whole female adult worms, eggs and purified eggshells by colorimetric assays and mass spectroscopy demonstrated higher levels of Fe in the female parasite, but also high levels of the element in whole parasite eggs and purified eggshell. Qualitative energy dispersive spectroscopy of purified eggshells, revealed that Fe is abundant in the eggshell, the matrix of which is composed of heavily cross-linked eggshell precursor proteins. Thus, vitelline stores of Fe are implicated in eggshell cross-linking in platyhelminths. These observations emphasise the importance of Fe in schistosome metabolism and egg formation and suggest new avenues for disruption of egg formation in these pathogenic parasites.
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- Malcolm K Jones
- Queensland Institute of Medical Research, Herston, Qld 4029, Australia.
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Chai M, McManus DP, McInnes R, Moertel L, Tran M, Loukas A, Jonesa MK, Gobert GN. Transcriptome profiling of lung schistosomula,in vitro cultured schistosomula and adult Schistosoma japonicum. Cell Mol Life Sci 2006; 63:919-29. [PMID: 16570121 DOI: 10.1007/s00018-005-5578-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 58] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/24/2022]
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The schistosomulum is the main target of vaccine-induced protective immunity; however, most studies have utilized schistosomula produced by mechanical transformation of infective larvae followed by in vitro culture rather than larvae isolated directly from the lungs of infected mammals. Using transmission electron microscopy, we demonstrated that there was little difference in the ultrastructure of Schistosoma japonicum schistosomula obtained by the two methods. However, significant differences in gene expression profiles were apparent when we used an oligonucleotide microarray to compare the gene expression profiles of schistosomula obtained in vivo from lung tissue with those maintained in vitro, and with adult worms of S. japonicum. It is likely that host environmental factors, which cannot be reliably reproduced in vitro, do influence the growth, development and overall biology of schistosomes. Thus caution is urged when using in vitro-cultured schistosomes and mechanically transformed/cultured schistosomula in molecular, biochemical and immunological studies.
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- M Chai
- Queensland Institute of Medical Research and Australian Centre for International Health & Nutrition, Brisbane
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Ming Z, Dong H, Zhong Q, Grevelding CG, Jiang M. The effect of a mutagen (N-methyl-N-nitro-N-nitrosoguanidine) on cultured cells from adult Schistosoma japonicum. Parasitol Res 2005; 98:430-7. [PMID: 16385406 DOI: 10.1007/s00436-005-0083-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/24/2005] [Accepted: 11/07/2005] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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The transforming effect of N-methyl-N-nitro-N-nitrosoguanidine (MNNG) on cultured cells from Schistosoma japonicum (S. japonicum) was studied using mono-factor and orthogonal tests. Under the influence of MNNG, cultured cells grew well, and cell survival time was more than 246 days in low-serum medium. When treated with 3 mug/ml MNNG for 48 h, the number of dividing cells increased significantly as determined by bright-field and scanning electron microscopy (SEM). Under these conditions, abundant microvilli, ruffles, microridges, papillae and blebs were observed on the surface of the induced cells. Treatment with MNNG may overcome existing limitations to get continually proliferating schistosome cells and open the possibility to immortalize isolated cells.
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- Zhenping Ming
- Department of Medical Parasitology and Research Laboratory of Schistosomiasis, Wuhan University School of Medicine, Wuhan, Hubei Province, 430071, People's Republic of China
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Zhang LH, McManus DP, Sunderland P, Lu XM, Ye JJ, Loukas A, Jones MK. The cellular distribution and stage-specific expression of two dynein light chains from the human blood fluke Schistosoma japonicum. Int J Biochem Cell Biol 2005; 37:1511-24. [PMID: 15833281 DOI: 10.1016/j.biocel.2005.01.015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/07/2004] [Revised: 12/21/2004] [Accepted: 01/12/2005] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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Schistosomes are pathogenic helminth parasites of human portal veins. Their body wall is a highly active syncytial tegument involved in an array of host interactions. The cytoskeletal organization and dynamics of this syncytium are poorly understood, but predominant motor components are the LC8 class of cytoplasmic dynein light chains (DLC). Four LC8 members occur in schistosomes, two of which are expressed in the tegument. Here, we describe the cytoplasmic distribution, stage-specific expression and cellular location of two diverse LC8 molecules of Schistosoma japonicum. SjDLC1 was detected in surface-membrane specific extracts of adult worms and was shown by quantitative immuno-electron microscopy to predominate along heptalaminate membranes of the worm surface. SjDLC3 also occurs in the tegument, but was shown to be present in basal layers of the tegument and did not preferentially co-localize with particular membrane components. SjDLC3 was also detected in the gastrodermis. SjDLC1 is expressed only in mammalian-parasitic stages, whereas SjDLC3 is expressed throughout the life-cycle. The data suggest that SjDLC1 is preferentially located to the host-interactive distal parasite membrane, and plays a role in surface membrane dynamics, while SjDLC3 is a ubiquitous motor component of schistosome epithelia of all stages.
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- Li-Hua Zhang
- Australian Centre for International and Tropical Health and Nutrition, The Queensland Institute of Medical Research, Herston, Qld. 4029, Australia
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Hirata M, Hirata K, Hara T, Kawabuchi M, Fukuma T. Expression of TGF-?-like molecules in the life cycle of Schistosoma japonicum. Parasitol Res 2005; 95:367-73. [PMID: 15711848 DOI: 10.1007/s00436-004-1296-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/19/2004] [Accepted: 11/23/2004] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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The transforming growth factor beta (TGF-beta) family controls an extremely wide range of biological activities, such as the growth and differentiation of cells, and immunological events against infectious agents. Although TGF-beta homologs appear to be widely present in metazoan animals, studies of parasite-derived molecules are relatively few. Using antibodies against anti-mouse TGF-beta1, -beta2, and -beta3, we show the expression of TGF-beta-like molecules in Schistosoma japonicum cercariae, schistosomula, eggs and adult worms. Intense immunoreactivity was found on the surface of free-living cercarial bodies. In transverse sections of cercariae, the molecules were localized in the tegument and subtegumental cells, and the number and distribution of producing cells significantly differed with each antibody. In the skin-migrating stage, the expression in the tegumental surface gradually decreased and became almost negative within 48 h of exposure. In adult worms and eggs, the reactivity was found in subtegumental cells and in cells of a tubular structure, respectively. In western blot analysis, the detection of conventional TGF-beta molecules failed. The expression of TGF-beta-like molecules was distinctly regulated at each developmental stage.
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- M Hirata
- Department of Parasitology, Kurume University School of Medicine, 830-0011, Kurume, Japan.
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The tegument of the adult blood fluke Schistosoma japonicum is in direct contact with the host blood and immune systems. A comprehensive understanding of the ultrastructure of the tegument is crucial to the understanding of how the parasite maintains itself within the mammalian host. Important functions such as nutritional uptake and immune evasion are suspected functions of the tegument and this review discusses these aspects and presents some insights into some of these crucial functions. Transmission electron microscopy has allowed the identification of ultrastructural features of the adult S. japonicum, some of which differ from the reported features of other schistosome species. Morphological differences within the tegument of the adult S. japonicum are noted between sexes, among different regions of the worms and between aspects along the length of the parasite. Differences included variations in the ultrastructure, size and number of tegumental bodies and mitochondria within the matrix, and differences in the relative area of the apical surface of the tegument. Functions of the various components of the tegument matrix and specialised functions of different regions of the male and female parasites are discussed based on ultrastructural findings and previously reported biochemical and molecular data.
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- Geoffrey N Gobert
- Molecular Parasitology Laboratory, Division of Infectious Diseases and Immunology, Queensland Institute of Medical Research, Royal Brisbane Hospital Post Office, Herston, Queensland 4006, Australia.
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Schistosomes acquire fatty acids from their hosts, although how these parasites bind human low-density lipoproteins (LDL) and like molecules that transport fatty acids is not understood. Because parasite surface-bound host LDL may provide the schistosome with cholesterol and other lipids, as well as aid immune avoidance, understanding this process may provide fundamental insights into lipid metabolism and host defense in schistosomes. To investigate molecular aspects of lipid acquisition by schistosomes, transcripts encoding a very (V)LDL-receptor ligand binding, cysteine-rich repeat-containing protein were isolated from Schistosoma japonicum cDNAs. The deduced amino acid sequence included 207 residues with an NH2-terminal LDL ligand-binding Cys-rich motif and a COOH-terminal transmembrane (TM) domain. The ligand-binding domain was similar in sequence and structure to ligand-binding Cys-rich repeat domains from mammalian very low-density lipoprotein (VLDL) and LDL receptors, which are multi-domain proteins. This putative VLDL binding protein, designated S. japonicum very low-density lipoprotein binding protein (SVLBP), appeared to be membrane-associated, sensitive to reducing conditions, and included intra-molecular disulfide linkages. A three-dimensional (3D) model suggested that two of the three Cys residues form intra- and/or inter-molecular disulfide bridges that contribute to a patch of negative charge on the molecular surface, assumed to be associated with VLDL binding activity. SVLBP in membrane-associated and soluble fractions of adult schistosomes bound human plasma VLDL in vitro, and VLDL bound to recombinant SVLBP inhibited the binding of anti-recombinant SVLBP antibodies. Immunolocalization of SVLBP revealed prominent expression in the tegument and sub-tegument of adult male schistosomes. SVLBP may play a key role in lipid acquisition by S. japonicum.
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MESH Headings
- Amino Acid Sequence
- Animals
- Base Sequence
- Binding Sites/genetics
- Blotting, Southern
- Blotting, Western
- Carrier Proteins/chemistry
- Carrier Proteins/genetics
- Carrier Proteins/metabolism
- Cloning, Molecular
- Cystine/genetics
- Cystine/metabolism
- Electrophoresis, Gel, Two-Dimensional
- Enteropeptidase/genetics
- Enteropeptidase/metabolism
- Female
- Gene Dosage
- Gene Expression
- Humans
- Lipoproteins, VLDL/chemistry
- Lipoproteins, VLDL/genetics
- Lipoproteins, VLDL/metabolism
- Male
- Mice
- Microscopy, Immunoelectron/methods
- Models, Molecular
- Molecular Sequence Data
- Protein Binding
- Rabbits
- Rats
- Receptors, LDL/genetics
- Receptors, LDL/metabolism
- Recombinant Proteins/chemistry
- Recombinant Proteins/genetics
- Recombinant Proteins/immunology
- Schistosoma japonicum/genetics
- Schistosoma japonicum/physiology
- Schistosoma japonicum/ultrastructure
- Sequence Alignment
- Sequence Homology, Amino Acid
- Structural Homology, Protein
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- Jinjiang Fan
- Molecular Parasitology Unit, Queensland Institute of Medical Research, Brisbane, Qld, Australia
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The ultrastructure of the sperm and the process of fertilization are described in Schistosoma japonicum. The sperm of S. japonicum has an elongated head and a single tail. The head measures 6.2 x 1.4 microm in average size. No acrosome is present. A mass of mitochondria locates in front of the nucleus. A layer of about 100-120 peripheral microtubules is parallel with the long axis of the head under plasma membrane. The nucleus is dense with some electron-lucent patches. The tail is a single flagellum with unique axoneme, which originates from a centriole. The structure of axoneme includes two types: 9 x 2 + <<l>> in the main part of the flagellum, and 9 x 2 + 0 near the end of the flagellum. The sperm ultrastructure of S. japonicum is similar to that of other schistosomes, apart from the fact that two types of configuration coexisted in the same axoneme, and there is no striated root found in S. japonicum. The sperm differs distinctly from other Digenea. The aberrant ultrastructure of S. japonicum reflects that its evolution is far away from other genera in Digenea. Fertilization occurs at the posterior part of oviduct, in which region the oviduct wall lacks lamellae. Some cortical granules (CG) fuse with plasma membrane, and discharge their content on the surface of the fertilized ovum. The other CGs break down or degenerate in the cytoplasm. By the secondary mature division, the secondary oocyte finally divides to form a female pronucleus. During this period a male pronucleus also forms. The female and male pronucleus approach each other, come into contact in the central region and finally fuse to form a zygote. The function of CGs is discussed.
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- Ming-Yi Yang
- Research Laboratory of Schistosomiasis, Department of Medical Parasitology, Medical School, Wuhan University, 430071 Wuhan, People's Republic of China
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To elucidate aspects of pathogenesis of congenital infections with Schistosoma japonicum, 5 Danish crossbred sows were infected during late pregnancy with a Chinese isolate of S. japonicum, and 17 of their offspring (fetuses and piglets) were examined 7, 20. 34, 54, and 69 days postinfection (PI). Organ samples were collected for histopathological examination with emphasis on liver and lung. Samples of the corresponding placenta were also collected from fetuses at postmortem examinations. Perfusions were performed on some of the fetuses to recover schistosomes, and in addition, amniotic fluid was examined for schistosomes. A schistosomulum was found in a 99-day-old fetus 3 wk PI. Eggs were found in meconium from 109-day-old fetuses 34 days after infection of the dam, showing that the prepatent time was the same as in postnatal infections. Piglets examined 54 and 69 days PI had inflammatory reactions in their livers, and progression toward healing and repair of the inflammatory reaction occurred from 54 to 69 days PI. This pilot study is one of the bases for the model of congenital schistosomiasis used currently at the Danish Centre for Experimental Parasitology.
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- T Iburg
- Laboratory of Veterinary Pathology, The Royal Veterinary and Agricultural University, Frederiksberg C, Denmark.
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Yang M, Jiang M, Li Y, Dong H, Zhou S. [Ultrastructure of Schistosoma japonicum sperm]. Zhongguo Ji Sheng Chong Xue Yu Ji Sheng Chong Bing Za Zhi 2002; 16:264-8. [PMID: 12078255] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/25/2023]
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AIM To understand the ultrastructure of Schistosoma japonicum sperm. METHODS Testis and oviduct were cut from male and female of S. japonicum respectively, location was assured by observing with microscope. Specimens preparation for transmission electron microscope were made by traditional way. RESULTS The sperm of S. japonicum includes two parts: a head and a single tail. The elongated ovoid head measures by 6.2 x 1.4 microns, lacking an acrosome, rounding anteriorly and tapering posteriorly. A prominent anterior mass of mitochondria lies beneath the plasma membrane. A layer of microtubes under the plasma membrane are parallel with long axis of the head. A coil of longitudinal microtubes were present beneath the plasma membrane. The nucleus is largely electron-opaque with some electron-lucent patches or less electrondense material. The tail is a single flagellum with a unique axoneme, which originated from a centriole. The axoneme in main part of the flagellum (including middle and posterior parts of the tail) consists of nine doublets and a single diffuse central structure, forming 9 x 2 + <<1>> type. But the axoneme in the transition area (anterior part of the tail) lacks central material, forming 9 x 2 + 0 type. CONCLUSION The sperm ultrastructure in the schistosomes is homogeneous, but differs distinctly from those trematodes of other Digenea.
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- M Yang
- Department of Parasitology, Hubei Medical University, Wuhan 430071
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Ultrastructures and their dynamic changes of the cultured cells from Schistosoma japonicum were observed in the present experiments. Several types-including polygonal, round granular, deltaic fan-shaped and flagellated cells-were found in the cultures. The polygonal cells took a major ratio in the cultures from adult S. japonicum, while the majority from schistosomula was round granular cells. The ultrastuctures on the cell surface were different between the cells from adults and schistosomula. Some papilla-like tubercula, microvilli and pinocytotic vesicles were observed on the surface of adult cells, but none were found on schistosomula cells. However, more or less mitochondria, endoplasmic reticula, ribosomes and glycogen were observed in the cytoplasm of the cultured cells from both adults and schistosomula. Golgi complexes were rarely found. The nucleus was round, with round nucleolus inside and clear pores on the unit membrane. There was much lumpish heterochromatin located near to the nuclear membrane. Cells from different worm tissues had their own organelles. The germ cells, vitelline cells, flame cells, multinucleate subtegumental cells and nerve cells could be observed in the cultures from adults. The vitelline cells were the greatest in number and nerve cells were the least in number among them. Similarly, there were germ cells, sustentacular cells, flame cells, nerve cells, mast cells, muscle cells, multinucleate subtegumental cells, interstitial cells and penetration gland cells in the cultures from the schistomomula. In addition, a few division cells were also found. It indicated that the schistosomula cells had greater potential ability to proliferate than the adult cells in in vitro culture. Along with the prolongation of the culture time, degeneration of schistosomal cell occurred more and more. Generally, the electron density of cultures gradually got lower, the cristae of mitochondria blurred and disappeared and the mitochondria themselves swelled and finally vacuoled completely. Vitelline cells were most sensitive to the changes of the in vitro condition in all cultures. Their degeneration showed the following characteristics: (1) vitelline globules fused each other, the space between vitelline globules and the membrane surrounding them broadened gradually and vitelline globules were released and uncovered; (2) rough-surfaced endoplasmic reticula enlarged, vacuolated and the ribosomes dropped; and (3) the number and volume of lipid increased. The ultrastructural changes of most of the cultures from schistosomula had the following trends: (1) heterochromatin increased and euchromatin decreased gradually; and (2) endoplasmic reticula changed into short tubes and vacuoles and disappeared finally. The degenerative process of the cultures from S. japonicum consisted of necrosis according to the ultrastructural changes of the mitochondria, vitelline globules, chromatin and endoplasmic reticula within the cells. The changes of the above structures could be used to estimate whether the culture conditions were appropriate.
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- Hui-Fen Dong
- Department of Medical Parasitology and Research Laboratory of Schistosomiasis, Medical School, Wuhan University, Wuhan, Hubei Province 430071, People's Republic of China
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Jones MK, Yang W, McManus DP. Immunolocalization of the 38.3 kDa calponin-like protein in stratified muscles of the tail of Schistosoma japonicum cercariae. Parasitol Int 2001; 50:129-33. [PMID: 11438435 DOI: 10.1016/s1383-5769(01)00060-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Calponins are proteins present in vertebrate smooth musculature where they occur in association with thin myofilaments. Calponins are not present in vertebrate or invertebrate striated muscles. The blood fluke Schistosoma japonicum expresses a 38.3-kDa protein that bears substantial homology with vertebrate calponin and occurs entirely within smooth musculature of adults. Calponin-like immunoreactivity has been demonstrated in smooth muscles of many invertebrate phyla. The Schistosoma japonicum calponin has been localised in smooth myofibrils of adults where it is associated with myofilaments and sarcoplasmic reticulum. In this study, the ultrastructural localisation of the protein in muscles of S. japonicum cercariae is described. The protein is present in smooth muscles of the forebody and the stratified muscle of the tail. Within the stratified layer, the protein occurs predominantly in transverse arrays of sarcoplasmic reticulum. The localisation data suggest that the calponin-like protein of S. japonicum is involved in contraction of the stratified tail muscle. Furthermore, the presence of a calponin system in the stratified muscle suggests that this muscle is simply a superior form of muscle, closely related to smooth muscles that use a caldesmin-calponin system in contraction.
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- M K Jones
- Centre for Microscopy and Microanalysis, The University of Queensland, St Lucia, 4072, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
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The recombinant Schistosoma mansoni 62 kDa myosin fragment, rIrV-5, is highly protective in experimental animals, however, vaccination of mice and rats with the recombinant Schistosoma japonicum homologue, rSj62, did not induce significant resistance against S. japonicum infection. To explore alternative ways of presenting this antigen, we further constructed a plasmid (VRSj62) which encodes Sj62 using the VR1020 vector and tested it in vaccination experiments. Four immunisations with 10 microg VRSj62 DNA alone were sufficient to induce high and progressively increasing levels of IgG antibodies against rSj62 with increasing numbers of injections in CBA/Ca mice (IgG titre > or =1:25000), and three injections with 50 microg VRSj62 DNA alone induced significant IgG responses in C57Bl/6 mice (IgG titre, 1:1600). However, vaccination with plasmid DNA entrapped in cationic liposomes or together with pUC19 DNA as a source of CpG motifs, both of which have been reported to enhance immune responses, did not enhance specific antibody production. In spite of the stimulation of specific antibodies against rSj62 with the naked DNA construct no resistance to challenge was demonstrated.
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MESH Headings
- Animals
- Antibodies, Helminth/biosynthesis
- Antibodies, Helminth/immunology
- Antigen-Antibody Reactions
- Antigens, Helminth/genetics
- Antigens, Helminth/immunology
- CpG Islands
- DNA, Recombinant/genetics
- Female
- Helminth Proteins/administration & dosage
- Helminth Proteins/genetics
- Helminth Proteins/immunology
- Immunization, Secondary
- Immunoglobulin G/biosynthesis
- Immunoglobulin G/immunology
- Liposomes/administration & dosage
- Mice
- Mice, Inbred C57BL
- Mice, Inbred CBA
- Microscopy, Immunoelectron
- Muscles/immunology
- Muscles/ultrastructure
- Myosins/genetics
- Myosins/immunology
- Plasmids/genetics
- Schistosoma japonicum/genetics
- Schistosoma japonicum/immunology
- Schistosoma japonicum/ultrastructure
- Schistosomiasis japonica/prevention & control
- Vaccination
- Vaccines, DNA/administration & dosage
- Vaccines, DNA/immunology
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- Y Y Zhang
- Immunology Unit, Department of Infectious and Tropical Diseases, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, Keppel Street, London, UK
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Zhang Y, Taylor MG, McCrossan MV, Bickle QD. Molecular cloning and characterization of a novel Schistosoma japonicum "irradiated vaccine-specific" antigen, Sj14-3-3. Mol Biochem Parasitol 1999; 103:25-34. [PMID: 10514078 DOI: 10.1016/s0166-6851(99)00083-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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A Schistosoma japonicum cDNA coding for a full length S. japonicum 14-3-3 protein was obtained by antibody screening of an adult worm cDNA library using sera taken from mice vaccinated with UV-attenuated cercariae, which are capable of transferring high levels of passive immunity to this parasite. The deduced amino acid sequence consists of 254 amino acids and is highly homologous with 14-3-3 family of proteins from a variety of species (55-69% identity). The recombinant S. japonicun 14-3-3 protein (rSj14-3-3) was expressed and purified in pGEX/E. coli, and in Western blotting was strongly recognised by sera from mice, rats and bovines vaccinated with irradiated S. japonicum cercariae. Analysis of mRNA showed that Sj14-3-3 is expressed in sporocysts and adult worms, but not in cercariae, however mouse antisera against rSj14-3-3 recognised a 29 kDa native antigen in antigen preparations made from eggs, cercariae, schistosomula and adult worms of S. japonicum indicating that this antigen is present in all life-cycle stages. The presence of the native antigen in detergent extracts of intact schistosomula suggests that it is also present in the schistosomular tegument which is the most vulnerable target for immune attack. However, antisera against rSj14-3-3 did not recognise a similar band in S. mansoni or S. haematobium antigens, indicating that, like the UV-attenuated vaccines, this protein induced species-specific immune responses. Southern blot analysis suggested that there may exist more than one gene copy and/or polymorphism for Sj14-3-3. Immunoelectron microscopy confirmed that the native antigen is present throughout the body of adult worms including the tegument, but is less abundant in the muscles. The potential of rSj14-3-3 as a vaccine is now under further investigation.
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- Y Zhang
- Department of Infectious and Tropical Diseases, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, UK.
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Eight lectin probes were used to detect a range of carbohydrate residues in the tegument matrix of Schistosoma japonicum. In addition, other areas of the parasite, such as the gut, vitelline glands and flame cells, were examined for carbohydrate residues. Some minor differences in the carbohydrate residue composition between tegument orientations and between the sexes were identified. Differences between the distribution of carbohydrate residues of S. japonicum examined in this study and previous reports of Schistosoma mansoni were also noted. This study further illustrates the high level of complexity within the tegument of the adult S. japonicum and has demonstrated differences between this species and the widely studied S. mansoni.
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- G N Gobert
- Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, Australia
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This review discusses some of the recent advances in the characterization of potential vaccine molecules against Schistosoma japonicum, utilizing microscopy and immunocytochemistry methods. Microscopy has demonstrated the stage-specific expression of the muscle protein paramyosin onto the parasite surface, an important consideration as a vaccine target. Other potential vaccine component proteins examined include glutathione S-transferase (GST) and fatty acid binding protein (FABP); although not associated with the adult parasite surface, their localization to internal structures such as lipid droplets and regions of the female reproductive system have provided valuable insights into the biology of the parasite. Localization of the transport protein SGTP (schistosome glucose transporter protein) has demonstrated that the protein is more prevalent in the juvenile stages of the parasite development. This further highlights the diversity of the parasite life cycle. Using both light microscopy and transmission electron microscopy, the localization of a number of schistosome proteins has demonstrated the functions and significance of these proteins within the parasite. Molecular localization studies are crucial in understanding how and when a vaccine may work against the organism and may provide insights into which can be used in the design of future vaccines.
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- G N Gobert
- Analytical Electron Microscopy Facility, Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, Australia.
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Coustau C, Ataev G, Jourdane J, Yoshino TP. Schistosoma japonicum: in vitro cultivation of miracidium to daughter sporocyst using a Biomphalaria glabrata embryonic cell line. Exp Parasitol 1997; 87:77-87. [PMID: 9326883 DOI: 10.1006/expr.1997.4184] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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In vitro cultivation of Schistosoma japonicum miracidia to the mother sporocyst (MS) and then to the daughter sporocyst (DS) stage was achieved using the Biomphalaria glabrata embryonic (Bge) cell line as a coculture system. When comparing the effect of Bge cell and MS density on MS development, it was apparent that Bge cell density had a highly significant effect on both MS viability and growth. Viability and growth rate of MS cultured under high cell density conditions (350 cells/mm2) were almost 2 times greater than those of MS cultured under conditions of low cell density (60 cells/mm2). Growth under high cell density conditions corresponded to a 20 to 30 times increase in MS estimated volume within the first 9 weeks of cultivation. Emergence of fully formed motile DS was first observed after 11 weeks of cocultivation. A few DS lived for 14 weeks after emergence and attained a size of 770 +/- 100 microns in length and 48 +/- 13 microns in width. In contrast to what was observed in Bge cell/Schistosoma mansoni cocultures, Bge cells did not encapsulate S. japonicum MS. Our results show that, although the cellular interactions between Bge cells and schistosomes MS display some level of specificity, Bge cells apparently secrete soluble factors that permit excellent survival and can trigger advanced in vitro development of S. japonicum.
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- C Coustau
- Centre de Biologie et d'Ecologie Tropicale et Méditerranéenne, UMR 5555 du CNRS, Université de Perpignan, France
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Zhou S, Jiang M, Li Y, Yang M, Yang M. Observation of developing cercaria of Schistosoma japonicum on ultrastructural level and remarks at its morphology of mature stage. Chin Med J (Engl) 1997; 110:801-6. [PMID: 9642314] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023] Open
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OBJECTIVE To study the developing cercaria of Schistosoma Japonicum (S. japonicum) on ultrastructural level by transmission electron microscope (TEM) for analyzing the morphological dynamic changes of the tegument, glands and musculature. METHODS Artificial infected Oncomelania hupensis were dissected under dissecting microscope and the daughter sporocysts picked up for studying the germinal cells stage (S1). The other embryonic cercaria were selected according to the modified parameter of Chen and Bier (1972). The specimens were prepared by conventional procedure of the laboratory of TEM and were observed by Hitachi H600. RESULTS Beside the germinal cell stage (S1), this is the first chronological study on the morphological development of S. japonicum cercaria from S2-S5 concerning the tegument and its elements (glycocalyx, sensory papilla, basal lamina and spine), head and acetabular gland and musculature of the body and tail. This article discusses the ultrastructural morphological differences from prior authors and emphasizes on the postacetalar gland and the pattern of tail musculature of the matured stage cercaria. CONCLUSIONS According to the cell division and differentiation, the process of development may be divided into 5 stages: S1, the single germinal cell stage; S2, the germinal ball stages: major multiplication and minor differentiation; S3, tail budding embryonic stage, both active in multiplying and differentiating; S4, the pre-matured stage, major differentiation and minor multiplication; and S5, the fully matured stage (completing the differentiation).
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- S Zhou
- Department of Parasitology, Hubei Mecical University, Wuhan, China
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Gobert GN, Stenzel DJ, Jones MK, McManus DP. Immunolocalization of the fatty acid-binding protein Sj-FABPc within adult Schistosoma japonicum. Parasitology 1997; 115 ( Pt 1):33-9. [PMID: 9280893 DOI: 10.1017/s0031182097008925] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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This paper describes the first localization study of the 14.7 kDa fatty acid-binding protein in Schistosoma japonicum (SjFABPc) using transmission electron microscopy. A polyclonal antibody raised against recombinant Sj-FABPc was used in combination with a colloidal gold marker to determine the distribution of the protein within adult parasites. Sj-FABPc was localized within lipid droplets below the subtegumental region of the male parasite. Additionally, Sj-FABPc was present in the vitelline droplets of the vitelline glands of female parasites. There were no detectable levels of Sj-FABPc on the surface or within the tegument of male or female parasites. Possible functions of Sj-FABPc within S. japonicum and the relevance of these immunolocalization findings in light of the recent reports that the homologue Sm-FABPc is an important anti-S. mansoni vaccine target molecule are also discussed.
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- G N Gobert
- Analytical Electron Microscopy Facility, Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, Australia.
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This paper describes the localization of paramyosin immunoreactivity in Schistosoma japonicum and represents the first comparative immunolocalization study among schistosome adult, cercariae and lung schistosomula by electron microscopy. A polyclonal antibody was utilized to immunolabel paramyosin or paramyosin-like proteins. Paramyosin was localized within the muscle layer of all 3 developmental stages. Furthermore, paramyosin was localized within granules of the post-acetabular glands of cercariae, and within the tegument matrix and surface of lung schistosomules. Adults and cercariae did not display any detectable paramyosin on the surface or within the tegument. The possible functions of paramyosin within S. japonicum and the relevance of these findings in relation to the reported protective properties of paramyosin as an anti-schistosome vaccine target molecule are discussed.
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- G N Gobert
- Analytical Electron Microscopy Facility, Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, Australia.
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Xiao SH, Shen BG, Horner J, Catto BA. Tegument changes of Schistosoma japonicum and Schistosoma mansoni in mice treated with artemether. Zhongguo Yao Li Xue Bao 1996; 17:535-7. [PMID: 9863150] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/09/2023]
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AIM To study the effect of artemether (Art) on the tegument of schistosomes. METHODS Mice infected with S japonicum cercariae for 7 and 35 d, or with S mansoni cercariae for 49 d were treated intragastrically with Art 200-300 mg.kg-1.d-1 for 2 d. Schistosomes were collected in groups of 2 mice at various intervals after medication for scanning electron microscopic observation. RESULTS The tegumental changes induced by Art appeared to be similar in S japonicum and S mansoni: swelling and fusion of tegumental surfaces, vesicle formation and collapse of discoid-like sensory structures. In S japonicum the emergence of tegumental alterations was earlier in 7-d-old schistosomulae than that in 35-d-old adult worms. CONCLUSION Art injured the teguments of S japonicum and S mansoni.
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- S H Xiao
- Institute of Parasitic Diseases, Chinese Academy of Preventive Medicine, WHO Collaborating Centre for Malaria, Schistosomiasis and Filariasis, Shanghai
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Xiao SH, Shen BG. Scanning electron microscope observation on tegumental damage of 21-d-old Schistosoma japonicum induced by praziquantel. Zhongguo Yao Li Xue Bao 1995; 16:273-275. [PMID: 7660827] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/21/2023]
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AIM To study the effect of praziquantel (Pra) on the tegument of 21-d-old schistosomula, mice infected with Schistosoma japonicum cercariae for 21 d were treated ig with Pra at a single dose. METHOD Groups of mice were killed at different intervals within 48 h, and the worms were collected by perfusion for scanning electron microscopic observation. RESULTS When the dose used was 300 mg.kg(-1), the worms showed mild or moderate swelling, fusion or even erosion and collapsed of the tegumental ridges, which was characterized by swelling of the discoid sensory structures. At higher dose of 500 mg.kg(-1), similar alterations in the worm surface were seen, but more extensive and serious. When Pra 500 mg.kg(-1) was given daily for 3 d, severe swelling, erosion and peeling of the tegument accompanied by the attachment of the host leukocytes on the damaged surface were seen. CONCLUSION Pra exhibited a direct killing effect on 21-d-old schistosomula.
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- S H Xiao
- Institute of Parasitic Diseases, Chinese Academy of Preventive Medicine, Shanghai
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File S. Interaction of schistosome eggs with vascular endothelium. J Parasitol 1995; 81:234-8. [PMID: 7707199] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/26/2023] Open
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The interaction of schistosome eggs with venular endothelium was studied using primary cultures of human umbilical vein endothelial cells. Freshly oviposited and embryonated eggs of Schistosoma mansoni, Schistosoma japonicum, and Schistosoma haematobium were used. The cultures were evaluated by light, scanning, and transmission electron microscopy. Endothelial cell monolayers were found to retain eggs by actively migrating over those that came to lie on top of them. The monolayers then reestablished confluency and their lumenal polarity. Eggs deposited directly by adult worms elicited a more rapid and complete response than embryonated eggs isolated from the liver tissues of infected rodents or latex beads. Cell migration was shown to be more complete in the presence of sera than in serum-free media. It is concluded from these observations that eggs can be passively transferred to the perivenular space by the nonspecific response of endothelial cells.
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- Department of Biology, University of Puerto Rico, San Juan 00931-3360, USA
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Xu LH, Zhou SJ, Lian WN, Mao MZ, Yu YF. Electron microscopic observations of tegumental damage in adult Schistosoma japonicum after in vivo treatment with levo-praziquantel. Chin Med J (Engl) 1994; 107:771-4. [PMID: 7835105] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/27/2023] Open
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The in vivo effects of a single dose of levo-praziquantel, 75 mg/kg in PEG 400, on the tegumental surface of adult S. japonicum were compared with the effects of a single dose (150 mg/kg) of the mixed isomer preparation, using scanning and transmission electron microscope. Worms were recovered from mice at 10 min, 30 min, 1 hr, 4 hr, 12 hr, 24 hr and 48 hr after treatment. After 10 min exposure to either compound, the tegumental folds and sensory organelles were swollen and the tegument vacuolated. After 12-24 hr, the surface was eroded and exfoliated with exposure of intrategumental and/or subtegumental tissues and attachment of leukocytes to the denuded areas. Vehicle controls were normal throughout the time period examined. These studies demonstrate that the levo isomer of praziquantel causes acute structural damage to the tegument similar to that seen with the mixed isomer preparation.
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- L H Xu
- Department of Parasitology, Shanghai Medical University
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He YX, Mi X. Ultrastructural observations on cercaria of Schistosoma japonicum. Southeast Asian J Trop Med Public Health 1994; 25:501-8. [PMID: 7777916] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/27/2023]
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The present paper describes the ultrastructure of the surface topography, head organ, tegument, musculature, glandular system, primary alimentary tract and flame cells of the Chinese mainland strain of Schistosoma japonicum cercaria, as visualized with both scanning and transmission electron microscopes. The results not only illustrate the morphological features of the cercarial surface and its internal structure reflecting an adaptation to the aqueous habitat but also reveal the correlation between the morphological structure and physiological function.
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- Y X He
- Institute of Parasitic Diseases, Chinese Academy of Preventive Medicine, Shanghai
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Nara T, Matsumoto N, Janecharut T, Matsuda H, Yamamoto K, Irimura T, Nakamura K, Aikawa M, Oswald I, Sher A. Demonstration of the target molecule of a protective IgE antibody in secretory glands of Schistosoma japonicum larvae. Int Immunol 1994; 6:963-71. [PMID: 7947464 DOI: 10.1093/intimm/6.7.963] [Citation(s) in RCA: 45] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/28/2023] Open
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We have demonstrated that a mouse monoclonal IgE antibody, SJ18 epsilon.1, recognizes a 97 kDa surface molecule (Sj97) of Schistosoma japonicum larvae and that the antibody induces partial but significant protection against the skin to lung-stage of S. japonicum infection. The antibody stimulates eosinophil- and macrophage-mediated killing of schistosomula in vitro. In the present study, we isolated the putative full-length cDNA of Sj97 by screening a lambda gt11 cDNA library from S. japonicum adult worms with SJ18 epsilon.1. The predicted amino acid sequence of the cDNA showed highly significant homology to that of S. mansoni paramyosin, a potential vaccine candidate for schistosomiasis. The deletion mutants of S. japonicum paramyosin were expressed in Escherichia coli and the translation product of 443 amino acid residues of paramyosin was found to be recognized by the antibody. Moreover, we observed by immunoelectron microscopy the presence of paramyosin in the post-acetabular gland as well as in the tegument and muscle layers of the larvae. These results suggest that paramyosin is a secretory protein which may be incorporated into the tegument during the development of schistosomula, thus becoming a target for protective immunity during the migratory phase of the parasite.
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- T Nara
- Department of Parasitology, University of Tokyo, Japan
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Bogitsh BJ, Kirschner KF, Rotmans JP. Schistosoma japonicum: immunoinhibitory studies on hemoglobin digestion using heterologous antiserum to bovine cathepsin D. J Parasitol 1992; 78:454-9. [PMID: 1597788] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/27/2022] Open
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Antibody against purified bovine cathepsin D was raised in rabbits, and the polyclonal antiserum was tested to determine its ability to inhibit the hemoglobinolytic activity of the crude enzyme preparation (CEP) from adult Schistosoma japonicum and its effect upon in vitro cultured Schistosoma mansoni schistosomules. The 100,000 g supernatant fraction (CEP) from lyophilized adult worms was preincubated with antiserum and subsequently incubated with hemoglobin. Hemoglobinolytic activity was determined by sodium dodecyl sulfate-polyacrylamide gel electrophoretic procedures. Five hours of incubation failed to diminish hemoglobin concentration in experimentals, whereas controls treated with preimmune serum displayed hemoglobin degradation. Pepstatin inhibited hemoglobin degradation. Western blot analysis of the CEP revealed a broad band of activity at approximately 45 kDa. Schistosomules incubated in vitro either in the antiserum or pepstatin and subsequently exposed to host erythrocytes showed a marked inhibition of digestive activities. Although structural changes were not evident in the gastrodermis, some perturbation of the tegument was observed. Schistosomules fed host erythrocytes and postincubated in the antiserum displayed increased tegumental perturbation and extensive alteration of the gastrodermis, including dilation of cisternae and membrane disruption. Schistosomules exposed to preimmune serum were normal in all respects.
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- B J Bogitsh
- Department of Biology, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee 37235
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He YX, Yu QF, Yu P, Mao CS, Hu YQ. Penetration of Schistosoma japonicum cercaria into host skin. Chin Med J (Engl) 1990; 103:34-44. [PMID: 2112441] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/30/2022] Open
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The anterior part of Schistosoma japonicum cercaria is a specialized head organ which can slightly stretch out and retract. There are three different types of large unicellular glands in cercarial body, consisting of one head gland, 2 pairs of pre- and 3 pairs of postacetabular glands. These glands differ in position, gross feature, histochemistry and functions. Both polysaccharase and protease activities are demonstrated in the secretions from these glands. Mode of cercarial penetration is described in detail and the penetration is effected by a combination of lytic secretions and mechanical movements. The schematic representation of the process of cercarial penetration is presented. The dynamic distributions of schistosomula in skin at different time intervals after skin penetration in various mammalian hosts are shown. Some newly transformed schistosomula die while penetrating into the skin of 7 mammalian species and the mortality rate varies with the host species, and that can also be affected by the age of cercariae following emergence from the snail. Some physiological aspects between cercariae and newly transformed schistosomula are compared. In contrast to cercariae, schistosomula are saline-adapted and water-intolerant. They were modified histochemically and antigenically.
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- Y X He
- Institute of Parasitic Diseases, Chinese Academy of Preventive Medicine, Shanghai
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Irie Y, Yasuraoka K. Ultrastructural observations on damage to schistosomula of Schistosoma japonicum by mouse neutrophils in vitro. Jpn J Exp Med 1989; 59:203-10. [PMID: 2559219] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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Ultrastructure of schistosomula of Schistosoma japonicum was studied in relation to the effect of mouse neutrophils in vitro. In the presence of antibody and complement, damage to the schistosomular tegument covered with many neutrophils began to appear within 1 h incubation. Exfoliation of the granular cytoplasm of the tegument, disorganization of the muscle layers and vacuolation in the inner tissues were seen in a part of neutrophil-attached parasites by 2 h incubation. However, the majority of schistosomula with fewer cells retained their integrity till 16 h. The cytochemical examination of schistosomula incubated with mouse neutrophils for 1 and 2 h demonstrated clearly the localization of the peroxidase activity on the surfaces of the cells and the parasites.
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- Y Irie
- Department of Medical Biology, University of Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan
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Irie Y, Utsunomiya H, Tanaka M, Ohmae H, Nara T, Yasuraoka K. Schistosoma japonicum and S. mansoni: ultrastructural damage in the tegument and reproductive organs after treatment with levo- and dextro-praziquantel. Am J Trop Med Hyg 1989; 41:204-11. [PMID: 2505625 DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.1989.41.204] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/01/2023] Open
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Ultrastructural observations were made of changes in the tegument and reproductive organs of Schistosoma japonicum and S. mansoni from ICR mice after treatment with praziquantel (PZQ), levo-PZQ, and dextro-PZQ at a single oral dose of 500 mg/kg body weight. No marked difference in types and extent of lesions of the tegument of S. japonicum was found between the compounds regardless of the time of worm recovery after treatment. This was equally true of S. mansoni. Degeneration of the testis, ovary, and vitelline gland of S. japonicum was more prominent in worms administered PZQ and levo-PZQ than in those receiving dextro-PZQ. In S. mansoni, extensive regression of the reproductive organs was observed in male and female worms treated with PZQ and dextro-PZQ, while no serious damage was seen in worms treated with levo-PZQ.
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- Y Irie
- Institute of Basic Medical Sciences, University of Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan
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Sobhon P, Anupunpisit V, Yuan HC, Upatham ES, Saitongdee P. Schistosoma japonicum (Chinese): changes of the tegument surface in cercariae, schistosomula and juvenile parasites during development. Int J Parasitol 1988; 18:1093-104. [PMID: 3220650 DOI: 10.1016/0020-7519(88)90080-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/04/2023]
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Xiao SH, Yang YQ, Shen BG, Xu DH, Yang HZ, Mei JY, Yue WJ. [Effect of praziquantel on ultrastructure of Schistosoma japonicum cercariae and schistosomula within mouse skin]. Zhongguo Yao Li Xue Bao 1988; 9:360-3. [PMID: 3143224] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/04/2023]
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Lin JY. Ultrastructure of skin-phase Schistosomula of schistosoma japonicum by transmission electron microscopy. Chin Med J (Engl) 1987; 100:990-5. [PMID: 3133177] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/04/2023] Open
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Kruatrachue M, Upatham ES, Sahaphong S, Tongthong T, Khunborivan V. Scanning electron microscopic study of the tegumental surface of the hybrid schistosome between Schistosoma mekongi and S. japonicum-like (Malaysian). Southeast Asian J Trop Med Public Health 1987; 18:453-66. [PMID: 3448774] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/05/2023]
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Hybridization experiments between the two non-sibling species of schistosomes, Schistosoma mekongi in man and S. japonicum-like (Malaysian) in rodents, were carried out. Two laboratory-bred snail species, Tricula aperta (beta race), the snail host of S. mekongi and Robertsiella kaporensis, the snail host of S. japonicum-like (Malaysian), were used for the production of cercariae. Cross mating between S. mekongi and S. japonicum-like (Malaysian) were achieved in the laboratory by the usual procedure of exposing snails to single miracidia of each species, then exposing mice to cercariae emanating from two snails only, each infected with a different species. Hybrid eggs and miracidia were used to infect snails of both species. The resultant F1 cercariae were used to infect mice. It was shown in this study that the attempt to cross these two species of schistosomes could be achieved in the laboratory, but the results provided very low yield of hybrid worms and eggs. F1 hybrid adult worms from S. mekongi male and S. japonicum-like (Malaysian) female were obtained and examined for the microtopography of the tegument by scanning electron microscopy. The tegumental surface of the hybrid male schistosome resembled the male parent, S. mekongi, with a few characters which resembled the male, S. japonicum-like (Malaysian). The surface tegument of the hybrid male worm was characterized by the presence of highly-branched and perforated ridges interspersed with a large number of papillae all over the body surface with the heaviest concentration on the middle portion of the body. There were four types of papillae present; the pleomorphic papillae; the cratered papillae, with or without cilia; the hemispherical sensory papillae with cilia; and the fungiform papillae. Spines were absent on the body surface except in the oral and ventral suckers and in the gynecophoral canal. The tegument lining the gynecophoral canal was characterized by the presence of low ridges with scattered papillae with small number of short spines in the posterior portion of the canal. In contrast to the male, the female hybrid worm had numerous spines all over the body surface with the most concentration in the posterior region. Among the spines were low perforated ridges. Two types of papillae were present in the female hybrid; the cratered papillae, with or without cilia, and the hemispherical papillae.
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- Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand
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Xiao SH, Yue WJ, Yang YQ, You JQ. Susceptibility of Schistosoma japonicum to different developmental stages to praziquantel. Chin Med J (Engl) 1987; 100:759-68. [PMID: 3127152] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/04/2023] Open
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Irie Y, Tanaka M, Yasuraoka K. Degenerative changes in the reproductive organs of female schistosomes during maintenance in vitro. J Parasitol 1987; 73:829-35. [PMID: 3625433] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/06/2023] Open
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Degenerative alteration of the reproductive organs of female schistosomes in correlation with the change in egg-laying rate of schistosome pairs in vitro was studied by electron microscopy. The production of normal eggs by adult S. japonicum pairs decreased after 4 days in vitro followed by an increase of abnormal egg laying up to day 8. In S. mansoni, the yield of both normal and abnormal eggs decreased gradually from the start of maintenance in vitro in spite of a much higher pairing rate than in S. japonicum. The vitelline gland of 14-day in vitro-maintained S. japonicum stained with Fast red B, while that of S. mansoni did not. The ovary of both species exhibited regressive features after 14 days of maintenance in vitro. Ultrastructural examination showed that the vitelline cells and oocytes of S. japonicum and S. mansoni had already lost their structural integrity after 2 days in vitro and continued to exhibit signs of structural degeneration throughout the 14-day in vitro maintenance period. The regressive changes in reproductive potential of female S. mansoni maintained in vitro for 4 days could be reversed by surgically implanting the parasites into mouse mesenteric veins.
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Xiao SH, Yue WJ, Mei JY, Zhang RQ. [Effect of praziquantel on Schistosoma japonicum cercariae]. Zhongguo Yao Li Xue Bao 1987; 8:358-62. [PMID: 3445780] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/05/2023]
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Mercury labeled pepstatin was used to demonstrate the site of a pepstatin sensitive hemoglobinase in paraformaldehyde fixed adult Schistosoma japonicum. Pepstatin was covalently attached to glutathione using dicyclohexylcarbodiimide followed by addition to methyl mercury chloride. Deposition of mercury was observed in lipid-like globules and autophagic vacuoles in the gastrodermis. Control studies were negative in all instances. These results complement previous cytochemical studies on the distribution of other acid hydrolases in the gastrodermis of schistosomes. It is hypothesized that this pepstatin sensitive enzyme probably belongs to the carboxyl class of proteinases.
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Sobhon P, Koonchornboon T, Yuan HC, Upatham ES, Saitongdee P, Krautrachue M, Bubphaniroj P, Vongpayabal P. Comparison of the surface morphology of adult Schistosoma japonicum (Chinese, Philippine and Indonesian strains) by scanning electron microscopy. Int J Parasitol 1986; 16:205-16. [PMID: 3744663 DOI: 10.1016/0020-7519(86)90045-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/07/2023]
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Yang YQ, Yang HZ, Zhang CW. [Histological observations on schistosomula of Schistosoma japonicum in mouse lung and liver after treatment with praziquantel]. Zhongguo Yao Li Xue Bao 1985; 6:285-7. [PMID: 2945377] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/03/2023]
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Xiao SH, You JQ, Zhang RQ. [Scanning electron microscope observation on the tegumental surface alterations of Schistosoma japonicum induced by praziquantel at different developmental stages]. Yao Xue Xue Bao 1985; 20:577-83. [PMID: 3832773] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/07/2023]
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Xiao SH, Guo HF, Dai ZQ, Zhang RQ. [Effect of calcium, magnesium and temperature on praziquantel-induced tegument damage of the male Schistosoma japonicum]. Zhongguo Yao Li Xue Bao 1985; 6:59-63. [PMID: 3158162] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/04/2023]
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Eklu-Natey DT, Wüest J, Swiderski Z, Striebel HP, Huggel H. Comparative scanning electron microscope (SEM) study of miracidia of four human schistosome species. Int J Parasitol 1985; 15:33-42. [PMID: 3980140 DOI: 10.1016/0020-7519(85)90098-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/08/2023]
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