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Early developmental changes of the schistosomula of Schistosoma mansoni in vitro and in mouse lung

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  06 April 2009

E. A. E. Imohiosen ,
Alan Sher  and
F. Von Lichtenberg
E. A. E. Imohiosen
Affiliation:
Department of Pathology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts 02115
Alan Sher
Affiliation:
Department of Pathology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts 02115
F. Von Lichtenberg
Affiliation:
Department of Pathology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts 02115
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Summary

Fresh (3 h) schistosomula of Schistosoma mansoni were obtained by the skin penetration method and injected intravenously into groups of mice either immediately or after 48 h incubation in tissue culture. Schistosomula were then recovered from the lungs 1 to 2 days after injection. The recovery results showed that the ability of uncultured schistosomula to emerge from lung tissue increased with time, became maximal on the 3rd day and diminished thereafter. In contrast, cultured schistosomula were able to emerge from chopped lung at a much earlier time after injection.

Fresh schistosomula, as well as those recovered from mouse lungs, were assayed by indirect immunofluorescence for the presence of parasite and host antigens. Similarly, fresh schistosomula which had been incubated in foetal calf serum, with or without mouse red blood cells, were assayed for parasite and host antigens after 3–24 h of culture. Fresh schistosomula expressed parasite antigen with greater intensity than those recovered from mouse lungs and showed no trace of host antigen. Lung schistosomula, on the other hand, expressed less parasite antigen but more red blood cell antigen with increasing time in the host. Schistosomula cultured in the absence of mouse red blood cells expressed only parasite antigen throughout the period in culture, while those cultured in the presence of mouse red blood cells also expressed parasite antigen during the entire period in culture but, in addition, by 24 h host antigen could also be detected.

These developmental and adaptational changes may play a role in determining the survival of parasites in the normal or immune host.

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Research Article
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Parasitology , Volume 76 , Issue 3 , June 1978 , pp. 317 - 326
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1978

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