A significant polyclonal activation of B lymphocytes was observed during experimental infection of C57BL/10J mice with Schistosoma mansoni. The isotypic pattern of this expansion, assessed by the Protein-A plaque-forming cell method, was compared with and found to differ from those occurring after infection by Trypanosoma cruzi or injection of bacterial LPS. In the infection of S. mansoni an early expansion of most immunoglobulin isotypes occurs together with a late, sustained expansion of IgG1-secreting cells. High levels of polyclonal B cell activation were observed after adoptive transfer of spleen cells from infected mice to isogenic recipients pre-treated with hydroxyurea.
The hind-body region of Schistosoma mansoni cercariae observed in the scanning electron microscope demonstrates various stages of contraction which may be compared with those of living larvae which are secreting the acetabular gland contents.No evidence for an extensive lesion was found in cercarial bodies which had shed their tails under experimental conditions. Experiments on the permeability of the larvae to sodium fluoride, methylene blue and amino acids demonstrated that tail loss significantly affects the permeability of the bodies although the effect is greater immediately after decaudation than at later times. Subsequent increases in permeability may be correlated with a change in the general body surface.
The parotid lymph nodes of naive and previously infected Balb/c mice were studied after, respectively, infection and re-infection
RESUMONo presente trabalho, desenvolveu-se método de infecção de camundongos através da orelha e de recuperação de esquistossômulos resultantes dessas in¬ fecções. Cerca de 80% das cercarías postas em contacto com orelhas de camundongos penetraram. Destas, 30% foram recuperadas. como vermes adultos, do sistema porta. Da pele (das orelhas) as maiores recuperações de esquistossô-mulos ocorreram nos dois primeiros dias após a infecção.Os parasitas permaneceram nesse sítio por dois dias. No terceiro dia, os parasitas foram recuperados tanto da pele como dos pulmões. A partir do 4.° dia, foi predominante a recuperação de esquistossômulos ao nível dos pulmões. Do total de parasitas que potencialmente atingiriam o sistema porta, proporção elevada (73-80%) pode ser recuperada da pele, no segundo dia após a infecção, como esquistossômulos.Revelando-se apropriadas ao acesso, à migração no hospedeiro e às técnicas de recuperação de parasitas, sugere-se que orelhas de camundongos podem ser utilizadas como sítio de infecção para estudos que visem a análise parasitoló-gica dos eventos iniciais da infecção em animais normais ou imunes.UNITERMOS: Esqustossomose experimental do camundongo; S. mansoni -Infestação experimental. através da orelha; Recuperação de esquistossômulos. INTRODUÇÃOAvaliação da imunidade de camundongos ao Schistosoma mansoni tem sido determinada comparando-se a recuperação de parasitas provenientes de uma infecção em animais já parasitados (infecção secundária) com a recuperação de parasitas de uma infecção provocada em animais normais (infecção primária). Com maior freqüência, infecções para avaliação de imunidade são feitas através da cauda 4 -5 -16 ou do abdomen i4,i8,is,20 e as recuperações dos parasitas delas resultantes efetuadas dos pulmões 5,4,14,18,22 ou do sistema porta 4 -i6,i9.Em 1980, SMITHERS & GAMMAGE». após incubarem com colagenase fragmentos de pele parasitada, verificaram redução do núme-ro de esquistossômulos recuperados da pele do abdomen de camundongos imunes 48 horas após a infecção secundária. Manifestação tão precoce de resistência a xeinfecção tornou relevante o estudo da imunidade adquirida nos períodos iniciais da infecção secundária e, em conseqüência, tornou também necessário o desenvolvimento de metodologias de infecção experimental e de recuperação quantitativa de
Methods generally utilized for studies on anaphylaxis to protein antigens such as determination of histamine release to the blood, hemoconcentration, histamine release from peritoneal mast cells and passive cutaneous anaphylaxis (PCA) were used to investigate some aspects of the anaphylaxis to parasite antigens in Schistosoma mansoni infected mice. The release of histamine to the blood and significant rates of hemoconcentration were induced by intravenous injection of schistosomula or cercarial extracts into 10-13 weeks infected mice. Cercarial, schistosomula, worm tegument and soluble egg antigens were able to trigger histamine release from peritoneal mast cells from chronically infected mice. In spite of the PCA reaction beeing detected within 2 hours of sensitization (IgG1antibodies) in 6 of 8 tested sera from chronically infected mice, no detectable reactions were obtained after 48 hours sensitization (IgE antibodies). Although IgE was not detected in the circulation, by the PCA technique, the results indicate that the infected mice contained IgE antibodies bound to their mast cells.
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