SCHISTOSOMA-MANSONI - LECTIN-DEPENDENT CYTO-TOXICITY OF HEMOCYTES FROM SUSCEPTIBLE HOST SNAILS, BIOMPHALARIA-GLABRATA
SCHISTOSOMA-MANSONI - LECTIN-DEPENDENT CYTO-TOXICITY OF HEMOCYTES FROM SUSCEPTIBLE HOST SNAILS, BIOMPHALARIA-GLABRATA
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DOI:
10.1016/s0014-4894(85)80030-8
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发表时间:
1985-01-01
影响因子:
2.1
通讯作者:
BAYNE, CJ
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作者:
BOSWELL, CA;BAYNE, CJ
Normally benign hemocytes from a strain (M-line) of the snail, B. glabrata, susceptible to S. mansoni, became cytotoxic towards the sporocyst stage if the parasite was 1st treated with the lectin, concanavalin A (ConA). ConA binding was inhibitable with .alpha.-methyl mannoside and killing was dose-dependent. Maximal levels of Con-A-induced cytotoxicity were comparable with levels observed when hemocytes from a resistant snail strain (13-16-R1) encountered untreated sporocysts. Induction of the cytotoxic response did not occur if hemocytes alone were pretreated with the lectin. A unique method incorporating UV microscopy and the vital fluorescent dye, eosin Y, was used for discriminating between live and dead sporocysts. This model may prove useful in understanding mechanisms used by invertebrate effector cells in recognition and killing of invading organisms.