TRICHINELLA-SPIRALIS - SECRETED ANTIGEN OF THE INFECTIVE L1 LARVA LOCALIZES TO THE CYTOPLASM AND NUCLEOPLASM OF INFECTED HOST-CELLS
TRICHINELLA-SPIRALIS - SECRETED ANTIGEN OF THE INFECTIVE L1 LARVA LOCALIZES TO THE CYTOPLASM AND NUCLEOPLASM OF INFECTED HOST-CELLS
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DOI:
10.1016/0014-4894(90)90005-w
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发表时间:
1990-07-01
影响因子:
2.1
通讯作者:
SILBERSTEIN, D
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作者:
DESPOMMIER, DD;GOLD, AM;SILBERSTEIN, D
Antibodies were elicited against a purified antigen with an apparent molecular weight of 43K. This antibody preparation also detected a second antigen consisting of a group of closely related components of 45-50K. These antigens are stage specific for the infective first stage larva of Trichinella spiralis and are among the repertoire of secreted antigens originating from the stichosome. Antibody raised against the 43K antigen reacted with the stichosome and cuticle of the mature larva and the cytoplasm and nucleoplasms, but not nucleolus, of all nuclei of infected host cells (Nurse cells) in sections of infected tissues. Studies on sections of syncrhonously infected muscle tissue revealed that antigen was present only within the worm on Day 7 of the infection. On Day 9 after infection, the stoichosome and cuticular surface of the larva and the cytoplasm and nuceloplasm of each nucleus of the Nurse cell reacted with antibody. Nurse cell cytoplasmic and nuclear reactivity increased in intensity until Day 18 after infection. These results suggest that stichocyte-specific antigens are synthesized during the early phase of infection in the muscle, and that as the Nurse-parasite complex develops, some of the antigen is secreted into the milieu of the Nurse cell. The presence of antigen in the cytoplasm and nucleoplasm of the infected host cell is discussed in relation to Nurse cell formation and maintenance.