PRAZIQUANTEL-INDUCED EXPOSURE OF SCHISTOSOMA-MANSONI ALKALINE-PHOSPHATASE - DRUG-ANTIBODY SYNERGY WHICH ACTS PREFERENTIALLY AGAINST FEMALE WORMS
PRAZIQUANTEL-INDUCED EXPOSURE OF SCHISTOSOMA-MANSONI ALKALINE-PHOSPHATASE - DRUG-ANTIBODY SYNERGY WHICH ACTS PREFERENTIALLY AGAINST FEMALE WORMS
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DOI:
10.1111/j.1365-3024.1994.tb00307.x
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发表时间:
1994-10-01
影响因子:
2.2
通讯作者:
DOENHOFF, MJ
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作者:
FALLON, PG;SMITH, P;DOENHOFF, MJ
The efficacy of praziquantel-treatment of murine Schistosoma mansoni-infections can be enhanced by concurrent administration of rabbit anti-sera with specificity for parasite antigens. Monospecific rabbit serum raised against S. mansoni worm alkaline phosphatase, that was reactive with the enzyme an the drug-treated female surface, was found to significantly and preferentially increase the mortality of female worms by PZQ. Immunoglobulins purified from the anti-alkaline phosphatase antiserum inhibited 54% of schistosome alkaline phosphatase enzymatic activity on the surface of praziquantel-treated worms. We propose that synergistic antibody-mediated death of drug-damaged worms is a consequence of the inhibition of drug-exposed alkaline phosphatase on the female worm surface by passively transferred antibody.