Effect of pairing in vitro on the glutathione level of male Schistosoma mansoni.
Effect of pairing in vitro on the glutathione level of male Schistosoma mansoni.
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10.2307/3282167
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1988-08
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D. Siegel;J. W. Tracy
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D. Siegel;J. W. Tracy
The effect of in vitro incubation on the level of the intracellular nucleophile, glutathione (GSH), in adult Schistosoma mansoni was investigated. The GSH levels of freshly collected adult male and female parasites were 8.5 +/- 2.5 and 2.7 +/- 0.7 nmol/10 worms, respectively, as determined by an enzymatic assay. Twenty-four-hour incubation of unpaired males in RPMI-1640 medium at 37 C resulted in a 1.7-fold increase (P less than 0.001) in GSH level that remained elevated for at least 7 days. The increase was dependent on exogenous L-cystine, suggesting that it was due to biosynthesis of GSH. Biosynthesis in male S. mansoni was confirmed by isolating [3H] GSH from parasites incubated in medium containing L-[3H] cystine or [3H] glycine. In contrast to unpaired males, the GSH level of paired males as well as that of unpaired or paired females did not increase after 24 hr in vitro. When males that had been incubated unpaired for 24 hr were allowed to couple in vitro with freshly collected females, their GSH level fell to that of continuously paired males. These observations provide evidence that in vitro female schistosomes can influence the physiology of the male.
