RHIPICEPHALUS-APPENDICULATUS - LARVAL FEEDING SITES IN GUINEA-PIGS ACTIVELY SENSITIZED AND RECEIVING IMMUNE SERUM
RHIPICEPHALUS-APPENDICULATUS - LARVAL FEEDING SITES IN GUINEA-PIGS ACTIVELY SENSITIZED AND RECEIVING IMMUNE SERUM
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DOI:
10.1016/0014-4894(83)90004-8
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发表时间:
1983-01-01
影响因子:
2.1
通讯作者:
ASKENASE, PW
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作者:
BROWN, SJ;WORMS, MJ;ASKENASE, PW
Histological analyses of larval R. appendiculatus feeding sites in naive and actively sensitized guinea pigs were made at 6, 24, 48, 72, and 96 h post-tick attachment. As primary feedings progressed the cavity at the entrance of the ticks mouthparts into the uppermost dermis, and the surrounding cellular infiltrate (lesion) both increased. Early (6 h) lesions were dominated by eosinophils (46% of the infiltrate), neutrophils predominated at 24 (55%) and 48 h (68%), eosinophils again predominated at 72 h (44%), and finally basophils were dominant at 96 h (78%). At sites of secondary feedings in animals expressing acquired resistance, lesion size increased as tick feeding progressed and at each observation time was at least twice that observed in primary feedings. Dermal cavities at the site of entrance of the ticks mouthparts were occasional in occurrence and were reduced in size indicating altered tick feeding. Basophils were dominant at all observation times ranging from 61 to 91% of the infiltrate. The 2nd cell type of significance was the eosinophil, ranging in abundance from 7 to 21%. Recipients of immune serum had a smaller cellular infiltrate around feeding ticks, but basophils were also dominant. Basophils appear to be the principal host cell involved in acquired resistance to tick feeding as indicated by the profound cutaneous basophil reaction that characterized the immune response to larval ticks both in actively and passively sensitized hosts. The findings of significant eosinophil accumulations at tick feeding sites of both hosts indicates that these cells may also contribute to acquired resistance.