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External stimuli and intracellular signalling in the modification of the nematode surface during transition to the mammalian host environment

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  06 April 2009

L. Proudfoot ,
J. R. Kusel ,
H. V. Smith  and
M. W. Kennedy
L. Proudfoot
Affiliation:
1Department of Biochemistry, University of Glasgow, Glasgow
J. R. Kusel
Affiliation:
1Department of Biochemistry, University of Glasgow, Glasgow
H. V. Smith
Affiliation:
2Scottish Parasite Diagnostic Laboratory, Stobhill General Hospital, Glasgow
M. W. Kennedy
Affiliation:
3Wellcome Laboratories for Experimental Parasitology, University of Glasgow, Bearsden, Glasgow, UK
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Summary

Previous work has shown that the surface of infective larvae of parasitic nematodes will not bind the fluorescent lipid analogue 5-N(octadecanoyl)aminofluorescein (AF18) until after exposure of the parasite to mammalian tissue-culture conditions. In this study, culture media which are permissive or non-permissive for the acquisition of lipophilicity for AF18 were altered in order to examine possible stimuli involved. This showed that external alkaline pH and high sodium ion concentration were highly stimulatory. The internal signalling pathways which may be involved in the surface alteration were then examined using agents which are known to affect intracellular signalling in mammalian cells. The results indicated that elevation of cGMP levels was stimulatory whereas inhibition of a putative Na+/H+ antiporter or calcium mobilization was inhibitory, and it is argued that high intracellular levels of cAMP may be inhibitory. Whilst the precise effects of the agents used on nematode cells remain to be established, these results provide a framework for the examination of the processes involved in the modification of the nematode surface which takes place immediately after the infection event.

Keywords

surface changessecond messengersfluorescent lipid probesBrugia pahangiAcanthocheilonema viteaeNippostrongylus brasiliensisTrichinella spiralis

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Research Article
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Parasitology , Volume 107 , Issue 5 , December 1993 , pp. 559 - 566
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1993

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