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In vitro excystation of Paragonimus heterotremus metacercariae
1Department of Parasitology, Faculty of Medicine, Khon Kaen University, Thailand.
Abstract:
In vitro excystation studies were carried out on the metacercariae cysts of Paragonimus heterotremus obtained from naturally infected crabs Potamon spp. The effects of elastase, trypsin, trypsin-dog bile, trypsin-bile salt, and dithiothreitol (DTT) were examined. The trypsin-dog bile medium stimulated maximum excystation. Of the media that contained 1 mM DTT, the optimum conditions for the excystation were shown to be pH 9, temperature of 39-40 C, and osmolarity of 250-350 mOsm. The DTT acceleration was antagonized by all of the following 6 protease inhibitors: leupeptin (0.5-4 microg/ml), L-trans-epoxysuccinyl leucylamido (4-guanidine) butane (1-8 microM), N-tosyl-L-phenylalanine chloromethyl ketone (0.1-0.4 mM), N alpha-p-tosyl-L-lysine chloromethyl ketone (25-200 microg/ml), iodoacetic acid (0.5-4 mM), and phenylmethylsulfonyl fluoride (1-4 mM). These results suggest that a number of extrinsic and intrinsic factors may modulate excystation.
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