Juvenile rhesus monkeys have more colonic granulomas than adults after primary infection with<Emphasis Type="Italic"> Schistosoma mansoni</Emphasis>

Adults and children have differences in their susceptibility to schistosomiasis. Whether this age-dependent innate susceptibility influences parasite-caused granulomogenesis is difficult to assess in humans. Therefore, we exposed juvenile and adult female rhesus monkeys to primary infection with Schistosoma mansoni. Hepatic and intestinal granuloma formation was observed in both pre-pubescent and adult monkeys. Two distinct stages of granulomas were discerned, the exudative and the productive stage. In the intestine, more granulomas were generated in the colon than in the ileum. In contrast to the adult animals, the juvenile rhesus monkeys had higher numbers of colonic granulomas, these higher numbers being predominantly of the more advanced productive stage. Juvenile animals had a statistically non-significant increased worm burden. These results suggest that juvenile rhesus monkeys have a significantly more intense and advanced colonic response towards entrapped S. mansoni eggs after primary schistosome infections and, thereby, are more susceptible to parasite infection.Research protocols involving non-human primates received ethical clearance by the Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee of the Biomedical Primate Research Centre (Rijswijk, The Netherlands), according to Dutch Law.     

Selection of Immunogenic Peptide Mimics of Male Worm Origin of Schistosoma Japonicum using Phage Display Peptide Library

Phagepeptidedisplaytechniquehasbecomeaverypopu larmethodofstudyinawidevarietyofresearchworkson accountofitsversatility,simplicityandcosteffectiveness. Ithasbeenwidelyusedforidentificationofproteinsand hasprovidedaconvenientmethodologytoobtainligands fors…     

乙酰胆碱和5—羟色胺对日本血吸虫雄性成虫细胞电活动的影响

微电极细胞内记录技术应用于研究乙酰胆碱（Ａｃｈ）和５—羟色胺（５—ＨＴ）对日本血吸虫雄性成虫皮层和肌细胞电活动的作用。实验结果显示：（１）Ａｃｈ对虫体机械活动和肌细胞（ｎ＝９６）电活动有明显抑制作用。阿托品能拮抗（Ａｃｍ）的作用，而使虫体活动和肌细胞电活动增强；（２）５—ＨＴ对虫体皮层细胞（ｎ＝１２３）和肌细胞（ｎ＝１０７）静息电位有去极化作用，去极化幅值为２—６ｍＶ，并能明显增强细胞放电频率。同时，也增强虫体活动度。赛庚啶能拮抗５—ＨＴ对虫体的作用；（３）虫体机械收缩活动与肌细胞放电频率成正比的关系。虫体细胞对Ａｃｈ和５—ＨＴ的作用具有明显量效反应。５—ＨＴ的作用与细胞膜Ｃａ２＋的流通有关。     

预防日本血吸虫尾蚴感染新药——紫香驱蚴灵对实验动物毒性的研究

紫香驱蚴灵是预防日本血吸虫尾蚴感染的新型皮肤外用药。经毒性试验研究证实，大鼠口服ＬＤ５０为２６３６（２２０７—３１４８）ｍｇ／ｋｇ，皮肤给药的ＬＤ５０＞５３２５ｍｇ／ｋｇ。家兔皮肤敷药部位未见红斑和水肿，豚鼠皮肤过敏试验，未见过敏反应，表明紫香驱蚴灵属低毒类、无刺激性、弱致敏性物质，局部皮肤外用是较安全的     

Genetic analysis of cercarial emergence rhythms ofSchistosoma mansoni

Using two chronobiological variants ofSchistosoma mansoni (a blood fluke infecting man) from Guadeloupe (French West Indies), we carried out experimental crossbreeding between schistosomes with an early and those with a late cercarial shedding pattern. The results obtained on the F₁ (intermediate shedding patterns) and F₂ generations (early, intermediate, and late patterns) demonstrate that the cercarial emergence rhythms of schistosomes are genetically determined. This genetic variability is interpreted as a consequence of the selective pressure exerted by the two different hosts (man and rat) implicated in the life cycle ofS. mansoni from the Guadeloupean focus of schistosomiasis.This work received financial support from the UNDP/World Bank/WHO Special Programme for Research and Training in Tropical Diseases and the CNRS.     

Inhibition of HIV-1 infection by monoclonal antibodies to carbohydrates of Schistosoma mansoni

Patients infected with HIV-1 develop a potent humoral immune response against the virus, but HIV-1 primary isolates are remarkably resistant to neutralizing antibodies. Considering that the envelope glycoprotein of HIV-1 (gp120/41) is heavily glycosylated, we investigated whether anti-carbohydrate antibodies could inhibit HIV-1 infection in vitro. We studied the neutralizing activity of three monoclonal antibodies (mAbs) raised to carbohydrates of Schistosoma mansoni, against seven primary isolates of HIV-1. Assays were performed infecting peripheral blood mononuclear cells from normal donors with viral isolates previously treated with mAbs. Viral strains used were tropic for the coreceptors CCR5, CXCR4, and dual-tropic ones. We found that the anti-glycan mAbs vigorously inhibited HIV-1 infection, regardless of the preferential coreceptor usage of the isolate, in a dose-response manner. Importantly, five isolates were resistant to neutralization by two HIV-1 antibody-positive human sera endowed with potent anti-HIV-1 inhibitory activity. Our findings suggest that carbohydrates of the HIV-1 viral envelope may be a target of an effective humoral immune response elicited by vaccination.The first two authors contributed equally to this work     

日本血吸虫大陆株26kDa谷胱甘肽S┐转移酶编码区基因的克隆及序列测定

从日本血吸虫大陆株成虫分离总ＲＮＡ，逆转录合成ｃＤＮＡ第一链，根据菲律宾株２６ｋＤａ谷胱甘肽Ｓ－转移酶（ＧＳＴ）的ｃＤＮＡ序列，设计并合成引物，扩增出２６ｋＤａ的编码区基因，并克隆到ｐＢｌｕｅｓｃｒｉｐｔ质粒。初步酶切鉴定后，从两端对插入片段进行核苷酸序列测定。结果与菲律宾株比较，核苷酸同源性为９９．８％，仅第５８２位碱基不同，菲律宾株为Ａ，而大陆株为Ｇ。比较从ｃＤＮＡ推导出的氨基酸序列，两者１００％相同。测序结果也与曼氏血吸虫进行了比较。     

用噬菌体肽库筛选重组日本血吸虫线粒体相关蛋白的表位

目的：筛选和鉴定重组的日本血吸虫（中国大陆株）线粒体相关蛋白rSj38的表位。方法：用纯化的rSj338/26GST免疫家兔获得抗rSj338/26GST的多克隆抗体IgG，将抗体进一步纯化，获得抗rSj338单特异多克隆抗体IgG。用纯化抗rSj338抗体对噬菌体12肽库进行5轮免疫学筛选，挑取克隆。采用Western blot免疫识别，核苷酸序列测定分析其获得的表位并与rSj338/26GST进行同源性比较。将获得的不同表位的阳性克隆分别免疫小鼠，并采用Western blot及dot-ELISA方法筛选能刺激小鼠产生较高滴度抗rSj338抗体的阳性克隆，并将阳性噬菌体免疫的小鼠血清对纯化的rSj338/26GST,26GST，日本血吸虫成虫及虫卵抗原进行Western blot识别。结果：经5轮免疫学筛选后挑取的32个克隆，用Western blot方法30个克隆能被抗rSj338抗体识别，核苷酸序列分析发现共有11种表位，与rSj338无一级结构的同源性。经动物免疫初步实验筛选。共获得4个免疫原性较强的阳性克隆，其免疫鼠血清均可识别rSj338/26GST，日本血吸虫成虫及虫卵抗原。结论：获得了4种日本血吸虫中国大陆株线粒体相关蛋白rSj338的表位，均为模拟表位，这将为日本血吸虫病的疫苗研究开辟新的途径。     

青蒿琥酯对曼氏血吸虫雌虫生殖作用的影响

目的 :通过观察青蒿琥酯对曼氏血吸虫雌虫产卵的影响 ,分析药物的抗生殖作用。方法 :小鼠尾部接触感染曼氏血吸虫尾蚴后口服不同剂量青蒿琥酯 ,灌流后收集虫体 ,记数。解剖小鼠取出肝、肠 ,组织溶解后计数虫卵 ,分析药物作用后雌虫平均产卵量的变化 ;收集无损虫体进行体外培养 ,计数雌虫体外产卵并观察虫卵形态。结果 :在 30 0mg kg和 5 0 0mg kg给药组小鼠的肝、肠中未查到虫卵 ,10 0mg kg给药组小鼠的雌虫平均产卵量与对照组存在极显著性差异 ;体外培养结果中 ,30 0mg kg和 5 0 0mg kg给药组的虫体未见产卵 ,10 0mg kg给药组雌虫平均产卵量与对照组存在显著差异。显微观察发现 10 0mg kg给药组雌虫体外培养所产的虫卵多外附泡状物 ,侧棘受损 ,虫卵结构异常。结论 :青蒿琥酯能降低或完全抑制存活雌虫的平均产卵量、导致雌虫异常卵的产生 ,具有抗曼氏血吸虫雌虫生殖的作用 ,能有效预防曼氏血吸虫病的发生和传播