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1. Mice were infected with fertile bisexual Schistosoma mansoni and compared with similar animals infected with unisexual worms or sterile bisexual worms. 2. A significant increase in splenic weight occurred in all infected animals. 3. Administration of well-tolerated doses of 6-mercaptopurine abolished the increase in relative splenic weight in animals infected with ordinary S. mansoni. 4. In splenectomized uninfected mice leucocytosis but no other haematological changes developed. 5. In splenectomized mice lower values for packed cell volume were observed 8 weeks after, but not 12 weeks after, infection with S. mansoni. 6. Slight prolongation of the life-span of erythrocytes occurred in splenectomized infected mice. 7. It is concluded that anaemia in schistosomiasis depends to a significant extent on immunity developed to adult schistosomal worms and can develop in the absense of schistosomal ova. 8. The anaemia resulting from such an immune response may be suppressed by administration of 6-mercaptopurine. 9. Such anaemia occurs even in splenectomized mice; thus hypersplenism is not necessary for its development although splenectomy slightly prolongs the erythrocyte life-span.
Clin Sci Mol Med 1978 Apr
PMID:The causation of splenomegaly in schistosomiasis in mice. 63 70

1. Evidence for bidirectional interrelationships between the nervous system and immune systems of vertebrates and invertebrates involving opioid peptides is briefly discussed. 2. The involvement of opioid peptides in autoimmunoregulatory communication also is discussed. 3. The presence of mammalian interleukin-like (1 & 6) and tumor necrosis factor-like molecules in invertebrates is reviewed as well as an apparent cascading system for these signal molecules. 4. The significance of ACTH and MSH in cellular immunosuppression and autoimmunoregulation is discussed in the context of a potential role in schistosomiasis and human immunodeficiency virus actions. 5. The review concludes with the hypothesis that the mammalian immune system has its origin in the invertebrate immune/defense system given the many similarities noted in the review based on new knowledge about the more "primitive" system.
Cell Mol Neurobiol 1992 Oct
PMID:Invertebrate and vertebrate neuroimmune and autoimmunoregulatory commonalties involving opioid peptides. 146 13

A cDNA sequence encoding a Schistosoma mansoni egg antigen SmE16 was cloned in Escherichia coli. The 16-kDa polypeptide deduced from the nucleotide sequence is related to the calmodulin and troponin C gene families of calcium-binding proteins, and the most significant homology is displayed around the four calcium-binding sites. The antigen was expressed as a hybrid protein of the bacteriophage MS2 polymerase. The MS2-SmE16 fusion protein binds calcium, as demonstrated via ligand blotting with 45Calcium. The detection of antibodies to the purified recombinant egg antigen in sera of schistosomiasis patients opens up the possibility that it may be a useful candidate for the development of serodiagnostic assays. The function of the protein in the egg is presently unclear.
Mol Biochem Parasitol 1992 Apr
PMID:A stage-specific calcium-binding protein expressed in eggs of Schistosoma mansoni. 157 81

The aim of this study was to compare the antigenicity and the immunogenicity of five constructs of a peptide, including the peptide in single copy, a tandem repeat containing three copies, a copolymer with glutaraldehyde and two constructs based on the MAP (Multiple Antigenic Peptide) model, one containing two copies (MAP-2) and the other, eight copies of the peptide (MAP-8). The peptide used in this test was the 115-131 sequence derived from the rSm28-GST antigen of Schistosoma mansoni. All constructs were recognized by rSm28-GST specific antibodies in solid phase immunoassays. However, the binding was higher when the MAP-8 was used as antigen at least partly because of its better coating on the microtiter plates. In vitro lymphoproliferative assays showed that polymer was mitogenic, repeat and MAP-2 did not stimulate rSm28-GST specific T cells while MAP-8 induced a slight response. The injection of MAP-8 to rats led to important antibody and T cell responses higher than those obtained with the other constructs. The IgG2a (cytotoxic antibody in schistosomiasis)/IgG2c (blocking antibody) ratio was independent of the immunogen. Taken together these results demonstrate that both the antigenicity and the immunogenicity of a peptide containing T and B cell epitope(s) are strongly related to the molecular form whereby it is presented and that the MAP-8 construct can be useful in serodiagnosis or in vaccination trials using synthetic peptides.
Mol Immunol 1992 Jun
PMID:Analysis of antigenicity and immunogenicity of five different chemically defined constructs of a peptide. 160 96

Egg production by worm pairs is a major cause of pathogenesis in schistosomiasis. To further the understanding of female reproductive development, we have isolated and characterized a complete copy of an eggshell protein precursor gene, p48. Sequence analysis reveals that the gene has 3 open reading frames and does not contain an intron. One of the open reading frames, ORF1, encodes a polypeptide of 50 kDa which shows strong homology to insect chorion proteins. Determination of the position of the mRNA cap-site facilitated identification of putative regulatory elements in the 5' upstream region of the gene. Some of these elements (e.g., TCACGT) have been shown to play a role in the regulation of chorion gene expression in insects. p48 mRNA is detectable only in mature female worms and the ability to detect the mRNA coincides temporally with worm pairing. Quantitative comparisons, during female reproductive development, of p48 transcripts to those from another eggshell protein precursor gene, p14, show that the p48 mRNA is significantly less abundant than p14 mRNA. In mature female worms, p48 mRNA can only be detected in vitelline cells. Antibodies made against the polypeptide sequence deduced from ORF1 of the p48 gene recognize a 50-kDa molecule in extracts from mature female worms, but not in extracts from immature females or males.
Mol Biochem Parasitol 1992 May
PMID:Schistosoma mansoni p48 eggshell protein gene: characterization, developmentally regulated expression and comparison to the p14 eggshell protein gene. 162 6

The activities of 5-nucleotidase (Ec.3.1.3.5), alkaline phosphatase (Ec.3.1.3.1), glucose-6-phosphatase (Ec.3.1.3.9), and ribonuclease (Ec.3.1.13) had been measured in tissue homogenate and in haemolymph of Biomphalaria alexandrina, the specific intermediate host for the parasitic disease schistosomiasis, induced by the parasite Schistosoma mansoni.
Cell Mol Biol 1991
PMID:Activity of some hydrolytic enzymes in tissue homogenates and haemolymph of fresh water snails, intermediate hosts in schistosomiasis. 165 90

Schistosomiasis is a trematode infection of some 200 million people. The hypoxanthine-guanine phosphoribosyltransferase (HGPRTase) of the major etiologic agent, Schistosoma mansoni, has been proposed as a potential target for antischistosomal chemotherapy [Dovey, H. F., McKerrow, J. H., & Wang, C. C. (1984) Mol. Biochem. Parasitol, 11, 157-167]. The steady-state kinetic mechanism for the schistosomal HGPRTase has been determined by including both hypoxanthine and guanine in the forward and reverse reactions under identical conditions. Double-reciprocal plots of initial velocity versus the concentration of one substrate, at a series of fixed concentrations of the other, give groups of intersecting straight lines indicating a sequential mechanism for the schistosomal HGPRTase-catalyzed reactions. In product inhibition studies, the results show that magnesium pyrophosphate (MgPPi) is a noncompetitive inhibitor with respect to dimagnesium phosphoribose pyrophosphate (Mg2PRPP), hypoxanthine, and guanine. Also, magnesium inosine monophosphate (MgIMP) and magnesium guanosine monophosphate (MgGMP) are noncompetitive inhibitors with respect to hypoxanthine or guanine, respectively, but are competitive inhibitors to Mg2PRPP. Furthermore, Mg2PRPP is a competitive inhibitor with respect to MgIMP and MgGMP but is a non-competitive inhibitor to MgPPi. The minimum kinetic model which fits the experimental data is an ordered bi-bi mechanism, where the substrates bind to the enzyme in a defined order (first Mg2PRPP followed by the purine bases), while products are released in sequence (first MgPPi followed by MgIMP or MgGMP).(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)
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PMID:Steady-state kinetics of the schistosomal hypoxanthine-guanine phosphoribosyltransferase. 173 38

Effect of ultraviolet and gamma radiations on the activities of aspartate aminotransferase (AST), alanine aminotransferase (ALT) and lactate dehydrogenase (LD) in Biomphalaria alexandrina snails, the specific intermediate host of schistosomiasis, was investigated. Changes in the electrophoretic pattern of LD in the species under study were also taken as a measured parameter and the effect of gamma-irradiation on the glutathione content in the haemolymph of the snails have been included.
Cell Mol Biol 1991
PMID:Variation of transaminases and lactate dehydrogenase in irradiated Biomphalaria alexandrina snails. 193 13

The activities of aspartate (AST) and alanine (ALT) aminotransferases and that of lactate dehydrogenase (LD) were measured in the homogenate of infected Biomphalaria alexandrina snails, the specific intermediate hosts for the parasite Schistosoma mansoni which is the cause of the disease schistosomiasis. The isoenzymatic pattern of LD was also studied in the infected snails tissue.
Cell Mol Biol 1990
PMID:Measurement of some selected enzymatic activities in infected Biomphalaria alexandrina snails. 208 18

DNA was isolated from different histopathologic types and grades of human bladder carcinoma. The isolated DNA was submitted to quantitative determination and base composition analysis. A pilot study was done on the effect of gamma irradiation as a physical mutagen on characteristics of DNA in the examined tissues. Identity in the genetic components in the urinary bilharziasis snails and the human bladder cancer was observed. The same was observed in both intestinal bilharziasis snails and the cancerous intestinal tissues.
Cell Mol Biol 1990
PMID:Studies on the nucleic acid of human bladder carcinoma. 212 61


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