ULTRASTRUCTURAL STUDY ON BIOMPHALARIA ALEXANDRINA HAEMOCYTES INFECTED WITH SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI IN EGYPT AND ITS CORRELATION WITH NITRIC OXIDE LEVEL | ||||
| Journal of the Egyptian Society of Parasitology | ||||
| Article 11, Volume 44, Issue 1, April 2014, Page 113-124 PDF (482.65 K) | ||||
| Document Type: Original Article | ||||
| DOI: 10.21608/jesp.2014.90714 | ||||
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| Authors | ||||
| EMAN G. HELAL1; SHADIA M. EL- DAFRAWY2; AMIRA H. MOHAMED3; BASMA M. ABOU-EL-NOUR1; SAMAH IBRAHIM2 | ||||
| 1Department of Zoology, Faculty of Science, Al-Azhar University (Girls), Egypt. | ||||
| 2Department of Medical Malacology, Theodor Bilharz Research Institute P.O. Box 30, Imbaba, Giza, Egypt. | ||||
| 3Department of Electron Microscopy, Theodor Bilharz Research Institute P.O. Box 30, Imbaba, Giza, Egypt. | ||||
| Abstract | ||||
| Some snails of Biomphalaria alexandrina can resist the infection of Schistosoma mansoni so this study aimed to clearly this mechanism by using light and electron microscopy (EM) and determine the role of Nitric oxide in this mechanism. B. alexandrina snails used in this study were exposed individually to S. mansoni infection according to their response they were classified into susceptible group (shed cercariae) and resistant group (failed to shed cercariae). Snails not exposed to infection were included in this study as control group. Nitric oxide (NO) level was assayed directly in the soluble fraction of B. alexandrina haemolymph supernatants collected from each group of B. alexandrina snails were subjected to NO assay by the Greiss reaction. The level of NO in haemolymph of infected snails was significantly increased (p<0.001) than both control and non infected snails groups, however, in non infected snails group had significantly (p<0.05) compared to control group. This study when correlated the changes recognized by EM with NO level the pro apoptotic effect of high level of NO on the haemocytes. Characterization and identification of cell shape of haemocytes in both haemolymph and tissue were examined by light and electron microscopy. Examination of B. alexandrina snail’s haemocytes revealed three types of different cells classified according to their shape and granular contents. These cells are granulocytes, amoebocytes and hyalineocytes. Electron microscope study also revealed the important role of granulocytes and amoebocytes as defense mechanism against snail infection. NO is considered an important anti parasite molecule; intra-molluscan stages of parasites switch off host NO defense response | ||||
| Keywords | ||||
| Apoptosis; Biomphalaria alexandrina; Electron microscope; Immune response | ||||
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