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Cryptocotyle lingua in mullet, Chelon labrosus; significance of metacercarial excretory proteins in the stimulation of the immune response

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 June 2009

R. A. Matthews  and
B. F. Matthews
R. A. Matthews
Affiliation:
University of Plymouth, Drake's Circus, Plymouth PL4 8AA, UK
B. F. Matthews
Affiliation:
University of Plymouth, Drake's Circus, Plymouth PL4 8AA, UK
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Abstract

‘O’ group mullet, Chelon labrosus. were experimentally infected with Cryptocotyle lingua (Heterophyidae) by tail dip in a suspension of cercariae. Metacercariae were excised after 1 and 24 hours and prepared for TEM and post-embedding immunogold labelling. Antisera to cercariae of C. lingua were raised in adult mullet by natural infection via the skin and by intra-peritoneal injection of sonicate. The membrane-bound vesicles within the syncytial lining of the metacercarial excretory vesicle were found to be intensely antigenic with both antisera: the epidermal secretory bodies type 5 within the cystogenousglands gave a positive response. Penetration gland contents were not found to be antigenic with either antiserum. Discharge of the membrane-bound vesicles coinciding with both the reorganization of the lining of the metacercarial excretory vesicle and with cyst wall formation appears to be of significance in the initiation of the host immune response. That the term ‘excretory vesicle’ in Digenea may be a misnomer is discussed in the light of current information regarding the wide range of functions attributed to this structure.

Keywords

Cryptocotyle linguamulletmetacercariaexcretory vesicleantigenic proteinselectron microscopyimmunogold labellingDigeneaTrematoda
Type
Research Papers
Information
Journal of Helminthology , Volume 67 , Issue 1 , March 1993 , pp. 1 - 9
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1993

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