scholarly journals Особливості отримання щільної фекальної культури яєць гельмінтів роду Trichuris, виділених від овець

Author(s):  
В. В. Мельничук

Наведено результати досліджень щодо ефективності запропонованого способу отримання щільної фекальної культури яєць нематод роду Trichuris, виділених від овець. Ефективність запропонованого способу за різних режимів відстоювання фекальної суспензії (10, 15 та 20 хв.) відносно показника кількості отриманих яєць нематод перевищує флотаційно-центрифужний та загальновідомий методи на 30,44–56,55 % та 12,65–45,44 % відповідно. Удосконалений спосіб дає змогу скоротити витрати часу на проведення методики порівняно із флотаційно-центрифужним (на 8,28–25,03 %) та загальновідомим методами (на 4,70–16,77 %). The results of research on the effectiveness of the proposed method for obtaining a dense faecal of nematodes’ eggs of Trichuris genus in sheep are presented. The effectiveness of our method for different modes of settling the faecal suspension (10, 15 and 20 min) concerning to the number of nematode eggs obtained exceeds the flotation-centrifugal and well-known methods by 30.44–56.55% and 12.65–45.44% respectively. The improved method allows to reduce time loss on conducting the procedure compared with flotation-centrifuge (by 8.28–25.03%) and well-known methods (4.70–16.77%). For the purpose of successful fight against parasitosis, scientists of the world annually develop and produce a large number of drugs and formulations of chemical and biological origin that are pre-tested with a lot of approbation. One of such approbation is the use of experimental parasitosis simulation in the conditions of in vitro. Egg nature of causative agents of parasitic diseases is often used in the development of new methods for lifelong diagnosis and conducting comparative effectiveness of existing ones. However, in the literature, insufficient information has been found on the methods for obtaining eggs of helminths. In this regard, the aim of the research is to improve the method of obtaining a dense fecal eggs of worms of the Trichuris genus in sheep. The research task is to determine the effectiveness of the proposed method in comparison with the well-known ones. The research has been conducted on the base of the Laboratory of Parasitology and Veterinary-Sanitary Expertise at Poltava State Agrarian Academy. The eggs of trichuroses are obtained in three ways: a flotation-centrifuge method for cultivating eggs of Trichuris muris; a well-known method of cultivating eggs Trichuris muris; the proposed method with different terms for fecal suspension (10, 15 and 20 min). By testing a flotation-centrifuge method for obtaining trichurise eggs from sheep, it has been found that the average number of washed eggs is 15.72±0.67. Using a well-known method, it was found that the average obtained number of eggs is 19.74±0.74 specimens. The use of our method for different modes of settling the fecal suspension (10, 15 and 20 min) resulted in an average of 22.66±0.59, 36.18±1.50 and 28.10±0.90 eggs. Conclusions: The improved method has a higher efficiency in terms of the number of eggs obtained compared to flotation-centrifuge (30.44 to 56.55%) and well-known (12.65 to 45.44%) methods. It has been found out that the efficiency of the offered method exceeds the efficiency of the flotation-centrifugal (by 8.28–25.03%) and the well-known (on 4.70–16.77%) methods in terms of time loss.

2021 ◽  
Vol 14 (7) ◽  
pp. 644
Author(s):  
Cintya Perdomo ◽  
Elena Aguilera ◽  
Ileana Corvo ◽  
Paula Faral-Tello ◽  
Elva Serna ◽  
...  

The trypanosomatid parasites Trypanosoma brucei, Trypanosoma cruzi and Leishmania are the causative agents of human African trypanosomiasis, Chagas Disease and Leishmaniasis, respectively. These infections primarily affect poor, rural communities in the developing world, and are responsible for trapping sufferers and their families in a disease/poverty cycle. The development of new chemotherapies is a priority given that existing drug treatments are problematic. In our search for novel anti-trypanosomatid agents, we assess the growth-inhibitory properties of >450 compounds from in-house and/or “Pathogen Box” (PBox) libraries against L. infantum, L. amazonensis, L.braziliensis, T. cruzi and T. brucei and evaluate the toxicities of the most promising agents towards murine macrophages. Screens using the in-house series identified 17 structures with activity against and selective toward Leishmania: Compounds displayed 50% inhibitory concentrations between 0.09 and 25 μM and had selectivity index values >10. For the PBox library, ~20% of chemicals exhibited anti-parasitic properties including five structures whose activity against L. infantum had not been reported before. These five compounds displayed no toxicity towards murine macrophages over the range tested with three being active in an in vivo murine model of the cutaneous disease, with 100% survival of infected animals. Additionally, the oral combination of three of them in the in vivo Chagas disease murine model demonstrated full control of the parasitemia. Interestingly, phenotyping revealed that the reference strain responds differently to the five PBox-derived chemicals relative to parasites isolated from a dog. Together, our data identified one drug candidate that displays activity against Leishmania and other Trypanosomatidae in vitro and in vivo, while exhibiting low toxicity to cultured mammalian cells and low in vivo acute toxicity.


2008 ◽  
Vol 94 (3) ◽  
pp. 743-749 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alexa C. Rosypal ◽  
Karl A. Werbovetz ◽  
Manar Salem ◽  
Chad E. Stephens ◽  
Arvind Kumar ◽  
...  

1988 ◽  
Vol 252 (1) ◽  
pp. 39-45 ◽  
Author(s):  
S A Elhussein ◽  
J A Miernyk ◽  
J B Ohlrogge

1. An improved method was developed for the assay of plant holo-(acyl carrier protein) synthase activity, using Escherichia coli acyl-(acyl carrier protein) synthetase as a coupling enzyme. 2. Holo-(acyl carrier protein) synthase was partially purified from spinach (Spinacia oleracea) leaves by a combination of (NH4)2SO4 fractionation and anion-exchange and gel-permeation chromatography. 3. The partially purified enzyme had a pH optimum of 8.2 and Km values of 2 microM, 72 microM and 3 mM for apo-(acyl carrier protein), CoA and Mg2+ respectively. Synthase activity was inhibited in vitro by the reaction product 3′,5′-ADP. 4. Results from the fractionation of spinach leaf and developing castor-oil-seed (Ricinus communis) endosperm cells were consistent with a cytosolic localization of holo-(acyl carrier protein) synthase activity in plant cells.


2014 ◽  
Vol 43 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Janina Dziekońska-Rynko ◽  
Jerzy Rokicki ◽  
Katarzyna Mierzejewska

AbstractThe availability of aquatic insects (Odonata: Coenagrionidae, Libellulidae and Trichoptera: Integripalpia) as potential intermediate hosts for the nematode Contracaecum rudolphii Hartwich, 1964 sensu lato was studied under laboratory conditions. The infective material consisted of nematode eggs, newly hatched larvae, as well as in vitro infected cyclopoid copepods. High prevalence and intensity of infection associated with a low mortality of aquatic insect larvae suggests that they may serve as intermediate hosts for C. rudolphii and constitute a major reservoir of C. rudolphii larvae in aquatic habitats.


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