A method for the isolation of schistosome eggs and miracidia free of contaminating host tissues

被引:116
作者
Dalton, JP [2 ]
Day, SR
Drew, AC
Brindley, PJ
机构
[1] QUEENSLAND INST MED RES,BANCROFT CTR,MOL PARASITOL UNIT,ROYAL BRISBANE HOSP,HERSTON,QLD 4029,AUSTRALIA
[2] DUBLIN CITY UNIV,SCH BIOL SCI,DUBLIN 9,IRELAND
关键词
Schistosoma mansoni; Schistosoma japonicum; eggs; miracidia;
D O I
10.1017/S0031182097001091
中图分类号
R38 [医学寄生虫学]; Q [生物科学];
学科分类号
07 ; 0710 ; 09 ; 100103 ;
摘要
A novel method for the isolation of schistosome eggs and miracidia from livers of mice infected with Schistosoma japonicum or S. mansoni is described. The method employed collagenase B to degrade the interstitial matrix of mouse liver tissue, after which the schistosome eggs were separated from the liver cells by 2 single-step density centrifugations through Percoll. Using this procedure sufficient quantities of miracidia were obtained to generate a cDNA library. Southern blot analysis demonstrated that miracidia isolated by this method were free from contaminating host DNA.
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