An ultrastructural and cytochemical study of Tritrichomonas foetus-eosinophil interaction

Journal of Submicroscopic Cytology and Pathology

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 243-249

  De Azevedo, N L ^a,b   De Souza, W ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^b STATE UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Cytochemistry; Electron microscopy; Parasite cell interaction; Parasitic protozoan; Rat eosinophil; Tritrichomonas foetus

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; CYTOCHEMISTRY; EOSINOPHIL; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; IMMUNOELECTRON MICROSCOPY; MALE; PARASITOLOGY; RAT; RAT STRAIN; TRICHOMONAS FOETUS; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; EOSINOPHILS; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE, INDIRECT; HISTOCYTOCHEMISTRY; HOST-PARASITE RELATIONS; MALE; MICROSCOPY, IMMUNOELECTRON; RATS; RATS, INBRED STRAINS; TRITRICHOMONAS FOETUS;

EID: 0030116016     PISSN: 11229497     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

References (21)

1. AZEVEDO N.L., SILVA-FILHO F.C. and DE SOUZA W., 1991. The interaction of Tritrichomonas foetus and Trichomonas vaginalis with macrophages. J. Submicrosc. Cytol. Pathol.,23, 319-326.
2. AZEVEDO N.L. and DE SOUZA W., 1992. A cytochemical study of the interaction between Tritrichomonas foetus and mouse macrophages. Parasitol, Res.,78, 545-352.
3. AYALA M.J. and ORTIZ F.N., 1978. 'Citologia Ginecologica'. Editorial Cientifico-Medica, Barcelona, España, p. 47.
4. BUTTERWORTH A.E., WASSON D.L., GLEICH G.J., LOEGERING D.A. and DAVID J.R., 1979. Damage of schistosomula of Schistosoma mansoni induced directly by eosinophil major basic protein. J. Immunol.,122, 221-229.
5. CLARK B.L., DUFTY J.H. and PARSONSON I.M., 1984. The effect of Tritrichomonas foetus infection on calving rates in beef cattle. Aust. Vet. J., 60, 71-74.
6. DENNETT D.P., PEECE R.L. and BARASA J.O., 1974. Observations on the incidence and distribution of serotypes of Tritrichomonas foetus in beef cattle in northeastern Australia. Aust. Vet. J.,50, 427-431.
7. DIAMOND L.S., 1957. The establishment of various trichomonads from animal and man in axenic cultures. J. Protozool.,43, 488-490.
8. GRAHAM R.C. and KARNOVSKY M.J., 1966. The early stages of absorption of injected horseradish peroxidase in the proximal tubules of mouse kidney. Ultrastructural cytochemistry by a new technique. J. Histochem. Cytochem.,14, 291-302.
9. GRIMAUDI G., SOARES M.J. and MORIEARTY P.L., 1984. Tissue eosinophilia and L. mexicana amazonensis eosinophil interactions In murine cutaneous leishmaniasis. Parasite Immunol., 6, 397-408.
10. MAHMOUD A.A.F., WARREN K.S. and PETERS P.A., 1975. A role for eosinophil in acquired resistance to Schistosoma mansoni infection as determined by anti-eosinophil serum. J. Exp. Med., 142, 805-813.
11. MARTINS M.A., ETIENNE A., SOULARD C., DOMINGO M.T. and BRAQUET P., 1989. Chemotactic effect of PAF-acether on peritoneal eosinophils from normal rats. Brazil. J. Med. Biol. Res., 22, 1151-1154.
12. MASON P.R. and FORMAN L., 1980. In vitro attraction of polymorphonuclear leucocytes by Trichomonas vaginalis. J. Parasitol., 66, 888-892.
13. PIMENTA P.F.P., DOS SANTOS M.A.V. and DE SOUZA W., 1987. Fine structure and cytochemistry of the interaction between L. mexicana amazonensis and rat neutrophils and eosinophils. J. Submicrosc. Cytol., 19, 387-395.
14. REIN M.F. and SULLIVAN J.A., 1980. Trichomonacidal activity of human polymorphonuclear neutrophils: Killing by disruption and fragmentation. J. Infect. Dis.,142, 575-585.
15. SABESIN S.M., 1963. A function of the eosinophil: Phagocytosis of antigen-antibody complexes. Proc. Soc. Exp. Biol. Med., 112, 667-670.
16. SANDERSON C.J., LOPEZ A.F. and BUNN MORENO M.M., 1977. Eosinophils and not lymphoid K cells kill Trypanosoma cruzi epimastigotes. Nature, 268, 340-341.
17. SANDERSON C.J. and DE SOUZA W., 1979. A morphological study of the interaction between Trypanosoma cruzi and rat eosinophils, neutrophils and macrophages in vitro. J. Cell Sci.,37, 275-286.
18. SHAIO M.F., CHANG F.Y., Hou S.C., LEE C.S. and LIN P.R., 1991. The role of immunoglobulin und complement in enhancing the respiratory burst of neutrophils against Trichomonas vaginalis. Parasite Immunol.,13, 241-250.
19. SOUTO-PADRÓN T. and DE SOUZA W., 1978. Ultrastructural localization of basic proteins in Trypanosoma cruzi. J. Histochem. Cytochem.,26, 349-358.
20. THORNE K.J.I., GLAUERT A.M., SVVENNSEN R.J. and FRANKS D., 1979. Phagocytosis and killing of Trypanosoma dionisii by human neutrophils, eosinophils and monocytes, Parasitology, 79, 367-379.
21. VADAS M.A., DAVID J., BUTTERWORTH A., PISANI N.V. and SIONGOK T.A., 1979. A new method tor the purification of human eosinophils and neutrophils, and a comparison of the ability of these cells to damage schistosomula of Schistosoma mansoni. J. Immunol.,122, 1228-1236.