Neuromusculature of Macrogyrodactylus congolensis, a monogenean skin parasite of the Nile catfish Clarias gariepinus

Parasitology Research

Volumn 100, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 265-279

  El Naggar, M M ^a   Arafa, S Z ^a   El Abbassy, S A ^a   Stewart, M T ^b   Halton, D W ^b  

^a Mansoura University   (Egypt)

^b QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINE; PHALLOIDIN; PHENYLALANYLMETHIONYLARGINYLPHENYLALANINAMIDE; SEROTONIN;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN GANGLION; CATFISH; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CLARIAS GARIEPINUS; CONFOCAL LASER MICROSCOPY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CYTOCHEMISTRY; DORSAL ROOT; FLUORESCENCE; FUNCTIONAL ANATOMY; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; MACROGYRODACTYLUS CLARII; MACROGYRODACTYLUS CONGOLENSIS; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NERVE CORD; NEUROMUSCULAR SYSTEM; NONHUMAN; PARASITE; PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; PHARYNX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSORY SYSTEM; SKIN; TISSUE SPECIFICITY; VENTRAL ROOT;

ANIMALS; CATFISHES; EGYPT; NERVOUS SYSTEM; PLATYHELMINTHS; RIVERS; SKIN; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

CLARIAS GARIEPINUS; MACROGYRODACTYLUS CLARII; MACROGYRODACTYLUS CONGOLENSIS; MONOGENEA;

EID: 33845454690     PISSN: 09320113     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00436-006-0235-7     Document Type: Article

References (55)

1. Arafa SZ (1999) Biological studies on some monogenean parasites of the teleost Clarias gariepinus in Dakahlia province. Ph.D. thesis, Faculty of Sciences, Mansoura University, Egypt
2. Arafa SZ, Reda ES (2002) Cholinergic components of the nervous system of the digeneans Astiotrema reniferum, Orientocreadium batrachoides and Eumasenia aegypticus from the catfish Clarias gariepinus in Egypt. J Egypt Ger Soc Zool 38:75-91
3. Arafa SZ, Reda ES, El-Naggar MM (2002) Cholinergic components of the nervous system of the digenean parasites, Haplorchoides cahirinus and Acanthostomum absconditum from catfish Bagrus bayad in Egypt. Acta Parasitol 47:272-279
4. Arafa SZ, El-Naggar MM, Kearn GC (2003) Scanning electron microscope observations on the monogenean skin parasite Macrogyrodactylus congolensis (Prudhoe, 1957) Yamaguti, 1963. Acta Parasitol 48:272-279
5. Bahatanger A, Gupta A, Srivastava R (1980) Histological and histochemistry of the neuroendocrine components of Ceylonocotyle scoliocoelium (Digenea: Trematoda). Z Parasitenkd 64: 77-84
6. Buchmann K, Mellergaard S (1988) Histochemical demonstration of the inhibitory effect of Nuvan and Neguvon on cholinesterase activity in Pseudodactylogyrus anguillae (Monogenea). Acta Vet Scand 29:51-55
7. Buchmann K, Prentø P (1989) Cholinergic and aminergic elements in the nervous system of Pseudodactylogyrus bini (Monogenea). Dis Aquat Org 6:89-92
8. Cable J, Harris PD (2002) Gyrodactylid developmental biology: historical review, current status and future trends. Int J Parasitol 32:255-280
9. Cable J, Harris PD, Tinsley RC (1996a) Ultrastructural adaptations for viviparity in the female reproductive system of gyrodactylid monogeneans. Tissue Cell 28:515-526
10. Cable J, Marks NJ, Halton DW, Shaw C, Johnston CF, Tinsley RC, Gannicott AM (1996b) Cholinergic, serotoninergic and peptidergic components of the nervous system of Discocotyle sagittata (Monogenea: Polyopisthocotylea). Int J Parasitol 26:1357-1367
11. Cable J, Harris PD, Tinsley RC (1998) Life history specializations of monogenean flatworms: a review of experimental and microscopical studies. Microsc Res Tech 42:186-199
12. Coons AH, Leduc EH, Connelly JM (1955) Studies on antibody production. I. A method for histochemical demonstration of specific antibody and its application to a study of the hyperimmune rabbit. J Exp Med 102:42-60
13. Day TA, Maule AG (1999) Parasitic peptides! The structure and function of neuropeptides in parasitic worms. Peptides 20:999-1019
14. El-Naggar MM (1993) Scanning electron microscope observations on the head lobes and haptor of the monogenean Macrogyrodactylus clarii Gussev, 1961. J Egypt Ger Soc Zool 10:143-155
15. El-Naggar MM, El-Abbassy SA (2003) Anatomical observations on the viviparous monogenean Gyrodactylus rysavyi Ergens, 1973 from the Nile catfish Clarias gariepinus in Egypt. Egypt J Zool 40:225-249
16. El-Naggar MM, Kearn GC (1980) Ultrastructural observations on the anterior adhesive apparatus in the monogeneans Dactylogyrusamphibothrium Wagener, 1857 and D.hemiamphibothrium Ergens 1956. Z Parasitenkd 61:223-241
17. El-Naggar MM, Serag HM (1986) Quadriacanthus aegypticus n sp., a monogenean gill parasite from the Egypt teleost Clarias lazera. Syst Parasitol 8:129-140
18. El-Naggar MM, Serag HM (1987) Redescription of Macrogyrodactylus clarii Gussev 1961, a monogenean gill parasite of Clarias lazera in Egypt. Arab Gulf J Sci Res Agric Biol Sci 5:257-271
19. El-Naggar MM, Kearn, GC, Hagras AE, Arafa SZ (1999) On some anatomical features of Macrogyrodactylus congolensis, a viviparous monogenean ectoparasite of the catfish Clarias gariepinus from Nile water. J Egypt Ger Soc Zool 29:1-24
20. El-Naggar MM, Arafa SZ, El-Abbassy SA, Kearn GC (2001a) Chaetotaxy of the monogeneans Macrogyrodactylus clarii and M. congolensis from the gills and skin of the catfish Clarias gariepinus in Egypt, with a note on argentophilic elements in the nervous system. Folia Parasitol 48:201-208
21. El-Naggar, MM, EL-Naggar AM, El-Abbassy SA (2001b) Microhabitat and movement of the viviparous monogeneans Gyrodactylus alberti, Macrogyrodactylus clarii and M. congolensis from the Nile catfish Clarias gariepinus. J Egypt Ger Soc Zool 35:169-187
22. El-Naggar MM, Arafa SZ, Stewart MT, El-Abbassy SA, Halton DW (2004) Neuromusculature of Macrogyrodactylus clarii, a monogenean gill parasite of the Nile catfish Clarias gariepinus in Egypt. Parasitol Res 94(3):163-175
23. Gussev AV (1961) A viviparous monogenetic trematode from freshwater basins of Africa. Doklady Akademii Nauk Armãnskoj SSR 136:490-493
24. Halton DW (2004) Microscopy and the helminth parasite. Micron 35:361-390
25. Halton DW, Gustafsson MKS (1996) Functional morphology of the platyhelminth nervous system. Parasitology 113:S57-S72
26. Halton DW, Jennings JB (1964) Demonstration of the nervous system of the monogenetic trematode Diplozoon paradoxum Nordmann by the indoxyl acetate method for esterases. Nature, London 202:510-511
27. Halton DW, Morris GP (1969) Occurrence of cholinesterase and ciliated sensory structures in a fish gill fluke, Diclidophora merlangi (Trematoda: Monogenea). Z Parasitenkd 33:21-30
28. Halton DW, Maule AG, Mair GR, Shaw C (1998) Monogenean neuromusculature: some structural and functional correlates. Int J Parasitol 28:1609-1623
29. Harris PD (1983) The morphology and life-cycle of the oviparous Gyrodactylus farlowellae gen. et sp. nov. (Monogenea Gyrodactyidae). Parasitology 87:405-420
30. Kearn GC (1963) Feeding in some monogenean skin parasites: Entobdella solea on Solae solae and Acanthocotyle sp. on Raia clavata. J Biol Assoc UK 43:749-766
31. Khalil LF (1970) Further studies on Macrogyrodactylus polypteri, a monogenean on the African freshwater fish Polypterus senegalus. J Helminthol 44:329-348
32. Llewellyn J (1981) Evolution of viviparity and invasion by adults. Parasitology 82:64-66
33. Lyukshina LM, Shishov BH (1988) Biogenic amines in the nervous system of Eudiplozoonnipponicum (Monogenea). In: Sakharov DA (ed) Simple nervous systems (in Russian). Nauka, Moscow, pp 173-176
34. Mair GR, Maule AG, Shaw C, Johnston CF, Halton DW (1998) Gross anatomy of the muscle systems of Fasciola hepatica as visualized by phalloidin- fluorescence and confocal microscopy. Parasitology 117:75-82
35. Marks NJ, Halton DW, Kearn GC, Shaw C, Johnston CF (1994) 5-Hydroxytryptamine-immunoreactivity in the monogenean parasite Entobdella soleae. Int J Parasitol 24:1011-1018
36. Maule AG, Halton DW, Allen JM, Fairweather I (1989) Studies on motility in vitro of the ectoparasitic monogenean, Diclidophora merlangi. Parasitology 98:85-93
37. Maule AG, Halton DW, Johnston CF, Shaw C, Fairweather I (1990a) The serotoninergic, cholinergic and peptidergic components of the nervous system in the monogenean parasite Diclidophora merlangi. Parasitology 100:255-274
38. Maule AG, Halton DW, Johnston CF, Shaw C, Fairweather I (1990b) A cytochemical study of the serotoninergic, cholinergic and peptidergic components of the reproductive system of the monogenean parasite Diclidophora merlangi. Parasitol Res 76:409-419
39. McKay DM, Halton DW, Maule AG, Johnston CF, Shaw C, Fairweather I (1991) Putative neurotransmitters in two monogeneans. Helminthologia 28:75-81
40. Prudhoe S (1957) Trematoda. In Exploration du Prac National de l'Upemba. I. Mission G. F. et R. Witte en collaboration avec W. Adam, A. Janssens, L. Van Meet et R. Verheyen (1946-1949), vol. 48, pp 1-28
41. Rahemo ZIF, Gorgees NS (1987) Studies on the nervous system of Polystoma integerrimum as revealed by acetylthiocholine activity. Parasitol Res 73:234-239
42. Reda ES, Arafa SZ (2002) Cholinergic components of the nervous system of the monogenean gill parasites, Pseudodactylogyrus bini and P. anguillae from the eel Anguilla anguilla in Nile Delta waters. Egypt J Zool 38:41-54
43. Reuter M (1987) Immunocytochemical demonstration of serotonin and neuropeptides in the nervous system of Gyrodactylus salaris (Monogenea). Acta Zool 68:187-193
44. Reuter M, Mäntylä K, Gustafsson MKS (1998) Organization of the orthogon - main and minor cords. Hydrobiologia 383:175-182
45. Rieger RM, Salvenmoser W, Legneti A, Tyler S (1994) Phalloidinrhodamine preparations of Macrostomum hystricinum marinum (Platyhelminthes): morphology and postembryonic development of the musculature. Zoomorphology 114:133-147
46. Rohde K (1968) Das Nervensystem der Gattung Polystomoides Ward, 1977 (Monogenea). Z Morphol Tiere 62:58-76
47. Rohde K (1972) Fine structure of the Monogenea, especially Polystomoides Ward. Adv Parasitol 10:1-33
48. Shaw MK (1982) The fine structure of the brain of Gastrocotyle trachuri (Monogenea: Platyhelminthes). Cell Tissue Res 226:449-460
49. Stewart MT, Mousley A, Koubková B, Šebelová Š, Marks NJ, Halton DW (2002) Gross anatomy of the muscle systems and associated innervation of Apatemon cobitidis proterorhini metacercaria (Trematoda: Strigeidea), as visualised by confocal microscopy. Parasitology 126:273-282
50. Sukhdeo MVK, HSU SC, Thompson CS, Mettrick DF (1984) Hymenolepis diminuta: behavioural effects of 5-hydroxytryptamine, acetylcholine, histamine and somatostatin. J Parasitol 70:682-688
51. Thompson CS, Mettrick DF (1989) The effects of 5-hydrxytryptamine and glutamate on muscle contraction in Hymenolepis diminuta (Cestoda). Can J Zool 67:1257-1262
52. Tinsley RC (1983) Ovoviviparity in platyhelminth life-cycles. Parasitology 86:161-196
53. Ward SM, Allen JM, McKerr G (1986) Neuromusculature physiology of Grillotia erinaceus metacestodes (Cestoda: Trypanorhyncha) in vitro. Parasitology 93:587-597
54. Yamaguti S (1963) Systema helminthum, vol. IV: Monogenea and Aspidocotylea. Interscience, New York
55. Zurawski TH, Mousley A, Mair GR, Brennan GP, Maule AG, Gelnar, M, Halton DW (2001) Immunomicroscopical observations on the nervous system of adult Eudiplozoon nipponicum (Monogenea: Diplozoidae). Int J Parasitol 31:779-783