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INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL FOR PARASITOLOGY
卷 33, 期 10, 页码 1035-1042出版社
PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/S0020-7519(03)00165-6
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Trichinella; nurse cell; ascorbic acid; 31 kDa DHAR; haeme oxygenase 1; oxidative stress
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Ascorbic acid (AA) is an important factor of defence against oxidative stress. AA is maintained in the reduced functional form by glutathione (GSH)-dependent dehydroascorbate (DHA) reducing enzymes, including the cytosolic glutaredoxin, the microsomal protein disulphide isomerase, and a DHA reductase of 31 kDa, hereafter referred to as DHAR, purified from rat liver cytosol and human red cells. As these mechanisms have rarely been studied in parasites, we looked for the possible presence of this 31 kDa protein in Trichinella spiralis L-1 larvae. Biochemical data, immunoblot analysis and immunohistochemical studies suggested the absence of this protein within parasites at this stage. However, they possess a low DHA reducing ability, which is probably due to the presence of glutaredoxin. On the other hand, immunohistochemical studies performed in histological sections of muscle tissue from Trichinella-infected animals showed an increase in DHAR in the nurse cell (NC) of T spiralis- and Trichinella britovi-infected animals, compared with the surrounding muscle fibres. This result was confirmed by immunoblot analysis, whereas no such increase was observed in Trichinella pseudospiralis-infected animals. In the modified skeletal muscle cell also haeme oxygenase 1 increased, as well as lipoperoxidised proteins. Both findings suggest an oxidative stress of the NC, which might be related to the intense inflammatory reaction which surrounds the NC-parasite complex. Another possibility to explain the increase in DHAR could be that the NC needs to recycle a substantial amount of AA to synthesise the collagen capsule. (C) 2003 Australian Society for Parasitology Inc. Published by Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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