Korean J Parasitol.
1993 Dec;31(4):321-329. 10.3347/kjp.1993.31.4.321.
The nervous system of Fibricola seoulensis by acetylcholinesterase histochemistry
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- 1Department of Biology, Gyeongsang National University, Chinju, Korea.
- KMID: 1048409
- DOI: http://doi.org/10.3347/kjp.1993.31.4.321
Abstract
- F. seoulensis were obtained from artificially infected albino rats at 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 days after infection. The worms and metacercariae were washed in physiological saline solution, and fixed with 10% neutral formalin. The acetylcholinesterase (AchE) stained by enzyme histochemistry using acetylthiocholine iodide as substrate. Eserine, iso-OMPA and BW284C51 were used as inhibitors of AchE. The nervous system consists of three pairs longitudinal nerve trunks interconnected with excretory plexus in posterior half, and pharynx and oral sucker in anterior half of metacercariae and adults. The longitudinal nerve trunks are interconnected with transverse commissures and numerous circular commissures. Considerable numbers of circular commissures are interconnected with longitudinal nerve trunks lying on the surface of the worms. At each stage of juvenile worms, AchE and nonspecific cholinesterase activities were observed in the oral sucker, ventral sucker, pharynx and nerve system. Isozymes of AchE in F. seoulensis were separated into the two bands, 69 kDa and 132 kDa. The major band was 69 kDa.
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