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Strongyloides ratti: reversibility of immune damage to adult worms
Authors:R. Moqbel  Diane J. McLaren  D. Wakelin
Affiliation:1. Wellcome Laboratories for Experimental Parasitology, University of Glasgow, Bearsden Road, Bearsden, Glasgow, G61 1QH, Scotland;2. Division of Parasitology, National Institute for Medical Research, The Ridgeway, Mill Hill, London, NW7, England, United Kingdom
Abstract:Transplantation experiments were conducted to assess the reversibility or irreversibility of the damage sustained by Strongyloides ratti during infections in the rat host. Worms of different ages from primary and secondary infections were recovered from their original hosts and transplanted surgically into naive rats. The size and fecundity of normal (Days 6–11 postinfection) worms were maintained after transfer. Damaged worms from primary infection (Days 22–26) showed complete recovery of size and fecundity within 10 days of transfer; damaged worms from a secondary infection (Days 6–7) also showed functional recovery but to a lesser extent. The ultrastructural changes observed mainly in the intestine of damaged worms from primary infections, prior to their transfer, were, however, only partially ameliorated following transplantation into new naive hosts; there was no complete return to structural normality. On the other hand, second infection worms did show almost complete ultrastructural recovery. The course of a transplanted infection established with either damaged or normal worms was similar to infections established percutaneously. Increase in the size of transplanted infections from 100 to 250 worms per recipient did not alter the dynamics of the host/parasite relationship. There was no evidence of adaptation in S. ratti and damaged worms, when transplanted into naive rats, were as successful as normal worms in protecting the host against a subcutaneous larval infection. The implications of this work on the present understanding of the phenomenon of autoinfection in experimental rodent strongyloidiasis are discussed.
Keywords:Nematode, parasitic  Ultrastructure  Transplantation, worm  Damage, immune  Intestine  Rat  Autoinfection
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