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Schraermeyer U et al. (1987) Parasitol Res "Formation by the uterus of a peripheral layer of the sheath in microfilariae of Litomosoides carinii and Brugia malayi."

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    PMID:
    3422980
    DOI:
    10.1007/BF00535333
    Status:
    Publication type:
    Journal_article
    WormBase ID:
    WBPaper00055582

    Schraermeyer U, Peters W, & Zahner H (1987). Formation by the uterus of a peripheral layer of the sheath in microfilariae of Litomosoides carinii and Brugia malayi. Parasitol Res, 73, 557-64. doi:10.1007/BF00535333

    The eggshells of young developmental stages in the uterus are rather thin and homogenous. In the brezel stage of Brugia malayi they are 35 nm thick and 20 nm in Litomosoides carinii. In young developmental stages up to brezel stages the eggshells bind the lectins WGA, DBA and PNA labelled with colloidal gold. This shows that GlcNAc, GalNAc and Gal residues are present at the surface of the sheath. In intrauterine microfilariae of B. malayi the original sheath is reduced to a thickness of 7 nm. It is reinforced by secretions from a specialized area of the epithelium of the uterus which do not appear as a homogeneous layer but look like a string of pearls. This layer may be called the "uterine layer". It has a thickness of 40-80 nm. In the microfilaria of L. carinii, the thickness of the original sheath is reduced to 2-3 nm and the uterine layer has a thickness of 7 nm. The uterine layer does not react with any of the lectins, which shows that the surface lacks N-acetylglucosamine, N-acetylgalactosamine and galactose residues. The uterine layer appears to be an ancestral (plesiomorphic) feature which is present in free-living nematodes and the highly specialized bloodforms of filariae. The uterine layer seems to protect and disguise the original sheath against the immune reactions of the host.


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