Abstract

PONCE DE LEON, Patricia et al. T antigen unmasking by Trichinella spiralis and Ascaris lumbricoides larvae. Acta bioquím. clín. latinoam. [online]. 2012, vol.46, n.4. ISSN 0325-2957.

T activation is caused by changes in the structure of red blood cells (RBC) membrane producing the agglutination of these transformed cells with the majority of adult ABO compatible sera. The union of T antigen with its specific antibody unleashes polyagglutination, haemolysis, thrombocytopenia, and thrombosis. The aim of the present work was to study the effect of A. lumbricoides and T. spiralis larvae on erythrocyte T antigen unmasking. Work was performed on 3 L1/ L2 larvae concentrates of A. lumbricoides (ALLC) and 6 muscle larvae concentrates of T. spiralis (ML): ALLC1 and ML1: 450-500 larvae/ mL; ALLC2 and ML2: 900-1,000 larvae/ mL; ALLC3 and ML3: 1,800-2,000 larvae/ mL; ML4: 3,000-3,500 larvae/ mL; ML5: 7,500-8,000 larvae/ mL; ML6: 20,000 larvae/ mL. Group O RBC in enzymatic medium were used. RBC were incubated with an equal volume of ALLC/ ML and the Controls with physiological solution for 120 minutes at 37 ºC. Plate and Tube Agglutination Tests were made, facing Treated RBC and Controls against adult and cord human sera. The results showed that 2 of the 5 RBC suspensions treated with ALLC3 and 1 of the 5 RBC suspensions treated with LM6 agglutinated with serum from adult, but not cord serum. RBC incubated with the remaining concentrates and Control suspensions were not agglutinated with any of the sera. It can be concluded that it is important to continue these studies to correlate T activation with infective dose in ascariosis and trichinosis, particularly in pathologies that course with sialic acid deficiency.

Keywords : A. lumbricoides; T. spiralis; Unmasking; Erythrocyte T Antigen.

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