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Acta bioquímica clínica latinoamericana

Print version ISSN 0325-2957On-line version ISSN 1851-6114

Abstract

PONCE DE LEON, Patricia; NOCELLI, Jimena  and  LOPEZ MURUA, Gabriel. Exposure of erythrocyte cryptic antigen by Trichinella spiralis newborn larvae. Acta bioquím. clín. latinoam. [online]. 2017, vol.51, n.4, pp.669-673. ISSN 0325-2957.

Erythrocyte desialylation can expose cryptic antigenic determinants of the membrane, among which is the T antigen. It has been reported that newborn larvae (NL), which circulate in the bloodstream of the host, capture erythrocyte sialic acid. The aim of this study was to study in vitro exposure of cryptic T antigen by the desialylation produced by different concentrations of NL. Work was carried out on 30 red cell suspensions in enzymatic medium, which were incubated in equal parts with NL concentrates (Treated RBC) for 2 hours at 37 ºC with continued agitation. The respective Control RBC was incubated with saline solution. Treatment of 10/30 globular suspensions was performed with 500 NL/mL, 10 with 300 NL/mL and the last 10 with 150 NL/mL. Anti T- antigen T Agglutination Tests (Plate and Tube) were made, facing the globular suspensions against adult and cord human sera. Treatment of 9/10 suspensions with 500 NL/mL, 7/10 with 300 NL/mL and 2/10 with 150 NL/mL exposed T antigen. It is concluded that in patients with diabetes, hypertension or other diseases with lower content of erythrocyte sialic acid and who simultaneously have a T. spiralis infection, T activation may occur in the stage of larvae circulating through the bloodstream, with consequent haemolysis, thrombocytopenia and thrombosis.

Keywords : T antigen; Newborn larvae; Trichinella spiralis.

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