Babesia bovis: subcellular localization of host erythrocyte membrane components during their asexual growth.

نویسندگان

  • Masashi Okamura
  • Naoaki Yokoyama
  • Noriyuki Takabatake
  • Kazuhiro Okubo
  • Yuzuru Ikehara
  • Ikuo Igarashi
چکیده

In the present study, the subcellular localization of the host red blood cell (RBC) membrane components, the alpha2-3-linked sialic acid (SA) residues and the lipid bilayer, was observed during the asexual growth of Babesia bovis using two erythrocyte probes, the SA-specific lectin (MALII) and the lipophilic fluorescent (PKH2) probes, respectively. In confocal laser scanning microscopy with MALII, the SA residues on the surface of parasitized RBCs appeared to accumulate into the intracellular parasites as the parasites matured as well as to remain on the surface of extracellular parasites. Furthermore, when PKH2-labeled RBCs were infected with B. bovis, PKH2 signals were also observed around both the intracellular and the extracellular parasites, similarly to the results of MALII. These results indicated that the components derived from the host erythrocyte membrane are incorporated into the intracellular parasites during their asexual growth within the parasitized RBC, suggesting the possible formation of a parasitophorous vacuole-based network or a parasite surface coat.

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عنوان ژورنال:
  • Experimental parasitology

دوره 116 1  شماره 

صفحات  -

تاریخ انتشار 2007