PMID: 9193947May 1, 1997Paper

Inhibitory effect of heparin on red blood cell invasion by Theileria sergenti merozoites

International Journal for Parasitology
K HagiwaraC Ishihara

Abstract

Theileria sergenti infection has been one of the most serious infectious diseases of cattle in Japan. A major component in the pathogenesis of T. sergenti is anaemia. The erythrocytic life-cycle, which is responsible for all of the clinical manifestations of T. sergenti infection, is initiated by invasion of bovine red blood cells (RBCs) by merozoites. Here we have focused on the effect of heparin, which has an inhibitory effect on RBC invasion by Plasmodium falciparum, and demonstrated for the first time that bovine RBC invasion by T. sergenti was inhibited by heparin. Further, analysis of this mechanism showed that bovine RBC agglutination, by purified T. sergenti merozoites, was inhibited by heparin and low molecular weight (LMW) heparin. Moreover, hemagglutination was inhibited by treatment of the merozoites with heparinase. These results suggest that merozoites have heparin-like molecules on their surface which may be one of the important factors for attachment to RBCs.

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