Role of host antibody in the chemotherapeutic action of praziquantel against Schistosoma mansoni: identification of target antigens

Molecular and Biochemical Parasitology
P J BrindleyA Sher

Abstract

We have demonstrated previously in a mouse model that effective chemotherapy against Schistosoma mansoni with praziquantel (PZQ) is dependent upon an intact host antibody response. In the same study, it was found that worms recovered from PZQ-treated animals display surface-bound antibodies. In order to identify the target antigens of the antibodies involved in the synergy between PZQ and the immune response, monoclonal antibodies (mAbs) and polyclonal antisera recognizing different tegumental components were tested by indirect immunofluorescence (IF) assay for their ability to bind in vitro to the surface of 6-week-old schistosomes perfused from nude (athymic) mice 1 h after PZQ treatment. Nude mice were used as hosts because worms from these animals were found to lack bound anti-schistosome antibodies. Only 5 of the 21 antibodies tested reacted with drug-treated worms. This indicated that the damage caused by PZQ to the schistosome tegument is restricted to specific tegumental components. Of the positive reactions, one group of antibodies gave IF patterns different from, whereas the other group gave IF reactions similar to those seen with worms perfused from immunologically intact mice. Antibodies against a schistosome estera...Continue Reading

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