NDLI: Imaging schistosomes in vivo

Content Provider	PubMed Central
Author	Krautz-peterson, Greice David, Ndegwa Vasquez, Kristine Houari, Korideck Zhang, Jun Peterson, Jeffrey D. Skelly, Patrick J.
Copyright Year	2009
Abstract	Schistosomes are intravascular, parasitic helminths that cause a chronic, often debilitating disease afflicting over 200 million people in over 70 countries. Here we describe novel imaging methods that, for the first time, permit visualization of live schistosomes within their living hosts. The technology centers on fluorescent agent uptake and activation in the parasite’s gut, and subsequent detection and signal quantitation using fluorescence molecular tomography (FMT). There is a strong positive correlation between the signal detected and parasite number. Schistosoma mansoni parasites of both sexes recovered from infected experimental animals exhibit vivid fluorescence throughout their intestines. Likewise, the remaining important human schistosome parasites, S. japonicum and S. hematobium, also exhibit gut fluorescence when recovered from infected animals. Imaging has been used to efficiently document the decline in parasite numbers in infected mice treated with the antischistosome drug praziquantel. This technology will provide a unique opportunity both to help rapidly identify much-needed, novel antischistosome therapies and to gain direct visual insight into the intravascular lives of the major schistosome parasites of humans.—Krautz-Peterson, G., Ndegwa, D., Vasquez, K., Korideck, H., Zhang, J., Peterson, J. D., Skelly, P. J. Imaging schistosomes in vivo.
Related Links	http://dx.doi.org/10.1096/fj.08-127738
Ending Page	2680
Page Count	8
Starting Page	2673
File Format	PDF
ISSN	08926638
e-ISSN	15306860
Journal	The FASEB Journal
Issue Number	8
Volume Number	23
Language	English
Publisher	The Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology
Publisher Date	2009-08-01
Access Restriction	Open
Rights Holder	The Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology
Subject Keyword	Biotechnology Genetics Biochemistry Molecular Biology Research in Higher Education
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article
Subject	Genetics Medicine Molecular Biology Biochemistry Biotechnology

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