NDLI: Trichomonas adhere and phagocytose sperm cells: adhesion seems to be a prominent stage during interaction

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Author	Benchimol, Marlene Andrade Rosa, Ivone Silva Fontes, Reginaldo Burla Dias, Ângelo José
Copyright Year	2007
Abstract	Tritrichomonas foetus and Trichomonas vaginalis are extracellular parasites of the urogenital tract of cattle and humans, respectively. They cause infertility and abortion, but there is no documented information on the susceptibility of bovine sperm cells to this cattle parasite. The aim of this present work was to study the effects provoked by T. foetus and T. vaginalis when in interaction with bovine and human sperm cells. The bovine and human spermatozoa were obtained from uninfected bulls and men, respectively, and were exposed to living trichomonads over different periods of time. Light microscopy, video microscopy, scanning, and transmission electron microscopy first revealed a tropism, then a close proximity followed by a tight adhesion between these two different cells. A decrease in the spermatozoa motility was observed as well intense semen agglutination. The adhesion between trichomonads to the sperm cell occurred either by the flagella or sperm head. Motile parasites were observed during the next 12 h, whereas sperm cells in contact with the parasites rapidly became immotile. The parasites were able to maintain the sperm cells attached to their cell surface, followed by phagocytosis. This process began with a tight membrane–membrane adhesion and the incorporation of the sperm cell within an intracellular vacuole. Afterwards, the sperm cell was gradually digested in lysosomes. Many trichomonads were injured and/or died on making contact with the spermatozoa possibly due to necrosis. Results from this study demonstrated that both T. foetus and T. vaginalis interact with sperm cells provoking damage and death of these reproductive cells. Differences in the behavior of both trichomonads were evident, showing that T. vaginalis was much more virulent than T. foetus. The possible role of trichomonads in reproductive failure is discussed.
Starting Page	597
Ending Page	604
Page Count	8
File Format	PDF
ISSN	09320113
Journal	Parasitology Research
Volume Number	102
Issue Number	4
e-ISSN	14321955
Language	English
Publisher	Springer-Verlag
Publisher Date	2007-11-28
Publisher Place	Berlin/Heidelberg
Access Restriction	One Nation One Subscription (ONOS)
Subject Keyword	Immunology Microbiology Medical Microbiology
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article
Subject	Infectious Diseases Veterinary Parasitology Insect Science

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