Abstract:
:The effects of azadirachtin and ecdysone on the Trypanosoma cruzi population in the Rhodnius prolixus gut were investigated. T. cruzi were rarely found in the gut compartments of azadirachtin-treated larvae. High parasite numbers were observed in the stomach of the control and ecdysone groups until 10 days after treatment and in the small intestine and rectum until 25 days after treatment. High percentages of round forms developed in the stomachs of all groups, whereas azadirachtin blocked the development of protozoan intermediate forms. This effect was counteracted by ecdysone therapy. In the small intestine and rectum, epimastigotes predominated for all groups, but more of their intermediates developed in the control and ecdysone groups. Azadirachtin supported the development of round forms and their intermediates into trypomastigotes. In the rectum, trypomastigotes did not develop in the azadirachtin group and developed much later after ecdysone therapy. The parallel between the effects of azadirachtin and ecdysone on the host and parasite development is discussed on the basis of the present results because ecdysone appears to act directly or indirectly in determining the synchronic development of T. cruzi forms from round to epimastigotes, but not metacyclic trypomastigotes, in the invertebrate vector.
journal_name
Exp Parasitoljournal_title
Experimental parasitologyauthors
Cortez MR,Provençano A,Silva CE,Mello CB,Zimmermann LT,Schaub GA,Garcia ES,Azambuja P,Gonzalez MSdoi
10.1016/j.exppara.2012.05.005subject
Has Abstractpub_date
2012-07-01 00:00:00pages
363-71issue
3eissn
0014-4894issn
1090-2449pii
S0014-4894(12)00156-7journal_volume
131pub_type
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