Biochemical and ultrastructural investigation of the effect of Stelazine (trifluoperazine) on Hymenolepis diminuta (Cestoda).

Abstract:

:The effects of the phenothiazine, Stelazine, on Hymenolepis diminuta were investigated. The cestode was incubated for 10 min at 37 degrees C with 1 mM trifluoperazine, in the presence and absence of Ca2+. Assay of brush border enzymes showed that drug treatment lowered the activities of alkaline phosphatase, Ca2+-ATP'ase, 5'-nucleotidase and type 1 phosphodiesterase. This occurred in parallel with a significant reduction in tegumental protein. Under these conditions gross changes in ultrastructural appearance and cellular organization were observed. There was a lack of ordered microtriches and the distal cytoplasm was absent. Glycogen granules were scattered throughout the cytoplasm within the subtegumental layer. The connective tissue also appeared to be in some disarray. The effects of Stelazine appeared to be dependent on time and were significantly increased when Ca2+ was included in the incubation medium. Incubation with the less hydrophobic phenothiazine trifluoperazine sulphoxide had minimal effect on the integrity of the cestode. The results reported here support the premise that certain phenothiazines may be considered as potential cestocidal agents.

journal_name

Parasitology

journal_title

Parasitology

authors

Hipkiss JB,Skinner A,Branford White CJ

doi

10.1017/s003118200005352x

subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

1987-02-01 00:00:00

pages

135-49

eissn

0031-1820

issn

1469-8161

journal_volume

94 ( Pt 1)

pub_type

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