This research is aimed at providing an understanding of the mechanisms used by Schistosoma mansoni to survive and multiply in its intermediate host snail Biomphalaria glabrata. S. mansioni is a causative agent of human schistosomiasis, a serious debilitating disease in human populations in many areas of the tropics. On the premise that the compatibility of S. mansoni with B. glabrata is a highly specific phenomenon, and that the specificity is manifested as a result of events occurring at the interface of the sporocyst with host-snail hemocyte plasma membranes, we aim to provide information on the cellular-chemical basis of specificity. Experiments will be designed to yield information which will support or refute various hypotheses that bear directly on the following issues (a) The mechanisms by which snail hemocytes recognize trematode sporocysts (b) The mechanisms by which snails acquire enhanced resistance, of a more or less specific nature, to trematode sporocysts. (c) The mechanisms by which trematode sporocysts avoid destruction by hemocytes of certain snail strains (d) The mechanisms by which trematode sporocysts interfere with innate resistance of snails Methodologies will involve in vitro culture of schistosome sporocysts larvae together with immunocompetent leukocytes (hemocytes) of host sanils. Both susceptible and resistaint strains of snail will be used as sources of hemocytes. Sensitive labelling of potentially important molecules of host and parasite origin will permit us to evaluate their roles in mediation of compatibility.

Agency
National Institute of Health (NIH)
Institute
National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID)
Type
Unknown (R22)
Project #
5R22AI016137-06
Application #
3444513
Study Section
Tropical Medicine and Parasitology Study Section (TMP)
Project Start
1981-09-30
Project End
1988-11-30
Budget Start
1987-12-01
Budget End
1988-11-30
Support Year
6
Fiscal Year
1988
Total Cost
Indirect Cost
Name
Oregon State University
Department
Type
Schools of Arts and Sciences
DUNS #
053599908
City
Corvallis
State
OR
Country
United States
Zip Code
97339
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