| Author | Couto, Flávia Fernanda Bubula | |
| Author | Coelho, Paulo Marcos Zech | |
| Author | Pereira, Neusa Araújo | |
| Author | Kusel, John Robert | |
| Author | Katz, Naftale | |
| Author | Passos, Liana konovaloff Jannotti | |
| Author | Mattos, Ana Carolina Alves de | |
| Access date | 2014-10-21T16:48:16Z | |
| Available date | 2014-10-21T16:48:16Z | |
| Document date | 2011 | |
| Citation | COUTO, Flávia Fernanda Bubula et al. Schistosoma mansoni: a method for inducing resistance to praziquantel using infected Biompharia glabrata snails. Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, 106(2): 153-157, 2011. | pt_BR |
| ISSN | 0074-0276 | |
| ISSN | http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/S0074-02762011000200006 | |
| URI | https://www.arca.fiocruz.br/handle/icict/8643 | |
| Language | eng | pt_BR |
| Publisher | Fundação Oswaldo Cruz | pt_BR |
| Rights | open access | pt_BR |
| Title | Schistosoma mansoni: a method for inducing resistance to praziquantel using infected Biompharia glabrata snails. | pt_BR |
| Type | Article | pt_BR |
| Abstract | To elucidate the mechanisms of antischistosoma resistance, drug-resistant Schistosoma mansoni laboratory isolates are essential. We developed a new method for inducing resistance to praziquantel (PZQ) using successive drug treatments of Biomphalaria glabrata snails infected with S. mansoni. Infected B. glabrata were treated three times with 100 mg/kg PZQ for five consecutive days with a one-week interval between them. After the treatment, the cercariae (LE-PZQ) produced from these snails and the LE strains (susceptible) were used to infect mice. Forty-five days after infection, mice were treated with 200, 400 or 800 mg/kg PZQ. Thirty days post-treatment, we observed that the mean number of worms recovered by perfusion was significantly higher in the group of mice infected with the LE-PZQ isolate treated with 200 and 400 mg/kg in comparison to the LE strain with the same treatment. Moreover, there was a significant difference between the ED50 (effective dose required to kill 50% of the worms) of the LE-PZQ isolate (362 mg/kg) and the LE strain (68 mg/kg). In the in vitro assays, the worms of the LE-PZQ isolate were also less susceptible to PZQ. Thus, the use of infected snails as an experimental model for development of resistance to S. mansoni is effective, fast, simple and cheap. | pt_BR |
| Affilliation | Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Centro de Pesquisas René Rachou. Laboratório de Esquistossomose. Belo Horizonte, MG, Brasil | pt_BR |
| Affilliation | Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Centro de Pesquisas René Rachou. Laboratório de Esquistossomose. Belo Horizonte, MG, Brasil | pt_BR |
| Affilliation | Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Centro de Pesquisas René Rachou. Laboratório de Esquistossomose. Belo Horizonte, MG, Brasil | pt_BR |
| Affilliation | University of Glasgow Faculty of Biomedical and Life Sciences. Division of Infection and Immunity. Scotland, UK | pt_BR |
| Affilliation | Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Centro de Pesquisas René Rachou. Laboratório de Esquistossomose. Belo Horizonte, MG, Brasil | pt_BR |
| Affilliation | Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Moluscário Lobato Paraense. Belo Horizonte, MG, Brasil | pt_BR |
| Affilliation | Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Centro de Pesquisas René Rachou. Laboratório de Esquistossomose. Belo Horizonte, MG, Brasil | pt_BR |
| Subject | Schistosoma mansoni | pt_BR |
| Subject | Biomphalaria glabrata | pt_BR |
| Subject | praziquantel | pt_BR |
| Subject | resistance induction/new method | pt_BR |
