Effects of diclazuril on apoptosis and mitochondrial transmembrane potential in second-generation merozoites of Eimeria tenella
Autor: | Chenzhong Fei, Tao Zhang, Hong-wei Wang, Feiqun Xue, Bian-hua Zhou, Xiujuan Yao, Xiaoyang Wang, Mi Wang, Peiyi He |
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Rok vydání: | 2010 |
Předmět: |
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Apoptosis Eimeria Membrane Potentials Flow cytometry Random Allocation chemistry.chemical_compound Diclazuril Nitriles parasitic diseases medicine Animals Centrifugation Poultry Diseases Differential centrifugation General Veterinary medicine.diagnostic_test biology Coccidiosis Merozoites Triazines General Medicine biology.organism_classification Mitochondria Cell biology chemistry Ultrastructure Coccidiostats Parasitology Chickens Percoll Eimeria tenella |
Zdroj: | Veterinary Parasitology. 168:217-222 |
ISSN: | 0304-4017 |
DOI: | 10.1016/j.vetpar.2009.11.007 |
Popis: | Diclazuril, a benzeneacetonitrile anticoccidial agent, has potent activity against various stages of Eimeria tenella (E. tenella). To study the effects of diclazuril on E. tenella merozoites, purified second-generation merozoites were obtained from infected chicken caecal tissue at 120h after inoculation by a combination of enzymatic digestion, centrifugation, erythrocytes disruption and percoll density gradient centrifugation. Ultrastructural changes were monitored by transmission electron microscopy (TEM). Apoptosis and mitochondrial transmembrane potential were determined by flow cytometry (FCM). The results showed that diclazuril induced ultrastructural changes and significantly increased the ratio of early apoptosis by 180.75% (P0.01) and late apoptosis/necrosis by 86.82% (P0.05) in second-generation merozoites, respectively. Compared with the infected/control group, the ratio of second-generation merozoites that lost mitochondrial function was increased by 45.04% (P0.01) in the infected/treatment group. In conclusion, diclazuril induced morphological changes and attenuated the activity of mitochondrial transmembrane potential of merozoites, which is involved in mitochondrial-depended apoptosis in second-generation merozoites of E. tenella. |
Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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