Bovine IgG subclasses and fertility of Echinococcus granulosus hydatid cysts

Silke Riesle, María Pía García, Christian Hidalgo, Norbel Galanti, Leonardo Saenz, Rodolfo Paredes

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Abstract

Hydatidosis is an important zoonotic disease of worldwide distribution, causing important health problems to humans and major economical losses in infected livestock. Echinococcus granulosus, the etiological agent of hydatid disease, induces a humoral immune response in the intermediate host (human and herbivorous) against hydatid cyst antigens. Specifically, IgGs are found in the laminar and germinal layers and inside the lumen of fertile and infertile hydatid cysts. In the germinal layer of infertile cysts IgGs are found in an order of magnitude greater than in the germinal layer of fertile cysts; a fraction of those IgGs are associated with high affinity to germinal layer proteins, suggesting their binding to specific parasite antigens. We have previously shown that those immunoglobulins, bound with high affinity to the germinal layer of hydatid cysts, induce apoptosis leading to cyst infertility.In the present work the presence of IgG1 and IgG2 subclasses in the germinal layer of both fertile and infertile hydatid cysts is reported. IgG1 is the most relevant immunoglobulin subclass present in the germinal layer of infertile cysts and bound with high affinity to that parasite structure. Contrarily, though the IgG2 subclass was also found in the germinal and adventitial layers, those immunoglobulins show low affinity to parasite antigens.We propose that the binding of an IgG1 subclass to parasite antigens present in the germinal layer is involved in the mechanism of cyst infertility.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)125-133
Number of pages9
JournalVeterinary Parasitology
Volume205
Issue number1-2
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2014

Keywords

  • Cyst fertility
  • Echinococcus granulosus
  • IgG subclass

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Parasitology
  • General Veterinary

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