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Rupp, Jens C. "Mate choice and parasitism in freshwater snails." Thesis, University of Oxford, 1996. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.339354.
Full textRoger, Emmanuel Bernard. "Bases génétiques du polymorphisme de compatibilité dans l’interaction Schistosoma mansoni / Biomphalaria glabrata." Perpignan, 2008. http://www.theses.fr/2008PERP0895.
Full textTo identify key molecules involved in the compatibility polymorphism in the Schistosoma mansoni / Biomphalaria glabrata model, we developed a comparative proteomics approach for the larval stages that interact with the invertebrate host. The qualitative and quantitative comparison of the proteomes of compatible and incompatible parasite strains led to the identification of a new family of schistosome antigens that share molecular characteristics with highly glycosylated secreted mucins. In particular, they possess a domain containing a variable number of tandem repeats (VNTR). These proteins are (i) only expressed in larval stages interacting with the mollusc, (ii) located in the apical gland of miracidia and sporocysts and (iii) secreted and released in excretion-secretion products. Moreover, we show that these mucin-like proteins display a high degree of polymorphism and that extensive differences are observed between S. Mansoni strains. These different characteristics led us to name this novel molecular family “S. Mansoni Polymorphic Mucins” SmPoMuc. Next, we show that SmPoMuc are coded by a multi-gene family that evolve following the model of “birth and death”. SmPoMuc genes are transcribed in an individual-specific manner, and for each gene, multiple splice variants exist. The incidence of this polymorphism on SmPoMuc glycosylation status was demonstrated. Our data support the view that S. Mansoni has evolved a complex cascade of mechanisms – a “controlled chaos” – based on a relatively low number of genes that provides highly polymorphism to SmPoMuc
Daoust, Simon 1983. "Potential use of the digenean parasite, Plagiorchis elegans, as a biological control agent of Biomphalaria glabrata (Pulmonata:Planorbidae) and Schistosoma mansoni (Digenea:Schistosomatidae)." Thesis, McGill University, 2008. http://digitool.Library.McGill.CA:80/R/?func=dbin-jump-full&object_id=111561.
Full textMoné, Yves. "Bases moléculaires du polymorphisme de compatibilité dans l’interaction Schistosoma mansoni – Biomphalaria glabrata." Perpignan, 2011. http://www.theses.fr/2011PERP1059.
Full textThe coevolutionary dynamic playing in the host-parasite interaction leads to an arms race between host and parasite. In certain models, this arms race results in a compatibility polymorphism for which the molecular bases remain largely unknown. The aim of this PhD thesis was to identify the molecular determinants of the compatibility polymorphism that exists in the Biomphalaria glabrata/Schistosoma mansoni interaction. First, we developed a comparative proteomics approach between compatible and incompatible strains of the parasite. This approach allows us to identify molecules that could play a key role in this interaction. They consist in highly polymorphic mucin-like proteins, the « Schistosoma mansoni Polymorphic Mucin » (SmPoMucs), and scavengers of reactive oxygen species (ROS scavengers). In order to study more completely the arms race that takes place in the B. Glabrata/S. Mansoni interaction, we investigate the molluscan counterparts of these molecules. Co-precipitation approaches allow us to show that SmPoMucs interact with diversified immune receptors from the mollusk, the Fibrinogen-related Proteins (FREPs). This is the first evidence of the interaction between an individual repertoire of polymorphic potential parasite antigens (SmPoMucs) and an individual repertoire of diversified potential immune receptors (FREPs) from an invertebrate host. We found a third partner associated with FREPs and SmPoMucs, a thioester-containing Protein (TEP). TEP belongs to a class of molecules involved in the phagocytosis or in encapsulation. The presence of TEP in this immune complex argues in favor of the involvement of the formed complex in parasite immune recognition and elimination. We are also interested in the effector mechanisms responsible for the destruction of the parasite, in B. Glabrata they rely essentially on the production of Reactive Oxygen Species (ROS). We show that a phenotypic concordance exists between the levels of host ROS production and parasite ROS scavengers’ production. The compatibility polymorphism in the B. Glabrata/S. Mansoni interaction seems to be based on the confrontation of polymorphic and/or diversified molecules concerning immune recognition mechanisms and on quantitative reciprocal adaptations concerning immune effector mechanisms
Duclermortier, Pascal. "Caractérisation d'une lectine homologue aux sélectines chez le mollusque Biomphalaria glabrata, hôte de Schistosoma mansoni." Lille 1, 1999. https://pepite-depot.univ-lille.fr/LIBRE/Th_Num/1999/50376-1999-223.pdf.
Full textLes anticorps anti-BgSel reconnaissent spécifiquement un composant de 79 kDa sécrète par les cellules Bge ; cette molécule représenterait la forme glycosylée de BgSel. L'expression de BgSel est influencée par les produits parasitaires. Certains travaux préliminaires semble indiquer que BgSel reconnaîtrait un composant de la membrane des sporocystes. Parallèlement, nous avons mis en évidence la présence du trisaccharide Lewis x (Le x) en surface des miracidiums et sporocystes de S. Mansoni. Les sélectines et le déterminant Le x forment un système récepteur-ligand chez les mammifères, implique notamment dans l'interaction entre cellules immunes de l'hôte définitif (homme) et schistosome. Le fucoïdan, polysaccharide connu pour inhiber les fonctions d'adhérence des sélectines, inhibe l'interaction entre les cellules Bge et les sporocystes de S. Mansoni. De plus, BgSel semble reconnaître spécifiquement le fucoïdan. L'ensemble de ces résultats permet d'envisager l'existence d'un système équivalent au système sélectine-Le x de vertébrés, BgSel-Le x, dans l'interaction entre cellules de mollusques et larves de schistosome
Lynch, Adam. "Pollution-induced immunomodulation in Biomphalaria glabrata : implications for its relationship with obligate parasite Schistosoma mansoni." Thesis, Brunel University, 2015. http://bura.brunel.ac.uk/handle/2438/12861.
Full textLardans, Vinca. "Approche de la transformation génétique du gastéropode Biomphalaria glabrata, hôte intermédiaire de Schistosoma mansoni." Lille 1, 1997. http://www.theses.fr/1997LIL10210.
Full textParmi les differents genes rapporteurs testes (-galactosidase, -glucuronidase et luciferase), seul le gene de la luciferase semble utilisable. La recherche d'un promoteur homologue a ete entreprise. L'adnc de l'actine non musculaire de b. Glabrata a ete clone et utilise comme sonde pour isoler son promoteur. Aucun element transposable n'ayant encore ete identifie dans le genome du gasteropode, nous avons teste, sans succes, la mobilite de 2 transposons d'insectes (hobo de d. Melanogaster et hermes de m. Domestica) dans les cellules bge. Par une strategie pcr et a l'aide d'amorces derivees du transposon mariner, une sequence presentant une faible homologie avec les sequences de mariner de d. Tigrina (planaire) et c. Elegans (nematode) a ete isolee qui correspond probablement a un vestige de transposase. Sur la base de ces resultats, la caracterisation d'un element transposable chez b. Glabrata est envisageable
Roger, Emmanuel. "Bases génétiques du polymorphisme de compatibilité dans l'interaction Schistosoma mansoni / Biomphalaria glabrata." Phd thesis, Université de Perpignan, 2008. http://tel.archives-ouvertes.fr/tel-00344751.
Full textOuwe, Missi Oukem-Boyer Odile. "Recherche et caractérisation d'une molécule immunologiquement apparentée au TNF[Alpha] chez le mollusque Biomphalaria glabrata, hôte intermédiaire du parasite Schistosoma mansoni : intérêt dans la relation hôte-parasite." Lille 1, 1995. http://www.theses.fr/1995LIL10130.
Full textMoné, Yves. "Bases moléculaires du polymorphisme de compatibilité dans l'interaction Schistosoma mansoni / Biomphalaria glabrata." Phd thesis, Université de Perpignan, 2011. http://tel.archives-ouvertes.fr/tel-00608477.
Full textPrugnolle, Franck. "Structuration génétique locale et régionale dans le système hôte-parasite "Schistosoma mansoni" - "Rattus Rattus" - "Biomphalaria glabrata" en Guadeloupe." Montpellier 2, 2003. http://www.theses.fr/2003MON20102.
Full textMintsa, Nguema Rodrigue. "Interactions hôte-parasite dans le modèle Biomphalaria pfeifferi-Schistosoma mansoni du Dhofar (Oman) : génétique des populations de l’hôte, traits d’histoire de vie et conséquences sur la transmission du parasite." Perpignan, 2010. http://www.theses.fr/2010PERP0995.
Full textThis thesis has been conducted in the context of the reemergence of schistosomiasis caused by Schistosoma mansoni (flatworm trematode) in Dhofar (Oman). The work focuses on the host-parasite interactions and their implications on schistosome transmission. The first part is devoted to a spatiotemporal study of the population genetics of Biomphalaria pfeifferi (freshwater gastropod snail). Nine microsatellite markers were used for characterization of 18 populations of B. Pfeifferi. The results showed that intrapopulations genetic variability was very low. However, the populations were highly differentiated. Temporal differentiation was also recorded in some populations. A second part concerns to the study of the life-history traits and host-parasite relationships. It was conducted using eight host-parasite combinations that differ either by the parasite population (human versus murine), by the waterbody category (natural versus man-made) or by the morph of the snail (pigmented versus albino). The following life-history traits were analyzed: growth, fecundity and survival of B. Pfeifferi and rate of infection, prepatent period and cercarial production of S. Mansoni. The results show that both the origin of S. Mansoni and the pigmentation of B. Pfeifferi play a major role in transmission of schistosomiasis in Dhofar. The results are discussed in terms of host-parasite compatibility
GERARD, CLAUDIA. "Ecologie d'une interaction durable : schistosoma mansoni/biomphalaria glabrata. dynamique de l'infrapopulation parasite dans l'ecosysteme mollusque, interactions spatiales et energetiques." Paris 6, 1993. http://www.theses.fr/1993PA066373.
Full textTrigwell, Jacqueline Ann. "Mating behaviour and sperm use in Biomphalaria glabrata (Say, 1818)(Gastropoda: Pulmonata), an intermediate host of Schistosoma mansoni." Thesis, University of Kent, 1998. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.297353.
Full textPortet, Anaïs. "Décryptage du Polymorphisme de Compatibilité dans l’interaction entre Biomphalaria glabrata et Schistosoma mansoni : une approche intégrative." Thesis, Perpignan, 2017. http://www.theses.fr/2017PERP0035/document.
Full textBiomphalaria glabrata is tropical fresh water snail, living in Latin America. This planorbe is the intermediary host of Schistosoma mansoni, a trematode responsible for the intestinal Schistosomiasis, second worldwide human vector-borne disease after the malaria. In this context, a better comprehension of the parasite/snail interaction is necessary and appearsa promising research field. The understanding of immunological interaction between the host and the parasite and the molecular mechanisms used by the two partners appears like essential for the discovery of new targets and new strategies in order to develop means of struggle against the pathogen. The aim of this thesis is to better understand the immunological interactions between the B. glabrata snail and S. mansoni trematode. Different aspects of the interaction between the snail and the parasite have been explored, from molecular and cellular bases to the tripartite interaction between the snail immunity, its microbiota and the pathogen. In a first step we have been able to demonstrate a gradient of parasite infectivities and snail susceptibilities from different geographical origins. Moreover, the immunological interaction between B. glabrata and S. mansoni is supported by local adaptation, at the molecular level. We were also able to show than an opsonin, the BgTEP, plays a key role in the interaction between B. glabrata and its various pathogens. Finally, the existence of a true tripartite interaction between the snail immune response, its microbiota and its parasite could was demonstrated
Lassalle, Damien. "Les pore forming toxin chez les Lophotrochozoaires : exemple des organismes Biomphalaria glabrata/ Schistosoma mansoni A New Assessment of Thioester-Containing Proteins Diversity of the Freshwater Snail Biomphalaria glabrata Cholesterol-TEG addition at the 5’end of siRNA allows significant increase of its uptake by hemocytes from Biomphalaria glabrata, the schistosomiasis vector snail. Under review in PeeJ. Schistosoma mansoni lysine specific demethylase (SmLSD1) is a druggable target involved in parasite survival, oviposition and stem cell proliferation." Thesis, Perpignan, 2020. https://theses-public.univ-perp.fr/2020PERP0036.pdf.
Full textBilharzia is a disease affecting 230 million people worldwide (source WHO). This parasitosis is caused by schistosome, a parasitic flatworm, and in particular by Schistosoma mansoni, responsible for intestinal bilharzia in Africa and tropical America. Before entering the human body through the skin, this parasite develops in a freshwater snail, Biomphalaria glabrata, which serves as an intermediate host. In this context, we have identified and studied two proteins belonging to the pore forming toxins (PFTs) family, which we have called Biomphalysin and Glabralysin. Pore forming toxins are effectors well known in the prokaryotic world to promote their pathogenicity. These proteins are produced in a soluble way by organisms, to bind and aggregate on the target cell membranes, resulting in the creation of a lytic pore. This protein superfamily is divided into two families, alpha and beta, classified according to the pore formation modality. Previous studies have characterized for the first time §-PFTs in the mollusc Biomphalaria glabrata, these proteins have shown a key role in the immunity of the mollusc, including the ability to bind and kill the parasite. This discovery may have opened the field to the investigation of similar proteins in the mollusc and in the parasite with which it interacts. This thesis project aims, through genomic, transcriptomic and proteomic studies, to characterize and understand the function of different "pore forming toxins" present in the mollusc Biomphalaria glabrata and in the parasite Schistosoma mansoni. Thanks to data collected before and during the thesis project, we were able to characterize 23 variants related to the Biomphalysin family. This multigenic family, without intron, seems to have been acquired through horizontal gene transfer. By homology with the Biomphalysins, we were able to characterize 5 genes coding for a second group of §-PFT in Biomphalaria glabrata, which we called Glabralysins. These proteins constitute a family in their own right, close to the Cry toxins of Bacillus thuringiensis, and which structurally share homologies with the Biomphalysin. They are indeed produced by the immune cells of the mollusc and induced during the infection by the parasite Schistosoma mansoni. Finally, we were also able to discover two genes coding for toxins, called Schistolysins, of the §-PFT family in the parasite Schistosoma mansoni. These proteins seem to be widespread in parasites and play essential roles in their development, in reproduction and hypothetically in nutrition. We show that these proteins are found exclusively in the adult stage of the parasite and should therefore play a role in the interaction with the human host or in the implantation or exploitation of this host. These different approaches, in the context of the interaction between the host and its parasite, will potentially lead to the identification of new strategies for the control or management of the disease in the field. The results generated in this work could also allow to study the role of these molecules in the interaction with other pathogens or their link with other pathologies and more particularly their use in the development of new cancer treatments for example
Fneich, Sara. "Les contributions épigénétiques et génétiques dans l’expression des variants phénotypiques essentiels pour l’interaction : Schistosoma mansoni / Biomphalaria glabrata." Thesis, Perpignan, 2014. http://www.theses.fr/2014PERP1213.
Full textPhenotypic variability is defined by the capacity of a given species to produce phenotypic variants from one genotype under the influence of the environment. There is several thinking about the origin of phenotypic variability. It was generally assumed that the genetic variations are the sole source of phenotypic variants. However, recent studies show that epigenetic variations can provide alternative source for phenotypic variants without change in DNA sequence. Epigenetic is one of the two components of the « Dual inheritance system », theory that evokes the existence of two inheritance system: genetics and epigenetics. In host / parasite interactions, parasites exert selective pressures on their hosts and vice versa, leading to a genuine arms race between both partners. Such interaction requires rapid adaptation where each partner has to evolve the capacity to express new phenotypic variants. We propose that epigenetic variations play an important role in the genesis of phenotypic variability. Schistosoma mansoni is a human parasite that causes intestinal schistosomiasis. Thisdisease is ranking second in the world according to the WHO. Schistosome is characterized by a life cycle that is complex requiring passage by two hosts: the intermediate host Biomphalaria glabrata and the definitive host that could be humansor rodents. During the PhD project, we are interested to the interaction of B. glabrata with S. mansoni. This PhD project aimed to show the involvement of epigenetic changes in the production of phenotypic variants in the context of coevolution of the interaction between S. mansoni and B. glabrata. The two main goals were: (i) To determine the relative weight epigenetic / genetic in the expression of phenotypic variants in the parasite. (ii) To initiate the investigation of epigenetic mechanisms in the host. The results have shown that histone modifications are indeed a source of phenotypic variants in S. mansoni. These phenotypic variants are the basis for better fitness and / or virulence of the parasite. Finally, studying the heritability of epigenetic changes showed a non-mendelian transmission. For B. glabrata, we were the first to highlight the DNA methylation in the snail. 2% of total cytosines are methylated in his genome
Aliaga, Benoît. "Comparaison des épigénomes des espèces non-modèles." Thesis, Perpignan, 2018. http://www.theses.fr/2018PERP0012/document.
Full textEpigenetic mechanisms contribute to generate heritable phenotypic variability. The most studied of these mechanisms is DNA methylation on cytosine residues. Methylation is predominantly (but not exclusively) located in CpG dinucleotides context. Surprisingly, DNA methylation has not been exhaustively studied in many species. During my PhD, I developed a new Galaxy-integrated software to predict DNA methylation based on mutation rates of methylated and unmethylated CpG regions. DNA methylation analysis from several data bases for 150 species have identified 4 typical profiles for methylation distribution all the long gene bodies. These methylation profiles are not congruent with kingdom classification. These results suggest evolutionary convergence under environmental or functional constraints and universality of the DNA methylation code. Our results contribute to pave the way for generating conceptual links between DNA methylation, genes function and environment for a large range of phylogenetic clades.To evaluate the significance of epigenetic program on the phenotypic plasticity, I focused also on the parasitic success of Schistosoma face to its intermediate host, the Biomphalaria glabrata snail. Indeed, the interaction between this trematode parasite causing of the second human disease after malaria and the mollusk is based on a compatibility polymorphism. On the side of the parasite, the main molecular marker of this compatibility is supported by expression profile of polymorphic mucins called SmPoMucs. We demonstrate that epimutator compounds induce chromatin structural modification on mucin promoters. These modifications are directly involved on the phenotypic plasticity since the infectivity rate is enhanced. In this work, we conclude that epigenetic modifications are key elements on adaptive and developmental plasticity for S. mansoni, as essential as the genetic component
Pinaud, Silvain. "Aspects fonctionnel et évolutif de l'immunité mémoire chez les invertébrés : l'escargot vecteur de la Bilharziose intestinale Biomphalaria glabrata comme nouvel organisme modèle ?" Thesis, Perpignan, 2017. http://www.theses.fr/2017PERP0037/document.
Full textInvertebrates focus in 2017 among the major economical and societal issuesacross Earth. Some members are vectors of important infectious pandemic as malaria(Anopheles sp), Zika, Chinkungunya, Yellow fever, etc (Aedes sp), Chagas (Triatoma sp) andtrematodes (Biomphalaria sp, Bulinus sp). Comprehension of immune system of thesevectors has to help scientist to decrease transmission on endemic area. Biomphalariaexposed first failure to be reinfected following first infection as soon as 1998. In my thesiswe explore this immune priming (innate immune memory) and describe an immune shiftfrom cellular to humoral immune response both in phenotype and transcriptomic response.A specificity is handle by specific immune receptor and effector repertoire to distinguish upto different developmental stage of same parasite species. This interaction is alsodependent of mRNAs and Biomphalysin, a ß-PFT coming from bacterial kingdom. Finally,this resistance seems to look alike the trained immune memory of innate cells in vertebrates
Mintsa, Nguema Rodrigue. "Interactions hôte-parasite dans le modèle Biomphalaria pfeifferi-Schistosoma mansoni du Dhofar (Oman) : génétique des populations de l'hôte, traits d'histoire de vie et conséquences sur la transmission du parasite." Phd thesis, Université de Perpignan, 2010. http://tel.archives-ouvertes.fr/tel-00939427.
Full textHuot, Camille. "Caractérisation et rôle dans l'interaction tripartite du microbiote d'hôtes intermédiaires Planorbidae des parasites trématodes Schistosoma spp. agent responsable de la bilharziose." Thesis, Perpignan, 2019. https://theses-public.univ-perp.fr/2019PERP0041.pdf.
Full textEvery living organism is faced, eventually, to microorganisms, whether they are bacteria, viruses, fungi or protists. Microbiota largo sensu represent all these microorganisms, living in a host a T time. It is considered, since years, as an integral compartment of its host. It can affect several host functions, like nutrition, development or immunity. Thus, it can play a key role in interactions between organisms, notably hosts/parasites and hosts/pathogens interactions, improving the immune system of its host or directly affecting the invader. The case of Biomphalaria glabrata and other Planorbidae, intermediate hosts of Schistosoma sp. parasites, responsible agent for bilharzia, is a perfect model to study the role of microbiota in host/parasite interactions. Indeed, understanding the interaction between the worm and its intermediate host could open the way for new measure to fight it, as blocking its lifecycle. The characterization of mollusks' microbiota and its role in the interaction is, thus, an interesting way to explore. During my PhD, I (i) characterized the bacterial and protist microbiota of several Planorbidae species in order to compare it according to host phylogeny; (ii) studied the dynamic of microbiota bacterial communities during an infection kinetic in different B. glabrata strains and; (iii) disturbed the bacterial microbiota and observed the consequences on the mollusks resistance to parasite, in order to highlight a potential role of these bacteria in their host immunity. One of the main results of this work is the high specificity of bacterial communities to their host phylogeny, displaying a phylosymbiosis pattern. Moreover, a variation in infection intensity or prevalence has been highlighted, depending on host/parasite combination, after a microbiota disturbance, suggesting a link between the latter and the antiparasitic immunity of mollusks. Thus, this PhD work is a first step in the understanding of the tripartite interaction between a parasite, its intermediate host and the microbiota of the latter, that could, in time, open new perspectives in the fight against the responsible agent of bilharzia
Luviano, Aparicio Nelia. "The DNA methylation of the snail Biomphalaria glabrata, role and impact on the generation of phenotypic plasticity A simple Dot Blot Assay for population scale screening of DNA methylation The methylome of Biomphalaria glabrata and other mollusks: enduring modification of epigenetic landscape and phenotypic traits by new DNA methylation inhibitors An approach to study the relative contributions of epigenetics and genetics to phenotypic plasticity in the mollusk Biomphalaria glabrata, vector of the human parasite Schistosoma mansoni Hit-and-run epigenetic editing in the invertebrate parasite intermediate host snail Biomphalaria glabrata." Thesis, Perpignan, 2021. http://www.theses.fr/2021PERP0004.
Full textThe understanding of the molecular mechanisms that allows the rapid adaptation of mollusks that are vector of parasites, to new environments is important for disease control. Rapid adaptation is difficult to explain by traditional Mendelian genetics and there is strong evidence supporting that epigenetic mechanisms, are behind rapid adaptations in other species. I studied one epigenetic mark called DNA methylation that has demonstrated to be environmentally modulated and to play a role in phenotypic plasticity in many species, principally plants and vertebrates. Nevertheless, the role of DNA methylation in generating phenotypic variation in invertebrates has been poorly studied. I addressed the question of the role of DNA methylation in the generation of phenotypic plasticity and its heritability in the snail Biomphalaria glabrata, the intermediate host of the parasite Schistosoma mansoni, the causal agent of schistosomiasis, a neglected tropical disease. DNA methylation in B. glabrata has been found to be modulated by the infection of the parasite S. mansoni and by environmental stress, furthermore, it was demonstrated that DNA methylation affects its gene expression, suggesting that DNA methylation can affect phenotypic variation and therefore the adaptation of the snail to new environments. To study the role of DNA methylation in the generation of phenotypic variation, experimental manipulation of the DNA methylation in the snail was necessary. Therefore, two approaches were proposed in this thesis to introduce epimutations in the snail B. glabrata: 1) Random epi-mutagenesis using chemical DNA methyltransferase (DNMT) inhibitors and by consequent segregation of epimutations in self-fertilization lines and 2) Methylate the cytosines of a targeted locus with a targeted epigenome editing tool consisting in the use of the DNA methyltransferase (DNMT3) construct fused to the nuclease-inactivated dCas9. For the random epi-mutagenesis approach, a novel DNMT inhibitor has shown methylation inhibiting effects in two subsequent generations, showing a2multigenerational epigenetic effect and without showing toxic effects in either survival nor fecundity of the snail B. glabrata. In addition, the inhibitor Flv1 has been shown to be effective in other two mollusk species, the freshwater snail Physa acuta and the pacific oyster Crassostrea gigas, which suggests that this inhibitor represents a molecular tool to modulate the methylation of DNA in other mollusks. In the case of the targeted epimutagenesis approach, I used a transfection method that allows introducing two plasmid vectors with an SV40 viral promoter in vivo in embryos of the snail B. glabrata. The transfection was performed at the gastrula stage, which resulted in mosaic incorporation of the vector into the transfected cells. However, the method was able to methylate some CpG sites of the targeted gene
Borel, Gae͏̈tan. "Le foyer de bilharziose à Schistosoma Mansoni de l'arrière mangrove de Guadeloupe : essai de lutte biologique contre le mollusque vecteur, Biomphalaria glabrata, à l'aide du mollusque compétiteur, Melanoides tuberculata : dynamique des populations du parasite chez l'hôte réservoir, Rattus rattus." Montpellier 2, 1990. http://www.theses.fr/1990MON20208.
Full textVenancio, Thiago Motta. "Análise computacional da expressão gênica no parasita protostomado Schistosoma mansoni." Universidade de São Paulo, 2008. http://www.teses.usp.br/teses/disponiveis/95/95131/tde-11032008-175724/.
Full textSchistosoma mansoni is one of the causative agents of schistosomiasis, a neglected infectious disease which affects millions of people worldwide. It is a dioecious parasitic platyhelminth, with a complex life cycle composed of six stages. In the past five years, large scale sequencing projects have generated a reasonable amount of expressed sequence tag (EST) data that can still be better explored. The goal of this thesis is to computationally analyze the S. mansoni gene expression, under three different focuses: (i) DNA microarrays, for which we describe the design and data analyses of a cDNA (4,600 elements) and an oligonucleotide (44,000 elements) platform. We also describe the implementation of several analysis tools which are widely used in our group. Our microarrays are being used in several projects, such as the study of parasite response to drugs and hormones, as well as its gene expression pattern during the life cycle. (ii) In silico identification of possible trans acting natural sense-antisense pairs, potentially important in gene regulation. (iii) Analyses of the available EST dataset under an evolutionary perspective. We have found interesting genes such as a possible angiogenesis inhibitor and a regulator of the mevalonate pathway, known to be essential for egg production; eggs are the main cause of morbidity of schistosomiasis. The results reported here contribute to the understanding of the complex biology underlying the S. mansoni life cycle and to accelerate the search for future possibilities of treatment.
Tararam, Cibele Aparecida. "Investigação de genes diferencialmente expressos em estágios intra-hospedeiro de Schistosoma mansoni como candidatos vacinais." Universidade de São Paulo, 2011. http://www.teses.usp.br/teses/disponiveis/87/87131/tde-13092011-172409/.
Full textSchistosomiasis is an important disease in public health. Genes selected from the S. mansoni transcriptome, 56% of them were confirmed as differentially expressed in schistosomula by real time RT-PCR. Among them, the protein Ly6.5 is present in the tegument of schistosomula and adult worms by GPI anchors. The function of inhibiting the complement system was not detected, but it may be involved in maintenance of the tegument. The gene SmVal7 revealed transcripts in the esophageal glands of adult worms by in situ hybridization, while the localization of the protein is not defined. Annexin is associated with the membranes of the schistosomula and adult worms tegument in a calcium-dependent manner. The suppression of the gene by RNAi did not resulted in a significant phenotypic change in schistosomula in vitro. Parcial inhibition of the coagulation activity and potential function of endocytosis of membrane-bound antibodies were observed. Immunization with the rLy6.5, rSmVal7, rAneI or rAneII-II-III did not show reduction in worm burden recovery after challenge.
Hahn, Ulrike K. "Cytotoxic responses of Biomphalaria glabrata hemocytes towards the parasite Schistosoma mansoni : the role of reactive oxygen and nitrogen species." Thesis, 2000. http://hdl.handle.net/1957/33243.
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