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Gastrodermis ultrastructure of the different life stages of the polyopisthocotylean monogenean gill parasite Discocotyle sagittata

The polyopisthocotylean Discocotyle sagittata is a blood-feeding monogenean that infects the gill lamellae of rainbow trout, Oncorhynchus mykiss, and brown trout, Salmo trutta. The ultrastructure of their alimentary tract, at different stages of the life cycle, was previously unknown. Here, we show...

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Autores principales: Cable, Joanne, El-Naggar, Mohamed Mohamed
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Publicado: Springer Berlin Heidelberg 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8397695/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34406468
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00436-021-07286-6
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description The polyopisthocotylean Discocotyle sagittata is a blood-feeding monogenean that infects the gill lamellae of rainbow trout, Oncorhynchus mykiss, and brown trout, Salmo trutta. The ultrastructure of their alimentary tract, at different stages of the life cycle, was previously unknown. Here, we show that the gastrodermis of the oncomiracidium, subadult, and adult D. sagittata follows the same structural organization as that of other blood-feeding polyopisthocotyleans, being composed of digestive cells alternating with a connecting syncytium. Digestive cells of the oncomiracidium are found in three developmental forms: undifferentiated, developing differentiated, and differentiated (presumably functioning) cells whereas those of adult and subadult are present in a single functioning state with variable size and content. The apical cytoplasm of adult digestive cells forms conical outgrowths, a feature which is absent in the oncomiracidium. The connecting syncytium of the oncomiracidium has no evidence of metabolic activity, while that of adult and subadult is metabolically active. The lamellae of the connecting syncytium of adults and subadults are more numerous and larger, and their terminal portions are expanded, compared with those of the oncomiracidium. Parallel, tubular, membranous structures are characteristic of the apical cytoplasm of the connecting syncytium of the oncomiracidium. Luminal lamella in the oncomiracidium, subadult, and adult form balloon-like structures enclosing some luminal contents, but those of the oncomiracidium are larger, bounded by nucleated cytoplasmic layer, and enclose more luminal contents. The possible functions of these structures and mechanism of digestion in both oncomiracidium and adult are discussed.
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spelling pubmed-83976952021-09-15 Gastrodermis ultrastructure of the different life stages of the polyopisthocotylean monogenean gill parasite Discocotyle sagittata Cable, Joanne El-Naggar, Mohamed Mohamed Parasitol Res Fish Parasitology - Original Paper The polyopisthocotylean Discocotyle sagittata is a blood-feeding monogenean that infects the gill lamellae of rainbow trout, Oncorhynchus mykiss, and brown trout, Salmo trutta. The ultrastructure of their alimentary tract, at different stages of the life cycle, was previously unknown. Here, we show that the gastrodermis of the oncomiracidium, subadult, and adult D. sagittata follows the same structural organization as that of other blood-feeding polyopisthocotyleans, being composed of digestive cells alternating with a connecting syncytium. Digestive cells of the oncomiracidium are found in three developmental forms: undifferentiated, developing differentiated, and differentiated (presumably functioning) cells whereas those of adult and subadult are present in a single functioning state with variable size and content. The apical cytoplasm of adult digestive cells forms conical outgrowths, a feature which is absent in the oncomiracidium. The connecting syncytium of the oncomiracidium has no evidence of metabolic activity, while that of adult and subadult is metabolically active. The lamellae of the connecting syncytium of adults and subadults are more numerous and larger, and their terminal portions are expanded, compared with those of the oncomiracidium. Parallel, tubular, membranous structures are characteristic of the apical cytoplasm of the connecting syncytium of the oncomiracidium. Luminal lamella in the oncomiracidium, subadult, and adult form balloon-like structures enclosing some luminal contents, but those of the oncomiracidium are larger, bounded by nucleated cytoplasmic layer, and enclose more luminal contents. The possible functions of these structures and mechanism of digestion in both oncomiracidium and adult are discussed. Springer Berlin Heidelberg 2021-08-18 2021 /pmc/articles/PMC8397695/ /pubmed/34406468 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00436-021-07286-6 Text en © The Author(s) 2021 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Open AccessThis article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License, which permits use, sharing, adaptation, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, as long as you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons licence, and indicate if changes were made. The images or other third party material in this article are included in the article's Creative Commons licence, unless indicated otherwise in a credit line to the material. If material is not included in the article's Creative Commons licence and your intended use is not permitted by statutory regulation or exceeds the permitted use, you will need to obtain permission directly from the copyright holder. To view a copy of this licence, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) .
spellingShingle Fish Parasitology - Original Paper
Cable, Joanne
El-Naggar, Mohamed Mohamed
Gastrodermis ultrastructure of the different life stages of the polyopisthocotylean monogenean gill parasite Discocotyle sagittata
title Gastrodermis ultrastructure of the different life stages of the polyopisthocotylean monogenean gill parasite Discocotyle sagittata
title_full Gastrodermis ultrastructure of the different life stages of the polyopisthocotylean monogenean gill parasite Discocotyle sagittata
title_fullStr Gastrodermis ultrastructure of the different life stages of the polyopisthocotylean monogenean gill parasite Discocotyle sagittata
title_full_unstemmed Gastrodermis ultrastructure of the different life stages of the polyopisthocotylean monogenean gill parasite Discocotyle sagittata
title_short Gastrodermis ultrastructure of the different life stages of the polyopisthocotylean monogenean gill parasite Discocotyle sagittata
title_sort gastrodermis ultrastructure of the different life stages of the polyopisthocotylean monogenean gill parasite discocotyle sagittata
topic Fish Parasitology - Original Paper
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8397695/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34406468
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00436-021-07286-6
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