Neuropeptide F-immunoreactivity in the tetrathyridium of Mesocestoides corti (Cestoda: Cyclophyllidea) - PubMed (original) (raw)

Neuropeptide F-immunoreactivity in the tetrathyridium of Mesocestoides corti (Cestoda: Cyclophyllidea)

G Hrckova et al. Parasitol Res. 1993.

Abstract

The distribution pattern and subcellular localisation of neuropeptide F (NPF) immunoreactivity (IR) in the tetrathyridium stage of Mesocestoides corti were investigated by whole-mount immunocytochemistry in conjunction with confocal scanning laser microscopy (CSLM) and by immunoelectron microscopy using immunogold labeling. Using an antiserum directed to the C-terminal decapeptide amide (residues 30-39) of synthetic NPF (Moniezia expansa), CSLM revealed NPF-IR throughout the central and peripheral nervous systems of parental and dividing tetrathyridia. Ultrastructurally, gold labeling of NPF-IR was confined to the contents of the smaller of the two sizes of electron-dense neuronal vesicle identified.

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