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Autoradiographic studies on the uptake of [14C]-Glucose by Bithynia tentaculata (Mollusca: Gastropoda) and its larval digeneans*

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 June 2009

Trevor A. J. Reader
Trevor A. J. Reader
Affiliation:
Department of Biological Sciences, King Henry I Street, Portsmouth POI 2DY, England
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Abstract

Autoradiographs revealed that sporocysts of Cercaria helvetica XII and rediae of Sphaeridiotrema globulus, incubated in a medium containing [14C]-glucose, exhibited slight radioactivity in their body wall after only 30 seconds incubation. Activity in sporocysts and rcdiae gradually increased as the incubation period was extended until after 4 minutes, a heavy reaction was observed in the parasite body wall as well as in the germ balls and developing cercariae within the parasite brood chambers. The redial caecum appeared to incorporate the labelled compound much more intensely than did the redial body wall.

When uninfected Bithynia tentaculata, as well as B. tentaculata infected with either S. globulus or C. helvetica XII, were maintained in pond water containing [14C]-glucose, activity could be detected in the gills of both infected and uninfected snails after 5 hours incubation. After 12 hours a much heavier labelling was apparent in the gills, together with moderate activity in the haemocoelic spaces, foot musculature, stomach wall, and gut contents. After 20 hours a more intense labelling was apparent in these regions of the snail body and, in addition, some activity could be detected in the digestive gjand tubules of the host and, in infected snails, in the bodies of developing parasites. After 30 hours incubation the labelled compound had become incorporated into most of the host tissues but was most intense in the digestive gland tubules. Heavy activity was also evident in the parasites at this stage although certain cystogenous gland cells of the cercariae of both parasite species did not incorporate the labelled compound.

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Journal of Helminthology , Volume 48 , Issue 4 , December 1974 , pp. 235 - 240
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1974

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