中国农业科学 ›› 2018, Vol. 51 ›› Issue (19): 3800-3806.doi: 10.3864/j.issn.0578-1752.2018.19.016

• 畜牧·兽医·资源昆虫 • 上一篇    下一篇

ME 49株弓形虫速殖子对昆明小鼠的致病性

陆瑶瑶,苏瑞景,董辉,王梦瑶,杨玉荣   

  1. 河南农业大学牧医工程学院, 郑州 450002
  • 收稿日期:2018-01-14 出版日期:2018-10-01 发布日期:2018-10-01
  • 通讯作者: 杨玉荣,E-mail:yangyu7712@sina.com
  • 作者简介:陆瑶瑶,E-mail:Qiaommy@yeah.net
  • 基金资助:
    中国博士后科学基金(2016M600577)、河南省高校科技创新人才支持计划(17HASTIT038)、河南省自然科学基金(162300410138)

Pathogenicity of ME 49 Strain Toxoplasma gondii Tachyzoites in Kunming Mice

LU YaoYao, SU RuiJing, DONG Hui, WANG MengYao, YANG YuRong   

  1. College of Animal Science and Veterinary Medicine, Henan Agricultural University, Zhengzhou 450002
  • Received:2018-01-14 Online:2018-10-01 Published:2018-10-01

摘要: 【目的】通过ME 49株弓形虫速殖子对小鼠致病性的研究,了解该虫株速殖子的毒力特点,为深入研究弓形虫弱毒株的致病特征提供研究基础。【方法】以ME 49株弓形虫速殖子为研究对象,用血球计数板将速殖子梯度浓度稀释为<100,100-106 个/mL,腹腔注射昆明小鼠,死亡小鼠的组织直接涂片检测肺脏及肠系膜淋巴结速殖子或大脑组织中弓形虫包囊数量,肺脏常规石蜡切片进行H.E及IHC染色,统计涂片和MAT方法的结果分析弓形虫的感染情况,并统计小鼠的感染率和生存率。【结果】0-60 DPI,死亡小鼠组织涂片显微镜检查和MAT法检测小鼠血清中弓形虫IgG抗体结果显示,<100、100、101及≥102速殖子浓度组小鼠的弓形虫感染率分别为0、20%、60%及100%。104速殖子浓度组小鼠有3只分别在12、16、19 DPI死亡;105速殖子浓度组小鼠有2只在11 DPI死亡,1只在8 DPI死亡;106速殖子浓度组小鼠有2只在9 DPI死亡,在7、8、10 DPI各死亡1只,感染弓形虫的小鼠生存率为62.07%(18/29)。对死亡小鼠的肺脏和肠系膜淋巴结直接涂片,显微镜镜检可见弓形虫速殖子;H.E及IHC染色,肺脏可以观察到弓形虫包囊及弓形虫抗原。对<100、100、101及102处死小鼠的大脑组织研磨镜检,结果显示<100和100感染组阳性小鼠大脑中弓形虫包囊数均为0;101感染组阳性小鼠大脑中弓形虫包囊数分别为60、100和0;102感染组阳性小鼠大脑中弓形虫包囊数量分别为20、40、40、60和0。60 -600 DPI,103速殖子浓度组小鼠在184 、435 和569 DPI各有1只死亡,大脑中未检测到弓形虫包囊;105速殖子浓度组小鼠1只在188 DPI死亡,大脑包囊数量为20,其余小鼠存活时间为590 DPI。【结论】本研究探讨了ME 49株弓形虫速殖子对昆明小鼠的致病性,≥102速殖子浓度可引起小鼠100%感染,106速殖子浓度可引起小鼠100%死亡,小鼠死亡的时间为7-19 DPI,感染小鼠生存率为62.07%(18/29),大脑包囊成囊率为53.85%(7/13),平均包囊量为0-53个包囊/小鼠大脑,最长存活时间590 DPI。ME 49株弓形虫速殖子对小鼠致病性较弱,大脑可见弓形虫包囊,高浓度速殖子可引起小鼠死亡。

关键词: 弓形虫, ME 49虫株, 速殖子, 昆明小鼠, 致病性

Abstract: 【Objective】In order to provide a basis for study the pathogenic characteristic of Toxoplasma gondii (T. gondii), ME 49 strain of T. gondii tachyzoites were explored to understand its virulence.【Method】In this study, the tachyzoites of ME 49 strain T. gondii were diluted with the concentration of <100, 100-106 and inoculated to Kunming mice by intraperitoneal injection. The tachyzoites in lung and mesentery lymph nodes of mice were checked, and the cysts of T. gondii in brain were numbered. Besides, the paraffin sections in the lungs were stained with HE and IHC. The results of smear and MAT were used to analyze the infection rate and survival rate of mice.【Result】0 DPI-60 DPI, the result of T. gondii IgG antibody by MAT showed that the seroprevalence of mice with <100, 100, 101 and ≥102 were 0, 20%, 60% and 100%, respectively. Three mice with 104 tachyzoites died at 12 DPI, 16 DPI and 19 DPI, respectively. Two mice died at 11 DPI and one mouse died at 8 DPI with 105 tachyzoites. Two mice with 106 tachyzoites died at 9 DPI, three mice died at 7 DPI, 8 DPI and 10 DPI, respectively, and the survival rate of mice infected with T. gondii was 62.07% (18/29). The tachyzoites of lungs and mesentery lymph nodes of dead mice were found by microscopy, and the cysts and antigen of T. gondii were observed in the lung by HE and IHC. The cysts in brain of T. gondii infection-positive mice with <100, and 100 tachyzoites were not found, the cysts in brain of T. gondii positive mice with 101 tachyzoite were 60, 100 and 0, respectively, 102 tachyzoites of that were 20, 40, 60, and 0, respectively, 60 DPI-600 DPI, three mice died with 103 tachyzoites at 184 DPI, 435 DPI and 569 DPI, respectively, but no cysts of T. gondii were detected in the brains of mice. One mouse died at 188 DPI with the 105 tachyzoites and the cysts was 20, while the survived time of remaining mice was 590 DPI.【Conclusion】In this study, the pathogenicity of ME 49 strain of T. gondii tachyzoites in Kunming mice was explored. 100% infection rate for mice was ≥102 T. gondii tachyzoites, the 100% lethal dose was 106 tachyzoites, the time of death in infected mice was 7 DPI-19 DPI, the brain cysts was 0-53 per mouse, and the longest survival time was 590 DPI. The T. gondii tachyzoites of ME 49 strain had low pathogenicity to Kunming mice, and the cysts could be formed in brain, and only cause death of mice at high concentration of tachyzoites.

Key words: Toxoplasma gondii, ME 49 strain, tachyzoites, Kunming mice, pathogenicity