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      Comparative dynamics of peritoneal cell immunophenotypes in sheep during the early and late stages of the infection with Fasciola hepatica by flow cytometric analysis

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          Background

          The peritoneal cell populations (PCP) are thought to play a crucial role during the early immune response in Fasciola hepatica infection while newly excysted juveniles (NEJ) are migrating in the peritoneal cavity (PC) towards the liver. In this study, we aimed to determine the immunophenotypes of the PCP and to analyse the dynamics of the recruitment of the PCP during the early and late stage of the infection in sheep infected with F. hepatica.

          Methods

          Thirty-seven sheep were divided into three groups: Group 1 ( n = 20) and 2 ( n = 10) were challenged with F. hepatica, Group 3 ( n = 7) was not infected and remained as uninfected control (UC). After the slaughtering, peritoneal lavages were carried out to isolate peritoneal cell populations at 1, 3, 9 and 18 days post-infection (dpi) for Group 1 and at 14 weeks post-infection (wpi) for Group 2 and 3. Flow cytometry was conducted to assess the dynamics of peritoneal cavity cell populations.

          Results

          TCD4 cells showed a significant decrease at 1 and 18 dpi when compared to UC; no statistical differences were detected for TCD8 and WC1 +γδ during the early stage of the infection with respect to the UC. CD14 cells exhibited a decreasing trend, with a significant decrease at 9 and 18 dpi when compared to the UC. The dynamics of MHCII and CD83 cells showed a similar increasing pattern from 3 to 18 dpi. During the chronic stage, both TCD4 and TCD8 cells showed no significant differences when compared to the UC, although a slight but statistically significant higher level of WC1 +γδ cells was observed. A lower percentage of antigen-presenting cells (APCs) was detected with respect to the UC.

          Conclusions

          The recruitment of the lymphocytes subsets did not show a significant increase during the course of the infection and only WC1 +γδ cells displayed a significant increase at the chronic stage. For the CD14, a decreasing trend was observed during the early stage, which was statistically significant at the chronic stage of the infection. Peritoneal CD83 and MHCII cells developed an increasing trend during the early stage of infection, and showed a significant decrease at the late stage of the infection.

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          Fascioliasis and other food-borne trematodiases are included in the list of important helminthiases with a great impact on human development. Six plant-borne trematode species have been found to affect humans: Fasciola hepatica, Fasciola gigantica and Fasciolopsis buski (Fasciolidae), Gastrodiscoides hominis (Gastrodiscidae), Watsonius watsoni and Fischoederius elongatus (Paramphistomidae). Whereas F. hepatica and F. gigantica are hepatic, the other four species are intestinal parasites. The fasciolids and the gastrodiscid cause important zoonoses distributed throughout many countries, while W. watsoni and F. elongatus have been only accidentally detected in humans. Present climate and global changes appear to increasingly affect snail-borne helminthiases, which are strongly dependent on environmental factors. Fascioliasis is a good example of an emerging/re-emerging parasitic disease in many countries as a consequence of many phenomena related to environmental changes as well as man-made modifications. The ability of F. hepatica to spread is related to its capacity to colonise and adapt to new hosts and environments, even at the extreme inhospitality of very high altitude. Moreover, the spread of F. hepatica from its original European range to other continents is related to the geographic expansion of its original European lymnaeid intermediate host species Galba truncatula, the American species Pseudosuccinea columella, and its adaptation to other lymnaeid species authochthonous in the newly colonised areas. Although fasciolopsiasis and gastrodiscoidiasis can be controlled along with other food-borne parasitoses, fasciolopsiasis still remains a public health problem in many endemic areas despite sustained WHO control programmes. Fasciolopsiasis has become a re-emerging infection in recent years and gastrodiscoidiasis, initially supposed to be restricted to Asian countries, is now being reported in African countries.
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              Fasciola hepatica vaccine: We may not be there yet but we’re on the right road

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                Contributors
                v72pecar@uco.es
                fjmartinez@uco.es
                v62zafle@uco.es
                b62mohev@uco.es
                ilpl0510@gmail.com
                mtrcampillo@gmail.com
                jandromilla@hotmail.com
                an1pearj@uco.es
                amm@uco.es
                h12bupel@uco.es
                Journal
                Parasit Vectors
                Parasit Vectors
                Parasites & Vectors
                BioMed Central (London )
                1756-3305
                14 December 2018
                14 December 2018
                2018
                : 11
                : 640
                Affiliations
                [1 ]ISNI 0000 0001 2183 9102, GRID grid.411901.c, Animal Health Department (Parasitology and Parasitic Diseases), Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, , University of Córdoba, Campus de Rabanales, ; Ctra. Madrid-Cádiz, km 396, 14014 Córdoba, Spain
                [2 ]ISNI 0000 0001 2183 9102, GRID grid.411901.c, Anatomy and Comparative Pathology Department, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, , University of Córdoba, Campus de Rabanales, ; Ctra. Madrid-Cádiz, km 396, 14014 Córdoba, Spain
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                © The Author(s). 2018

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                History
                : 24 September 2018
                : 2 December 2018
                Funding
                Funded by: FundRef http://dx.doi.org/10.13039/100010661, Horizon 2020 Framework Programme;
                Award ID: H2020-635408
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                Funded by: FundRef http://dx.doi.org/10.13039/501100003176, Ministerio de Educación, Cultura y Deporte;
                Award ID: AGL2015-67023-C2-1-R
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                Parasitology
                flow cytometry,nej,fasciola hepatica,peritoneal cells,recruitment
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                flow cytometry, nej, fasciola hepatica, peritoneal cells, recruitment

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