Estudo morfológico comparativo das glândulas salivares de fêmeas de carrapatos Rhipicephalus (Boophilus) microplus (Canestrini, 1887) (Acari: Ixodidae) em dois estágios de alimentação
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2006-02-22
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Nunes, Erika Takagi [UNESP]
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Universidade Estadual Paulista (Unesp)
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As glândulas salivares dos carrapatos são órgãos importantes na transmissão de patógenos a seus hospedeiros, entretanto, o conhecimento das mudanças morfofisiológicas que nelas ocorrem durante o período de alimentação são limitados. Neste trabalho estudou-se as glândulas salivares de fêmeas de carrapatos Rhipicephalus (Boophilus) microplus por meio de técnicas de morfologia, histoquímica e citoquímica de luz e ultra-estrutural em fêmeas em dois diferentes estágios de alimentação (inicial: 24 a 48 horas de infestação, peso inferior a 0,03g e semiingurgitado: 4 a 5 dias de infestação, peso entre 0,13g e 0,25g), de modo a verificar as mudanças que ocorreriam no tecido glandular neste período e identificar quando teria início o processo de degeneração, além de estabelecer que tipo de morte celular estaria envolvida. As glândulas salivares das fêmeas em início de alimentação mostraram suas células fortemente positivas para ATPase e eficientes na exclusão de corante vital, estando portanto, ativas ou apenas em início de degeneração. Os núcleos, de maneira geral, apresentaram-se preservados, sendo assim, descartada a ocorrência de morte celular neste estágio. A localização da fosfatase ácida demonstrou a participação desta enzima na atividade metabólica destes órgãos, regulando o processo secretor e degradando proteínas. Fêmeas no estágio semiingurgitado apresentaram glândulas com características de degeneração, como perda das especializações de membrana, presença de figuras mielínicas, vacúolos autofágicos, lisossomos, além de alterações nucleares como condensação e marginalização cromatínica, formação de blebs e chegando à fragmentação nuclear. À medida que o processo de alimentação avançou, houve aumento da enzima fosfatase ácida, entretanto, os ácinos mantiveram-se fortemente ATPase positivos.
The ticks salivary glands are important organs to the pathogens transmission to their hosts, however, the knowledge regarding the morphophysiological changes which occur in these structures during the feeding period are limited. In this work, the salivary glands of the Rhipicephalus (Boophilus) microplus female ticks were studied, using morphological,histochemical and ultrastructural citochemistry techniques in individuals at two different feeding stages (initial: 24-48 hours of attachment; weigh lower than 0.03g, and semi-engorged : 4-5 days of attachment; weigh around 0.13 and 0.25g ), in attempt to verifying the changes that would occur in the glandular tissue at this feeding period and identifying when the degeneration process would start, besides establishing which cell death type would be involved. The salivary glands from females at beginning of feeding showed their cells strongly positive to ATPase and efficient for the vital stain exclusion, being thus, active or at initial stages of degeneration. The nuclei, in a general way, present themselves preserved, being thus discarded the signs of the apoptosis occurrence in this stage. The acid phosphatase localization demonstrated this enzyme participation in the metabolic activity of these organs, regulating the secretory process and degrading proteins. Females at semi-engorged stage showed glands with degenerative characteristics, as loss of membrane especialization, presence of mielinic figures, autophagic vacuoles, lysosomes, besides nuclear alterations as chromatin condensation and marginalization, blebs formation and nuclear fragmentation. As the feeding process progressed, there was a acid phosphatase enzyme increase, however, the acini maintained strongly ATPase- positive. The results here obtained showed that the R. (B.) microplus salivary glands in females at... (Complete abstract, click electronic access below)
The ticks salivary glands are important organs to the pathogens transmission to their hosts, however, the knowledge regarding the morphophysiological changes which occur in these structures during the feeding period are limited. In this work, the salivary glands of the Rhipicephalus (Boophilus) microplus female ticks were studied, using morphological,histochemical and ultrastructural citochemistry techniques in individuals at two different feeding stages (initial: 24-48 hours of attachment; weigh lower than 0.03g, and semi-engorged : 4-5 days of attachment; weigh around 0.13 and 0.25g ), in attempt to verifying the changes that would occur in the glandular tissue at this feeding period and identifying when the degeneration process would start, besides establishing which cell death type would be involved. The salivary glands from females at beginning of feeding showed their cells strongly positive to ATPase and efficient for the vital stain exclusion, being thus, active or at initial stages of degeneration. The nuclei, in a general way, present themselves preserved, being thus discarded the signs of the apoptosis occurrence in this stage. The acid phosphatase localization demonstrated this enzyme participation in the metabolic activity of these organs, regulating the secretory process and degrading proteins. Females at semi-engorged stage showed glands with degenerative characteristics, as loss of membrane especialization, presence of mielinic figures, autophagic vacuoles, lysosomes, besides nuclear alterations as chromatin condensation and marginalization, blebs formation and nuclear fragmentation. As the feeding process progressed, there was a acid phosphatase enzyme increase, however, the acini maintained strongly ATPase- positive. The results here obtained showed that the R. (B.) microplus salivary glands in females at... (Complete abstract, click electronic access below)
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Ácaro, Histologia, Histoquímica, Morte celular, Carrapato-do-boi, Ticks
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NUNES, Erika Takagi. Estudo morfológico comparativo das glândulas salivares de fêmeas de carrapatos Rhipicephalus (Boophilus) microplus (Canestrini, 1887) (Acari: Ixodidae) em dois estágios de alimentação. 2006. vii, 143 f. Dissertação (mestrado) - Universidade Estadual Paulista, Instituto de Biociências, 2006.