RAPD与形态学对片形吸虫种类鉴别的比较研究

通过形态学特征观察与随机扩增多态DNA（RAPD）技术，对国内外8株片形吸虫（Fasciola)作比较鉴别。形态典型的6株肝片形吸虫（F.hepatica)和1株大片形吸虫（F.gigantica)两种方法结果。南京的1株不典型虫种（F.sp)，其形态特征类似日本中间种／印度片形吸虫（F.indica),RAPD检测则与大片形吸虫聚类，差异仅0．255，亲缘于大片形吸虫，是一株形态不典型的大片形吸虫。比较表明，形态学方法能简单易行正确地判定典型片形吸虫，但难以识别中间种或亲缘种；RAPD技术则从分子遗传变异水平上鉴别虫种，有利于对中间种或亲缘种的识别及新种的发现，两者具有相互不可替代的相辅相成作用。     

肝片形明虫 长菲策吸虫及日本血吸虫DNA的多态性检测

本试验用随机扩增DNA多态性技术对肝片形吸虫、长菲策吸虫和日本血吸虫虫体总DNA的多态性进行检测，结果筛选出三条具有种鉴别意义的RAPD谱带。这些特征性条带可望标记成探针用于粪便学检查中虫卵的鉴定。     

片形吸虫种类鉴定的分子生物学研究进展

片形吸虫是反刍动物的重要病原，主要有肝片吸虫和大片吸虫，两者形态极相似，故对其鉴定一直是研究的热点。近年来应用分子生物学技术，由蛋白质、染色体、特定基因组DNA等不同分子水平鉴定片形吸虫种类的研究报道较多，揭示了片形吸虫的种内差异，种间差异和亲缘关系，从而为片形吸虫（尤其是中间种和亲缘种）种类鉴定提供了新途径，就此进展作一概述。     

分子分类结合形态学观察鉴定重庆地区片形吸虫种类

目的明确重庆地区片形吸虫的种类,并为重庆地区片形吸虫的分类研究提供科学的参考依据。方法在对重庆地区黄牛、水牛肝脏上寄生的片形吸虫形态结构进行观察后,根据片形吸虫第一内转录间隔区(ITS-1)和第二内转录间隔区(ITS-2)基因设计特异性引物,运用多聚酶链式反应(PCR)技术,以法国肝片吸虫gDNA为对照,对所采样品gDNA用大片吸虫和肝片吸虫的ITS-1和ITS-2特异性引物进行扩增。结果形态学鉴定均为“不规则”片形吸虫,电泳结果显示均分别扩增出特异性ITS-1和ITS-2条带。结论综合形态学和PCR鉴定结果,初步认为重庆地区存在着大片吸虫和肝片吸虫的“中间型”。     

片形吸虫Cold-SSCP鉴别方法的建立

以采自我国不同地区的片形吸虫虫体为研究对象，PCR扩增出核糖体DNA (rDNA)的第一内转录间隔区(ITS-1)序列，然后采用非同位素的单链构象多态性(Cold-SSCP)方法分析PCR产物，对不同地区片形吸虫进行分子鉴定。所有样品经Cold-SSCP分析显示2种带型。样品测序及序列分析结果表明，第1种为肝片形吸虫带型，另1种为大片形吸虫带型。本研究建立了区分大片形吸虫和肝片形吸虫的Cold SSCP方法，可用于这2种吸虫的分子流行病学调查，从而为片形吸虫分子生物学的进一步研究奠定了基础。     

我国片形吸虫线粒体NADH脱氢酶亚单位1基因(nad1)多态性的研究

用γ^33P对引物进行标记，首次对来自国内不同地区、不同宿主的片形吸虫线粒体烟酰胺腺嘌呤二核苷酸(NADH)脱氢酶亚单位Ⅰ基因部分序列(pnad1)进行PCR扩增及DNA单链构象多态性(PCR-SSCP)分析，结果76个虫体均成功地扩增出约200bp的基因片段；76个样品经过PCR-SSCP分析后，筛选出11个代表性样品进行测序。测序结果显示我国片形吸虫pnad1序列种间差异大于种内变异，表明nad1序列可以作为片形吸虫种内和种间遗传多态性研究的标记。     

新疆南疆规模羊场片形吸虫的基因鉴定及分析

片形吸虫是严重影响新疆养羊业发展的主要寄生虫病之一。本研究从新疆南疆某规模化羊场感染片形吸虫分离获得3株虫体并提取总DNA,以片形吸虫ITS-1、ITS-2基因设计2对特异性引物,PCR扩增、电泳,获得预期目的片段约360 bp、250 bp。测序结果经核苷酸同源性比较、系统发育树分析,来自新疆南疆样品与肝片吸虫参考株ITS-1、ITS-2基因序列核苷酸同源性达100%、99.7%,证实新疆南疆某规模化羊场感染的片形吸虫为肝片形吸虫。     

酶切图谱及序列分析虫体ITS2鉴别中国的片形吸虫

提取我国广西、四川、黑龙江、甘肃等地及法国的片形吸虫的总DNA，用PCR扩增完整的ITS－2。对得到的PCR产物用限制性内切酶Hsp 92Ⅱ，RcaI进行酶切和RFLP技术分析。并对ITS－2PCR产物进行双向测序。以便确定国内片形吸虫种内及种间ITS－2的特点和序列变异的水平。结果显示：广西、四川、黑龙江、法国等地的样品通过PCR均扩增到约550bp的ITS－2目标片段。Hsp92 Ⅱ,Rcal可区别不同种的片形吸虫。对PCR产物的序列分析结果表明片形吸虫ITS－2全长均为362bp，同种内ITS－2序列无变异，不同种间ITS－2序列存在5－6个碱基差异，变异率约为2.8%。对各地区片形吸虫ITS－2的PCR－RFLP分析与对PCR产物的DNA序列分析一致证明，来自四川的样品和法国样品同属肝片形吸虫F.hepatica；广西样品属大片形吸虫F.gigantica；黑龙江的样品为中间型片形吸虫。本研究首次从分子水平上证实我国除有肝片形吸虫、大片形吸虫外，还存在中间型的片形吸虫。     

片形吸虫第一内转录间隔区DNA多态性的研究

以不同地区的片形吸虫虫株为研究对象，经PCR扩增出了ITS-1部分基因片段，采用单链构象多态性(SSCP)方法，并结合序列分析研究了不同地区片形吸虫ITS-1 DNA的多态性。不同地区的样品经SSCP分析，显示3种带型，第1种为大片形吸虫的带型，第2种为肝片形吸虫的带型，第3种为2种带形的混合带型。广西区样品和大部分贵州省样品属于大片形吸虫带型；四川省、黑龙江省和部分贵州省样品为混合带型；南京市和甘肃省样品为肝片形吸虫带型或混合带型。测序结果表明，根据ITS-1基因的序列变异位点可区分2种片形吸虫；表现为混合带型的样品在变异位点具有多态性。本研究结果显示，ITS-1片段可作为遗传标记用以区分大片形吸虫和肝片形吸虫，同时也证实，在我国除了这2种片形吸虫外，还可能存在着“中间型”的片形吸虫。     

青海省藏羊片形吸虫18S rRNA基因的扩增及虫种鉴定

为了进一步确定青海地区藏羊体内片形吸虫,并为青海省藏羊体内片形吸虫的分类研究提供科学的参考依据,取片形吸虫基因组DNA,利用保守引物,PCR扩增18S r RNA片段并测序。应用DNAMAN软件用对所测得的序列与Gen Bank中已经发布的大片吸虫(Fasciola gigantica)和肝片吸虫(Fasciola hepatica)的18S r RNA序列进行比对分析。结果发现测得目的片段长度为1 737 bp,测得序列与大片吸虫18S r RNA序列相似度为92.98%,与肝片吸虫的18S r RNA序列相似度为99.77%,从而进一步确定所采虫体为肝片吸虫。     

两种片形吸虫感染家兔的试验比较

用大片形吸虫和肝片形吸虫感染家兔以便选择大片形吸虫对动物的最佳感染量,及明确肝片形吸虫和大片形吸虫的生物学和对动物宿主的致病力的差别。结果显示肝片形吸虫虫体在兔体内发育成熟的时间早于大片形吸虫,感染成活率更高,对动物的病理损害明显比感染大片形吸虫兔的病变要轻。本试验证实这两种片形吸虫除了形态学的差异外,在对动物致病力、病理损害等方面确实存在差别。     

大片形吸虫幼虫的培育及其感染小鼠的研究

本试验旨在培育大片形吸虫囊蚴,着重研究大片形吸虫在中间宿主体内的发育过程和临床病理变化.人工培养和孵化大片形吸虫虫卵,用孵化出来的大片形吸虫毛蚴感染中间宿主小土蜗螺,收集大片形吸虫囊蚴,再用囊蚴感染试验小鼠.结果显示,囊蚴经口感染试验小鼠后1周即可在肝脏找到虫体,幼虫可在小鼠体内发育生存7～8周,随着时间的推移和感染囊蚴数量不同,可给小鼠肝脏造成不同程度的病变,甚至造成死亡.剖检小鼠可见肝脏质地脆,颜色发黄,脾脏肿大等严重病理变化.因此,可利用小鼠作为大片形吸虫幼虫感染的试验动物,进行片形吸虫病的早期诊断、免疫预防和治疗等方面的研究.     

Fasciola in horses in the Republic of South Africa: a single natural case of Fasciola hepatica and the failure to infest ten horses either with F. hepatica or Fasciola gigantica

The faeces of 11 horses were examined for Fasciola spp. eggs. One of them was positive for Fasciola hepatica, a finding which was confirmed post-mortem. The 10 negative horses were subsequently infested with either F. hepatica or Fasciola gigantica, each animal receiving orally from 500-9,500 metacercariae. No clinical signs were observed and no fluke eggs were detected in the faeces, and neither immature nor adult Fasciola worms were recovered from the horses slaughtered 16-26 weeks post-infestation with F. hepatica and 28-34 weeks post-infestation with F. gigantica, respectively. The results indicate that horses have a high level of resistance to both South African Fasciola spp. Factors which can probably explain the conflicting reports for the prevalences of fascioliasis in horses throughout the world and the varying results obtained in experimental infestations are briefly considered.     

Identification of the Egyptian species of Fasciola.

Reports on the species of Fasciola present in the Nile Delta, Egypt, appear controversial. Some authors reported the presence of both Fasciola gigantica and Fasciola hepatica, others reported F. gigantica only and mentioned that F. hepatica was found only in imported animals.This study was an attempt to identify the species of Fasciola flukes collected from locally bred animals. Morphologic, morphoanatomic, morphometric, and chemotaxonomic criteria of the fluke isolates were studied. Speciation based on morphologic and morphometric data was not decisive due to overlap in the values of most measurements. Morphoanatomic data proved the presence of both the species, and isoelectric focusing (IEF) of fluke soluble protein confirmed the presence of both F. gigantica and F. hepatica in Egypt.     

A TaqMan real-time PCR-based assay for the identification of Fasciola spp

Real time quantitative PCR (qPCR) is one of the key technologies of the post-genome era, with clear advantages compared to normal end-point PCR. In this paper, we report the first qPCR-based assay for the identification of Fasciola spp. Based on sequences of the second internal transcribed spacers (ITS-2) of the ribosomal rRNA gene, we used a set of genus-specific primers for Fasciola ITS-2 amplification, and we designed species-specific internal TaqMan probes to identify F. hepatica and F. gigantica, as well as the hybrid 'intermediate'Fasciola. These primers and probes were used for the highly specific, sensitive, and simple identification of Fasciola species collected from different animal host from China, Spain, Niger and Egypt. The novel qPCR-based technique for the identification of Fasciola spp. may provide a useful tool for the epidemiological investigation of Fasciola infection, including their intermediate snail hosts.     

绵羊肝片吸虫谷胱甘肽硫转移酶基因的克隆与序列分析

本研究扩增肝片吸虫(Fasciola hepatica,Fh)谷胱甘肽硫转移酶(GST)基因,并进行同源性分析。根据GenBank发表的部分Fh GST基因序列设计并合成一对特异性引物,利用RT-PCR方法扩增出Fh GST基因完整的开放阅读框(open reading frame,ORF),测定序列,使用分子生物学软件进行同源性分析。获得Fh GST基因全长682 bp,编码218个氨基酸,与澳大利亚分离的肝片吸虫GST同源性较高,与大片吸虫和卫氏并殖吸虫的GST也有较高的同源性。不同虫株GST基因具有较高的同源性,因此Fh GST蛋白不适合用作诊断抗原,但由于其存在交叉反应,GST基因作为分子疫苗的候选基因具有重要意义。肝片吸虫GST基因的克隆,为进一步研究GST蛋白的功能和作用奠定了基础。     

Innate and adaptive resistance of Indonesian Thin Tail sheep to liver fluke: a comparative analysis of Fasciola gigantica and Fasciola hepatica infection

In the current study, three independent trials directly compared Fasciola gigantica and Fasciola hepatica infection of ITT sheep. In all trials, F. hepatica infection resulted in higher worm burden recoveries and greater physiological damage to ITT sheep. Developmental differences of the two Fasciola species were also observed during the first twelve weeks of a primary infection, where the migration and growth of F. hepatica was more rapid than F. gigantica. Various immunological blood parameters were measured and indicated similar kinetics in the humoral and cellular responses during the time course of infection with each Fasciola species. In contrast to F. hepatica infection, we demonstrate an innate and adaptive comparative ability of ITT sheep to resist the early stages of infection with F. gigantica infection. Unraveling the mechanisms leading to this differential resistance may potentially lead to new methods for the control of fasciolosis and other human liver flukes.     

Characterisation of Fasciola species from Mainland China by ITS-2 ribosomal DNA sequence

Isolates of Fasciola (Platyhelminthes: Trematoda: Digenea) from different host species and geographical locations in Mainland China were characterised genetically. The second internal transcribed spacer (ITS-2) of nuclear ribosomal DNA (rDNA) was amplified from individual trematodes by polymerase chain reaction (PCR), and the representative amplicons were cloned and sequenced. The length of the ITS-2 sequences was 361-362bp for all Chinese Fasciola specimens sequenced. While there was no variation in length or composition of the ITS-2 sequences among multiple specimens from France, Sichuan and Guangxi, sequence difference of 1.7% (6/362) was detected between specimens from France and Sichuan, and those from Guangxi. Based on ITS-2 sequence data, it was concluded that the Fasciola from Sichuan represented Fasciola hepatica, the one from Guangxi represented Fasciola gigantica and the one from sheep from Heilongjiang may represent an "intermediate genotype", as its ITS-2 sequences were unique in that two different ITS-2 sequences exist in the rDNA array within a single Fasciola worm. One of the sequences is identical to that of F. hepatica, and the other is almost identical to that of F. gigantica in that nucleotides at five of the six polymorphic positions represent F. gigantica. This microheterogeneity is possibly due to sequence polymorphism among copies of the ITS-2 array within the same worm. Based on the sequence differences, a PCR-linked restriction fragment length polymorphism (PCR-RFLP) assay was established for the unequivocal delineation of the Fasciola spp. from Mainland China using restriction endonuclease Hsp92II or RcaI. This assay should provide a valuable tool for the molecular identification and for studying the ecology and population genetic structures of Fasciola spp. from Mainland China and elsewhere.     

The serum glucose and beta-hydroxybutyrate levels in sheep with experimental Fasciola hepatica and Fasciola gigantica infection

The influence of Fasciola hepatica and Fasciola gigantica infection on serum glucose and beta-hydroxybutyrate (beta-HOB) in sheep was evaluated. This was done by setting up two groups of sheep. The first group (n=13) was split in two sub-groups, one experimentally infected with F. hepatica (n=9) and the other (n=4) as uninfected control. A second group consisting of a sub-group experimentally infected with F. gigantica (n=9) the other sub-group (n=6) left as uninfected control was also set up. The results of weight gain, parasitological and serum liver enzymes activity (glutamate dehydrogenase [GLDH] and gamma glutamyltransferase [gamma-GT]) used in monitoring the infection showed that all infected animals developed fasciolosis. It was observed that a reduction in serum glucose levels was significantly lower (p<0.05) in F. hepatica infected sheep than in uninfected control sheep starting from 5 weeks post-infection (wpi) to the end of the experiment. Similar reduction was recorded in F. gigantica infected sheep between 8 and 19 wpi. In contrast, serum beta-HOB levels were elevated in F. hepatica infected sheep between 6 and 16 wpi and in F. gigantica infected sheep between 7 and 15 wpi. It would appear from these serum glucose and beta-HOB levels that fasciolosis does lead to energy deficiency (low glucose) and ketosis (increased beta-HOB). The decrease in serum glucose and increase in serum beta-HOB levels in infected sheep may help in understanding the interaction between fasciolosis and nutritional status of infected ruminants especially in young growing animals.