Gross anatomy of the muscle systems and associated innervation of Apatemon cobitidis proterorhini metacercaria (Trematoda: Strigeidae), as visualized by confocal microscopy

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STEWART M.T. MOUSLEY A. KOUBKOVÁ Božena ŠEBELOVÁ Šárka MARKS N.J. HALTON D.W.

Year of publication 2003
Type Article in Periodical
Magazine / Source Parasitology
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Faculty of Science

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Field Zoology
Keywords Trematoda; Strigeidida; Apatemon cobitidis proterorhini; muscle; phalloidin; nerve; FaRP neuropeptide; 5-HT; confocal microscopy
Description The major muscle systems of the metacercaria of the strigeid trematode, A. cobitidis proterorhini have been examined using phalloidin as a site-specific probe for filamentous actin. Regional differences were evident in the organozation of the body wall musculature of the forebody and hindbody, the former comprising outer circular, intermediate longitudinal and inner diagonal fibres, the latter having the inner diagonal fibres replaced with an extra layer of more widely spaced circular muscle.Three orientations of muscle fibres (equatorial, meridional, radial) were discernible in the oral sucker, acetabulum and paired lappets. Large longitudinal extensor and flexor muscles project into the hindbody where they connect to the body wall or end blindly. Innervation to the muscle systems of Apatemon was examined by immunocytochemistry, using antibodies to known myoactive substances: the flatworm FMRFamide-related neuropeptide (FaRP), GYIRFamide, and the biogenic amine, 5-hydroxytryptamine (5-HT). Strong immunostaining for both prptidergic and serotoninergic components was found in the central nervous system and confocal microscopic mapping of the distribution of these neuroactive substances revealed they occupied separate neuronal pathways. In the peripheral nervous system, GYIR-Famide-immunoreactivity was extensive and, in particular, associated with the innervation od all attachment structures; serotoninergic fibres, on the other hand, were localized to the oral sucker and pharynx and to regions along the anterior margins of the forebody.
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