Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/1959.11/8865
Title: The use of fluorescent fatty acid analogs as labels in trematode experimental infections
Contributor(s): Keeney, Devon B (author); Lagrue, Clement (author); Bryan-Walker, Kim (author); Khan, Nicola (author); Leung, Tommy  (author); Poulin, Robert (author)
Publication Date: 2008
DOI: 10.1016/j.exppara.2008.04.010
Handle Link: https://hdl.handle.net/1959.11/8865
Abstract: We examined the utility of fluorescent fatty acid analog dyes for labeling larval trematodes to use in experimental infections. Our goals were to identify two dyes that label larval trematodes belonging to the species 'Maritrema novaezealandensis' and 'Coitocaecum parvum', determine if the dyes influence survival and infectivity of larval trematodes and/or host mortality, and if larval trematodes labeled with alternative dyes could be distinguished post-infection. The two dyes tested, BODIPY FL C₁₂ and BODIPY 558/568 C₁₂, successfully labeled all treated larval trematodes, did not influence cercariae survival or infectivity, and did not influence host mortality in either host-parasite system. All larval parasites were fluorescent and distinguishable after 5 days in amphipod intermediate hosts. In addition, larval 'Acanthoparyphium' sp. were strongly fluorescent with both dyes after 5 weeks within cockle hosts. This method should be extremely useful for experimental studies using trematode-host systems as models for addressing a range of ecological and evolutionary questions.
Publication Type: Journal Article
Source of Publication: Experimental Parasitology, 120(1), p. 15-20
Publisher: Academic Press
Place of Publication: United States of America
ISSN: 1090-2449
0014-4894
Fields of Research (FoR) 2008: 060899 Zoology not elsewhere classified
060808 Invertebrate Biology
Socio-Economic Objective (SEO) 2008: 970106 Expanding Knowledge in the Biological Sciences
Peer Reviewed: Yes
HERDC Category Description: C1 Refereed Article in a Scholarly Journal
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