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Glucose 6-phosphate dehydrogenase: isoenzymatic pattern in Oesophagostomum venulosum, Trichuris ovis and T. suis

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 June 2009

B. Rodriguez ,
C. Cutillas ,
P. German  and
D. Guevara
B. Rodriguez
Affiliation:
Department of Parasitology, Faculty of Pharmacy, Sor Gregoria de Santa Teresa S/N, 41012-Sevilla, Spain
C. Cutillas
Affiliation:
Department of Parasitology, Faculty of Pharmacy, Sor Gregoria de Santa Teresa S/N, 41012-Sevilla, Spain
P. German
Affiliation:
Department of Parasitology, Faculty of Pharmacy, Sor Gregoria de Santa Teresa S/N, 41012-Sevilla, Spain
D. Guevara
Affiliation:
Department of Parasitology, Faculty of Pharmacy, Sor Gregoria de Santa Teresa S/N, 41012-Sevilla, Spain
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Abstract

In the present communication we have studied the isoenzymatic pattern activity of the glucose 6-phosphate dehydrogenase (G6PD) in Oesophagostomum venulosum, Trichuris ovis and T. suis, parasites of Capra hircus (goat), Ovis aries (sheep) and Sus scrofa domestica (pig) respectively, by polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis. Different phenotypes have been observed in the G6PD isoenzymatic pattern activity in males and females of Oesophagostomum venulosum. Furthermore, G6PD activity has been assayed in Trichuris ovis collected from Ovis aries and Capra hircus. No differences have been observed in the isoenzymatic patterns attending to the different hosts. All the individuals exhibited one single band or two bands; this suggests a monomeric condition for G6PD in T. ovis. In T. suis the enzyme G6PD appeared as a single electrophoretic band in about 85·7% of the individuals.

Keywords

Nematodapolyacrylamide gel electrophoresisisoenzymesOesophagostomum venulosumTrichuris ovisTrichuris suis
Type
Research Papers
Information
Journal of Helminthology , Volume 65 , Issue 4 , December 1991 , pp. 289 - 295
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1991

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