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Susceptibility of Some Wild Rodents Widely Distributed in Egyptian Foci to Schistosoma mansoni Infection under Laboratory Conditions |
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Sabry A. El-Naggar,
Ismail M. Al-Sharkawi
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Gamal A. Madkour
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ABSTRACT
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The most important definitive host of Schistosoma mansoni is the human, however, numerous other mammalian species were found to be infected with this parasite. Among these species, the wild rodents are the most common. In this study, the susceptibility of some wild rodents widely distributed in Egypt to S. mansoni infection was evaluated. Five wild species were tested for the susceptibility of S. mansoni infection in vitro; including Mus musculus (black mice), Acomys cahirinus (Cairo spiny mice), Rattus rattus (house rats), Rattus norvegilcus (Norway rats), Rattus norvegicus (albino rats) and Arvicanthis niloticus (Nile rats). Laboratory mice were used as a positive control. Rodents were infected individually with 150 S. mansoni cercariae by tail immersion and housed for 8 week post-infection. The results reported that the Nile rats showed the highest number of worm burden (90 worms), while the Norway rats and the laboratory rats showed the lowest numbers among the tested species. This study also showed that the Nile rats, the house rats and the Norway rats yielded high number of eggs in the liver tissues. In contrast, the Cairo spiny mice, the black mice and albino rats yielded low number of eggs in the liver tissue. As compared to the permissive host albino mice, the Nile rats, the black mice, the Cairo spiny mice and the house rats showed comparable granuloma size. In contrast, albino rats and Norway rats showed a small granuloma size. Alltogether, these data showed that S. mansoni infection to these wild rodents was species dependant.
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Received: June 08, 2011;
Accepted: September 20, 2011;
Published: December 07, 2011
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INTRODUCTION
The schistosomiasis is endemic in tropical and subtropical areas representing
the second in importance to malaria from the socioeconomic and public health
standpoints (Sturrock, 2001). It is endemic in 74 developing
countries and afflicts between 200 and 300 million people worldwide (Chippaux
et al., 1997; Sturrock, 2001; Stothard
et al., 2006). Over 600 million people are at risk because of poverty,
ignorance and poor housing with little or no sanitation (Cheever
et al., 1993; Chitsulo et al., 2000).
Although, several natural compounds were tested to treat Schistosomiasis (Soliman
and El-Shenawy, 2003; Aly et al., 2006; Abdel-Aziz
et al., 2011; Karim, 2011). With all trials
to develop anti-schistosmal drug, Praziquantel (PZQ) is still the effective
for the optimal treatment (Adam, et al., 2005).
Recently, it has been shown that praziquantel-resistant parasites may be emerged
due to the continuous treatment with PZQ alone (Danso-Appiah
and De-Vlas, 2002). In Egypt, in particular, as a result of the construction
of Aswan High Dam, an increase in the prevalence of schistosomiasis has been
found and as a direct effect of this Dam, S. mansoni replaced S. haematobium
along the River Nile (Abdel-Wahab et al., 1993).
The risk of infection in Egypt is still high because of S. haematobium
and S. mansoni are well distributed in the endemic areas of delta (El-Khouby
et al., 2000), middle and upper Egypt (Hammam
et al., 2000). Furthermore, in the last ten years, the epidemiology
of schistosomiasis has been extensively investigated, whereas the distribution
of schistosomiasis is well documented for most affected areas in Egypt (Gabr
et al., 2000; Habib et al., 2000;
Hammam et al., 2000; Nooman
et al., 2000). As a result of complex water canal irrigation system
in Egypt, most of children and farmers were easily infected with the S. mansoni
and S. haematobium (Abu-Elyazeed et al.,1998;
Barakat et al., 2000).
It is well known that man is the most important definitive host of S. mansoni
for maintenance of the life cycle, however, several studies showing that other
mammals may contribute in maintaining the life cycle as well (De
Amorim, 1953; Barbosa et al., 1962; Barbosa,
1972; Silva and Andrade, 1989; Costa-Silva
et al., 2002). In this line, it has reported that most of the mammals
with natural infection with S. mansoni were rodents, chimpanzee (Barbosa,
1972; Mansour, 1973a; Renquist
et al., 1975; Kawazoe et al., 1978;
Maldonado et al., 1994; Morand
et al., 1999; Gentile et al., 2006).
In Egypt foci, it has found that, the gerbil; Gerbillus g. pyramidium,
the Nile rats and the field rats were naturally infected with both of S.
mansoni and S. haematobium (Mansour, 1973b).
Similarly, in Brazil, it has found that the water-rats; Nectomys squamipes
may present different levels of importance in the transmission dynamics of S.
mansoni infection and could be considered important wild-reservoirs of this
disease (Rodrigues e Silva et al., 1992; DAndrea
et al., 2002; Gentile et al., 2006).
In Argentina, northeast on the left river-bank of Parana River, two Olygoryzomys
flavescens, two Holochilus braziliensis and one Scapteromys tuncidus
were captured and exposed to infection with 40 cercariae per animal. These rodents
were able to eliminate viable eggs and hatched miracidiae able to infect the
intermediate host of S. mansoni (Borda and Rea, 2006).
Not only the rodents have been found to be infected naturally with S. mansoni,
but also certain domestic animals such as cattle were capable of transmitting
the cycle of infection even human transmissions were controlled (Barbosa
et al., 1962). This study aimed to evaluate the susceptibility of
some wild rodents distributed widely around the water canal system in Egypt
to S. mansoni infection under the laboratory conditions. The study showed
that collected species of wild rodents such as Cairo spiny mice, black mice
(Sisi), house rats and the Nile rats were susceptible for S. mansoni
infection while other species such as Norway rats were resistance to the infection.
MATERIALS AND METHODS This study was conducted at the Department of Zoology, Faculty of Science, Tanta University, Egypt. Wild rodents were collected from different foci in the Nile Delta; the experiments were done approximately in 2 years. Laboratory and wild rodents: Adult Swiss albino mice weighting 20±2 g and albino rat were purchased from Teodor Bilharis Institute (TBI), Imbaba, Giza, Cairo, Egypt). Different species of the wild rodents were collected from their foci and transported into the animal facility, Zoology Department. Before starting the experiments, all the animals were acclimatized to the laboratory conditions for 2 weeks and tested for S. mansoni or other parasite infections by stool analysis. Animals were maintained on laboratory standard balanced diet. Wild rodents under the experimentation: In addition to the laboratory mice (Mus musculus) and the laboratory rats (Rattus rattus), five wild rodent species (8 animals/group) were used in this study including; black mice (Mus musculus), Cairo spiny mice (Acomys cahirinus), house rats (Rattus rattus), Norway rats (Rattus norvegilcus) and the Nile rats (Arvicanthis niloticus).
Cercarial infection and enumeration of worm burden: S. mansoni cercariae
were obtained from laboratory infected Biomphalaria alexandrina snails
supplied by the Schistosome Biological Supply Program, Theodore Bilharz Research
Institute at Warrak EL-Hadar, Imbaba, Cairo, Egypt. The cercariae were collected
from the infected snails according the method described by Christensen
et al. (1982). The infection with S. mansoni cercariae and
the perfusion technique which used in this study were based on Christensen
et al. (1982).
Determination of quantitative oograms: For egg count, glass slides and
cover slips were weighed on a balance of 0.1 mg sensitivity. Samples of tissue
fragment of each liver of infected rodents with S. mansoni were transferred
carefully into the previously weighed slides. The weight of each fragment was
then calculated. The slides were then microscopically examined under low magnification.
All viable eggs were counted according to the criteria as previously described
by Pellegrino and de Maria (1966).
Histological preparation: After liver perfusion, the livers were excised, removed, blotted using filter paper and weighed. For histo-pathological preparation, selected liver specimens were fixed in 10% neutral formalin for 24 h. Tissue specimens were then washed in running tap water for 12 h, dehydrated in standard alcoholic series and cleared in xylen before embedding in paraffin wax. Samples were then sectioned at thickness of 6 microns and stained by the conventional H and E method.
Granuloma size measurements: Lesions containing eggs in their centers
were selected for measurement. The diameter of each liver granuloma was obtained
by measuring two diameters of the lesion at right angles to each other using
an ocular micrometer. The mean diameter of at least 50 lesions from each animal
of each group was determined. The volume of each lesion was calculated using
the following formula: Volume = R x 22/7 x 4/3, where R is the radius of the
garnuloma, according to Cheever et al. (1993).
Statistical analysis: All values were expressed as Mean±SD. Statistical analysis was performed by students t-test. The p values <0.05 were considered as significant when compared to control.
RESULTS
Infection of wild rodents with S. mansoni was species dependant:
To test whether the captured wild rodents; black mice, cairo spiny mice, norway
rats, house rats and the nile rats were able to be infected with S. mansoni
cercariae. These rodents were infected under the laboratory conditions with
150 S. mansoni cercariae/animal and housed for 8 weeks post- infection.
The results showed that compare to the permissive host the laboratory mice (46.0
worms/mouse), the black mice (Sisi) showed almost the same numbers of worm burden.
The Cairo spiny mice and the house rats, however, showed slightly low number
of worm burden, while the Nile rats showed the highest number of the worm burden
(90 worms). In contrast, the Norway and the laboratory rats showed a significant
decrease in the total worm burden (Fig. 1, 2).
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Fig. 1: |
Wild rodents infected with S. mansoni cercariae under
the laboratory conditions. The wild rodents infected with 150 S. mansoni
cercariae/animal in vitro then, hosted for 8 weeks under the laboratory
conditions. Rats and mice were sacrificed, liver perfusion performed to
collect the worms, also worms were picked from the intestinal mesenteries
around the alimentary canal. The worms were separated and counted under
the dissected microscope in each group. *Differences are statistically significant
from the control group at p<0.05 |
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Fig. 2: |
Male and female S. mansoni worms were found in the
wild animals infected under the artificial conditions. The wild rodents
were infected with 150 S. mansoni cercariae/head, then, hosted for
8 weeks under the laboratory conditions. Rats and mice were sacrificed,
liver perfusion were done to collect the worms, also the worms were picked
from the intestinal mesenteric. The worms were separated and differentiated
into males and females in each group under the dissecting microscope. *Differences
are statistically significant from the control group at p<0.05 |
In all infected wild rodents, the number of the adult male worms was higher
than the number of the adult females. The number of the male Schistosoma
worms in the laboratory mice, black mice and the Cairo spiny mice were 32, 36
and 18, respectively.
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Fig. 3: |
The permissive host laboratory mouse shows the highest number
of schistosme eggs per gram of the liver tissues among the tested wild rodents.
Rats and mice were sacrificed, and 100 mg of fragmented liver sample tissue
were cut and mounted in slides, the total number of the S. mansoni
eggs number were counted in each group. *Differences are statistically significant
from the control group at p<0.05. |
While the total number of female worms in these species were 12, 12 and 10,
respectively. The total number of male Schistosoma worms in the house
rats, the Nile rats, the Norway and the laboratory rats were 25, 50, 4 and 5,
respectively. The total numbers of female worms in these rodents were 9, 40,
3 and 4, respectively (Fig. 1, 2).
Infected wild rodents with S. mansoni showed viable and dead eggs in their liver tissues: To test whether wild rodents able to produce S. mansoni eggs in their liver tissues after infection with S. mansoni, fragmented samples of liver tissues (0.1 g) were used. The results showed that compared to the permissive host; the laboratory mice, other wild rodent species showed less number of eggs in their liver tissues. The black mice and Cairo spiny mice showed less than the half of the egg counts in the liver of the permissive host. The house rats, laboratory rats and the Nile rats showed nearly one- third the number of liver eggs in the permissive laboratory mice, while the Norway rats showed the lowest liver egg count (Fig. 3). The results showed that most of the eggs which counted in the liver fragmented samples of the Cairo spiny mice, Norway rats and the laboratory rats were dead. On contrast, the majority of the counted eggs in the liver tissues of black mouse and the Nile rats were live similar to those in the permissive host albino mice (Fig. 4). Although, the highest number of the total egg count per gram was found in the permissive host albino mice, the Nile and house rats showed the higher numbers of the total egg counts due to their relative high liver weights while the black mice showed the lowest number of eggs due to their small liver weights (Fig. 5).
Varied in granuloma sizes according the wild rodent species: To test
weather the infected rodents able to form a granulomatus reaction in the liver
due to egg deposition, liver of each group were fixed in 10% neutral formalin
for 24 h and stained with H and E and examined under the microscope to measure
the granuloma sizes. The data showed that the liver sections of the infected
laboratory mice had the typical characteristic granulomatus reactions. These
granulomas were formed mainly of histocytes, lymphocytes and eosinophils. Bilharzial
pigments are also observed in Kupffers cells (Fig. 7).
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Fig. 4: |
The permissive laboratory mice, black mice, house rat and
Nile rat showed high viable eggs while laboratory rat, Cairo spiny mouse,
and Norway rat showed high dead ones. Rats and mice were sacrificed, 100
mg of liver tissue were cut and liver fragmented samples were mounted in
slides, then, the numbers of the live and dead eggs were counted in each
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Fig. 5: |
The Nile rat showed the maximum egg load in their livers.
The livers from each group weighted and then 100 mg were taken and mounted
in clear histological slides, the total S. mansoni eggs (live and dead)
were counted in each group, then the total egg numbers per livers were calculated. |
The average granuloma volume in the permissive host was 120±71 mM3.
In addition, the granuloma volume in all other tested species was smaller than
those of the permissive laboratory mice except for the Nile rats which showed
the highest granuloma volume. The average of granuloma size in the liver sections
of the Nile rat was 145±68 mM3 (Fig. 6,
7). The liver sections of infected black mice, Cairo spiny
mice and the house rats showed the characteristic granulomatus reaction like
that in the permissive host (laboratory mice) and the average granuloma size
were 45±27 mM3, 83±47 mM3 and 70±5
mM3, respectively. The smallest granuloma size was recorded in Norway
rats and in the laboratory rats where the average of the granuloma sizes were
7±5 mM3 and 9±8 mM3, respectively (Fig.
6, 7).
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Fig. 6: |
The Nile rats show the biggest granuloma size among the tested
wild rodent species.. Tested wild rodents were sacrificed. The livers from
each group were fixed in 10% neutral formalin and stained with H and E to
count and measure the granulomatus reaction in the liver by using the ocular
micrometer. *Differences are statistically significant from the control
group at p<0.05 |
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Fig. 7: |
Laboratory rat R. norvigecus and wild Norway rats show
the smallest granuloma size amount the tested wild rodents. The tested wild
rodents were sacrificed. The livers from each group were fixed in 10% neutral
formalin and stained with H and E to count and measure the granulomatus
reaction in the liver |
DISCUSSION
Human is considered the main host for the maintenance and the transmission
of S. mansoni cycle, however, other vertebrate hosts may be able to transmit
the infection (De Noya et al., 1997; Gentile
et al., 2006). In this study, it has found that some wild rodent
species which are naturally distributed around the irrigation canal systems
in Egyptian foci were susceptible to S. mansoni infection under the artificial
conditions. The collected wild rodent species showed variability in their susceptibility
to S. mansoni (Fig. 1). This variation could be because
some rodents were permissive and some others were resistance to S. mansoni
infection. In this study, two new species of wild rodents were evaluated to
S. mansoni infection; the black mice (Sisi) and the Cairo spiny mice.
Other wild rodent species were previously recorded to be naturally infected
with S. mansoni. Among the tested wild rodents, the Nile rats which distributed
allover the water canal irrigation systems in Egypt have found to be infected
with a high number of the schistosoma worms. This result could explain and support
what Arafa and Massoud (1990) has found in their studies.
They have reported that the Nile rats have found naturally infected with both
S. mansoni and S. haematobium (Mansour, 1973a;
Arafa and Massoud, 1990). Due to the Nile rats are distributed
with a large numbers near the canals of the irrigation system, this could indicate
that these rodents might play a role in S. mansoni transmission. The
results showed that the Cairo spiny mice, black mice and house rats were found
to be infected with S. mansoni similar to the laboratory mice (Fig.
2). Based on this, the tested wild rodents might help in the transmission
of S. mansoni infection especially in the regions which contains into
a large numbers of these rodents. It has been reported that compared to the
Nile rats, the house rats spends little time near the water, but also could
be a good reservoir to S. mansoni parasite (Jourdane
and Imbert-Establet, 1980). In this study, the Norway rats and the laboratory
rats have found to be infected with few number of the schistosoma worms (Fig.
1, 2) therefore, these rodents might be considered as
non-permissive hosts to S. mansoni infection. This finding is in agreement
other study which showed that the Norway and house rats got the infection with
S. mansoni, but did not participate in the transmission of the schistosomiasis
(De Noya et al., 1997). In this study, it has
found that the number of the eggs was directly proportional to the number of
the worm burden except in the Nile rat (Fig. 3). Even, the
number of eggs per gram of tissue was high at the permissive laboratory mice
however, the Nile rats and the house rats showed the highest number of eggs
per animal (Fig. 5) due to their relative high liver weights.
The results showed that both of Norway rats and the laboratory rats showed a
similar number of eggs while the black mouse showed the lowest number of eggs
per animal (Fig. 3). The Nile rats, the black mice and the
house rats showed large number of live eggs than the dead ones. In contrast,
the Cairo spiny mice, the Norway rats and the laboratory rats showed dead eggs
more than the live ones (Fig. 4). These results might be support
that the wild rodents which have more viable eggs in their tissues might be
participate in the parasite transmission more than those with more dead eggs
in their tissues. The current data in agreement with a previous study which
reported that house rats eliminate fertile eggs containing infectious miracidia
of S. mansoni while the Norway rats and in the white rats, the eggs
of S. mansoni were not fertile and were never eliminated by the host
(Jourdane and Imbert-Establet, 1980)
Infection of wild rodents with S. mansoni at a rate of infection of
150 cercariae/animal for 8-weeks caused marked degenerative changes in the liver
tissue. The histological examination of the liver showed that the main histological
degenerative changes were confined to the granuloma formation in the portal
tract in all the tested wild rodents. The most prominent changes included granuloma
formation. In all the tested wild rodent species, the granulomatous reaction
was similar, except less sever in the Norway rats and the laboratory rats. The
granuloma size in the Norway rats and laboratory rats were small as compared
to the permissive host; Laboratory mouse (Fig. 5, 6).
These reductions in the granuloma size may be attributing to the passion of
these species to some degree of natural resistance to S. mansoni infection
(Bout et al., 1986).
CONCLUSION Considering the agricultural expansion into new areas in Egypt, there is an urgent need to make detailed studies on role of the wild rodents and domesticated animals on the maintenance and the transmission of the schistosomiasis. In conclusion, there is an urgent need to increase the studies determine the possible roles of the wild rodents in the transmission and maintenance of the life cycle of S. mansoni.
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