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  • Title: Fine structure, freeze-fracture and deep-etch views of the sheath and cuticle of microfilariae of Litomosoides chagasfilhoi (Nematoda: Filarioidea).
    Author: de Moraes Neto AH, Lanfredi RM, de Souza W.
    Journal: Parasitol Res; 2001 Dec; 87(12):1035-42. PubMed ID: 11763436.
    Abstract:
    The fine structure of the sheath and the cuticle of microfilariae of the filariid Litomosoides chagasfilhoi is described based on observations made using transmission electron microscopy (TEM) and especially on deep-etched replicas of fully developed intrauterine microfilariae and mature stretched microfilariae released by adult females through cultivation in vitro. TEM showed that the sheath was trilaminated. In contrast, in deep-etching replicas the sheath presented two layers: an inner layer composed of tightly arranged globular material, and an outer layer whose external surface was relatively smooth. Both in thin sections and in classical freeze-fracture and deep-etched replicas, the cuticle presented two distinct regions: an external one, corresponding to the trilaminated epicuticle, and an inner one, corresponding to the inner cuticle. Deep-etching replicas revealed that the epicuticle presented several structures on the annulations of the microfilariae and that the inner region was composed by two parallel rows of globular structures.
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