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  • Title: A cytochemical study of the serotoninergic, cholinergic and peptidergic components of the reproductive system in the monogenean parasite, Diclidophora merlangi.
    Author: Maule AG, Halton DW, Johnston CF, Shaw C, Fairweather I.
    Journal: Parasitol Res; 1990; 76(5):409-19. PubMed ID: 2191287.
    Abstract:
    The reproductive system of the monogenean gill parasite, Diclidophora merlangi, was examined for the presence of cholinergic, serotoninergic and peptidergic innervation using cytochemical and immunocytochemical techniques. Cholinesterase activity and 5-hydroxytryptamine immunoreactivity (5-HT-IR) were confined to neural elements of the male reproductive system, being evident in the innervation of the cirrus, whereas only 5-HT was present in nerves and somata of the elongate seminal vesicle. Peptidergic innervation was localised to both the male and female reproductive systems of the worm. Within the female reproductive apparatus pancreatic polypeptide, peptide tyrosine tyrosine, neuropeptide Y, substance P, neurokinin A, eledoisin, FMRFamide and gastrin/cholecystokinin immunoreactive fibres and somata were observed in the oviduct, vitelline reservoir and ovovitelline duct. Intense peptide immunoreactivity was identified in fibres in the wall of the ootype and in a surrounding population (greater than 100) of somata that were situated beyond Mehlis' gland cells and all of which were connected to the ootype wall by fine cytoplasmic connectives. The strategic location of this peptidergic cell population infers its involvement in the egg-forming sequence in this platyhelminth parasite.
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