title: In vitro uptake and autoradiographic localization of tritiated gossypol in Taenia taeniaeformis metacestodes.
abstract: Gossypol, a natural polyphenolic compound, induces growth-inhibitory and antiparasitic effects in Taenia taeniaeformis metacestodes in vivo and in vitro. We investigated the uptake and localization of [3H]-gossypol in this parasite. Metacestodes were incubated in 10(-5) M [3H]-gossypol at 37 degrees C. Parasites steadily took up tritium activity over the first 3 h of incubation, after which a plateau was maintained for the duration of the experiment. Tissue: medium radioactivity ratios revealed that intralarval tritium activity matched extralarval activity within 30 min of incubation and continued to increase with time. Reverse-phase high-performance liquid chromatographic (HPLC) analysis confirmed tissue incorporation of tritium activity that manifested as a single radioactive species. Autoradiography localized [3H]-gossypol to the tegument, calcareous corpuscles, and parenchyma over the first 2 h of incubation. By 6 h, parenchymal radioactivity had disappeared. T. taeniaeformis metacestodes rapidly take up and accumulate [3H]-gossypol in vitro. This accumulation is apparently selective for specific sites, which may have implications for gossypol's metacestocidal action.
authors.affiliation: Department of Veterinary Physiology and Pharmacology, College of Veterinary Medicine, Ohio State University, Columbus 43210-1092.
authors.forename: S K
authors.initials: SK
authors.lastname: Kulp
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Rikihisa
authors.forename: Y C
authors.initials: YC
authors.lastname: Lin
authors.forename: P P
authors.initials: PP
authors.lastname: Moh
authors.forename: P K
authors.initials: PK
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Gu
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000871:Anthelmintics / Q000378:metabolism*; D006072:Gossypol / Q000378:metabolism*; D008297:Male; D051381:Rats; D017207:Rats, Sprague-Dawley; D013621:Taenia / Q000166:cytology / Q000378:metabolism*; D014018:Tissue Distribution
chemical_list: D000871:Anthelmintics; D006072:Gossypol