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New Adhesion Mechanism in Giardia: Role of the Ventrolateral Flange in the Attachment of Trophozoites to Rough and Porous Surfaces

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 March 2018

S.L. Erlandsen ,
A.P. Russo  and
J.N. Turner
S.L. Erlandsen*
Affiliation:
University of Minnesota Medical School
A.P. Russo
Affiliation:
New York State Department of Health, Wadsworth Center
J.N. Turner
Affiliation:
New York State Department of Health, Wadsworth Center
*
stan@mail.ahc.umn.edu

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The protozoan parasite Giardia, an intestinal flagellate, has evolved an unique attachment organelle called the ventral adhesive disk (VAD). This attachment organelle mediates attachment of the trophozbite to the microviUous border (MVB) of intestinal absorptive cells, and production of lesions via attachment are thought to lead to diarrheal disorder characteristic of giardiasis. The VAD has contractile proteins arranged around it's circumference and it has been suggested that contraction of this area might function like a purse-string suture. The resemblance of the VAD to a suction cup has led to the hypothesis that suction or a negative pressure produced under the VAD by a grasping action might produce the adhesive force regulating attachment. To test whether or not the generation of a negative pressure is necessary for attachment, experiments were designed in which the substratum was fabricated to have an uneven surface, or the substratum was composed of different arrangement of pores.

Type
Research Article
Information
Microscopy Today , Volume 12 , Issue 3 , May 2004 , pp. 34 - 37
Copyright
Copyright © Microscopy Society of America 2004

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