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Effect of household bleach on the structure of the sporocyst wall of Toxoplasma gondii

Effet de l’eau de Javel à usage domestique sur la structure de la paroi du sporocyste de Toxoplasma gondii

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Toxoplasma gondii oocysts are responsible for food- and water-borne infections in humans worldwide. They are resistant to common chemical disinfectants, including chlorinated products, presumably due to the structure and molecular nature of the oocyst wall but also the sporocyst wall. In this study, we used fluorescence microscopy and transmission electron microscopy to characterise the structure of both the oocyst and sporocyst walls, exposed to household bleach. Bleach removed the outer layer of the oocyst wall and the outer layer of the wall of sporocysts exposed due to rupture of the oocyst wall. The loss of the outer sporocyst wall layer was associated with a decrease in its autofluorescence, which can be linked to the degradation of dityrosine cross-link proteins, and loss of Maclura pomifera lectin-reactive glycoproteins. This study suggests that the inner layers of the oocyst and sporocyst walls are the main structures responsible for the resistance of the parasite to household bleach.
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hal-04700182 , version 1 (17-09-2024)

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Aurélien Dumètre, Jitender P Dubey, David J.P. Ferguson. Effect of household bleach on the structure of the sporocyst wall of Toxoplasma gondii. Parasite, 2021, 28 (art.68), pp.7. ⟨10.1051/parasite/2021066⟩. ⟨hal-04700182⟩
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