Parasites, Hosts and Diseases
- 제36권1호
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- Pages.7-14
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- 1998
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- 2982-5164(pISSN)
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- 1738-0006(eISSN)
최저살충농도의 PHMB로 처리한 각막염 유래 가시아메바 세포 미세구조 변화의 투과전자현미경적 관찰
Ultrastnlctural changes of Acanthamoeba cyst of clinical isolates after treatment with minimal cysticidal concentration of polyhexamethylene biguanide
초록
최근 가시아메바 각막염의 치료제로 새롭게 주목을 받고 있는 polyhexamethylene biguanide (PHMB)의 가시아메바에 대한 작용 기전을 알기 위해 각막염 유래 가시아메바 4 분리주에 대한 PHMB의 최저 살충 농도 (minimal cysticidal concentration; MCC)를 결정하고, 이 MCC의 PHMB로 처리한 포낭의 형태학적 변화를 투과전자현미경으로 관찰하였다. PHMB의 8시간과 48시간에 대한 MCC를 결정하였는데, 8시간 MCC는 KA/E1
In order to understand the action mechanism of polyhexamethylene biguanide (PHMB) to the cyst of Accnthcnloebc on the morphological basis, the cysts of four corneal isolates of Acanthanoebc were treated with minimal cysticidal concentration (MCC) of PHMB and their ultrastructural changes were examined by transmission electron microscopy. The most striking change of cysts treated with PHMB compared with normal cysts was the shrinkage of intracystic amoebae, which resulted in the separation of the plasma membrane of intracystic amoeba from endocystic wall. Subplasmalemmal lipid droplets became irregularly shaped . In severely damaged cysts, cytoplasm was aggregated and organelles were severely deformed. Cytoplasmic materials were leaked out through the damaged plasma membrane. Most cysts showed aggregation of nuclear chromatin material. Number of mitochondrial cristae was also reduced. Ecto- and endo-cystic walls were relatively well tolerated. Findings in the present study revealed that PHMB affected mainly on plasma membrane, but lesser on organellar membrane of intracystic amoeba. It seemed likely that PHMB might kill cystic forms of Accnthamoebc by similar mechanism in which this environmental biocide can damage the cell wall of Escherichia coli by binding with acidic phospholipids.