Complement activation and fibrinolysis during infection with (East Coast fever) in cattle |
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| Authors: | Venny M Shitakha VM Natulya AJ Musoke R Ramasamy G Buscher |
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| Institution: | 1. International Laboratory for Research on Animal Diseases, Nairobi, Kenya;2. University of Nairobi, Department of Biochemistry, P.O. Box 30197, Nairobi, Kenya |
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| Abstract: | The role played by complement and fibrinolysis in the pathogenesis of pulmonary oedema and the disseminated, subendothelial, petechial haemorrhages in cattle infected with was investigated. There was a marked reduction in total haemolytic complement in animals that died of this disease whereas the survivors showed only transient changes. The reduction in C3 levels in animals with severe disease, however, was equivalent to that in the survivors. Neither circulating soluble immune complexes nor free antibody against macroschizonts were detected in sera from cattle with severe infection. In addition to the complement changes, high levels of fibrinogen degradation products (FDPs) were detected in sera from the infected animals. The rate of production of FDPs and reduction in total haemolytic complement paralleled the clinical course of the disease. It is, therefore, suggested that the pulmonary oedema and disseminated petechial haemorrhages seen in East Coast fever may be the direct result of the combined effects of complement activation and consumption of fibrinogen and fibrin. |
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