Tissue localization of collagenase and leucine aminopeptidase in the bovine filarial parasite Setaria cervi

Filaria Journal

Table I Tissue Distribution of Collagenase and LAP in S. cervi^a.

	Relative Staining Intensity
Tissues	Collagenase	Leucine Aminopeptidase (LAP)
Epiuticle	++++	++++
Cuticle	++++	-/+
Syncytial hypodermis	++++	+
Longitudinal muscle layers	++	++++
Endodermis	+++	++++
Intestine	+++	++++
Ovary growth zone	++	NS
Ovary germinal zone	++	++
Uterine wall	+++	++++
Eggs
(a) Immature	-	++
(b) Mature	+++	+++
Embryo	+++	+++
Microfilariae (mf)	++	++++

^a++++: Strongly positive; +++: Positive; +++: Moderately positive; ++: Positive; + or +/-: Faintly positive: -: Negative; NS: Not Studied