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ArticleScientific reports2020

Evidence of sequestration of triclabendazole and associated metabolites by extracellular vesicles of Fasciola hepatica.

Chelsea N Davis, Ana Winters, Ivana Milic, Andrew Devitt, Alan Cookson, Peter M Brophy, Russell M Morphew

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Article in Scientific reports, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 11 papers.

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0cells of the map it votes in
11citing papers in PubMed
1.8field-weighted citation impact, top 16% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

11 citing papers in PubMed, 21 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Triclabendazole and Other Fasciolicides: Resistance ofAnimals : an open access journal from MDPI · 2026
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  2. Detoxome Capacity of the Adult Rumen FlukeJournal of proteome research · 2025
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  3. Genetic characterization of Fasciola hepatica (Linnaeus, 1758) in cattle from Paraná, Brazil.Revista brasileira de parasitologia veterinaria = Brazilian journal of veterinary parasitology : Orgao Oficial do Colegio Brasileiro de Parasitologia Veterinaria · 2025
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  8. Efficacy of flukicides onParasitology · 2022
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  9. International journal of molecular sciences · 2022
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  10. Heliyon · 2021
    Article
  11. Anthelmintics for drug repurposing: Opportunities and challenges.Saudi pharmaceutical journal : SPJ : the official publication of the Saudi Pharmaceutical Society · 2021
    Review
4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Chelsea N DavisInstitute of Biological, Environmental and Rural Sciences, Aberystwyth University, Aberystwyth, UK. chd31@aber.ac.uk.
Ana Winters *Institute of Biological, Environmental and Rural Sciences, Aberystwyth University, Aberystwyth, UK.
Ivana Milic *School of Life and Health Sciences, Aston University, Birmingham, UK.
Andrew Devitt *School of Life and Health Sciences, Aston University, Birmingham, UK.
Alan Cookson *Institute of Biological, Environmental and Rural Sciences, Aberystwyth University, Aberystwyth, UK.
Peter M BrophyInstitute of Biological, Environmental and Rural Sciences, Aberystwyth University, Aberystwyth, UK.
Russell M MorphewInstitute of Biological, Environmental and Rural Sciences, Aberystwyth University, Aberystwyth, UK.
Aberystwyth University · GBAston University · GBInstitute of Biological, Environmental and Rural Sciences · GB

Funding

Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council BB/S00324X/1
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Fascioliasis is a neglected zoonotic disease that infects humans and ruminant species worldwide. In the absence of vaccines, control of fascioliasis is primarily via anthelminthic treatment with triclabendazole (TCBZ). Parasitic flatworms, including Fasciola hepatica, are active secretors of extracellular vesicles (EVs), but research has not been undertaken investigating EV anthelmintic sequestration. Adult F. hepatica were cultured in lethal and sub-lethal doses of TCBZ and its active metabolites, in order to collect EVs and evaluate their morphological characteristics, production and anthelmintic metabolite content. Transmission electron microscopy demonstrated that F. hepatica exposed to TCBZ and its metabolites produced EVs of similar morphology, compared to non-TCBZ exposed controls, even though TCBZ dose and/or TCBZ metabolite led to measurable structural changes in the treated F. hepatica tegument. qNano particle analysis revealed that F. hepatica exposed to TCBZ and its metabolites produced at least five times greater EV concentrations than non-TCBZ controls. A combined mass spectrometry and qNano particle analysis confirmed the presence of TCBZ and the TCBZ-sulphoxide metabolite in anthelmintic exposed EVs, but limited TCBZ sulphone was detectable. This data suggests that EVs released from adult F. hepatica have a biological role in the sequestration of TCBZ and additional toxic xenobiotic metabolites.

Indexed as

AnimalsAnthelminticsDrug ResistanceExtracellular VesiclesFasciola hepaticaFascioliasisSheepSheep DiseasesTriclabendazoleZoonosesAnthelminticsTriclabendazole

Identifiers

PMID32778698
PMCPMC7418001
OpenAlexW3047648030

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