In Vitro Analyses Reveal the Effect of Synthetic Cytokinin Forchlorfenuron (FCF) on a Septin-Like Protein of Taeniid Cysticerci

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Morphological changes caused by FCF on T. crassiceps tegument visualized by transmission electron microscopy. MC, muscular cell; TGC, subtegumentary cell; G, glycogen; m, microtrics; MV, microvilli; V, vacuoles; VS, vesicles; T, tegument. Regions presenting changes or damage are indicated by an asterisk. Scale bar, 500 nm. The insert marked within a white box is shown at higher magnification to the left; it shows the outermost region of the tegument (scale bar, 2 nm). All cysticerci were exposed for 1 h to either 0.1% DMSO (control) or varying concentrations of FCF. The ultrastructure of the tegument in the control reveals the classic arrangement of cells and intact microvilli. In FCF-treated cysticerci, microvilli, vesicles, and microtrics are more evident.