A medium for the continuous cultivation of bloodstream forms of Trypanosoma lewisi at 37 C
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A medium for the continuous cultivation of bloodstream forms of Trypanosoma lewisi at 37 C
Abstract
Trypanosoma lewisi has been maintained continuously at 37 C for more than 2 yr in Iscove's modified Dulbecco's medium with 10% fetal calf serum and a feeder layer of rat fibroblasts. In this medium the continuously reproducing hematozoic culture forms resemble bloodstream forms of T. lewisi in that they appear morphologically similar in Giemsa-stained preparations examined by light microscopy and have a surface coat that is absent in culture forms grown at ambient temperatures, when examined by electron microscopy. To determine whether these hematozoic culture forms also are similar functionally to bloodstream forms, comparative tests of the 2 forms were made of infectivity for the natural rat host, growth in vitro in the described culture medium, sensitivity to inhibition of reproduction by the rat antibody ablastin, and agglutinability by the 2 trypanocidal antibodies produced during a natural course of infection in the rat. Initially, differences between the 2 forms were minor, but after 16 mo in vitro greater differences began to emerge. Most marked was a reduction in infectivity by 22 mo, although sensitivity to ablastin, the single most important characteristic of bloodstream forms of T. lewisi, was still appreciable at this time. Nevertheless, despite this limitation, the culture system described supports hematozoic culture forms of T. lewisi for a considerably longer time than has been reported thus far.
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