Modulation of Biological Functions ofNaegleria fowleriAmoebae by Growth Medium
作者:
FRANCINE MARCIANO‐CABRAL,
DENISE M. TONEY,
期刊:
Journal of Eukaryotic Microbiology
(WILEY Available online 1994)
卷期:
Volume 41,
issue 1
页码: 38-46
ISSN:1066-5234
年代: 1994
DOI:10.1111/j.1550-7408.1994.tb05932.x
出版商: Blackwell Publishing Ltd
关键词: Chemotaxis;complement lysis;cytopathogenicity;food cups;growth;protein differences
数据来源: WILEY
摘要:
Two strains ofNaegleria fowleriamoebae were studied when the amoebae were maintained in the same growth medium or in two different media. A weakly pathogenic strain ofN. fowleri, LEE, and a highly pathogenic strain, LEEmpCl, were compared for growth properties, the presence or absence of surface structures termed food cups, cytopathogenicity, cellular locomotion, susceptibility to complement‐mediated lysis and immunological relatedness by western immunoblot analysis when grown in Nelson medium or in Cline medium. The two different strains ofN. fowleri, LEE and LEEmpCl, were more similar in protein profiles and functional activity when both strains were grown in the same nutritional medium. Differences in growth, proteins synthesized, cytopathogenicity, susceptibility to complement lysis and rate of locomotion were noted when the same strain was grown in different media.Naegleria fowlerigrown in Cline medium demonstrated an increased rate of growth, an increase in its rate of locomotion, an increased resistance to complement lysis, and destroyed target nerve cells by contact‐dependent lysis. In contrast, the same strain of amoeba grown in Nelson medium showed slower growth, destroyed target cells by trogocytosis, and was less resistant to complement‐mediated
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