A simple and reproducible method to obtain large numbers of axenic amastigotes of different Leishmania species.

Abstract:

:This work describes a simple method to yield large amounts of Leishmania amastigote-like forms in axenic cultures using promastigotes as the starting population. The method described induced extracellular amastigote transformation of Leishmania amazonensis (97%), Leishmania braziliensis (98%) and Leishmania chagasi (90%). The rounded parasites obtained in axenic cultures were morphologically similar, even at the ultrastructural level, to intracellular amastigotes. Moreover, the axenic amastigotes remained viable as measured by their ability to revert back to promastigotes and to infect BALB/c mice. L. amazonensis and L. braziliensis promastigotes and axenic amastigotes differed in terms of their Western blot profiles. A 46 kDa protein was recognized by specific antibodies only in axenic and lesion-derived L. amazonensis amastigotes and not in promastigotes.

journal_name

Parasitol Res

journal_title

Parasitology research

authors

Teixeira MC,de Jesus Santos R,Sampaio RB,Pontes-de-Carvalho L,dos-Santos WL

doi

10.1007/s00436-002-0695-3

subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

2002-11-01 00:00:00

pages

963-8

issue

11

eissn

0932-0113

issn

1432-1955

journal_volume

88

pub_type

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