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Ann. Parasitol. Hum. Comp.
Volume 59, Number 6, 1984
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Page(s) | 573 - 581 | |
DOI | https://doi.org/10.1051/parasite/1984596573 | |
Published online | 28 August 2017 |
Mémoire
Trypanosoma cruzi induces changes in the nucleic acids content of host Hela cells « in vitro »
Influence de Trypanosoma cruzi sur les acides nucléiques de la cellule hôte in vitro
1
Department of Parasitology, Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Granada, 18001 Granada, Spain.
2
Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, U.A.M., 28034 Madrid, Spain.
Accepted: 27 December 1983
The nucleic acid content of parasitized, non-parasitized Hela, cells, infected whith metacyclic forms of Trypanosoma cruzi, — was measured during 7 days of parasitization by means of histochemical techniques. Hela cells were first exposed to the parasite for 12 hrs. and then parasites were removed from the culture medium. Measurements of nuclear RNA + DNA content indicate that the three types of cells behave during 7 days of subsequent culture as three different populations. Similar results were obtained when only nuclear DNA was determined. DNA of parasitized cells increased dramatically compared to control and non-parasitized cells. This increase however was not observed in cells derived from non-parasitized cells, which were infected with trypomastigotes from the first parasitization cycle.
Résumé
Les auteurs examinent à l’aide de techniques histochimiques le contenu — en acides nucléiques de cellules Hela parasitées ou non par T. cruzi par comparaison avec des cellules Hela cultivées en l’absence du parasite. L’étude statistique, du contenu en ARN et ADN de ces 3 populations cellulaires maintenues en culture pendant 7 jours, montre qu’elles se comportent de façon significativement différente. Des résultats comparables ont été observés lorsque seul l’ADN a été mesuré. L’ADN des cellules parasitées par T. cruzi augmente très sensiblement par rapport aux cellules non parasitées ou à celles n’ayant pas été en contact avec le parasite. Cela est surtout net au cours du premier cycle intracellulaire du parasite.
© Masson, Paris 1984, transferred to Société Française de Parasitologie
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