Martinez S, Looker D L, Marr J J
Departamento de Medicina Interna, Universidad del Cauca, Popayan, Colombia, South America.
Am J Trop Med Hyg. 1988 Mar;38(2):304-7. doi: 10.4269/ajtmh.1988.38.304.
We have developed a simple in vitro method of infecting a continuous human macrophage cell line (U937) with promastigotes of several species of Leishmania. These include L. braziliensis braziliensis, L. b. panamensis, L. donovani, L. mexicana mexicana, L. m. pifanoi, L. tropica, and L. major. The growth kinetics of these species are presented as well as drug sensitivity data. The U937 cell system can be used to determine drug efficacy and eliminates the need to use amastigotes from animal tissues to infect the tissue culture.
我们已经开发出一种简单的体外方法,用几种利什曼原虫的前鞭毛体感染连续传代的人巨噬细胞系(U937)。这些利什曼原虫包括巴西利什曼原虫巴西亚种、巴拿马利什曼原虫、杜氏利什曼原虫、墨西哥利什曼原虫墨西哥亚种、皮氏利什曼原虫、热带利什曼原虫和硕大利什曼原虫。文中呈现了这些虫种的生长动力学以及药物敏感性数据。U937细胞系统可用于确定药物疗效,并且无需使用来自动物组织的无鞭毛体来感染组织培养物。