Waitkins S A
Br J Vener Dis. 1975 Dec;51(6):376-81. doi: 10.1136/sti.51.6.376.
Both tissue culture cells and human epithelial cells ingest gonococci, and subsequently protect them from the lethal action of various bactericidal agents. Using the convenient chamber produced by the subcutaneous insertion of a polyvinyl ring, the fate of the gonococci in mice was studied in vivo. Both humoral and cellular factors have free access to the organisms, and under normal circumstances these do not survive longer than 3 days. However, when gonococci were protected within tissue culture cells, their survival was prolonged. Only eventual graft rejection caused the death of the tissue culture cells and gonococci contained within them.
组织培养细胞和人类上皮细胞均可摄取淋球菌,并随后保护它们免受各种杀菌剂的致死作用。利用通过皮下插入聚乙烯环所产生的便利腔室,在体内研究了淋球菌在小鼠体内的命运。体液和细胞因子均可自由接触这些微生物,在正常情况下,它们存活时间不超过3天。然而,当淋球菌在组织培养细胞内得到保护时,它们的存活时间会延长。只有最终的移植物排斥才会导致组织培养细胞及其内所含淋球菌的死亡。