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Multiplication and differentiation of Trypanosoma cruzi in an insect cell culture system
Authors:D E Wood  A C Pipkin
Affiliation:1. CESAM & Department of Chemistry, University of Aveiro, Aveiro, Portugal;2. CESAM & Department of Chemistry, University of Aveiro, Aveiro, Portugal;3. ISEIT/Viseu – Instituto Piaget, Estrada do Alto do Gaio, Galifonge, Lordosa, Viseu, Portugal;4. CESAM & Department of Chemistry, University of Aveiro, Aveiro, Portugal;5. CESAM & Department of Chemistry, University of Aveiro, Aveiro, Portugal;6. ISEIT/Viseu – Instituto Piaget, Estrada do Alto do Gaio, Galifonge, Lordosa, Viseu, Portugal;1. Department of Biology, University of Nevada, Reno, Reno, NV, 89557, USA;2. Department of Pure and Applied Sciences, Università degli Studi di Urbino “Carlo Bo”, 61029, Urbino, Italy;3. Istituto di Scienze Polari, Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, 40129, Bologna, Italy;4. University of Hamburg, Institute for Geology, Centre for Earth System Research and Sustainability, Bundesstraße, 55, 20146, Hamburg, Germany;5. Rio de Janeiro State University (UERJ), R. São Francisco Xavier, 524, LabMicro 4037F, Maracanã, Rio de Janeiro, 20550-900, Brazil;6. Aveiro University, Department of Geosciences, GeoBioTec, Campus de Santiago, 3810-197, Aveiro, Portugal;7. Istituto per le Risorse Biologiche e le Biotecnologie Marine, Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, 60125, Ancona, Italy;8. School of Science and Technology, Geology division, University of Camerino, 62032, Camerino, Italy;1. Centre for Innate Immunity and Infectious Diseases, Hudson Institute of Medical Research, Victoria, Australia;2. Department of Molecular and Translational Science, Monash University, Victoria, Australia;3. School of Medicine and Public Health, Faculty of Health and Medicine, The University of Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia;4. Department of Pathology, University of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia;5. Department of Medicine, Monash University, Monash Medical Centre, Victoria, Australia;6. Dipartimento di Medicina Sperimentale e Clinica, University of Florence, Florence, Italy;7. Department of Immunology, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada;8. University of Hohenheim, Institute of Nutritional Medicine, Department of Immunology, Stuttgart, Germany;9. Biomedicine Discovery Institute, Department of Microbiology, Monash University, Victoria, Australia;1. Research Team of Cellular Genomics and Molecular Techniques of Investigations, Department of Biology, Faculty of Sciences, University of Moulay Ismail, B.P. 11201 Zitoune Meknès, Morocco;2. UCIBIO.REQUIMTE, Laboratory of Biochemistry, Department of Biological Sciences, Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Porto, Rua Jorge Viterbo Ferreira, n° 228, 4050-313 Porto, Portugal;3. LAQV.REQUIMTE, Laboratory of Bromatology and Hydrology, Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Porto, Rua Jorge Viterbo Ferreira, n° 228, 4050-313 Porto, Portugal
Abstract:Trypanosoma cruzi was successfully cultured in an insect cell culture system. Transformation of trypomastigote forms from infected mouse blood into dividing amastigote forms was observed. Differentiation of the amastigote forms into large and predictable numbers of trypomastigote forms occurred in this system. Parasite populations of 49 ± 429 × 106 organisms/ml of culture and a population doubling time of 14 hours have been achieved.
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