Trypanosoma brucei: some properties of the cytotoxic reaction induced by normal human serum. |
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Authors: | M R Rifkin |
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Affiliation: | The Rockefeller University, New York, New York 10021, U.S.A. |
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Abstract: | The trypanocidal activity of normal human serum has been studied in vitro using Trypanosoma brucei as the test organism. The variables affecting the rate and extent of lysis, such as time, temperature, serum concentration, and pleomorphism of trypanosomes, are described. Trypanocidal titers of serum and serum fractions were quantitatively determined under standardized incubation conditions. Inactivation and/or removal of components of both the classical and alternate pathways of complement activation had no effect on the trypanocidal properties of human serum. The active factor was nondialyzable, present in plasma at equivalent levels to that in serum, and not removed by absorption with IgG fractions of antisera against human IgM or α2-macroglobulin. The trypanocidal factor could be inactivated by heat (65 C), dithiothreitol, urea, and trypsin. Gel filtration studies indicated that the trypanocidal activity eluted as a single protein with a molecular weight of about 500,000. |
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Keywords: | Protozoa parasitic Hemoflagellate Serum human Complement Serum fractionation Lysis |
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