1. In vitro culture of Plasmodium yoelii blood stages
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Peter H. Lewis-Hughes and M.J. Howell
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Male ,Plasmodium ,Reticulocytes ,Population ,Andrology ,chemistry.chemical_compound ,Mice ,Reticulocyte ,Species Specificity ,parasitic diseases ,medicine ,Animals ,education ,Cells, Cultured ,Infectivity ,HEPES ,education.field_of_study ,biology ,Temperature ,biology.organism_classification ,Virology ,In vitro ,Culture Media ,Red blood cell ,Infectious Diseases ,medicine.anatomical_structure ,chemistry ,Cell culture ,Mice, Inbred CBA ,Parasitology ,Plasmodium yoelii - Abstract
Lewis-Hughes P. H. and Howell M. J. 1984. In vitro culture of Plasmodium yoelii blood stages. International Journal for Parasitology 14: 447โ451. Plasmodium yoelii infected reticulocytes were cultured for 72 h at either 37 or 20°C in MEM (Eagle's modification) medium containing, in addition, glucose, para-aminobenzoic acid and 5% foetal calf serum, buffered at pH 7.3 with sodium bicarbonate/ HEPES and maintained under 10% CO 2 in air. Red blood cell numbers were more stable at 20°C than at 37°C. Culture at both temperatures resulted in an increase in parasitaemia of the reticulocyte population over the initial 36 h at 37°C and for at least 72 h at 20°C. The effects of different temperatures appeared to be related to the continued presence of target cells. Parasites were not detected after 72 h culture at 37°C, but persisted for up to 120 h at 20°C. Increasing parasitaemia at both temperatures was associated with changes in the numbers of some parasite development types. Early falls in schizont numbers were associated with an increase in the numbers of ring forms. Trophozoite numbers tended to remain constant throughout the culture period. Viability of parasites cultured for 36 h was confirmed by their infectivity to CBA mice. In addition, parasites progressively incorporated H 3 -leucine into TCA-precipitable material over the initial 36 h of culture.
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- 1984