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Dos cepas de Trypanosoma cruzi, una originaria de Costa Rica (TCR-4) y otra de El Salvador (UES-1) fueron comparadas in vitro en cuanto a su infectividad y multiplicación en células miocárdicas de ratón blanco NGP, ratón C3H y rata Sprague Dowley con el fin de determinar la resistencia natural de las células de estos animales. Las células miocárdicas fueron cultivadas en cubreobjetos y posteriormente infectadas con tripomastigotos sanguíneos de la cepa respectiva en una relación de un parásito por célula miocárdica y posteriormente incubados a 37 ºC con 10 % de CO2 en atmósfera húmeda. Para determinar la capacidad infectante y multiplicación intracelular se analizaron muestras a las 24, 72, 96 y 120 h de infección, determinándose la curva de crecimiento y la tasa de multiplicación intracelular. Se encontró que las dos cepas fueron capaces de multiplicarse en las células miocárdicas de ratón C3H, muy poco en ratón NGP y prácticamente nada en rata, lo que sugiere una resistencia natural de las células de estos últimos dos animales. La cepa UES-1 tuvo una tasa de multiplicación e invasión mayor (p=0.001) sugiriendo por lo tanto una virulencia, al menos in vitro superior a la cepa TCR-4.In vitro growth kinetics of two Trypanosoma cruzi (Kinetoplastida: Trypanosomatidae) clones in myocardial cells from rodents of different susceptibility. Two Trypanosoma cruzi isolates, TCR-4 from Costa Rica and UES-1 from El Salvador, were studied in vitro to compare their infectivity or resistance and intracellular replication in myocardial cells in three strains of mice and rats: NGP white mice, C3 H mice and Sprague Dowley rats. Myocardial cells were cultured on coverslips at 37 º C in a humid 10 % CO2 atmosphere and then infected at a ratio of one tripomastigote per cell. Samples were studied after 24, 72, 96 and 120 h of infection to determine parasite infection capacity and intracellular multiplication. Both parasites had the highest infection capacity in C3 H mice, followed by NGP mice cells with a very low infection rate. Lastly, almost no Trypanosoma cruzi multiplication was observed in Sprague Dowley rats, suggesting a strong natural resistance in this animal to both strains of the parasite. The UES-1 isolate presented higher multiplication and greater invasion than the TCR-4 strain, showing greater virulence of UES-1 in heart cells, at least in vitro. Rev. Biol. Trop. 55 (1): 121-126. Epub 2007 March. 31.

Two Trypanosoma cruzi isolates, TCR-4 from Costa Rica and UES-1 from El Salvador, were studied in vitro to compare their infectivity or resistance and intracellular replication in myocardial cells in three strains of mice and rats: NGP white mice, C3 H mice and Sprague Dowley rats. Myocardial cells were cultured on coverslips at 37 ° C in a humid 10 % CO2 atmosphere and then infected at a ratio of one tripomastigote per cell. Samples were studied after 24, 72, 96 and 120 h of infection to determine parasite infection capacity and intracellular multiplication. Both parasites had the highest infection capacity in C3 H mice, followed by NGP mice cells with a very low infection rate. Lastly, almost no Trypanosoma cruzi multiplication was observed in Sprague Dowley rats, suggesting a strong natural resistance in this animal to both strains of the parasite. The UES-1 isolate presented higher multiplication and greater invasion than the TCR-4 strain, showing greater virulence of UES-1 in heart cells, at least in vitro. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]