Characterization of Spiroplasma mirum (suckling mouse cataract agent) in a rabbit lens cell culture.
AUTOR(ES)
Megraud, F
RESUMO
Spiroplasma mirum (suckling mouse cataract agent) was studied in an epithelial cell line AG-4676, derived from rabbit eye lens. Rabbit eye lens is a natural target tissue of S. mirum infection. The organism grew rapidly in this cell line, reaching titers of 10(7) to 10(9) color change units per ml at 7 days after infection. This is the same level as that achieved in SP-4 medium designed specifically for S. mirum. No lag period was apparent in growth in AG-4676. S. mirum did not grow in Dulbecco minimal essential medium-10% fetal bovine serum, the medium for AG-4676, indicating the need for cells or a cellular product. S. mirum-infected AG-4676 cells exhibited vacuolization and granulation and an increase in polynucleation compared with uninfected controls (36/100 versus 14/100, P less than 0.001). Infection significantly decreased the growth rate of AG-4676, especially late in the growth cycle. In a representative experiment, growth of AG-4676 at 11 days was reduced from 9 X 10(5) to 2 X 10(4) cells by S. mirum infection. S. mirum grew to high titers in conditioned medium of AG-4676, obtained from cell-free supernatants of 1- to 5-day-old AG-4676 cultures. This growth promotion was not due to osmotic conditioning of the medium. Preliminary characterization of this growth promotion substance showed it to be active after 0.22-micron filtration, heating at 56 degrees C for 30 min, freezing and thawing, and dilution at 10(-1) but not 10(-2). AG-4676-propagated S. mirum produced death or cataracts in suckling Wistar rats at the same frequency (55/60, 91.7%) as SP-4-propagated organisms (60/65, 92.3%).
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