Contrast of Glycogenesis and protein synthesis in monkey kidney cells and HeLa cells infected with Chlamydia trachomatis lymphogranuloma venereum.

AUTOR(ES)

Weigent, D A

RESUMO

Glycogen metabolism of monkey kidney (LLC-MK-2) cells and HeLa 229 cells infected with a Chlamydia trachomatis lymphogranuloma venereum 440 L (LGV) was studied. The growth cycle of LGV in both host cells was similar; however, a greater number of infectious organism developed intracellularly and were released into the medium during LGV infection of HeLa 229 cells than MK-2 cells. A rapid infection accompanied by a high rate of glycogen synthesis and a short period of accumulation was found in GeLa 229 cells infected with LGV. LGV infected MK-2 cells started to accumulate glycogen about the same time as HeLa 229 cells; however, the rate of glycogen synthesis was lower and the period of accumulation was longer. The LGV agent grew in cycloheximide-treated cells in the absence of host cell protein synthesis. Protein synthesis associated with LGV throughout the developmental cycle was similar in both cell types and could be abolished by chloramphenicol. The continued synthesis of glycogen in the presence of cycloheximide suggested that the synthesis of glycogen was directed by the organism in both MK-2 cells and HeLa 229 cells.

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