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In vitro cloning of animal-infective bloodstream forms of Trypanosoma brucei

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  06 April 2009

H. Hirumi ,
K. Hirumi ,
J. J. Doyle  and
G. A. M. Cross
H. Hirumi
Affiliation:
International Laboratory for Research on Animal Diseases (ILRAD), P.O. Box 30709, Nairobi, Kenya, and Medical Research Council, Biochemical Parasitology Unit, Molteno Institute of Biology and Parasitology, University of Cambridge, Cambridge CB2 3EE
K. Hirumi
Affiliation:
International Laboratory for Research on Animal Diseases (ILRAD), P.O. Box 30709, Nairobi, Kenya, and Medical Research Council, Biochemical Parasitology Unit, Molteno Institute of Biology and Parasitology, University of Cambridge, Cambridge CB2 3EE
J. J. Doyle
Affiliation:
International Laboratory for Research on Animal Diseases (ILRAD), P.O. Box 30709, Nairobi, Kenya, and Medical Research Council, Biochemical Parasitology Unit, Molteno Institute of Biology and Parasitology, University of Cambridge, Cambridge CB2 3EE
G. A. M. Cross
Affiliation:
International Laboratory for Research on Animal Diseases (ILRAD), P.O. Box 30709, Nairobi, Kenya, and Medical Research Council, Biochemical Parasitology Unit, Molteno Institute of Biology and Parasitology, University of Cambridge, Cambridge CB2 3EE
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Summary

Clones of animal-infective bloodstream forms of Trypanosoma brucei (stocks S.427 and LUMP 227) were made by transferring a single organism from bloodstream-form cultures into each well of Microtest II Tissue Culture Plates containing bovine fibroblast-like feeder cells. When the number of trypanosomes increased to 102–103/well on days 4–16, they were transferred into plastic T-25 culture flasks also containing feeder cells and fresh medium. Cultures were thereafter maintained by partially replacing the trypanosome suspension with the same volume of fresh medium (diluting the density to 2–5 × 105 trypanosomes/ml) every 24 h. Sub-cultivations could be made by transferring 1–2 ml of the trypanosome suspension to a new culture flask at 4–5 day intervals. A total of 42 clones in the 3 series TC221, TC52 and TC227, carrying variable antigen types (VATs) 221, 052 and ILTat 1·4, respectively, have been established. Average population doubling times for clones of TC221, TC52 and TC227 were 8·7, 14·5 and 15·5 h respectively. Of 35 populations examined, 34 clones retained the original specificity of their VATs for at least 8–32 days from cloning. One cloned population of TC52 consisted of 99·8% VAT 052 and 0·2% VAT 221 at the time when the first VAT test was made on day 18.

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Research Article
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Parasitology , Volume 80 , Issue 2 , April 1980 , pp. 371 - 382
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1980

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