Monoclonal Antibodies to Trypanosoma cruzi Inhibit Motility and Nucleic Acid Synthesis of Culture Forms
AUTOR(ES)
Alves, Maria Julia Manso
RESUMO
Monoclonal antibodies were raised against the surface of epimastigotes and metacylic trypomastigotes of Trypanosoma cruzi, as shown by electron microscopy, agglutination, and immunofluorescence. The antibodies were stage specific but not strain specific. A deleterious effect of the antibodies on T. cruzi culture forms was shown by the drastic reduction of parasite motility and incorporation of nucleic acid precursors. Some fraction of the parasite population, however, was viable and replicated and infected mouse macrophages in culture. The antibodies were found to also mediate complement-induced lysis of culture forms of T. cruzi.
ACESSO AO ARTIGO
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