Utilization of exogenous thymidine by Chlamydia psittaci growing in the thymidine kinase-containing and thymidine kinase-deficient L cells.

AUTOR(ES)

Hatch, T P

RESUMO

The incorporation of [3H]thymidine into the deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) of Chlamydia psittaci (strain 6BC) growing in thymidine kinase (adenosine 5'-triphosphate-thymidine 5'-phosphotransferase, EC 1.7.1.21)-containing L cells, L(TK+), and thymidine kinase-deficient L cells, LM(TK-), was examined by autoradiography. Label was detected over C. psittaci inclusions in L(TK+) but not LM(TK-) cells. No evidence for a chlamydia-specific thymidine kinase activity in either L(TK+) or LM(TK-) cells was obtained. Entry of [3H]thymidine into the DNA of C. psittaci growing in L(TK+) cells was quantitated by measuring label in purified C. psittaci. It was 265 times less efficient than entry into infected host cell DNA. It is concluded that low levels of exogenous thymidine are incorporated into the DNA of C. psittaci and that this incorporation is dependent on a fully competent host thymidine kinase activity. Evidence also is presented that L cells possess at least two thymidine kinase activities, both of which are capable of supplying thymidylate precursors for nuclear DNA synthesis.

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