PLAQUE-FORMATION BY VIRULENT SHIGELLA-FLEXNERI
PLAQUE-FORMATION BY VIRULENT SHIGELLA-FLEXNERI
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DOI:
10.1128/iai.48.1.124-129.1985
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发表时间:
1985-01-01
影响因子:
3.1
通讯作者:
FORMAL, SB
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作者:
OAKS, EV;WINGFIELD, ME;FORMAL, SB
An in vitro tissue culture plaque assay was developed to investigate the intracellular replication and intercellular spread of virulent shigellae plaques were formed in HeLa cell monolayers in the presence of an agarose overlay containing tissue culture medium and gentamicin, which eliminated extracellular bacterial growth. Microscopically, the plaques were characterized by a central area of dead host cells surrounded by cells infected with shigellae. Cells further away from the plaque center were uninfected. Inclusion of chloroamphenicol or nalidixic acid in the overlap completely abolished plaque formation. Plaque formation was completely inhibited when infected monolayers were shifted from 37 to 30.degree. C. Shifting infected monolayers from 30.degree. C, where plaques do not form, to 37.degree. C resulted in the formation of plaques. Cultures of S. boydii, S. sonnei (form I), and all 6 serotypes of S. flexneri produced plaques. Shigellae isolated from plaques were Sereny test positive, contained a 140 megadalton plasmid, and were gentamicin sensitive. Noninvasive shigellae did not form plaques.