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Exp Parasitol ; 170: 50-58, 2016 Nov.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-27565719

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The inability to maintain filarial nematodes in long-term in vitro culture greatly limits research into the basic biology of these parasites and hinders in vitro screening of novel anti-filarial agents. In this study, we sought to characterize nutrients that promote the long-term survival of filarial worms in vitro. Using microfilariae (MF) obtained from gerbils infected with Litomosoides sigmodontis, a filarial parasite of rodents, we found that Dulbecco's Modified Eagle Medium (DMEM) supplemented with 10% fetal bovine serum (FBS) resulted in MF survival of only 5 days. However, co-culturing MF with a mouse endothelial cell line (EOMA) enabled survival for 40 days. Culturing EOMA cells in transwell plates extended MF survival to the same degree as direct co-culture, suggesting that the factors microfilariae require are soluble in nature. Heat inactivation of EOMA conditioned media at 56 °C reduced MF survival by approximately 50%, and heat inactivation at 100 °C reduced survival to 3 days, demonstrating that both heat labile and heat stable factors are involved. EOMA cells require FBS to produce these factors, as conditioned media collected from EOMA cells grown in the absence of FBS failed to prolong survival. The removal of lipids also abrogated survival, indicating MF are likely utilizing lipid factors released by EOMA cells. Dialysis experiments demonstrate that at least some of the required factors are between 0.1 and 1 kDa in size. Importantly, L. sigmodontis adult worms also show significantly extended survival when cultured in EOMA conditioned media. Together, these results suggest that EOMA-produced factors include lipid-containing molecules, heat labile molecules (likely a protein), and micronutrients between 0.1 and 1 kDa in size. These studies have established a cell-free approach to maintaining MF and adult stage filarial worms in long-term in vitro culture and have taken important steps towards biochemically characterizing host-derived nutrients required for parasite survival.


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Células Endoteliais/metabolismo , Filariose/parasitologia , Filarioidea/fisiologia , Animais , Linhagem Celular , Análise por Conglomerados , Técnicas de Cocultura , Culicidae , Meios de Cultivo Condicionados , Células Endoteliais/parasitologia , Feminino , Filarioidea/isolamento & purificação , Gerbillinae , Temperatura Alta , Lipídeos/química , Espectrometria de Massas , Camundongos , Microfilárias/fisiologia , Nucleosídeos/metabolismo , Cavidade Pleural/parasitologia , Ratos , Fatores de Tempo , Regulação para Cima
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