REPLICATION OF CHLAMYDIA-TRACHOMATIS AND C-PNEUMONIAE IN THE HUMAN MONOCYTIC CELL-LINE U-937

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NUMAZAKI, K
SUZUKI, K
CHIBA, S
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[1] Department of Pediatrics, School of Medicine, Sapporo Medical University, S.1 W.16 Chuo-ku
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10.1099/00222615-42-3-191
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Q93 [微生物学];
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071005 ; 100705 ;
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To elucidate whether Chlamydia trachomatis and C. pneumoniae infections occur to a significant extent in monocytes-macrophages, the human monocytic cell line, U-937, was infected with C. trachomatis L(2) or C. pneunzoniae TW-183. Chlamydial DNA and genus-specific antigens of the lipopolysaccharides (LPS) in epitopes of the chlamydial cell wall were detected from C. trachomatis L(2)-inoculated monocytes over a period of 150 days after inoculation and from the C. pneumoniae TW-183-inoculated cells during a period of 14 days. C. trachomatis-infected U-937 cells expressed significantly lower levels of CD4(+), CD45RA(+), CD11b(+) and CD33(+) cells, determined by flow cytometry, than control uninoculated cells on the seventh day after inoculation and they expressed a slightly increased level of CD4(+) cells and lower levels of CD45RA(+) and CD11b(+) cells on the 14th day after inoculation. C. pneumoniae-infected U-937 cells expressed significantly lower levels of CD4(+), CD45RA(+), CD11b(+) and CD33(+) cells than controls on the seventh day after inoculation and an increased level of CD4(+) and a lower level of CD45RA(+) cells on the 14th day after inoculation. Unlike infection with C. trachomatis L(2) strain, chronic persistent infection with C. pneumoniae appears not to occur in monocytes-macrophages.
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