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The effect of different natural and semi-synthetic polysaccharides on Chlamydia trachomatis multiplication in Hela 229 cells was evaluated. Some neutral, negatively and positively charged carbohydrates were able, in a dose-dependent fashion, to inhibit chlamydial infection by interfering mainly with
Exposure of isolated cell envelopes from purified infectious elementary (EB) of Chlamydia psittaci to sodium carbonate-bicarbonate buffer at pH 10 plus ethylenediaminetetraacetate (EDTA) results in partial solubilization of the total protein. The released materials represent 20% of the dry weight,
The kinetics of attachment and ingestion of Chlamydia trachomatis serotype L1 by monolayers of McCoy cells were studied by using a method that discriminated between attachment and uptake. When about 1% of the McCoy cells was infected, the proteinase K-resistant chlamydial fraction, regarded as
Lipopolysaccharide (LPS) of Chlamydophila psittaci but not of Chlamydophila pneumoniae or Chlamydia trachomatis contains a tetrasaccharide of 3-deoxy-alpha-d-manno-oct-2-ulopyranosonic acid (Kdo) of the sequence Kdo(2-->8)[Kdo(2-->4)] Kdo(2-->4)Kdo. After immunization with the synthetic
The structure of the carbohydrate of the 40-kD major outer membrane component of Chlamydia trachomatis and its role in defining infectivity of the organism were investigated. The oligosaccharides were released from the glycoprotein by N-glycanase digestion, coupled to a 2-aminopyridyl residue, and
Metabolic adaptation to the host cell is important for obligate intracellular pathogens such as Chlamydia trachomatis (Ct). Here we infer the flux differences for Ct from proteome and qRT-PCR data by comprehensive pathway modeling. We compare the comparatively inert infectious
The development of the tick-borne rickettsial pathogen Cowdria ruminantium (S stock) was studied in bovine umbilical endothelial (BUE) cell cultures and in goat choroid plexus, by light- and electron microscopy. Cowdria divided by binary fission within intracytoplasmic vacuoles resulting in large
The association of Chlamydia pneumoniae and atherosclerosis has been well documented. Recently, it has been demonstrated that C. pneumoniae up-regulates expression of the lectin-like ox-LDL receptor (LOX-1) in endothelial cells. Many of the pro-atherogenic effects of ox-LDL occur through its
Monoclonal antibodies to outer membrane of Chlamydia trachomatis lymphogranuloma venereum (LGV) strain L1 (440-L) were used for antigen characterization. Two separate type-specific antigenic determinants (epitopes) and one species-specific epitope were represented in the major outer-membrane protein
Chlamydiae possess a genus-specific epitope that is located on the lipopolysaccharide (LPS) and is composed of a 3-deoxy-D-manno-octulosonic acid (Kdo) trisaccharide of the sequence alpha Kdo-(2-->8)--alpha Kdo-(2-->4)-alpha Kdo. In Chlamydia trachomatis, this trisaccharide is biosynthetically
The attachment of Chlamydia psittaci, strain 6BC, to formaldehyde-fixed and unfixed L cells was studied. Cations were found to be required for attachment to both fixed and unfixed cells. The requirement for cations was largely eliminated when the net negative surface charge on fixed cells was
OBJECTIVE
Development of new method of C4B isotype functional activity evaluation in enzyme immunoassay by using pharmaceutical preparation derinat as a classical pathway complement activator and its use for blood sera isotyping in confirmed urogenital tract chlamydia infection.
METHODS
Enzyme
Previous serological studies have indicated that the group antigen of chlamydial organisms is composed of an acidic polysaccharide and a lipid component. The present study was undertaken in an effort to locate this polysaccharide complex by use of electron microscopy and a silver-methenamine marker.
A procedure has been developed to yield infectious elementary bodies of the lymphogranuloma venereum strains LGV 434 and 404 of Chlamydia trachomatis, labelled during intracellular growth in HeLa 229 cells. The final preparation, obtained after velocity sedimentation of a polycarbonate
The chlamydiae are obligate intracellular parasites that develop and multiply within a vacuole (termed an inclusion) that does not fuse with lysosomes. Inclusion morphology varies dramatically among the different chlamydiae, particularly within the species Chlamydia psittaci. Some strains develop