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Id: | 18643
| Autor: | Hagge, Deanna A; Robinson, Sandra Oby; Scollard, David; McCormick, Gregory; Williams, Diana L
| Título: | A new model for studyng the effects of Mycobacterium leprae on Schwann cell and neuron interactions ..-
| Fonte: | s.l; s.n; 2002. 14 p. ilus, tab.
| Resumo: | Millions of patients with leprosy suffer from nerve damage resulting in disabilities as a consequence of Mycobacterium leprae infection. However, mechanisms of nerve damage have not been elucidated because of the lack of a model that maintains M. leprae viability and mimics disease conditions. A model was developed using viable M. leprae, rat Schwann cells, and Schwann cell-neuron cocultures incubated at 33 degrees C. M. leprae retained 56 per cente viability in Schwann cells for 3 weeks after infection at 33 degrees C, compared with 3.6 per cente viability at 37 degrees C. Infected Schwann cells had altered morphology and expression of genes encoding cellular adhesion molecules at 33 degrees C but were capable of interacting with and myelinating neurons. Cocultures, infected after myelination occurred, showed no morphological changes in myelin architecture after 1 month of incubation at 33 degrees C, and M. leprae retained 53 per cente viability. This article describes a new model for studying the effects of M. leprae on Schwann cells. (AU).
| Descritores: | CAMUNDONGOS NUS HANSENIASE/microbiol HANSENIASE/patol MODELOS NEUROLOGICOS MICROSCOPIA ELETRÔNICA DE VARREDURA CELULAS CULTIVADAS NEURÔNIOS/microbiol NEURÔNIOS/patol NEURÔNIOS/fisiol COMUNICACAO CELULAR/fisiol MYCOBACTERIUM LEPRAE/cresc MYCOBACTERIUM LEPRAE/fisiol CELULAS DE SCHWANN/microbiol CELULAS DE SCHWANN/patol CELULAS DE SCHWANN/fisiol CELULAS DE SCHWANN/ultraest
| Limites: | HUMANO ANIMAL CAMUNDONGOS RATOS SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T
| Meio Eletrônico: | - .
| Localização: | BR191.1; 09030/s |
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