A fluorescence phase contrast study of the interaction between Toxoplasma gondii and lysosomes in living cells

Parasitology Research - Tập 52 - Trang 19-21 - 1977
Th. N. Khavkin1, I. S. Freidlin2
1Institute for Experimental Medicine, Leningrad, USSR
21st Leningrad Medical Institute, USSR

Tóm tắt

Lysosomes of peritoneal macrophages, selectively pinpointed by aminoacridine-induced fluorescence, do not fuse with vacuoles containing viable Toxoplasma gondii RH strain.

Tài liệu tham khảo

Allison, A.C., Young, M.R.: Vital staining and fluorescence microscopy of lysosomes. In: Lysosomes in biology and pathology, J.T. Dingle, H.B. Fell, eds. Vol. 2, pp. 600–628. Amsterdam-London: North-Holland 1969 Jones, T.C., Hirsch, J.G.: The interaction between Toxoplasma gondii and mammalian cells. II. The absence of lysosomal fusion with phagocytic vacuoles containing living parasites. J. exp. Med. 136, 1173–1194 (1972)