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      The use of cell-conditioned medium for the in vitro culture of Onchocerca spp. larvae (Nematoda: Filarioidea).

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          The effects of co-culture with monkey kidney cells (LLCMK2), cell-conditioned medium and decreased atmospheric oxygen on the in vitro molting and viability of infective stage larvae (L3) of Onchocerca lienalis and O. volvulus were examined. O. lienalis L3 were cultured in an RPMI 1640-based medium in the presence of an LLCMK2 cell monolayer or in medium which had been conditioned for three days by cells. In paired experiments cell conditioned medium alone in 95% air/5% CO2 produced molting levels of 54 +/- 14% which increased to 67 +/- 20% in treatments cultured under decreased oxygen; this value equalled the level of molting of worms cocultured with LLCMK2 cells. Worm survival in the three environments was similar. In seven additional experiments using O. lienalis (n = 186), overall levels of 74 +/- 12 percent molting and 75 +/- 7% viability on days 21-33 were obtained. Worms increased in length from 503 +/- 50 mu as L3 to 638 +/- 74 mu as L4 on day 21 (p = 0.0001, n = 42-44). Ultrastructural comparison of an in vitro derived L4, (39 days in culture) vs a vector-derived L3 revealed fewer annulations and decreased osmiophilia on the epicuticle of the L4 while the hypodermis showed increased morphogenetic definition. O. volvulus molted at an average rate of 74% (n = 40) with a mean viability on day 28 of 95%. L3 increased in length from a mean of 635 +/- 50 mu to 775 +/- 45 mu as L4 on day 28 (p = 0.0001). Larvae of both species were cultured under these conditions for periods of time exceeding 100 days.

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          Trop. Med. Parasitol.
          Tropical medicine and parasitology : official organ of Deutsche Tropenmedizinische Gesellschaft and of Deutsche Gesellschaft fur Technische Zusammenarbeit (GTZ)
          0177-2392
          0177-2392
          Mar 1990
          : 41
          : 1
          Affiliations
          [1 ] Department of Entomology, Cornell University, Ithaca, N.Y.
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          2339242
          f3707331-7db1-4fea-87cd-47b08ef9d4f9
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