De novo purine synthesis, purine salvage, and DNA synthesis in normal and Lesch-Nyhan fibroblasts infected with Mycoplasma pneumoniae.

Infection and Immunity
S Upchurch, M G Gabridge

Abstract

The effects of Mycoplasma pneumoniae on host cell metabolism were studied by using two types of host cells, MRC-5 human lung fibroblasts, a normal cell line, and Lesch-Nyhan fibroblasts, a cell line deficient in hypoxanthine-guanine phosphoribosyl transferase (EC 2.4.2.8). The susceptibilities of the two cell types were determined by infecting the cells with M. pneumoniae at different multiplicities of infection (MOI). Our data indicate that the Lesch-Nyhan cells were four times more susceptible to damage by M. pneumoniae than the MRC-5 cells. The effects of different MOIs (10 and 50) on de novo purine synthesis. DNA synthesis, and the development of a cytopathic effect were determined. In both cell types, the higher MOI inhibited de novo purine synthesis to a greater extent than the lower MOI. This correlated closely with the cytopathic effect which developed in the monolayers (i.e., the more the inhibition of de novo purine synthesis, the greater the cytopathic effect which developed). In the Lesch-Nyhan cells, DNA synthesis was completely inhibited by the high MOI, whereas in the MRC-5 cells, DNA synthesis was stimulated by the high MOI. In the MRC-5 cells infected with M. pneumoniae, purine salvage activity increased, as in...Continue Reading

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Dec 1, 1989·Immunological Reviews·E Ruuth, F Praz
Aug 1, 1986·In Vitro Cellular & Developmental Biology : Journal of the Tissue Culture Association·M G GabridgeM F Gladd

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