PMID: 9447254Jan 1, 1997Paper

Viability determination of M.leprae: comparison of normal mouse foot pad and bacillary ATP bioluminescence assay

Acta Leprologica
Umesh Dutt GuptaV M Katoch

Abstract

Correlation between viability assessment by mouse foot pad and ATP bioluminescence was studied in biopsy specimens from multibacillary leprosy cases. Biopsies were processed for inoculation into mouse foot pad and estimation of bacillary ATP levels by bioluminescent assay by earlier established procedures. ATP content as pg/million bacilli was estimated and correlation was assessed with growth in the mouse foot pad. It was observed that when the ATP content was > 36 pg/million bacterial cells, (> 1% probable viables) there was growth in the mouse foot pad from all the specimens. Similar results were observed when the ATP content was in the range of 3.6 to 35.99 pg/million cells (0.1 to 1% probable viables). The positivity rates in the mouse foot pad decreased when the ATP content decreased further. No positive growth in the specimens below 0.04 pg/million bacilli (< 0.001% viable organisms) was observed. These findings show an overall correlation between viability assessed by mouse foot pad and ATP bioluminescence. These observations validate the concept of ATP content of viable unit of M.leprae being in the order of 10(-15) g/live cell which is in the same order of magnitude as a colony forming unit of cultivable mycobacteria.

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