ATCC? Number:30502?
Organism: Leishmania donovani (Laveran and Mesnil) Ross
Designations: ET
Isolation: human, Burma pre-1959
Depositors: R Herman
History: ATCC<<--R Herman<<--L. Stauber <<--- L.G. Goodwin
Biosafety Level:2
Shipped: frozen
Growth Conditions: Duration: in vivo, golden hamster Protocol: ATCCNO: 30499 SPEC: This strain is distributed as a frozen stabilate. See general instructions for thawing and storage of frozen material before proceeding. Upon arrival remove the frozen ampoule from the dry ice and transfer directly to a 35C water bath. Inject the entire contents of the ampule intraperitoneally into a golden hamster at least 8 weeks old. Serial passage in golden hamster every 30-45 days. The spleen is homogenized in a balanced salt solution (salt solution for ATCCmedium 811 is suitable), approximately 5.0 ml solution/spleen. Inoculate 0.3-0.5 ml of spleen homogenate/hamster. Dosage should be a minimum of 2 X 10(6) amastigotes/hamster. The course of infection will vary with the size of the inoculum.
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Comments: Amastigotes. polyamine function [23571]
References: 4623: Stauber LA. Characterization of strains of Leishmania donovani. Exp. Parasitol. 18: 1-11, 1966. PubMed: 5909670 23571: Bacchi CJ, et al. Polyamine function in trypanosomatids: activation of cytoplasmic alpha-glycerophosphate dehydrogenase by cationic trypanocides. Adv. Polyamine Res. 2: 129-138, 1978.