Cytochalasin B does not inhibit ingestion of Chlamydia psittaci by mouse fibroblasts (L cells) and mouse peritoneal macrophages

Infect Immun. 1979 Jul;25(1):463-6. doi: 10.1128/iai.25.1.463-466.1979.

Abstract

Cytochalasin B did not inhibit ingestion of Chlamydia psittaci by either mouse fibroblasts (L cells) or mouse peritoneal macrophages in concentrations that produced distinctive morphological changes and inhibited phagocytosis of polystyrene latex beads and Escherichia coli K-12.

Publication types

  • Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Chlamydophila psittaci* / growth & development
  • Cytochalasin B / pharmacology*
  • Dose-Response Relationship, Drug
  • Endocytosis / drug effects*
  • L Cells / microbiology
  • L Cells / physiology*
  • Macrophages / microbiology
  • Macrophages / physiology*
  • Mice

Substances

  • Cytochalasin B