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in vitro culture and isoenzyme analysis of giardia lamblia

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7.3 RESULTS<br />

Although <strong>isoenzyme</strong> electrophoresis (ME, GPI, PGM <strong>and</strong> HK) <strong>of</strong> Entamoeba spp.<br />

is rout<strong>in</strong>ely performed <strong>in</strong> the Amoebiasis Research Lab (where this work was<br />

done) a series <strong>of</strong> prelim<strong>in</strong>ary runs were performed to establish the optimal<br />

conditions for Giardia isolates for these <strong>and</strong> 3 other additional enzyme systems<br />

set up for <strong>analysis</strong> <strong>of</strong> six local stra<strong>in</strong>s <strong>and</strong> two reference stra<strong>in</strong>s. The optimised<br />

electrophoretic conditions for Giardia resulted <strong>in</strong> atypical b<strong>and</strong>s for the E.<br />

histo/ytica control sample; for example the shorter run time resulted <strong>in</strong> poorly<br />

separated b<strong>and</strong>s for GPI, <strong>and</strong> a shorter than usual migration distance <strong>in</strong> HK.<br />

Lysates <strong>of</strong> serial sub<strong>culture</strong>s <strong>of</strong> the WB isolate consistently gave similar b<strong>and</strong><strong>in</strong>g<br />

patterns <strong>in</strong> ME <strong>and</strong> GPI (Plates 7.1 <strong>and</strong> 7.2). Un<strong>in</strong>oculated TYI-S-33 medium<br />

demonstrated no b<strong>and</strong>s for all the enzymes analysed. Differences <strong>in</strong> enzyme<br />

migration <strong>of</strong> the two protozoa (E. histo/ytica <strong>and</strong> Giardia) were dist<strong>in</strong>guishable <strong>in</strong><br />

the gels. Electrophoresis was replicated several times; <strong>of</strong> the seven enzyme<br />

systems, 6 gave reproducible results <strong>in</strong> terms <strong>of</strong> their b<strong>and</strong><strong>in</strong>g patterns. These<br />

were GPI, PGM, ME, HK, G6PD, <strong>and</strong> 6PGD. Representative examples <strong>of</strong> their<br />

electrophoretic mobility patterns are shown <strong>in</strong> Plates 7.3-7.8.<br />

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