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| - Retention ofB. burgdorferi pathogenicity and infectivity after multiple passages in a co-culture system
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| - Abstract. In vitro cultivation ofB. burgdorferi in BSK medium results in the loss of infectivity and pathogenicity after repeated passages. To prevent this loss, a feeder layer of tibio-tarsal joint tissue derived from newborn LEW/N rats was grown on Cytodex 3 microcarriers in ESG (formerly BSKE), a novel medium developed to support the growth of both the feeder layer andB. burgdorferi. A new pathogenic isolate (FNJ) and a high passage, non-pathogenic strain (TNJ) grew well in this co-culture system with high yields of viable organism. FNJ caused no growth inhibition or visible damage to the cells in the feeder layer. FNJ remained arthritogenic for newborn LEW/N rats after 22 passages in the co-culture system, but lost its arthritogenicity after 7 passages when cultured in BSK medium. This borrelia-mammalian tissue co-culture technique presents an experimental system to study the long term interactions ofB. burgdorferi with the infected host tissues in vitro, as well as facilitate diagnostic tests and vaccine development.
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