Glucose Starvation Boosts Entamoeba histolytica Virulence
Figure 1
The effect of GS on the resistance of E.histolytica to HS and oxidative stress.
The viability of trophozoites grown in glucose-free Diamond's TYI-S-33 media for 12 hours (A), subjected to heat shock at 42°C (B) and to oxidative stress (2.5 mM H2O2) (C) was measured and compared to control trophozoites grown in complete Diamond's TYI-S-33 medium. The number of trophozoites at the beginning of each experiment was taken as 100%. Data are expressed as the mean and standard deviation of three independent experiments that were repeated twice with a P-value <0.05.