[The characteristics of glucose consumption by an L-929 cell culture infected with Chlamydia]

The effect of the intracellular parasite Chlamydia trachomatis on the host cell energy metabolism has been studied. Glucose consumption by L-929 cell cultures infected or uninfected by C. trachomatis was studied in comparison during a 3-days cultivation. The content of glucose in the cultural medium was determined every 5, 24, 48, 72 hrs according to the developmental cycle of the parasite. It was shown that cell infection by C. trachomatis induced the alteration of energy metabolism via an increase in the glucose consumption rate.