Figure 5.

Lycopene treatment disrupts chlamydial developmental cycle in alveolar macrophages B10.MLM. ((a) and (b)) C. trachomatis infection at 42 hpi without lycopene (EB: elementary body and RB: reticulate body); ((c) and (d)) C. trachomatis infection at 42 hpi treated with oil-formulated lycopene (ARB: abnormal reticulate body); ((e) and (f)) C. trachomatis infection at 42 hpi treated with microencapsulated lycopene. Lipid droplets are in close contact to and inside chlamydial inclusions. Arrows indicate lipid droplets. Bar = 0.25 µm.