ULTRASTRUCTURAL OBSERVATIONS ON GIARDIASIS IN A MURINE MODEL .1. INTESTINAL DISTRIBUTION, ATTACHMENT, AND RELATIONSHIP TO THE IMMUNE SYSTEM OF GIARDIA-MURIS
- 1 January 1979
- journal article
- research article
- Vol. 76 (4), 757-769
Abstract
Infected immunocompetent mice were studied prospectively in a well-described murine model system with the use of ultrastructural techniques to establish normal distribution of G. muris trophozoites, their relationships to intestinal mucosa, particularly Peyer''s patches, and structural indications of the normal reaction of intestine and intestinal immune organs. Trophozoites colonized the proximal 25% of the intestine, adhered to microvilli of columnar cells near the bases of villi, wedged into furrows in the epithelial surface, or lodged in mucus within the unstirred layer. Density of trophozoite colonization of the jejunal epithelium correlated with stool cyst excretion. Over Peyer''s patches, Giardia adhered to columnar cells and not to M-cells, which transport soluble antigens and particulate material from the lumen into the lymphoid system. Giardia entered intestinal lymphoid structures by incursions through defects in the lymphoid follicle epithelial barrier. During clearance of parasites, lymphocytes crossed the epithelium and attached to Giardia in the lumen. Giardia produced no apparent ultrastructural damage in normal mice but elicited a previously undescribed intraluminal cellular immune response during clearance by the host.This publication has 13 references indexed in Scilit:
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