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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
3
pubmed:dateCreated
1989-2-28
pubmed:abstractText
Mycoplasma (M.) mobile 163 K, isolated from the gills of a tench (Tinca tinca L.), was examined for cytotoxic capacities using tracheal organ cultures from gnotobiotic rats and gnotobiotic piglets in pH-controlled experiments (pH 7.2-7.6). The mycoplasmas caused an inhibition of the ciliary activity at incubation temperatures of 20, 25 and 30 degrees C. The strongest cilia stopping effect was observed at an incubation temperature of 25 degrees C, the optimal growth temperature of the mycoplasmas. No ciliostasis occurred at 37 degrees C. The number of the organisms did clearly affect the severity of ciliostasis in the range from 4.0 x 10(4) to 7.7 x 10(8) c.f.u. in rat as well as in porcine tracheal organ cultures. Toxic substances, secreted by the mycoplasmas into the culture medium, could not be detected. In histological investigations cytopathological changes were observed in the epithelial cells, apparent in the destruction and loss of cilia, cytoplasmatic vacuolization, swelling of mitochondria, peripheral orientation of the nuclear chromatin and detachment of epithelial cells from each other and the basal membrane. The final stage of the infection was characterized by complete exfoliation of the epithelial cells and the complete destruction of the multi-layer epithelium. The localization of the mycoplasmas attached to the ciliary epithelium was shown by scanning and transmission electron microscopy.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Nov
pubmed:issn
0176-6724
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
269
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
355-65
pubmed:dateRevised
2009-6-8
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1988
pubmed:articleTitle
The effects of Mycoplasma mobile 163 K on the ciliary epithelium of tracheal organ cultures.
pubmed:affiliation
Institut für Mikrobiologie und Tierseuchen der Tierärztlichen Hochschule Hannover, Federal Republic of Germany.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article