M-CELL TRANSPORT OF VIBRIO-CHOLERAE FROM THE INTESTINAL LUMEN INTO PEYERS-PATCHES - A MECHANISM FOR ANTIGEN SAMPLING AND FOR MICROIAL TRANS-EPITHELIAL MIGRATION
M-CELL TRANSPORT OF VIBRIO-CHOLERAE FROM THE INTESTINAL LUMEN INTO PEYERS-PATCHES - A MECHANISM FOR ANTIGEN SAMPLING AND FOR MICROIAL TRANS-EPITHELIAL MIGRATION
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DOI:
10.1093/infdis/153.6.1108
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发表时间:
1986-06-01
影响因子:
6.4
通讯作者:
CRAY, WC
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作者:
OWEN, RL;PIERCE, NF;CRAY, WC
Viable Vibrio cholerae O1 were inoculated into the intestinal lumen of nonimmune rabbits. The vibrios were phagocytosed by M cells over Peyer''s patch lymphoid follicles, carried in vesicles through the epithelium, and discharged among underlying lymphocytes and macrophages. Autoradiography of V. cholerae labeled with [2-3H]adenine confirmed transport. Indigenous bacteria with and without capsules were also taken up from control loops and carried through M cells into Peyer''s patches. V. cholerae killed by acidification, formalin, heat, or UV irradiation were not taken up, a result that may have relevance for development of oral vaccines. Ruthenium red stain revealed gaps in the layer of mucus over M cells, glycocalyx bridging the space between vibrios and M cell microvilli, and knobby projections over membranes of M cell microvilli; these projections were not found over absorptive cells. M cells thus convey viable enteric microbes, including V. cholerae that are not otherwise invasive, into intestinal lymphoid tissue, where mucosal immune responses are initiated. Uptake and transport by M cells may also assist certain pathogenic bacteria in traversing the mucosal barrier and initiating systemic infection.