Detection of Mycobacterium paratuberculosis antigen with colloidal immunogold in naturally infected sheep.
The anti-Mycobacterium paratuberculosis polyclonal serum is proved useful for labelling Mycobacterium paratuberculosis in glutaraldehyde-osmium-fixed and epon-embedded intestinal samples from sheep with clinical symptoms of paratuberculosis. M. paratuberculosis marked with antibody-coated colloidal gold stain was seen in macrophages, epithelioid cells, giant cells and neutrophils throughout intestinal mucosa. In large macrophages with a low lysosomal content, a great number of intact mycobacteria was seen within phagosomes. In macrophages with average lysosomal content, very few intact mycobacteria or mycobacterial debris were present and lysosome-phagosome fusions were observed. Mycobacteria within neutrophils were scanty. These results show the usefulness of colloidal immunogold techniques for studies of the pathogenesis of paratuberculosis.
Navarro
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JA
Unidad Docente de Histología y Anatomía Patológica, Facultad de Veterinaria, Universidad de Murcia, España.
Sanchez
J
J
Bernabe
A
A
Gomez
M A
MA
Gomez
S
S
Seva
J
J
D000818:Animals; D000942:Antigens, Bacterial / Q000032:analysis*; D007150:Immunohistochemistry; D016253:Microscopy, Immunoelectron; D016927:Mycobacterium avium subsp. paratuberculosis / Q000276:immunology*; D010283:Paratuberculosis / Q000382:microbiology*; D010586:Phagocytes / Q000382:microbiology*; D012756:Sheep; D012757:Sheep Diseases / Q000382:microbiology*
D000942:Antigens, Bacterial