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American Journal of Pathology, Vol 124, 226-237, Copyright © 1986 by American Society for Investigative Pathology

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Ultrastructural morphometric analysis of Brucella abortus-infected trophoblasts in experimental placentitis. Bacterial replication occurs in rough endoplasmic reticulum

TD Anderson and NF Cheville

Trophoblasts in normal and Brucella abortus-infected caprine placentas were examined by ultrastructural morphometric analysis to establish structural relationships of B abortus with cytoplasmic organelles; brucellae were identified with colloidal gold-labeled anti-B abortus bovine IgG. Cytotrophoblasts had large numbers of B abortus in cisternae of rough endoplasmic reticulum; binucleate trophoblasts did not contain bacteria. In infected trophoblasts there was a significant hypertrophy of B abortus-filled rough endoplasmic reticulum (RER) and a corresponding reduction in normal-appearing RER. Volume and surface density of RER in trophoblasts were: normal placentas (control), 2.8% and 0.30 sq mu; infected placentas, 27.9% (27.4% of which contained B abortus) and 0.56 sq mu (cells containing B abortus) and 3.3% and 0.34 sq mu (cells not containing B abortus). These data suggest that B abortus replicates within the RER of trophoblasts, possibly for synthesis and glycosylation of bacterial membrane proteins.

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