Taenia taeniaeformis: Increased cell growth and neutral mucus production in the gastric mucosa of the rat with a larval infection |
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Authors: | Yasuko Rikihisa Young Chin Lin |
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Institution: | Department of Veterinary Biology, Virginia-Maryland Regional College of Veterinary Medicine, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, Virginia 24061, USA |
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Abstract: | Gross hyperplasia of the gastric mucosa and excessive mucus production in the stomach occur in rats heavily parasitized with larvae of Taenia taeniaeformis. In this study, a positive correlation between the number of larvae recovered from hepatic cysts and the weight of the stomachs of infected rats was found. By light microscopy, the hyperplasia was restricted to the glandular mucosa. Parietal and chief cells were very rare, and densely PAS-positive mucous cells were the major cell types in the hyperplastic stomach while, in comparison, alcian blue-positive cells were much fewer in number. The isolated gastric mucosa in organ culture had an increased 3H]thymidine incorporation rate in rats infected with T. taeniaeformis. The hexosamine concentration per milligram protein in the hyperplastic stomach mucosa was twice that in the control rat stomach mucosa. By electron microscopy, the apical cytoplasm of the mucous cells was found to be filled with small dark granules. These results indicate that the gastric hyperplasia is caused by stimulation of growth and major differentiation of stem cells to neutral mucus-producing cells. |
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Keywords: | Cestode Rat Larval infection Gastric hyperplasia Mucus production Organ culture |
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