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. 1978 May;20(2):495–502. doi: 10.1128/iai.20.2.495-502.1978

Cytopathogenicity of Mycoplasma hyopneumoniae in porcine tracheal ring and lung explant organ cultures alone and in combination with monolayer cultures of fetal lung fibroblasts.

P P Williams, J E Gallagher
PMCID: PMC421882  PMID: 669807

Abstract

Porcine tracheal rings and lung explants alone and in combination with monolayer cultures of porcine lung fibroblasts (PLF) were separately inoculated with virulent strains of Mycoplasma hyopneumoniae and incubated at various times. The preparations were observed by bright-field, phase-contrast, and scanning electron microscopy. In PLF cultures, the strains at initial concentrations of 10(1.3) colony-forming units/ml increased within 3 days to 10(6) colony-forming units/ml, showed progressive clustering on the cells, and caused some sloughing. Introduction of a tracheal ring or lung explant into these mycoplasma-infected PLF cultures caused the explant to lose its epithelial ciliary motility. Eventually parts or whole cells of the respective ciliated epithelium were lost. Without infected PLF monolayers, the explants inoculated with M. hyopneumoniae were less susceptible to infection. When uninfected explants were incubated for 18 days or kept in stock for 2 months, they did not show the above changes. With 5 h postinoculation, M. hyopneumoniae cultures became intimately associated with the PLF culture, but when epithelial cell sloughing occurred, the mycoplasmal cells became dependent on the introduction of a fresh PLF monolayer or a tracheal or lung explant for survival.

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