Freeze-Fracture Analysis of Epithelial Cell Lysosomal Inclusions in Crohn's Disease
- 1 January 1984
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Taylor & Francis Ltd in Ultrastructural Pathology
- Vol. 6 (1), 39-44
- https://doi.org/10.3109/01913128409016663
Abstract
Ileal epithelial cells from patients with Crohn's disease contain many large electron-dense lysosomal granules. Freeze-fracture electron microscopy was uitlized to evaluate granule membrane ultrastructure and the interaction between granule contents and granule-limiting membranes. Large apical granules contained 0.1-0.6 Mm vesicular inclusions as well as whorl-like myelin figures. The P-fracture face contained discrete membrane specializations on the granule surface that were composed of circular arrays of intramembranous particles. Areas of membrane devoid of intramembranous particles were also seen. These circular arrays and particle-poor regions resemble previously documented areas of membrane fusion. These results are discussed and a number of possible interpretations for their significance in terms of the pathogenesis of Crohn's disease are presented.Keywords
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