[Characterization of relationships between pro- and eukaryotic cells under the conditions of intracellular symbiosis of Staphylococcus aureus in the mucosa cells of the respiratory and digestive systems organs in terms of ecology and morphology].

The ecological and morphological analysis of reorganization processes in the cell and tissue structures of the mucous membranes of the respiratory and digestive systems in rats under the conditions of their prolonged symbiotic interactions with staphylococci (in the body of rats as a whole, as well as on the model of organotypic cultures in diffusion chambers in vivo) was carried out with the use of light and electron microscopy, radioautography and morphometry. The morphological equivalents of phenotypic reactions in the cell elements of the mucous membranes of the respiratory and digestive systems (epitheliocytes, leimyocytes, endotheliocytes, macrophages and fibroblasts) under the conditions of staphylococcus persistence were revealed. Adaptive and reactive shifts in eukaryotic cells were manifested by an increased volume of nuclei and greater proportion of euchromatin and a decreased DNA-synthetic and proliferative activity. Microorganisms located inside the cells underwent ultrastructural reorganization.