期刊
VACCINE
卷 30, 期 24, 页码 3646-3652出版社
ELSEVIER SCI LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2012.03.038
关键词
Porcine Reproductive and Respiratory Syndrome Virus (PRRSV); Swine influenza (S-FLU); Antibody repertoire diversification; Fetal piglets
资金
- Biological Mimetics
- NSF-IOS [0077237]
- Div Of Molecular and Cellular Bioscience
- Direct For Biological Sciences [0077237] Funding Source: National Science Foundation
The Ig levels and antibody repertoire diversification in fetal piglets infected with an attenuated Porcine Reproductive and Respiratory Syndrome Virus (PRRSV) were measured. Serum Ig levels were greatly elevated in PRRSV-infected fetuses; IgG was elevated >50-fold, IgM > 5-15-fold and IgA > 2-fold compared to control fetuses. Their IgM to IgG to IgA profile was the same as that in isolator piglets infected for the same period with wild-type PRRSV. Fetal animals showed less repertoire diversification than even isolator piglets that were maintained germfree (GF) while the repertoire diversification index (RDI) for PRRSV-infected isolator piglets was 10-fold higher and comparable to littermates infected with swine influenza (S-FLU). However, when expressed as the RDI:Ig ratio, infected fetuses appeared 10-fold less capable of repertoire diversification than uninfected littermates and GF isolator piglets. Compared to S-FLU isolator piglets that resolve the infection, the RDI:Ig of PRRSV-infected isolator piglets was 100-fold lower. Overall, infection of fetuses with an attenuated virus shows the same immune dysregulation seen postnatally in wild type infected isolator piglets, indicating that: (a) attenuation did not alter the ability of the virus to cause dysregulation and (b) the isolator infectious model reflects the fetal disease. (C) 2012 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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