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Robino P, Grego E, Rossi G, Bert E, Tramuta C, Stella MC, Bertoni P, Nebbia P. Molecular analysis and associated pathology of beak and feather disease virus isolated in Italy from young Congo African grey parrots (Psittacus erithacus) with an "atypical peracute form" of the disease. Avian Pathol 2014; 43:333-44. [PMID: 24968067 DOI: 10.1080/03079457.2014.934660] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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This study is the first report on the genetic and pathogenic characterization of beak and feather disease virus (BFDV) occurring in Italy. Twenty BFDV strains isolated in Italy from juvenile Congo African grey parrots (Psittacus erithacus) were investigated. Seventeen strains showed an "atypical peracute form" (aPF) of the disease, and three a chronic form (CF). The birds with aPF had been weaned, were independent as far as food and protection were concerned and apparently were without lesions. The gene coding for the putative coat protein was amplified in all isolates while the BFDV genome was sequenced completely in 10 samples, eight of them belonging to aPF affected birds and two from CF of the disease. All full genomes clustered into the J strain of BFDV, where two new subtypes were identified. Recombination analyses showed evidence of genetic exchanges in two BFDV genomes. In addition, a correlation between viral isolate and origin of the breeding material was shown, while an association between the genetic features of the virus and the clinical form was not observed. Histologically, apoptosis was detected frequently in aPF samples and sporadically in CF samples. Interestingly, BFDV antigens were detected in the nuclei and cytoplasm of such apoptotic cells. The data presented here support the hypothesis that, in the absence of a defined BFDV genetic variant accountable for a specific clinical form of psittacine beak and feather disease, differences in the apoptotic rate between aPF and CF are strictly host related.
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- Patrizia Robino
- a Department of Veterinary Sciences , University of Turin , Grugliasco , Turin , Italy
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Gia Phan T, Phung Vo N, Sdiri-Loulizi K, Aouni M, Pothier P, Ambert-Balay K, Deng X, Delwart E. Divergent gyroviruses in the feces of Tunisian children. Virology 2013; 446:346-8. [PMID: 24074598 DOI: 10.1016/j.virol.2013.08.020] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/22/2013] [Revised: 08/04/2013] [Accepted: 08/14/2013] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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The Gyrovirus genus consists of the immunosuppressive Chicken Anemia Virus (CAV) prototype and since 2011 three other viral species found in sera/tissues of chickens, human feces, and on human skin. Here the genomes of two other gyrovirus species were characterized in diarrhea samples from Tunisian children whose main ORFs shared amino acid identity of 46-59% with those of the previously characterized gyroviruses and were provisionally named GyV5 and GyV6. All currently known gyroviruses grouped into two clades with distinct genomic features including replacement of the VP2 overlapping Apoptin gene with a distinct ORF of unknown function. Previous reports of gyrovirus DNA in human blood and on human skins warrant studies of possible human tropisms for these newly characterized gyroviruses.
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- Tung Gia Phan
- Blood Systems Research Institute, San Francisco, CA 94118, USA; Department of Laboratory Medicine, University of California at San Francisco, San Francisco, CA 94118, USA
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Wang C, Wang W, Wang J, Zhan H, Jiang L, Yan R, Hou Z, Zhu H, Yu L, Shi Y, Ding M, Ke C. Apoptin induces apoptosis in nude mice allograft model of human bladder cancer by altering multiple bladder tumor-associated gene expression profiles. Tumour Biol 2013; 34:1667-78. [DOI: 10.1007/s13277-013-0700-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/24/2012] [Accepted: 02/04/2013] [Indexed: 12/16/2022] Open
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Phan TG, Li L, O'Ryan MG, Cortes H, Mamani N, Bonkoungou IJO, Wang C, Leutenegger CM, Delwart E. A third gyrovirus species in human faeces. J Gen Virol 2012; 93:1356-1361. [PMID: 22422066 DOI: 10.1099/vir.0.041731-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 66] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/21/2022] Open
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Until 2011 the genus Gyrovirus in the family Circoviridae consisted of a single virus (Chicken anemia virus or CAV) causing a common immunosuppressive disease in chickens when a second gyrovirus (HGyV) was reported on the skin of 4 % of healthy humans. HGyV is very closely related to a recently described chicken gyrovirus, AGV2, suggesting that they belong to the same viral species. During a viral metagenomic analysis of 100 human faeces from children with diarrhoea in Chile we identified multiple known human pathogens (adenoviruses, enteroviruses, astroviruses, sapoviruses, noroviruses, parechoviruses and rotaviruses) and a novel gyrovirus species we named GyV3 sharing <63 % similarity with other gyrovirus proteins with evidence of recombination with CAV in its UTR. Gyroviridae consensus PCR revealed a high prevalence of CAV DNA in diarrhoea and normal faeces from Chilean children and faeces of USA cats and dogs, which may reflect consumption of CAV-infected/vaccinated chickens. Whether GyV3 can infect humans and/or chickens requires further studies.
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- Tung G Phan
- Department of Laboratory Medicine, University of California at San Francisco, San Francisco, CA 94118, USA.,Blood Systems Research Institute, San Francisco, CA 94118, USA
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- Department of Laboratory Medicine, University of California at San Francisco, San Francisco, CA 94118, USA.,Blood Systems Research Institute, San Francisco, CA 94118, USA
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- Institute of Biomedical Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, University of Chile, Santiago, Chile
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- Institute of Biomedical Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, University of Chile, Santiago, Chile
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- Institute of Biomedical Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, University of Chile, Santiago, Chile
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- Division of Infectious Diseases, Stanford University Medical Center, Stanford, CA 94305, USA
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- Department of Laboratory Medicine, University of California at San Francisco, San Francisco, CA 94118, USA.,Blood Systems Research Institute, San Francisco, CA 94118, USA
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Natesan S, Kataria JM, Dhama K, Bhardwaj N, Sylvester A. Anti-neoplastic effect of chicken anemia virus VP3 protein (apoptin) in Rous sarcoma virus-induced tumours in chicken. J Gen Virol 2006; 87:2933-2940. [PMID: 16963752 DOI: 10.1099/vir.0.82085-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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The anti-neoplastic effect of chicken anemia virus VP3 protein (apoptin) was investigated in vitro in Rous sarcoma virus (RSV)-transformed chicken embryo fibroblast (CEF) cells and in RSV-induced tumours of specific-pathogen-free (SPF) chicks in vivo. The apoptin gene was cloned in the pVAX expression vector and in vitro expression of the recombinant vector pVAX-CAV-VP3 was confirmed. Two groups of SPF chicks, each containing ten chicks, were used. Chicks in groups I and II were inoculated with RSV at 1 day old. Group I served as the control, receiving pVAX vector without insert, and group II received recombinant vector pVAX-CAV-VP3 containing the apoptin gene, on day 10. An in vitro study confirmed that apoptin induced apoptosis in RSV-transformed CEF cells, which was demonstrated by observation of the characteristic changes of apoptosis using the indirect immunofluorescence technique and acridine orange/ethidium bromide staining. In vivo study also indicated that apoptin induced apoptosis and caused tumour regression by an intratumoral-delivery method. Apoptotic changes, such as nuclear condensation, fragmentation of the chromatin and formation of apoptic bodies in the tumour cells, were demonstrated by histopathology and acridine orange/ethidium bromide staining. No apoptotic changes were seen in the tumours of the control group. The results of the present study showed that apoptin had an anti-neoplastic effect in vivo and in vitro in RSV-induced tumours. The anti-neoplastic effect is due to apoptin-induced apoptosis. Further improvements in the dose, delivery method and delivery frequency of the apoptin-expressing recombinant vector could help to develop apoptin as an anti-neoplastic drug.
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- Senthilkumar Natesan
- Molecular Biology Laboratory, Division of Avian Diseases, Indian Veterinary Research Institute, Izatnagar, Bareilly 243122 (UP), India
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- Molecular Biology Laboratory, Division of Avian Diseases, Indian Veterinary Research Institute, Izatnagar, Bareilly 243122 (UP), India
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- Molecular Biology Laboratory, Division of Avian Diseases, Indian Veterinary Research Institute, Izatnagar, Bareilly 243122 (UP), India
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- Molecular Biology Laboratory, Division of Avian Diseases, Indian Veterinary Research Institute, Izatnagar, Bareilly 243122 (UP), India
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- Molecular Biology Laboratory, Division of Avian Diseases, Indian Veterinary Research Institute, Izatnagar, Bareilly 243122 (UP), India
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Kiupel M, Stevenson GW, Galbreath EJ, North A, HogenEsch H, Mittal SK. Porcine circovirus type 2 (PCV2) causes apoptosis in experimentally inoculated BALB/c mice. BMC Vet Res 2005; 1:7. [PMID: 16259631 PMCID: PMC1291377 DOI: 10.1186/1746-6148-1-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 46] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/08/2005] [Accepted: 10/31/2005] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND We have previously described microscopic and electron microscopic alterations in lymphoid organs of PCV2 inoculated mice as apoptosis. In this study we wanted to investigate the molecular pathogenetic mechanism of PCV2-induced apoptosis. Eight-week old BALB/c mice were either sham inoculated (control mice) or inoculated intraperitoneally (ip) and intranasally (in) with a single (sPCV mice) or multiple (mPCV mice) doses of PCV2. Four control mice and 4 sPCV mice were sacrificed 7, 14, 28 and 42 days post inoculation (PI). All 4 mPCV mice were sacrificed 42 days PI. Following necropsy, immunohistochemistry for caspase 3 and in-situ TUNEL assay were performed on sections of spleen, lymph nodes, thymus and ileum from control, sPCV and mPCV mice. In addition, total RNA was extracted from spleens of control, sPCV and mPCV mice for simultaneous detection and semiquantitation of bcl-2 homologues and various caspase mRNAs using a multiprobe RNase protection assay system. RESULTS PCV2 replicated and was associated with apoptosis in spleens, lymph nodes and Peyer's patches of infected BALB/c mice. Upregulation of caspase 1, 2, 3, 6, 7, 8, 11 and 12 and upregulation for the transcripts of apoptosis inhibitors bcl-2, bcl-w and bcl-X and apoptosis promoters' bax, bak and bad was detected in spleens of sPCV and mPCV mice, but not control mice. Apoptosis was further confirmed by light and electron microscopic morphology as well as by positive TUNEL assay and detection of activated caspase 3. PCV2 nucleic acid was detected by in-situ hybridization in the nuclei and cytoplasm of such apoptotic cells. CONCLUSION The data presented here support the hypothesis that PCV2 induces apoptosis mediated through the activation of caspases 8 and 3 in the spleens of infected mice.
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- Matti Kiupel
- Animal Disease Diagnostic Laboratory, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana, 47906-1175, USA
- Department of Veterinary Pathobiology, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana, 47906, USA
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- Animal Disease Diagnostic Laboratory, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana, 47906-1175, USA
- Department of Veterinary Pathobiology, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana, 47906, USA
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- Department of Veterinary Pathobiology, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana, 47906, USA
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- Department of Veterinary Pathobiology, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana, 47906, USA
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- Department of Veterinary Pathobiology, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana, 47906, USA
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Boulaiz H, Prados J, Marchal JA, García AM, Alvarez L, Melguizo C, Carrillo E, Ramos JL, Aránega A. Transfection of MS-36 melanoma cells with gef gene inhibits proliferation and induces modulation of the cell cycle. Cancer Sci 2003; 94:564-8. [PMID: 12824883 PMCID: PMC11160281 DOI: 10.1111/j.1349-7006.2003.tb01483.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/28/2003] [Revised: 04/14/2003] [Accepted: 04/18/2003] [Indexed: 11/28/2022] Open
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The gef gene, found in Escherichia coli DNA, encodes a small (50 amino acids) protein which is related to cell-killing functions. We used the MS-36 melanoma cell line as an experimental model to examine the usefulness of the gef gene as a new strategy for cancer therapy. We transfected MS-36 cells using the pMAMneo vector, and induced gef gene expression with dexamethasone. This decreased the proliferation rate of MS-36TG by as much as 85% in comparison with MS-36 parental cells. The decrease in cell growth was accompanied with significant modifications of the cell cycle and morphology. The G1-phase gradually disappeared, with accumulation in the S-phase. However, studies with annexin V-FITC and 7-aminoactinomycin D failed to demonstrate induction of apoptosis. Morphological changes were an increase in cell size and the number of filopodia, and especially the appearance of pore-like alterations in the cell membrane which were not seen in parental cells. Our results demonstrate that the gef gene, a system independent of the administration of a prodrug, significantly reduces the proliferation of MS-36 cells. This gene may therefore be considered a new candidate for cancer gene therapy.
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- Houria Boulaiz
- Basic Cardiovascular Research Section, Department of Morphological Sciences, School of Medicine, University of Granada, E-18012 Granada, Spain.
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