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Xiao N, Li J, Li M, Zhou H, Lin H, Fan H. Isolation and In Vitro cultivation of Lawsonia intracellularis from China. Vet Microbiol 2022; 270:109457. [PMID: 35609389 DOI: 10.1016/j.vetmic.2022.109457] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/13/2021] [Revised: 04/02/2022] [Accepted: 05/09/2022] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Lawsonia intracellularis is an obligate intracellular bacterium that cannot be cultured by conventional bacteriological methods. Pigs infected with L. intracellularis suffer from decreased daily weight gain and poor feed conversion ratio. China is a large producer of pigs, but epidemiological investigation data of L. intracellularis has not been obtained in recent years. Additionally, there is no information about a L. intracellularis strain being successfully isolated and established in cell culture in China, and the above shortcomings limit understanding of the pathogenesis of L. intracellularis and alternative prevention and control methods. The aims of this study were to estimate the seroprevalence of L. intracellularis antibodies in eight major pig-producing provinces in China during 2019-2020, to isolate L. intracellularis from infected intestines and then to establish an infection model of L. intracellularis in mice. Our results showed that of the 3586 serum samples, 2837 (79.1%, 95% CI: 77.7%, 80.4%) were seropositive for the L. intracellularis antibody. Subsequently, the L. intracellularis strain LJS19051 from China was successfully isolated and established in cell culture. Furthermore, L. intracellularis DNA and antibodies could be detected in the feces and serum samples of infected mice, respectively. Moreover, infected crypts showed typical proliferative enteropathies (PE) lesions and L. intracellularis antigen was detected in infected mice by immunofluorescence at 28 days post inoculation. The results indicated that the new L. intracellularis strain LJS19051 was obtained and could successfully proliferate in ICR mice.
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- Ning Xiao
- MOE Joint International Research Laboratory of Animal Health and Food Safety, College of Veterinary Medicine, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing 210095, China
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- MOE Joint International Research Laboratory of Animal Health and Food Safety, College of Veterinary Medicine, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing 210095, China
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- MOE Joint International Research Laboratory of Animal Health and Food Safety, College of Veterinary Medicine, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing 210095, China
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- MOE Joint International Research Laboratory of Animal Health and Food Safety, College of Veterinary Medicine, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing 210095, China
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- MOE Joint International Research Laboratory of Animal Health and Food Safety, College of Veterinary Medicine, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing 210095, China
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- MOE Joint International Research Laboratory of Animal Health and Food Safety, College of Veterinary Medicine, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing 210095, China; Jiangsu Co-innovation Center for the Prevention and Control of Important Animal Infectious Diseases and Zoonoses, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou 225009, China.
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Vannucci FA, Gebhart CJ. Recent Advances in Understanding the Pathogenesis of Lawsonia intracellularis Infections. Vet Pathol 2014; 51:465-77. [DOI: 10.1177/0300985813520249] [Citation(s) in RCA: 65] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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Proliferative enteropathy is an infectious disease caused by an obligate intracellular bacterium, Lawsonia intracellularis, and characterized by thickening of the intestinal epithelium due to enterocyte proliferation. The disease is endemic in swine herds and has been occasionally reported in various other species. Furthermore, outbreaks among foals began to be reported on breeding farms worldwide within the past 5 years. Cell proliferation is directly associated with bacterial infection and replication in the intestinal epithelium. As a result, mild to severe diarrhea is the major clinical sign described in infected animals. The dynamics of L. intracellularis infection in vitro and in vivo have been well characterized, but little is known about the genetic basis for the pathogenesis or ecology of this organism. The present review focuses on the recent advances regarding the pathogenesis and host-pathogen interaction of L. intracellularis infections.
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- F. A. Vannucci
- Department of Veterinary and Biomedical Science, College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Minnesota, St Paul, MN, USA
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- Department of Veterinary and Biomedical Science, College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Minnesota, St Paul, MN, USA
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Nogueira MG, Collins AM, Donahoo M, Emery D. Immunological responses to vaccination following experimental Lawsonia intracellularis virulent challenge in pigs. Vet Microbiol 2013; 164:131-8. [PMID: 23478250 DOI: 10.1016/j.vetmic.2013.02.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/11/2012] [Revised: 02/07/2013] [Accepted: 02/09/2013] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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Although a live attenuated vaccine has been used extensively to provide immunity against porcine proliferative enteropathy (PE) caused by Lawsonia intracellularis, the nature of the protective response is an area of considerable interest for the control of PE. Two trials investigated immune responses in pigs after oral and intramuscular (IM) vaccination followed by virulent L. intracellularis challenge. After an oral vaccination with 10(5.9) TCID50 organisms, significantly increased serum and mucosal secretions of IgM, IgG and higher mucosal TNF-α and TGF-β1 were detected by day 17, together with a trend towards higher levels of IFN-γ and IL-6. Pigs vaccinated IM produced elevated serum antibody titres but mucosal immune responses were not detected. After challenge with virulent L. intracellularis, non-vaccinated control pigs had higher PE lesion scores and excreted significantly higher numbers of L. intracellularis in faeces than the vaccinated pigs. Reduced intestinal pathology and faecal L. intracellularis shedding were evident in the vaccinated groups. The results indicated that protection was associated with mucosal cytokine and specific IgG and IgA responses after vaccination and that systemic antibody responses were boosted following challenge. However in the search for an immune correlate with protection, a causal association was not evident from a kinetic analysis of immune parameters in serum, ileal pathology and faecal shedding.
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- M G Nogueira
- Farm Animal and Veterinary Public Health, University of Sydney, 425 Werombi Road, Camden, New South Wales 2570, Australia.
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Kroll JJ, Roof MB, Hoffman LJ, Dickson JS, Harris DLH. Proliferative enteropathy: a global enteric disease of pigs caused byLawsonia intracellularis. Anim Health Res Rev 2007; 6:173-97. [PMID: 16583781 DOI: 10.1079/ahr2005109] [Citation(s) in RCA: 45] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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AbstractProliferative enteropathy (PE; ileitis) is a common intestinal disease affecting susceptible pigs raised under various management systems around the world. Major developments in the understanding of PE and its causative agent,Lawsonia intracellularis, have occurred that have led to advances in the detection of this disease and methods to control and prevent it. Diagnostic tools that have improved overall detection and early onset of PE in pigs include various serological and molecular-based assays. Histological tests such as immunohistochemistry continue to be the gold standard in confirmingLawsonia-specific lesions in pigspost mortem. Despite extreme difficulties in isolatingL. intracellularis, innovations in the cultivation and the development of pure culture challenge models, have opened doors to better characterization of the pathogenesis of PE throughin vivoandin vitro L. intracellularis–host interactions. Advancements in molecular research such as the genetic sequencing of the entireLawsoniagenome have provided ways to identify various immunogens, metabolic pathways and methods for understanding the epidemiology of this organism. The determinations of immunological responsiveness in pigs to virulent and attenuated isolates ofL. intracellularisand identification of various immunogens have led to progress in vaccine development.
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- Jeremy J Kroll
- Department of Research and Development, Boehringer Ingelheim Vetmedica Inc., 2501 North Loop Drive, Ames, Iowa 50010, USA.
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Collins AM, Love RJ. Re-challenge of pigs following recovery from proliferative enteropathy. Vet Microbiol 2007; 120:381-6. [PMID: 17188822 DOI: 10.1016/j.vetmic.2006.11.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/23/2006] [Revised: 11/03/2006] [Accepted: 11/07/2006] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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An experimental challenge model was developed to demonstrate Lawsonia intracellularis colonization and reproduction of proliferative enteropathy (PE) in naïve weaner pigs. Groups of pigs were orally dosed with between 10(10) and 10(5)L. intracellularis extracted from haemorrhagic PE affected mucosa. Pigs were monitored for clinical signs and intestinal lesions of PE and evidence of bacterial colonization by serology and faecal polymerase chain reaction (PCR). One group of challenged pigs were necropsied after 21 days to confirm the reproduction of PE. L. intracellularis colonization and seroconversion was delayed in pigs dosed with lower numbers of L. intracellularis. When faecal shedding of L. intracellularis ceased to be detected in all of the challenged pigs, they were re-dosed orally with approximately 10(10)L. intracellularis and monitored for evidence of re-colonization and clinical disease. This study demonstrated that pigs previously challenged with L. intracellularis were protected from re-colonization and clinical disease on subsequent exposure 10 weeks later, regardless of the initial dose of L. intracellularis.
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- A M Collins
- NSW Department of Primary Industries, Elizabeth Macarthur Agricultural Institute, PMB 8, Camden, Australia.
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La T, Collins AM, Phillips ND, Oksa A, Hampson DJ. Development of a multiplex-PCR for rapid detection of the enteric pathogens Lawsonia intracellularis, Brachyspira hyodysenteriae, and Brachyspira pilosicoli in porcine faeces. Lett Appl Microbiol 2006; 42:284-8. [PMID: 16478518 DOI: 10.1111/j.1472-765x.2005.01831.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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AIMS To develop an assay to simultaneously detect Lawsonia intracellularis, Brachyspira hyodysenteriae and Brachyspira pilosicoli in pig faeces. METHODS AND RESULTS A multiplex-polymerase chain reaction (M-PCR) was designed to amplify a 655-base pair (bp) portion of the L. intracellularis 16S rRNA gene, a 354-bp portion of the B. hyodysenteriae NADH oxidase gene, and a 823-bp portion of the B. pilosicoli 16S rRNA gene. Specificity was assessed using 80 strains of Brachyspira spp. and 30 other enteric bacteria. Bacterial DNA was extracted from faeces using the QIAamp DNA Stool Mini Kit. The M-PCR was tested in parallel with culture and/or PCR on 192 faecal samples from eight piggeries. Faeces also were seeded with known cell concentrations of the three pathogenic species, and the limits of detection of the M-PCR tested. The M-PCR was specific, with limits of detection of 10(2)-10(3) cells of the respective species per gram of faeces. CONCLUSIONS The M-PCR is a rapid, sensitive and specific test for detecting three important enteric bacterial pathogens of pigs. SIGNIFICANCE AND IMPACT OF THE STUDY The availability of a new diagnostic M-PCR will allow rapid detection and control of three key porcine enteric pathogens.
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- T La
- School of Veterinary and Biomedical Sciences, Murdoch University, Murdoch, WA, Australia
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Dittmar M, Hoelzle LE, Hoelzle K, Sydler T, Corboz L, Miserez R, Wittenbrink MM. Diagnosis of porcine proliferative enteropathy: detection of Lawsonia intracellularis by pathological examinations, polymerase chain reaction and cell culture inoculation. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2003; 50:332-8. [PMID: 14535931 DOI: 10.1046/j.1439-0450.2003.00691.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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A total of 21 pigs aged 7-17 weeks with clinical symptoms suggestive for Porcine Proliferative Enteropathy were examined for Lawsonia intracellularis by analysing the following parameters: (i) intestinal gross and histological lesions, (ii) presence of comma-shaped bacteria in enterocytes by Warthin-Starry and a modified Ziehl-Neelsen stain, (iii) PCR amplification of L. intracellularis DNA from intestinal mucosa by using two oligonucleotide primer pairs targeting a 255-bp DNA fragment of the 16S rDNA-gene and a 319-bp DNA fragment of the L. intracellularis chromosome. Specificity of PCR reactions was confirmed by using DNA extracted from the L. intracellularis reference strain N343 (ATCC 55672) as well as by DNA sequence comparisons of PCR amplification products with data bank entries. Intestinal gross lesion indicative for PPE were observed in 20 pigs (95.2%). For all 21 pigs, the L. intracellularis aetiology was confirmed by histological as well as bacterioscopical examinations. Specific PCR amplification products were obtained from 20 pigs (95.2%). Taking PCR positivity as the definite criterion, L. intracellularis was diagnosed in 20 pigs from 11 herds in seven Swiss cantons (Argovia, Berne, Fribourg, Grisons, Lucerne, Schwyz, Thurgovia). To grow L. intracellularisin vitro, the cell culture method of Lawson et al. (J. Clin. Microbiol. 1993: 31, 1136-1142) was adopted. Inocula prepared from heavily infected fresh and frozen ileal mucosa of 15 pigs were cultured in rat enterocytic IEC-18 cells (ATCC CRL 1589). Six cell culture passages of 10 days each were completed. The reference strain N343 was examined for cultivability, accordingly. Except for occasional specific PCR amplifications from cell cultures up to the second passage, any indications for growth of L. intracellularis in IEC-18 cells were not found.
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- M Dittmar
- Institute of Veterinary Bacteriology, University of Zurich, Winterthurerstrasse 270, CH-8057 Zurich, Switzerland
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- G H Lawson
- Department of Veterinary Pathology, Edinburgh University Veterinary Field Station, Easter Bush, Roslin, Midlothian, EH25 9RG, UK
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Dale CJH, Moses EK, Ong CC, Morrow CJ, Reed MB, Hasse D, Strugnell RA. Identification and sequencing of the groE operon and flanking genes of Lawsonia intracellularis: use in phylogeny. MICROBIOLOGY (READING, ENGLAND) 1998; 144 ( Pt 8):2073-2084. [PMID: 9720028 DOI: 10.1099/00221287-144-8-2073] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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Proliferative enteropathy (PE) is a complex of diseases of commercial importance to the pig industry. The obligate intracellular bacterium Lawsonia intracellularis is consistently associated with PE and pure cultures of this bacterium have been used to reproduce PE in pigs. In this study L. intracellularis bacteria were purified directly from PE-affected tissue. DNA extracted from purified bacteria was used to construct a partial genomic library which was screened using sera from L. intracellularis-immunized rabbits. Two seroreactive recombinant clones were identified, one of which expressed proteins of 10 and 60 kDa. The sequence of the insert from this clone, pISI-2, revealed ORFs with sequence similarity to the groES/EL operon of Escherichia coli, the 505 ribosomal proteins L21 and L27 of E. coli, a GTP-binding protein of Bacillus subtilis and a possible protoporphyrinogen oxidase, HemK, of E. coli. Primers designed from unique sequences from the pISI-2 insert amplified DNA from infected, but not non-infected, porcine ilea; the amplicon sequence obtained from tissue-cultured L. intracellularis was identical to the corresponding sequence in pISI-2, confirming the origin of the clone. The sequence of L. intracellularis GroEL and other GroEL sequences in the databases were used to construct a partial phylogenetic tree. Analysis of the GroEL sequence relationship suggested that L. intracellularis is not significantly related to other organisms whose GroEL sequences are held in the databases and supports previous data from 16S sequence analyses suggesting that L. intracellularis is a member of a novel group of enteric pathogens.
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- C Jane H Dale
- Microbiology and Immunology Department, University of MelbourneRoyal Parade, Parkville, Victoria 3052Australia
- Victorian Institute of Animal Science475 Mickleham Road, Attwood, Victoria 3049Australia
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- Victorian Institute of Animal Science475 Mickleham Road, Attwood, Victoria 3049Australia
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- Microbiology and Immunology Department, University of MelbourneRoyal Parade, Parkville, Victoria 3052Australia
- Victorian Institute of Animal Science475 Mickleham Road, Attwood, Victoria 3049Australia
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- Victorian Institute of Animal Science475 Mickleham Road, Attwood, Victoria 3049Australia
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- Microbiology and Immunology Department, University of MelbourneRoyal Parade, Parkville, Victoria 3052Australia
- Victorian Institute of Animal Science475 Mickleham Road, Attwood, Victoria 3049Australia
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- Victorian Institute of Animal Science475 Mickleham Road, Attwood, Victoria 3049Australia
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- Microbiology and Immunology Department, University of MelbourneRoyal Parade, Parkville, Victoria 3052Australia
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