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Piva MM, Schwertz CI, Bianchi RM, Henker LC, Morés MAZ, Rebelatto R, Kemper RT, Goslar MS, Nagae RY, Pavarini SP. Pasteurella multocida polyserositis in growing-finishing pigs. J Comp Pathol 2023; 202:16-22. [PMID: 37023584 DOI: 10.1016/j.jcpa.2023.03.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/10/2022] [Revised: 01/16/2023] [Accepted: 03/08/2023] [Indexed: 04/08/2023]
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Pasteurella multocida is the main secondary bacterium isolated from cases of swine pneumonia. Although highly pathogenic strains of P. multocida have been associated with primary septic lesions and polyserositis in pigs, studies on this pathological presentation in naturally occurring cases are limited. The aim of this work was to characterize the clinical, pathological and molecular findings in cases of P. multocida polyserositis in growing-finishing pigs in a commercial farm in Brazil. The mean age of 17 investigated pigs was 120 days. Clinically, the disease was acute (11/17), with clinical signs of dyspnoea and apathy. Sudden death occurred in some animals (6/17). The main gross findings included fibrinous serositis affecting the abdominal and thoracic cavities (17/17), fibrinous pericarditis (15/17), marked cranioventral pulmonary consolidation (17/17) and splenic infarcts (3/17). P. multocida was isolated in all cases from systemic sites, including the pericardial sac and abdominal exudate. Molecular typing of genus and species was performed on four isolates, and all were characterized as P. multocida type A. Another five isolates were positive for the pathogenicity marker gene pfhA by polymerase chain reaction. This study reinforces the role of P. multocida as a cause of polyserositis in growing-finishing pigs.
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- Manoela M Piva
- Setor de Patologia Veterinária, Faculdade de Veterinária, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil.
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- Setor de Patologia Veterinária, Faculdade de Veterinária, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
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- Setor de Patologia Veterinária, Faculdade de Veterinária, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
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- Setor de Patologia Veterinária, Faculdade de Veterinária, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
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- Setor de Patologia Veterinária, Faculdade de Veterinária, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
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- Empresa Seara Alimentos, Laboratório de Sanidade Animal, Seara, Santa Catarina, Brazil
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- Empresa Seara Alimentos, Laboratório de Sanidade Animal, Seara, Santa Catarina, Brazil
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- Setor de Patologia Veterinária, Faculdade de Veterinária, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
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Jarosova R, Ondrackova P, Leva L, Nedbalcova K, Vicenova M, Masek J, Volf J, Gebauer J, Do T, Guran R, Sladek Z, Dominguez J, Faldyna M. Cytokine expression by CD163+ monocytes in healthy and Actinobacillus pleuropneumoniae-infected pigs. Res Vet Sci 2022; 152:1-9. [PMID: 35901636 DOI: 10.1016/j.rvsc.2022.07.015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/04/2021] [Revised: 06/30/2022] [Accepted: 07/18/2022] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Distinct monocyte subpopulations have been previously described in healthy pigs and pigs experimentally infected with Actinobacillus pleuropneumoniae (APP). The CD163+ subpopulation of bone marrow (BM), peripheral blood (PB) and lung monocytes was found to play an important role in the inflammatory process. The inflammation is accompanied by elevation of inflammatory cytokines. The aim of the study was to evaluate the contribution of CD163+ monocytes and macrophages to cytokine production during APP-induced lung inflammation. Cytokine production was assessed by flow cytometry (FC) and quantitative PCR (qPCR) in CD163+ monocytes and by qPCR, immunohistochemistry/fluorescence in lungs and tracheobronchial lymph nodes (TBLN). Despite the systemic inflammatory response after APP infection, BM and PB CD163+ monocytes did not express elevated levels of a wide range of cytokines compared to control pigs. In contrast, significant amounts of IL-1β, IL-6, IL-8 and TNF-α were produced in lung lesions and IL-1β in the TBLN. At the protein level, TNF-α was expressed by both CD163+ monocytes and macrophages in lung lesions, whereas IL-1β, IL-6 and IL-8 expression was found only in CD163+ monocytes; no CD163+ macrophages were found to produce these cytokines. Furthermore, the quantification of CD163+ monocytes expressing the two cytokines IL-1β and IL-8 that were most elevated was performed. In lung lesions, 36.5% IL-1β positive CD163+ monocytes but only 18.3% IL-8 positive CD163+ monocytes were found. In conclusion, PB and BM CD163+ monocytes do not appear to contribute to the elevated cytokine levels in plasma. On the other hand, CD163+ monocytes contribute to inflammatory cytokine expression, especially IL-1β at the site of inflammation during the inflammatory process.
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- Rea Jarosova
- Veterinary Research Institute, Brno, Czech Republic; Department of Morphology, Physiology and Animal Genetics, The Faculty of AgriSciences, Mendel University in Brno, Brno, Czech Republic.
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- Veterinary Research Institute, Brno, Czech Republic.
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- Veterinary Research Institute, Brno, Czech Republic.
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- Veterinary Research Institute, Brno, Czech Republic.
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- Veterinary Research Institute, Brno, Czech Republic.
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Faculty of AgriSciences, Mendel University in Brno, Brno, Czech Republic.
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Faculty of AgriSciences, Mendel University in Brno, Brno, Czech Republic; Central European Institute of Technology, Brno University of Technology, Brno, Czech Republic
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- Department of Morphology, Physiology and Animal Genetics, The Faculty of AgriSciences, Mendel University in Brno, Brno, Czech Republic.
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- Departmento de Biotecnologia, Centro Nacional Instituto de Investigacion y Tecnologia Agraria y Alimentaria (CSIC-INIA), Madrid, Spain.
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Zhu R, Jiang H, Wang J, Bao C, Liu H, Li F, Lei L. Dynamic immune response characteristics of piglets infected with Actinobacillus pleuropneumoniae through omic. AMB Express 2021; 11:175. [PMID: 34952961 PMCID: PMC8709809 DOI: 10.1186/s13568-021-01336-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/05/2021] [Accepted: 12/14/2021] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Porcine infectious pleuropneumonia is characterized by a high-rate of carriage and mixed infection with other pathogens. The host immune response induced by Actinobacillus pleuropneumoniae (APP) is the basis for elucidating pathogenesis and controlling disease. However, there is currently no comprehensive and dynamic data characterising the host immune response. In this study, piglets were infected with APP and differentially expressed proteins of bronchoalveolar lavage fluid (BALF) and peripheral serum were identified by iTRAQ-LC-MS/MS, and differentially expressed genes of peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMC) by RNA-seq. The results of the integrated analysis of serum, BALF and PBMC showed significant metabolism and local immune responses in BALF, the general immune response in PBMC mainly involves cytokines, while that in serum mainly involves biosynthesis, phagosome, and complement and coagulation cascades. Furthermore, immune responses in PBMCs and serum were rapid and maintained compared to the lung where metabolism and cell adhesion activities were enriched. Some innate immunity pathways of the cellular response to ROS, neutrophil mediated immunity, granulocyte activation and leukocyte cell-cell adhesion were identified as central points, connecting multiple signaling pathways to form an integrated large network. At 24 h post-infection, 14 molecules were up regulated in BALF, 10 of which were shared with PBMC, but at 120 h, 20 down-regulated molecules were identified in BALF, 11 of them still up- regulated in PBMC. We conclude that, the immune response in the lung is different from that in blood, but there is a similarity in response in PBMC and serum.
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Bao C, Jiang H, Zhu R, Liu B, Xiao J, Li Z, Chen P, Langford PR, Zhang F, Lei L. Differences in pig respiratory tract and peripheral blood immune responses to Actinobacillus pleuropneumoniae. Vet Microbiol 2020; 247:108755. [PMID: 32686648 DOI: 10.1016/j.vetmic.2020.108755] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/22/2019] [Revised: 04/25/2020] [Accepted: 06/11/2020] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Excessive cytokine production is an important component of the acute respiratory distress syndrome and multiple organ failure. Pneumonia can lead to an overexpression of cytokines, although comparatively little is known about the relevance and differences in cytokines between blood and lung. In this study, piglets were experimentally infected intranasally with Actinobacillus pleuropneumoniae (APP), and transcriptomes of lung tissue and peripheral blood mononuclear cells determined. In addition, the levels of 30 cytokines in broncheoalveolar lavage fluid (BALF) and sera were determined by ELISA. Post infection, there was an early increase in lung monocytes, and a later rise in inflammatory cytokines in BALF. Blood lymphocytes increased early in infection and there was a rise in inflammatory cytokines in the peripheral blood of infected piglets. Genes involved in cytokine production, leukocyte migration and differentiation, lymphocyte activation, and cytokine-mediated signaling pathways in the transcriptomes of lung tissue were significantly down-regulated early in infection. At this early phase of APP infection (0-6 h), the cytokines IL-1β, MCP-1, and IL-5 in sera increased rapidly and significantly, while many cytokines in BALF decreased. At 48 h post-infection, cytokines in sera were no longer significantly increased, although some were up-regulated in BALF, and there was aggravated pathological damage in the lungs at this time. The data indicate there are substantial differences between immune cells and cytokines in the lung and peripheral blood of APP infected piglets at equivalent time points. The results increase our understanding of pig-APP host interactive biology, and will be important in formulating future therapeutic and preventative strategies to prevent disease caused by APP.
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- Chuntong Bao
- College of Veterinary Medicine, Jilin University, Changchun, PR China
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- College of Veterinary Medicine, Jilin University, Changchun, PR China
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- College of Veterinary Medicine, Jilin University, Changchun, PR China
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- College of Veterinary Medicine, Jilin University, Changchun, PR China
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- College of Veterinary Medicine, Jilin University, Changchun, PR China
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- College of Veterinary Medicine, Jilin University, Changchun, PR China
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- College of Veterinary Medicine, Jilin University, Changchun, PR China
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- Section of Paediatric Infectious Disease, Imperial College London, London, UK
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- College of Animal Science, Yangtze University, Jingzhou, Hubei, 434023, PR China.
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- College of Veterinary Medicine, Jilin University, Changchun, PR China; College of Animal Science, Yangtze University, Jingzhou, Hubei, 434023, PR China.
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Zhu R, Bao C, Liu B, Xiao J, Sun C, Feng X, Langford PR, Li Y, Lei L. iTRAQ-based quantitative proteomic analysis of peripheral blood serum in piglets infected with Actinobacillus pleuropneumoniae. AMB Express 2020; 10:121. [PMID: 32632500 PMCID: PMC7338327 DOI: 10.1186/s13568-020-01057-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/04/2020] [Accepted: 07/02/2020] [Indexed: 12/15/2022] Open
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Porcine pleuropneumonia caused by Actinobacillus pleuropneumoniae (APP) is a swine respiratory disease with an important impact around the world either as a single infection or part of the porcine respiratory disease complex. The data of interaction between hosts and pathogens has becoming more crucial for exploration of the mechanism. However, up to now, comparatively little information is available on the systemic and dynamic changes that occur in pig serum in response to APP infection. This study used iTRAQ to identify differentially expressed proteins (DEPs) in pig serum in response to APP infection. Compared with the APP un-infected group (S0),there were 137 up-regulated and 68 down-regulated proteins at 24 h (S24), and 81 up-regulated and 107 down-regulated proteins at 120 h (S120). At 24 h, the immune response was not significantly enriched, but cell adhesion, cytosol, Golgi apparatus, GTP and ATP binding and regulation of cell cycle were extremely active, implying host preparation of immune response starting. Subsequently, innate immune response, negative regulation of apoptotic process, immunological synapse, adaptive immune response, the regulation of inflammatory response, positive regulation of T cell proliferation were more enhanced at 120 h then that of 24 h, representing innate immunity transferring to the adaptive, while endocytosis, cell adhesion and platelet aggregation showed obvious decline. The pathways of T cell receptor signaling pathway, cytokine–cytokine receptor interaction, complement and coagulation cascades, leukocyte transendothelial migration were active remarkably during all infection period, and more pathways could connect to form innate immune defense networks. Surprisingly, the pathways like amoebiasis, rheumatoid arthritis and malaria had been found up-regulated. As a conclusion, APP could delay host inflammatory response to the infection at early stage, and induced innate immunity to convert from adhesion, interaction into complement activation, proteasome digestion, bacterial invasion at later stage. This would increase our understanding of the porcine distinct response to APP infection.
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Bao CT, Xiao JM, Liu BJ, Liu JF, Zhu RN, Jiang P, Li L, Langford PR, Lei LC. Establishment and comparison of Actinobacillus pleuropneumoniae experimental infection model in mice and piglets. Microb Pathog 2019; 128:381-389. [PMID: 30664928 DOI: 10.1016/j.micpath.2019.01.028] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/14/2018] [Revised: 01/15/2019] [Accepted: 01/17/2019] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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Actinobacillus pleuropneumoniae (APP) causes porcine pleuropneumonia, a disease responsible for substantial losses in the worldwide pig industry. In this study, outbred Kunming (KM) and Institute of Cancer Research (ICR) mice were evaluated as alternative mice models for APP research. After intranasal infection of serotype 5 reference strain L20, there was less lung damage and a lower clinical sign score in ICR compared to KM mice. However, ICR mice showed more obvious changes in body weight loss, the amount of immune cells (such as neutrophils and lymphocytes) and cytokines (such as IL-6, IL-1β and TNF-α) in blood and bronchoalveolar lavage fluid (BALF). The immunological changes observed in ICR mice closely mimicked those found in piglets infected with L20. While both ICR and KM mice are susceptible to APP and induce pathological lesions, we suggest that ICR and KM mice are more suitable for immunological and pathogenesis studies, respectively. The research lays the theoretical basis for determine that mice could replace pigs as the APP infection model and it is of significance for the study of APP infection in the laboratory.
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- Chun-Tong Bao
- College of Veterinary Medicine, Jilin University, Changchun, PR China
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- College of Veterinary Medicine, Jilin University, Changchun, PR China
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- College of Veterinary Medicine, Jilin University, Changchun, PR China
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- College of Veterinary Medicine, Jilin University, Changchun, PR China
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- College of Veterinary Medicine, Jilin University, Changchun, PR China
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- College of Veterinary Medicine, Jilin University, Changchun, PR China
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- College of Veterinary Medicine, Jilin University, Changchun, PR China
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- College of Veterinary Medicine, Jilin University, Changchun, PR China.
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Jiang H, Zhu R, Liu H, Bao C, Liu J, Eltahir A, Langford PR, Sun D, Liu Z, Sun C, Gu J, Han W, Feng X, Lei L. Transcriptomic analysis of porcine PBMCs in response to Actinobacillus pleuropneumoniae reveals the dynamic changes of differentially expressed genes related to immuno-inflammatory responses. Antonie van Leeuwenhoek 2018; 111:2371-2384. [DOI: 10.1007/s10482-018-1126-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/03/2018] [Accepted: 07/06/2018] [Indexed: 01/23/2023]
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Actinobacillus pleuropneumoniae biofilms: Role in pathogenicity and potential impact for vaccination development. Anim Health Res Rev 2017; 19:17-30. [DOI: 10.1017/s146625231700010x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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AbstractActinobacillus pleuropneumoniae is a Gram-negative bacterium that belongs to the family Pasteurellaceae. It is the causative agent of porcine pleuropneumonia, a highly contagious respiratory disease that is responsible for major economic losses in the global pork industry. The disease may present itself as a chronic or an acute infection characterized by severe pathology, including hemorrhage, fibrinous and necrotic lung lesions, and, in the worst cases, rapid death. A. pleuropneumoniae is transmitted via aerosol route, direct contact with infected pigs, and by the farm environment. Many virulence factors associated with this bacterium are well characterized. However, much less is known about the role of biofilm, a sessile mode of growth that may have a critical impact on A. pleuropneumoniae pathogenicity. Here we review the current knowledge on A. pleuropneumoniae biofilm, factors associated with biofilm formation and dispersion, and the impact of biofilm on the pathogenesis A. pleuropneumoniae. We also provide an overview of current vaccination strategies against A. pleuropneumoniae and consider the possible role of biofilms vaccines for controlling the disease.
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Sassu EL, Bossé JT, Tobias TJ, Gottschalk M, Langford PR, Hennig-Pauka I. Update on Actinobacillus pleuropneumoniae-knowledge, gaps and challenges. Transbound Emerg Dis 2017; 65 Suppl 1:72-90. [PMID: 29083117 DOI: 10.1111/tbed.12739] [Citation(s) in RCA: 112] [Impact Index Per Article: 16.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/20/2017] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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Porcine pleuropneumonia, caused by the bacterial porcine respiratory tract pathogen Actinobacillus pleuropneumoniae, leads to high economic losses in affected swine herds in most countries of the world. Pigs affected by peracute and acute disease suffer from severe respiratory distress with high lethality. The agent was first described in 1957 and, since then, knowledge about the pathogen itself, and its interactions with the host, has increased continuously. This is, in part, due to the fact that experimental infections can be studied in the natural host. However, the fact that most commercial pigs are colonized by this pathogen has hampered the applicability of knowledge gained under experimental conditions. In addition, several factors are involved in development of disease, and these have often been studied individually. In a DISCONTOOLS initiative, members from science, industry and clinics exchanged their expertise and empirical observations and identified the major gaps in knowledge. This review sums up published results and expert opinions, within the fields of pathogenesis, epidemiology, transmission, immune response to infection, as well as the main means of prevention, detection and control. The gaps that still remain to be filled are highlighted, and present as well as future challenges in the control of this disease are addressed.
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- E L Sassu
- Department of Pathobiology, Institute of Immunology, University of Veterinary Medicine, Vienna, Austria
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- Section of Paediatrics, Department of Medicine, Imperial College London, London, UK
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- Department of Farm Animal Health, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Utrecht University, Utrecht, The Netherlands
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- Department of Pathology and Microbiology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Montreal, Saint-Hyacinthe, QC, Canada
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- Section of Paediatrics, Department of Medicine, Imperial College London, London, UK
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- Field Station for Epidemiology, University of Veterinary Medicine Hannover, Foundation, Bakum, Germany
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Role of porcine serum haptoglobin in the host-parasite relationship of Taenia solium cysticercosis. Mol Biochem Parasitol 2016; 207:61-7. [DOI: 10.1016/j.molbiopara.2016.05.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/18/2016] [Revised: 05/19/2016] [Accepted: 05/21/2016] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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Brogaard L, Klitgaard K, Heegaard PMH, Hansen MS, Jensen TK, Skovgaard K. Concurrent host-pathogen gene expression in the lungs of pigs challenged with Actinobacillus pleuropneumoniae. BMC Genomics 2015; 16:417. [PMID: 26018580 PMCID: PMC4446954 DOI: 10.1186/s12864-015-1557-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/05/2014] [Accepted: 04/20/2015] [Indexed: 12/22/2022] Open
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Background Actinobacillus pleuropneumoniae causes pleuropneumonia in pigs, a disease which is associated with high morbidity and mortality, as well as impaired animal welfare. To obtain in-depth understanding of this infection, the interplay between virulence factors of the pathogen and defense mechanisms of the porcine host needs to be elucidated. However, research has traditionally focused on either bacteriology or immunology; an unbiased picture of the transcriptional responses can be obtained by investigating both organisms in the same biological sample. Results Host and pathogen responses in pigs experimentally infected with A. pleuropneumoniae were analyzed by high-throughput RT-qPCR. This approach allowed concurrent analysis of selected genes encoding proteins known or hypothesized to be important in the acute phase of this infection. The expression of 17 bacterial and 31 porcine genes was quantified in lung samples obtained within the first 48 hours of infection. This provided novel insight into the early time course of bacterial genes involved in synthesis of pathogen-associated molecular patterns (lipopolysaccharide, peptidoglycan, lipoprotein) and genes involved in pattern recognition (TLR4, CD14, MD2, LBP, MYD88) in response to A. pleuropneumoniae. Significant up-regulation of proinflammatory cytokines such as IL1B, IL6, and IL8 was observed, correlating with protein levels, infection status and histopathological findings. Host genes encoding proteins involved in iron metabolism, as well as bacterial genes encoding exotoxins, proteins involved in adhesion, and iron acquisition were found to be differentially expressed according to disease progression. By applying laser capture microdissection, porcine expression of selected genes could be confirmed in the immediate surroundings of the invading pathogen. Conclusions Microbial pathogenesis is the product of interactions between host and pathogen. Our results demonstrate the applicability of high-throughput RT-qPCR for the elucidation of dual-organism gene expression analysis during infection. We showed differential expression of 12 bacterial and 24 porcine genes during infection and significant correlation of porcine and bacterial gene expression. This is the first study investigating the concurrent transcriptional response of both bacteria and host at the site of infection during porcine respiratory infection. Electronic supplementary material The online version of this article (doi:10.1186/s12864-015-1557-6) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users.
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- Louise Brogaard
- Innate Immunology Group, Section of Immunology and Vaccinology, National Veterinary Institute, Technical University of Denmark, Bülowsvej 27, 1870, Frederiksberg C, Denmark.
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- Section of Bacteriology, Pathology and Parasitology, National Veterinary Institute, Technical University of Denmark, Bülowsvej 27, 1870, Frederiksberg C, Denmark.
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- Innate Immunology Group, Section of Immunology and Vaccinology, National Veterinary Institute, Technical University of Denmark, Bülowsvej 27, 1870, Frederiksberg C, Denmark.
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- Section of Bacteriology, Pathology and Parasitology, National Veterinary Institute, Technical University of Denmark, Bülowsvej 27, 1870, Frederiksberg C, Denmark.
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- Section of Bacteriology, Pathology and Parasitology, National Veterinary Institute, Technical University of Denmark, Bülowsvej 27, 1870, Frederiksberg C, Denmark.
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- Innate Immunology Group, Section of Immunology and Vaccinology, National Veterinary Institute, Technical University of Denmark, Bülowsvej 27, 1870, Frederiksberg C, Denmark.
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