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Ma L, Zhang Y, Wang J, Wang Y, Chang S, Zhao P. Synergistic pathogenicity of vertically transmitted chicken infectious anemia virus and avian leukosis virus subgroup J coinfection in chickens. Poult Sci 2024; 103:103835. [PMID: 38772092 PMCID: PMC11131072 DOI: 10.1016/j.psj.2024.103835] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/24/2024] [Revised: 04/27/2024] [Accepted: 05/03/2024] [Indexed: 05/23/2024] Open
Abstract
Avian leukemia virus subgroup J (ALV-J) and chicken infectious anemia virus (CIAV) can be vertically transmitted; however, the pathogenicity of vertically transmitted coinfection with these 2 pathogens has not been studied. In this study, we created a model of chick morbidity in which chicks carried either ALV-J, CIAV, or both viruses via embryo inoculation. Thereafter, we analyzed the effects of vertically transmitted coinfection with CIAV and ALV-J on the pathogenicity of ALV-J and performed a purification assay based on hatching, mortality viremia positivity, and detection of fecal ALV-p27 antigen rates, and body weight. The hatching rate of the ALV-J+CIAV group was 68.57%, lower than those of the single infection and control groups. The survival curve showed that the mortality rates of the CIAV and ALV-J coinfection groups were higher than those of the single infection and control groups. Body weight statistics showed that coinfection aggravated the 7-d growth inhibition effect. The results of ALV-p27 antigen detection in cell culture supernatants showed that the positivity rates of the ALV-J and ALV-J+CIAV groups were 100% at all ages and 0% in the control group. The results of ALV-p27 antigen detection by anal swabs showed that the positivity rates of the ALV-J group were 92.86, 90.90, 88.89, and 93.33% at all ages, and that the ALV-J p27 positivity detection rate of anal swabs was lower than that of plasma virus isolation. The immune organ index of the ALV-J+CIAV group was significantly or very significantly lower than those of the single infection and control groups. The immune organ viral load showed that coinfection with CIAV and ALV-J promoted the proliferation of ALV-J and CIAV in immune organs. Coinfection with ALV-J and CIAV reduced chicken embryo hatchability and increased chick mortality and growth inhibition relative to their respective single infections. Additionally, coinfection with ALV-J + CIAV was even more detrimental in inducing immune organ atrophy (e.g., the thymus, spleen, and bursa), and promoted individual virus replication during coinfection.
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- Lingyao Ma
- College of Veterinary Medicine, Shandong Agricultural University, Shandong, China; Shandong Provincial Key Laboratory of Animal Biotechnology and Disease Control and Prevention, Tai'an, Shandong, China; Shandong Provincial Engineering Technology Research Center of Animal Disease Control and Prevention, Tai'an, Shandong, China
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- College of Veterinary Medicine, Shandong Agricultural University, Shandong, China; Shandong Provincial Key Laboratory of Animal Biotechnology and Disease Control and Prevention, Tai'an, Shandong, China; Shandong Provincial Engineering Technology Research Center of Animal Disease Control and Prevention, Tai'an, Shandong, China
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- College of Veterinary Medicine, Shandong Agricultural University, Shandong, China; Shandong Provincial Key Laboratory of Animal Biotechnology and Disease Control and Prevention, Tai'an, Shandong, China; Shandong Provincial Engineering Technology Research Center of Animal Disease Control and Prevention, Tai'an, Shandong, China
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- College of Veterinary Medicine, Shandong Agricultural University, Shandong, China; Shandong Provincial Key Laboratory of Animal Biotechnology and Disease Control and Prevention, Tai'an, Shandong, China; Shandong Provincial Engineering Technology Research Center of Animal Disease Control and Prevention, Tai'an, Shandong, China
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- College of Veterinary Medicine, Shandong Agricultural University, Shandong, China; Shandong Provincial Key Laboratory of Animal Biotechnology and Disease Control and Prevention, Tai'an, Shandong, China; Shandong Provincial Engineering Technology Research Center of Animal Disease Control and Prevention, Tai'an, Shandong, China
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- College of Veterinary Medicine, Shandong Agricultural University, Shandong, China; Shandong Provincial Key Laboratory of Animal Biotechnology and Disease Control and Prevention, Tai'an, Shandong, China; Shandong Provincial Engineering Technology Research Center of Animal Disease Control and Prevention, Tai'an, Shandong, China.
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Davidson I. Avian Oncogenic and Immunosuppressive Viruses. Infect Dis (Lond) 2023. [DOI: 10.1007/978-1-0716-2463-0_1091] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/10/2023] Open
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Borodin AM, Emanuilova ZV, Smolov SV, Ogneva OA, Konovalova NV, Terentyeva EV, Serova NY, Efimov DN, Fisinin VI, Greenberg AJ, Alekseev YI. Eradication of avian leukosis virus subgroups J and K in broiler cross chickens by selection against infected birds using multilocus PCR. PLoS One 2022; 17:e0269525. [PMID: 35749432 PMCID: PMC9231750 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0269525] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/11/2020] [Accepted: 05/23/2022] [Indexed: 12/04/2022] Open
Abstract
The avian leukosis virus (ALV) is a serious threat to sustainable and economically viable commercial poultry management world-wide. Active infections can result in more than 20% flock loss, resulting in significant economic damage. ALV detection and elimination from flocks and breeding programs is complicated by high sequence variability and the presence of endogenous virus copies which show up as false positives in assays. Previously-developed approaches to virus detection are either too labor-intensive to implement on an industrial scale or suffer from high false negative or positive rates. We developed a novel multi-locus multiplex quantitative real-time PCR system to detect viruses belonging to the J and K genetic subgroups that are particularly prevalent in our region. We used this system to eradicate ALV from our broiler breeding program comprising thousands of individuals. Our approach can be generalized to other ALV subgroups and other highly genetically diverse pathogens.
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- Alexander M. Borodin
- Breeding and Genetic Center Smena, Ministry of Science and Higher Education of the Russian Federation, Bereznyaki, Russia
- Institute of Medical and Biological Research, Nizhnii Novgorod, Russia
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- Breeding and Genetic Center Smena, Ministry of Science and Higher Education of the Russian Federation, Bereznyaki, Russia
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- Breeding and Genetic Center Smena, Ministry of Science and Higher Education of the Russian Federation, Bereznyaki, Russia
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- Breeding and Genetic Center Smena, Ministry of Science and Higher Education of the Russian Federation, Bereznyaki, Russia
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- All-Russian Research Veterinary Institute of Poultry Science Branch of the Federal Scientific Center All-Russian Research and Technological Poultry Institute Russian Academy of Science, St. Petersburg, Russia
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- Federal Scientific Center All-Russian Research and Technological Poultry Institute Russian Academy of Science, Sergiev Posad, Russia
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- Federal Scientific Center All-Russian Research and Technological Poultry Institute Russian Academy of Science, Sergiev Posad, Russia
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- Syntol LLC, Moscow, Russia
- Institute for Analytical Instrumentation Russian Academy of Science, St. Petersburg, Russia
- * E-mail: (AJG); (YIA)
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Wu XH, Yao ZQ, Zhao QQ, Chen S, Hu ZZ, Xie Z, Chen LY, Ji J, Chen F, Zhang XH, Xie QM. Development and Application of a Reverse-transcription Recombinase-Aided Amplification Assay for Subgroup J Avian Leukosis Virus. Poult Sci 2022; 101:101743. [PMID: 35240352 PMCID: PMC8889409 DOI: 10.1016/j.psj.2022.101743] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/24/2021] [Revised: 01/15/2022] [Accepted: 01/17/2022] [Indexed: 11/29/2022] Open
Abstract
Subgroup J Avian leukosis virus (ALV-J) is an important pathogen of poultry tumor diseases. Since its discovery, it has caused significant economic losses to the poultry industry. Thus, the rapid detection of molecular level with strong specificity is particularly important whether poultry are infected with ALV-J. In this study, we designed primers and probe for real-time fluorescent reverse-transcription recombinase-aided amplification assay (RT-RAA) based on the ALV-J gp85 sequence. We had established a real-time fluorescent RT-RAA method and confirmed this system by verifying the specificity and sensitivity of the primers and probe. In addition, repeatability tests and clinical sample regression tests were used for preliminary evaluation of this detection method. The sensitivity of established method was about 101 copies/μL, and the repeatability of the CV of the CT value is 4%, indicating repeatability is good. Moreover, there was no cross-reactivity with NDV, IBV, IBDV, H9N2, MDV, and REV, and other avian leukosis virus subgroups, such as subgroups A, B, C, D, K and E. Importantly, the real-time fluorescent RT-RAA completed the test within 30 min at a constant temperature of 41°C. Forty-two clinical samples with known background were tested, and the test results were coincided with 100%. Overall, these results suggested that the real-time fluorescent RT-RAA developed in this study had strong specificity, high sensitivity, and good feasibility. The method is simple, easy, and portable, that is suitable for clinical and laboratory diagnosis, and provides technical support for the prevention and control of ALV-J.
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- X H Wu
- Heyuan Branch, Guangdong Provincial Laboratory of Lingnan Modern Agricultural Science and Technology, College of Animal Science, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou 510642, P. R. China; Guangdong Engineering Research Center for Vector Vaccine of Animal Virus, Guangzhou 510642, P. R. China; South China Collaborative Innovation Center for Poultry Disease Control and Product Safety, Guangzhou 510642, P. R. China
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- Heyuan Branch, Guangdong Provincial Laboratory of Lingnan Modern Agricultural Science and Technology, College of Animal Science, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou 510642, P. R. China; Guangdong Engineering Research Center for Vector Vaccine of Animal Virus, Guangzhou 510642, P. R. China; South China Collaborative Innovation Center for Poultry Disease Control and Product Safety, Guangzhou 510642, P. R. China
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- Heyuan Branch, Guangdong Provincial Laboratory of Lingnan Modern Agricultural Science and Technology, College of Animal Science, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou 510642, P. R. China; Guangdong Engineering Research Center for Vector Vaccine of Animal Virus, Guangzhou 510642, P. R. China; South China Collaborative Innovation Center for Poultry Disease Control and Product Safety, Guangzhou 510642, P. R. China
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- Heyuan Branch, Guangdong Provincial Laboratory of Lingnan Modern Agricultural Science and Technology, College of Animal Science, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou 510642, P. R. China; Guangdong Engineering Research Center for Vector Vaccine of Animal Virus, Guangzhou 510642, P. R. China; South China Collaborative Innovation Center for Poultry Disease Control and Product Safety, Guangzhou 510642, P. R. China
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- Heyuan Branch, Guangdong Provincial Laboratory of Lingnan Modern Agricultural Science and Technology, College of Animal Science, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou 510642, P. R. China; Guangdong Engineering Research Center for Vector Vaccine of Animal Virus, Guangzhou 510642, P. R. China; South China Collaborative Innovation Center for Poultry Disease Control and Product Safety, Guangzhou 510642, P. R. China
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- Heyuan Branch, Guangdong Provincial Laboratory of Lingnan Modern Agricultural Science and Technology, College of Animal Science, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou 510642, P. R. China; Guangdong Engineering Research Center for Vector Vaccine of Animal Virus, Guangzhou 510642, P. R. China; South China Collaborative Innovation Center for Poultry Disease Control and Product Safety, Guangzhou 510642, P. R. China
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- Heyuan Branch, Guangdong Provincial Laboratory of Lingnan Modern Agricultural Science and Technology, College of Animal Science, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou 510642, P. R. China; Guangdong Engineering Research Center for Vector Vaccine of Animal Virus, Guangzhou 510642, P. R. China; South China Collaborative Innovation Center for Poultry Disease Control and Product Safety, Guangzhou 510642, P. R. China
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- Henan Provincial Engineering and Technology Center of Health Products for Livestock and Poultry, Nanyang Normal University, Nanyang 473061, P. R. China
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- Heyuan Branch, Guangdong Provincial Laboratory of Lingnan Modern Agricultural Science and Technology, College of Animal Science, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou 510642, P. R. China; Guangdong Engineering Research Center for Vector Vaccine of Animal Virus, Guangzhou 510642, P. R. China; South China Collaborative Innovation Center for Poultry Disease Control and Product Safety, Guangzhou 510642, P. R. China; Key Laboratory of Animal Health Aquaculture and Environmental Control, Guangzhou, Guangdong 510642, P. R. China
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- Heyuan Branch, Guangdong Provincial Laboratory of Lingnan Modern Agricultural Science and Technology, College of Animal Science, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou 510642, P. R. China; Guangdong Engineering Research Center for Vector Vaccine of Animal Virus, Guangzhou 510642, P. R. China; South China Collaborative Innovation Center for Poultry Disease Control and Product Safety, Guangzhou 510642, P. R. China; Key Laboratory of Animal Health Aquaculture and Environmental Control, Guangzhou, Guangdong 510642, P. R. China
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- Heyuan Branch, Guangdong Provincial Laboratory of Lingnan Modern Agricultural Science and Technology, College of Animal Science, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou 510642, P. R. China; Guangdong Engineering Research Center for Vector Vaccine of Animal Virus, Guangzhou 510642, P. R. China; South China Collaborative Innovation Center for Poultry Disease Control and Product Safety, Guangzhou 510642, P. R. China; Key Laboratory of Animal Health Aquaculture and Environmental Control, Guangzhou, Guangdong 510642, P. R. China.
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Liao L, Wu Z, Chen W, Zhang H, Li A, Yan Y, Xie Z, Li H, Lin W, Ma J, Zhang X, Xie Q. Anti-CD81 antibody blocks vertical transmission of avian leukosis virus subgroup J. Vet Microbiol 2021; 264:109293. [PMID: 34883334 DOI: 10.1016/j.vetmic.2021.109293] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/17/2021] [Revised: 11/11/2021] [Accepted: 11/22/2021] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
Abstract
Control of ALV-J in breed of chicken is still a serious issue that need more attention to be paid. Vertical transmission of ALV-J often give rise to more adverse pathogenicity. However, the way to elimination of ALV-J underlying vertical transmission remains not-well understood. In addition, effective vaccines or drugs have not been developed to prevent and control the transmission of ALV-J so far. CD81, a member of the tetraspanins superfamily, plays important roles in regulating membrane proteins, facilitating cells adhesion or fusion, and also participates in viral infection. The purpose of this study was to investigate whether antibodies against certain tetraspanins affect infection of ALV-J. Here, we showed that anti-CD81 antibody could inhibit viral RNA and protein level. We also found that anti-CD81 antibody interacts with viral protein p27, p32 and gp37. Moreover, treatment with antibody to CD81 can effectively prevent the vertical transmission of ALV-J in animal model. Collectively, current study provides new avenues for the control of ALV-J transmission.
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- Liqin Liao
- College of Animal Science, South China Agricultural University & Guangdong Provincial Key Lab of Agro Animal Genomics and Molecular Breeding, Guangzhou, 510642, PR China; Lingnan Guangdong Laboratory of Modern Agriculture, Guangzhou, 510642, China; College of Science and Engineering, Jinan University, Guangzhou, 510632, PR China
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- Wen's Group Academy, Wen's Foodstuffs Group Co., Ltd., Xinxing, 527400, Guangdong, PR China
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- College of Animal Science, South China Agricultural University & Guangdong Provincial Key Lab of Agro Animal Genomics and Molecular Breeding, Guangzhou, 510642, PR China; Lingnan Guangdong Laboratory of Modern Agriculture, Guangzhou, 510642, China; College of Science and Engineering, Jinan University, Guangzhou, 510632, PR China; Key Laboratory of Animal Health Aquaculture and Environmental Control, Guangdong, Guangzhou, 510642, PR China
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- USDA, Agriculture Research Service, Avian Disease and Oncology Laboratory, East Lansing, MI, 48823, USA
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- College of Science and Engineering, Jinan University, Guangzhou, 510632, PR China
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- College of Animal Science, South China Agricultural University & Guangdong Provincial Key Lab of Agro Animal Genomics and Molecular Breeding, Guangzhou, 510642, PR China; Lingnan Guangdong Laboratory of Modern Agriculture, Guangzhou, 510642, China; Key Laboratory of Animal Health Aquaculture and Environmental Control, Guangdong, Guangzhou, 510642, PR China
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- College of Animal Science, South China Agricultural University & Guangdong Provincial Key Lab of Agro Animal Genomics and Molecular Breeding, Guangzhou, 510642, PR China; Lingnan Guangdong Laboratory of Modern Agriculture, Guangzhou, 510642, China; Key Laboratory of Animal Health Aquaculture and Environmental Control, Guangdong, Guangzhou, 510642, PR China
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- College of Animal Science, South China Agricultural University & Guangdong Provincial Key Lab of Agro Animal Genomics and Molecular Breeding, Guangzhou, 510642, PR China; Lingnan Guangdong Laboratory of Modern Agriculture, Guangzhou, 510642, China; Key Laboratory of Animal Health Aquaculture and Environmental Control, Guangdong, Guangzhou, 510642, PR China
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- College of Animal Science, South China Agricultural University & Guangdong Provincial Key Lab of Agro Animal Genomics and Molecular Breeding, Guangzhou, 510642, PR China; Lingnan Guangdong Laboratory of Modern Agriculture, Guangzhou, 510642, China; Key Laboratory of Animal Health Aquaculture and Environmental Control, Guangdong, Guangzhou, 510642, PR China; Guangdong Engineering Research Center for Vector Vaccine of Animal Virus, Guangzhou, 510642, PR China
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- College of Animal Science, South China Agricultural University & Guangdong Provincial Key Lab of Agro Animal Genomics and Molecular Breeding, Guangzhou, 510642, PR China; Lingnan Guangdong Laboratory of Modern Agriculture, Guangzhou, 510642, China; Key Laboratory of Animal Health Aquaculture and Environmental Control, Guangdong, Guangzhou, 510642, PR China; Guangdong Engineering Research Center for Vector Vaccine of Animal Virus, Guangzhou, 510642, PR China
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- College of Animal Science, South China Agricultural University & Guangdong Provincial Key Lab of Agro Animal Genomics and Molecular Breeding, Guangzhou, 510642, PR China; Lingnan Guangdong Laboratory of Modern Agriculture, Guangzhou, 510642, China; Key Laboratory of Animal Health Aquaculture and Environmental Control, Guangdong, Guangzhou, 510642, PR China.
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- College of Animal Science, South China Agricultural University & Guangdong Provincial Key Lab of Agro Animal Genomics and Molecular Breeding, Guangzhou, 510642, PR China; Lingnan Guangdong Laboratory of Modern Agriculture, Guangzhou, 510642, China; Key Laboratory of Animal Health Aquaculture and Environmental Control, Guangdong, Guangzhou, 510642, PR China; Guangdong Engineering Research Center for Vector Vaccine of Animal Virus, Guangzhou, 510642, PR China.
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Kheimar A, Klinger R, Bertzbach LD, Sid H, Yu Y, Conradie AM, Schade B, Böhm B, Preisinger R, Nair V, Kaufer BB, Schusser B. A Genetically Engineered Commercial Chicken Line Is Resistant to Highly Pathogenic Avian Leukosis Virus Subgroup J. Microorganisms 2021; 9:1066. [PMID: 34069313 PMCID: PMC8157034 DOI: 10.3390/microorganisms9051066] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/19/2021] [Revised: 05/07/2021] [Accepted: 05/10/2021] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
Abstract
Viral diseases remain a major concern for animal health and global food production in modern agriculture. In chickens, avian leukosis virus subgroup J (ALV-J) represents an important pathogen that causes severe economic loss. Until now, no vaccine or antiviral drugs are available against ALV-J and strategies to combat this pathogen in commercial flocks are desperately needed. CRISPR/Cas9 targeted genome editing recently facilitated the generation of genetically modified chickens with a mutation of the chicken ALV-J receptor Na+/H+ exchanger type 1 (chNHE1). In this study, we provide evidence that this mutation protects a commercial chicken line (NHE1ΔW38) against the virulent ALV-J prototype strain HPRS-103. We demonstrate that replication of HPRS-103 is severely impaired in NHE1ΔW38 birds and that ALV-J-specific antigen is not detected in cloacal swabs at later time points. Consistently, infected NHE1ΔW38 chickens gained more weight compared to their non-transgenic counterparts (NHE1W38). Histopathology revealed that NHE1W38 chickens developed ALV-J typical pathology in various organs, while no pathological lesions were detected in NHE1ΔW38 chickens. Taken together, our data revealed that this mutation can render a commercial chicken line resistant to highly pathogenic ALV-J infection, which could aid in fighting this pathogen and improve animal health in the field.
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- Ahmed Kheimar
- Institute of Virology, Freie Universität Berlin, 14163 Berlin, Germany; (A.K.); (L.D.B.); (Y.Y.); (A.M.C.)
- Department of Poultry Diseases, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Sohag University, 82424 Sohag, Egypt
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- Reproductive Biotechnology, Department of Molecular Life Sciences, TUM School of Life Sciences, Technical University Munich, 85354 Freising, Germany; (R.K.); (H.S.)
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- Institute of Virology, Freie Universität Berlin, 14163 Berlin, Germany; (A.K.); (L.D.B.); (Y.Y.); (A.M.C.)
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- Reproductive Biotechnology, Department of Molecular Life Sciences, TUM School of Life Sciences, Technical University Munich, 85354 Freising, Germany; (R.K.); (H.S.)
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- Institute of Virology, Freie Universität Berlin, 14163 Berlin, Germany; (A.K.); (L.D.B.); (Y.Y.); (A.M.C.)
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- Institute of Virology, Freie Universität Berlin, 14163 Berlin, Germany; (A.K.); (L.D.B.); (Y.Y.); (A.M.C.)
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- Bavarian Animal Health Service, Department of Pathology, 85586 Poing, Germany; (B.S.); (B.B.)
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- Bavarian Animal Health Service, Department of Pathology, 85586 Poing, Germany; (B.S.); (B.B.)
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- Institute of Virology, Freie Universität Berlin, 14163 Berlin, Germany; (A.K.); (L.D.B.); (Y.Y.); (A.M.C.)
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- Reproductive Biotechnology, Department of Molecular Life Sciences, TUM School of Life Sciences, Technical University Munich, 85354 Freising, Germany; (R.K.); (H.S.)
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Hellmich R, Sid H, Lengyel K, Flisikowski K, Schlickenrieder A, Bartsch D, Thoma T, Bertzbach LD, Kaufer BB, Nair V, Preisinger R, Schusser B. Acquiring Resistance Against a Retroviral Infection via CRISPR/Cas9 Targeted Genome Editing in a Commercial Chicken Line. Front Genome Ed 2020; 2:3. [PMID: 34713212 PMCID: PMC8525359 DOI: 10.3389/fgeed.2020.00003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/06/2020] [Accepted: 04/30/2020] [Indexed: 01/30/2023] Open
Abstract
Genome editing technology provides new possibilities for animal breeding and aid in understanding host-pathogen interactions. In poultry, retroviruses display one of the most difficult pathogens to control by conventional strategies such as vaccinations. Avian leukosis virus subgroup J (ALV-J) is an oncogenic, immunosuppressive retrovirus that causes myeloid leukosis and other tumors in chickens. Severe economic losses caused by ALV-J remain an unsolved problem in many parts of the world due to inefficient eradication strategies and lack of effective vaccines. ALV-J attachment and entry are mediated through the specific receptor, chicken Na+/H+ exchanger type 1 (chNHE1). The non-conserved amino acid tryptophan 38 (W38) in chNHE1 is crucial for virus entry, making it a favorable target for the introduction of disease resistance. In this study, we obtained ALV-J-resistance in a commercial chicken line by precise deletion of chNHE1 W38, utilizing the CRISPR/Cas9-system in combination with homology directed repair. The genetic modification completely protected cells from infection with a subgroup J retrovirus. W38 deletion did neither have a negative effect on the development nor on the general health condition of the gene edited chickens. Overall, the generation of ALV-J-resistant birds by precise gene editing demonstrates the immense potential of this approach as an alternative disease control strategy in poultry.
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- Romina Hellmich
- Department of Animal Sciences, Reproductive Biotechnology, School of Life Sciences Weihenstephan, Technical University Munich, Freising, Germany
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- Department of Animal Sciences, Reproductive Biotechnology, School of Life Sciences Weihenstephan, Technical University Munich, Freising, Germany
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- Department of Animal Sciences, Reproductive Biotechnology, School of Life Sciences Weihenstephan, Technical University Munich, Freising, Germany
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- Department of Animal Sciences, Chair of Livestock Biotechnology, School of Life Sciences Weihenstephan, Technical University Munich, Freising, Germany
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- Department of Animal Sciences, Reproductive Biotechnology, School of Life Sciences Weihenstephan, Technical University Munich, Freising, Germany
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- Department of Animal Sciences, Reproductive Biotechnology, School of Life Sciences Weihenstephan, Technical University Munich, Freising, Germany
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- Department of Animal Sciences, Reproductive Biotechnology, School of Life Sciences Weihenstephan, Technical University Munich, Freising, Germany
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- Department of Animal Sciences, Reproductive Biotechnology, School of Life Sciences Weihenstephan, Technical University Munich, Freising, Germany
- *Correspondence: Benjamin Schusser
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Sacco MA, Crosetti A. GGERV20, a recently integrated, segregating endogenous retrovirus in Gallus gallus. J Gen Virol 2020; 101:299-308. [PMID: 31916930 DOI: 10.1099/jgv.0.001379] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
Abstract
Endogenous retroviruses (ERVs) are widespread in vertebrate genomes. The recent availability of whole eukaryotic genomes has enabled their characterization in many organisms, including Gallus gallus (red jungle fowl), the progenitor of the domesticated chicken. Our bioinformatics analysis of a G. gallus ERV previously designated GGERV20 identified 35 proviruses with complete long terminal repeats (LTRs) and gag-pol open reading frames (ORFs) in the Genome Reference Consortium Chicken Build 6a, of which 8 showed potential for translation of functional retroviral polyproteins, including the integrase and reverse transcriptase enzymes. No elements were discovered with an env gene. Fifteen loci had LTR sequences with 100 % identity, indicative of recent integration. Chicken embryo fibroblast RNA-seq datasets showed reads representing the entire length of the GGERV20 provirus, supporting their potential for expressing viral proteins. To investigate the possibility that GGERV20 elements may not be fixed in the genome, we assessed the integration status of five loci in a meat-type chicken. PCRs targeting a GGERV20 locus on G. gallus chromosome one (GGERV201-1) reproducibly amplified both LTRs and the preintegration state, indicating that the bird from which the DNA was sampled was hemizygous at this locus. The four other loci examined only produced the preintegration state amplicons. These results reveal that GGERV20 is not fixed in the G. gallus population, and taken together with the lack of mutations seen in several provirus LTRs and their transcriptional activity, suggest that GGERV20 retroviruses have recently been and continue to be active in the chicken genome.
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- Melanie Ann Sacco
- Center for Applied Biotechnology Studies, Department of Biological Science, California State University, Fullerton, CA 92834-6850, USA
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- Center for Applied Biotechnology Studies, Department of Biological Science, California State University, Fullerton, CA 92834-6850, USA
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Chang F, Xing L, Xing Z, Yu M, Bao Y, Wang S, Farooque M, Li X, Liu P, Pan Q, Qi X, Gao L, Li K, Liu C, Zhang Y, Cui H, Wang X, Gao Y. Development and evaluation of a gp85 protein-based subgroup-specific indirect enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay for the detection of anti-subgroup J avian leukosis virus antibodies. Appl Microbiol Biotechnol 2020; 104:1785-1793. [PMID: 31900555 DOI: 10.1007/s00253-019-10320-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/03/2019] [Revised: 12/08/2019] [Accepted: 12/15/2019] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
Abstract
Avian leukosis virus subgroup J (ALV-J) is an important pathogen for various neoplasms and causes significant economic losses in the poultry industry. Serological detection of specific antibodies against ALV-J infection is important for successful clinical diagnosis. Here, a 293F stable cell line was established to stably express gp85 protein. In this cell line, gp85 protein was expressed at approximately 30 mg/L. A subgroup-specific indirect enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (iELISA) was developed using ALV-J gp85 protein as coated antigen to detect antibodies against ALV-J. The sensitivity of the iELISA (1:51200 diluted in serum) was 16 times more than that of indirect immunofluorescence assay (IFA; 1:3200 diluted in serum). Moreover, there was no crossreactivity with antibodies against other common avian viruses and other avian leukosis virus subgroups, such as subgroups A and B. The practicality of the iELISA was further evaluated by experimental infection and clinical samples. The results from experimental infection indicated that anti-ALV-J antibodies were readily detected by iELISA as early as 4 weeks after ALV-J infection, and positive antibodies were detected until 20 weeks, with an antibody-positive rate of 11.1% to 33.3%. Moreover, analysis of clinical samples showed that 9.49% of samples were positive for anti-ALV-J antibodies, and the concordance rate of iELISA and IFA was 99.24%. Overall, these results suggested that the subgroup-specific iELISA developed in this study had good sensitivity, specificity, and feasibility. This iELISA will be very useful for epidemiological surveillance, diagnosis, and eradication of ALV-J in poultry farms.
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- Fangfang Chang
- Avian Immunosuppressive Diseases Division, State Key Laboratory of Veterinary Biotechnology, Harbin Veterinary Research Institute, The Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, No. 678 Haping Road, Xiangfang District, Harbin, 150069, Heilongjiang Province, People's Republic of China
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- Avian Immunosuppressive Diseases Division, State Key Laboratory of Veterinary Biotechnology, Harbin Veterinary Research Institute, The Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, No. 678 Haping Road, Xiangfang District, Harbin, 150069, Heilongjiang Province, People's Republic of China
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- Heilongjiang Provincial Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Harbin, 150030, People's Republic of China
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- Avian Immunosuppressive Diseases Division, State Key Laboratory of Veterinary Biotechnology, Harbin Veterinary Research Institute, The Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, No. 678 Haping Road, Xiangfang District, Harbin, 150069, Heilongjiang Province, People's Republic of China
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- Avian Immunosuppressive Diseases Division, State Key Laboratory of Veterinary Biotechnology, Harbin Veterinary Research Institute, The Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, No. 678 Haping Road, Xiangfang District, Harbin, 150069, Heilongjiang Province, People's Republic of China
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- Avian Immunosuppressive Diseases Division, State Key Laboratory of Veterinary Biotechnology, Harbin Veterinary Research Institute, The Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, No. 678 Haping Road, Xiangfang District, Harbin, 150069, Heilongjiang Province, People's Republic of China
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- Avian Immunosuppressive Diseases Division, State Key Laboratory of Veterinary Biotechnology, Harbin Veterinary Research Institute, The Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, No. 678 Haping Road, Xiangfang District, Harbin, 150069, Heilongjiang Province, People's Republic of China
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- Avian Immunosuppressive Diseases Division, State Key Laboratory of Veterinary Biotechnology, Harbin Veterinary Research Institute, The Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, No. 678 Haping Road, Xiangfang District, Harbin, 150069, Heilongjiang Province, People's Republic of China
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- Avian Immunosuppressive Diseases Division, State Key Laboratory of Veterinary Biotechnology, Harbin Veterinary Research Institute, The Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, No. 678 Haping Road, Xiangfang District, Harbin, 150069, Heilongjiang Province, People's Republic of China
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- Avian Immunosuppressive Diseases Division, State Key Laboratory of Veterinary Biotechnology, Harbin Veterinary Research Institute, The Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, No. 678 Haping Road, Xiangfang District, Harbin, 150069, Heilongjiang Province, People's Republic of China
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- Avian Immunosuppressive Diseases Division, State Key Laboratory of Veterinary Biotechnology, Harbin Veterinary Research Institute, The Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, No. 678 Haping Road, Xiangfang District, Harbin, 150069, Heilongjiang Province, People's Republic of China
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- Avian Immunosuppressive Diseases Division, State Key Laboratory of Veterinary Biotechnology, Harbin Veterinary Research Institute, The Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, No. 678 Haping Road, Xiangfang District, Harbin, 150069, Heilongjiang Province, People's Republic of China
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- Avian Immunosuppressive Diseases Division, State Key Laboratory of Veterinary Biotechnology, Harbin Veterinary Research Institute, The Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, No. 678 Haping Road, Xiangfang District, Harbin, 150069, Heilongjiang Province, People's Republic of China
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- Avian Immunosuppressive Diseases Division, State Key Laboratory of Veterinary Biotechnology, Harbin Veterinary Research Institute, The Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, No. 678 Haping Road, Xiangfang District, Harbin, 150069, Heilongjiang Province, People's Republic of China
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- Avian Immunosuppressive Diseases Division, State Key Laboratory of Veterinary Biotechnology, Harbin Veterinary Research Institute, The Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, No. 678 Haping Road, Xiangfang District, Harbin, 150069, Heilongjiang Province, People's Republic of China
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- Avian Immunosuppressive Diseases Division, State Key Laboratory of Veterinary Biotechnology, Harbin Veterinary Research Institute, The Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, No. 678 Haping Road, Xiangfang District, Harbin, 150069, Heilongjiang Province, People's Republic of China
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- Avian Immunosuppressive Diseases Division, State Key Laboratory of Veterinary Biotechnology, Harbin Veterinary Research Institute, The Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, No. 678 Haping Road, Xiangfang District, Harbin, 150069, Heilongjiang Province, People's Republic of China. .,Jiangsu Co-innovation Center for the Prevention and Control of Important Animal Infectious Disease and Zoonose, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou, 225009, China.
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- Avian Immunosuppressive Diseases Division, State Key Laboratory of Veterinary Biotechnology, Harbin Veterinary Research Institute, The Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, No. 678 Haping Road, Xiangfang District, Harbin, 150069, Heilongjiang Province, People's Republic of China.
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Zhou D, Xue J, Zhang Y, Wang G, Feng Y, Hu L, Shang Y, Cheng Z. Outbreak of myelocytomatosis caused by mutational avian leukosis virus subgroup J in China, 2018. Transbound Emerg Dis 2018; 66:622-626. [PMID: 30548833 DOI: 10.1111/tbed.13096] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/19/2018] [Revised: 11/22/2018] [Accepted: 11/28/2018] [Indexed: 12/01/2022]
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Avian leukosis virus subgroup J (ALV-J) was isolated in meat-type breeder chickens for the first time in 1988 in the United Kingdom. Due to the application of an eradication program, there were fewer reports related to myelocytomatosis or ALV-J in China after 2013. However, there was another breakout almost simultaneously in six provinces of China in February 2018. On-site, 15- to 20-week-old broiler breeder chickens showed depression, paralysis and weight loss. Mortality for certain flocks reached 15%. Sick chickens showed numerous yellow-white neoplasms growing in the sternum, rib and lumbar vertebra and had hepatic and renal metastasis. Histopathological observation showed all neoplasms were myelocytomas, and there were massive myelocyte-like tumour cells in the liver, kidney and bone marrow. To explore the aetiology of this re-outbreak of myelocytomatosis in China, we collected tumour-bearing chickens and isolated six strains of ALV-J (GM0209-1 to -6). Phylogenetic analysis of gp85 and gp37 showed GM0209 strains were clearly distinct from the prototype strain of ADOL-7501, HPRS-103 and NX0101, and there was a mutation, R176G, in the conserved region between hr1 and hr2 regions of gp85, which was not found in other 44 ALV-J strains. The 3'UTR nucleotide sequences of GM0209 isolates showed there was a signature deletion of 11 nt that was also present in 3'UTR sequences of SCDY1 and NHH, two isolates that have a reported association with haemangioma, indicating this deletion could not determine the tumour type induced by ALV-J. Although the eradication program of ALV-J has been successfully applied in China, the outbreak of ALV-J still occurred, and the virus strain spread quickly. Thus, the biocharacteristics and pathogenesis of mutational ALV-J should be further studied.
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- Defang Zhou
- College of Veterinary Medicine, Shandong Agricultural University, Tai'an, China
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- College of Veterinary Medicine, Shandong Agricultural University, Tai'an, China
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- College of Veterinary Medicine, Shandong Agricultural University, Tai'an, China
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- College of Veterinary Medicine, Shandong Agricultural University, Tai'an, China
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- Animal husbandry and Veterinary Research Institute of Qingdao, Qingdao, China
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- Animal Epidemic Prevention and Control Center of Shandong Province, Jinan, China
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- College of Veterinary Medicine, Shandong Agricultural University, Tai'an, China
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- College of Veterinary Medicine, Shandong Agricultural University, Tai'an, China
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Meng W, Zhou D, Li C, Wang G, Huang L, Cheng Z. A polyclonal antibody against extracellular loops 1 of chNHE1 blocks avian leukosis virus subgroup J infection. Res Vet Sci 2018; 118:477-483. [PMID: 29747134 DOI: 10.1016/j.rvsc.2018.04.014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/11/2017] [Revised: 04/27/2018] [Accepted: 04/30/2018] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Avian leukosis virus subgroup J (ALV-J), an oncogenic retrovirus, induces myelocytomas and other various tumors, leading to great economical losses in poultry industry. It is a great challenge to develop effective preventive methods for ALV-J control due to its antigenic variations in the variable regions of envelope. In present study, we generated a mouse polyclonal antibody targeting the first extracellular loop (ECL1) of chicken Na+/H+ exchanger isoform 1 (chNHE1), the receptor of ALV-J, to block ALV-J infection in vitro and in vivo. In ALV-J infected DF-1 cells, chNHE1 expression and the intracellular pH (pHi) were up-regulated with "wave" pattern, indicating that the disequilibrium of ALV-J infected cells associated with chNHE1. Next, we validated that ALV-J infection was significantly blocked with time dependent after treating with anti-ECL1 antibody and accordingly the pHi value were recovered, indicating the blockage of ALV-J infection did not affect Na+/H+ exchange. Furthermore, in anti-ECL1 antibody treatment chickens that infected by ALV-J, weight gain and immune organs were recovered, and viral loads were significantly decreased, and the tissue injury and inflammation were reduced significantly from 21 to 35 days of age. The study demonstrated that anti-ECL1 antibody effectively blocks ALV-J infection without affecting Na+/H+ exchange, and sheds light on a novel strategy for retroviruses control.
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- Wei Meng
- College of Veterinary Medicine, Shandong Agricultural University, Tai'an 271018, China
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- College of Veterinary Medicine, Shandong Agricultural University, Tai'an 271018, China
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- College of Veterinary Medicine, Shandong Agricultural University, Tai'an 271018, China
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- College of Veterinary Medicine, Shandong Agricultural University, Tai'an 271018, China
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- College of Veterinary Medicine, Shandong Agricultural University, Tai'an 271018, China
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- College of Veterinary Medicine, Shandong Agricultural University, Tai'an 271018, China.
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Identification of key genes fluctuated induced by avian leukemia virus (ALV-J) infection in chicken cells. In Vitro Cell Dev Biol Anim 2017; 54:41-51. [DOI: 10.1007/s11626-017-0198-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/25/2017] [Accepted: 08/28/2017] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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Wang X, Zhou D, Wang G, Huang L, Zheng Q, Li C, Cheng Z. A novel multi-variant epitope ensemble vaccine against avian leukosis virus subgroup J. Vaccine 2017; 35:6685-6690. [DOI: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2017.10.019] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/11/2017] [Revised: 09/22/2017] [Accepted: 10/10/2017] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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Khairy WOA, Wang L, Tian X, Ye J, Qian K, Shao H, Qin A. Identification of a novel linear B-cell epitope in the p27 of Avian leukosis virus. Virus Res 2017; 238:253-257. [PMID: 28698047 DOI: 10.1016/j.virusres.2017.07.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/20/2017] [Revised: 07/04/2017] [Accepted: 07/05/2017] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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Avian leukosis virus (ALV) is an avian oncogenic retrovirus that can induce virus-associated neoplasia and causes great economic loss in poultry industry. It is known that the capsid antigen p27 is the group-specific antigen that is highly conserved among all ALV subgroups, and is the most abundant immunogenic viral protein. In the present study, five overlapping fragments (GST- p27-F1/2, GST- p27-F2-1/2/3) of ALV-p27 were subjected to Western blotting analysis using a monoclonal antibody (5D3) against ALV-p27 to identify the epitope. The result showed that the epitope recognized by 5D3 is located within 173-240 amino acid of the ALV-p27 protein. For precise mapping of this epitope, a set of overlapping peptides were synthesized. Indirect enzyme linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) revealed that 193CFRQKSQPDI202 motif was the minimal fragment recognized by 5D3, so this motif represented a linear B-cell epitope of ALV-p27. Homology analysis indicated that 5D3 defined epitope is highly conserved among ALV strains. The identified epitope might be useful in clinical applications and as a tool for further study of the structure and function of ALV-p27.
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- Wiaam O A Khairy
- Ministry of Education Key Laboratory for Avian Preventive Medicine, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou, Jiangsu Province, China; Key Laboratory of Jiangsu Preventive Veterinary Medicine, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou, Jiangsu Province, China; Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Khartoum, Khartoum North 13314, Sudan.
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- Ministry of Education Key Laboratory for Avian Preventive Medicine, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou, Jiangsu Province, China; Key Laboratory of Jiangsu Preventive Veterinary Medicine, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou, Jiangsu Province, China.
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- Ministry of Education Key Laboratory for Avian Preventive Medicine, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou, Jiangsu Province, China; Key Laboratory of Jiangsu Preventive Veterinary Medicine, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou, Jiangsu Province, China.
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- Ministry of Education Key Laboratory for Avian Preventive Medicine, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou, Jiangsu Province, China; Key Laboratory of Jiangsu Preventive Veterinary Medicine, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou, Jiangsu Province, China; Jiangsu Co-innovation Center for Prevention and Control of Important Animal Infectious Diseases and Zoonoses, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou, Jiangsu Province, China.
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- Ministry of Education Key Laboratory for Avian Preventive Medicine, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou, Jiangsu Province, China; Key Laboratory of Jiangsu Preventive Veterinary Medicine, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou, Jiangsu Province, China; Jiangsu Co-innovation Center for Prevention and Control of Important Animal Infectious Diseases and Zoonoses, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou, Jiangsu Province, China.
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- Ministry of Education Key Laboratory for Avian Preventive Medicine, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou, Jiangsu Province, China; Key Laboratory of Jiangsu Preventive Veterinary Medicine, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou, Jiangsu Province, China; Jiangsu Co-innovation Center for Prevention and Control of Important Animal Infectious Diseases and Zoonoses, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou, Jiangsu Province, China.
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- Ministry of Education Key Laboratory for Avian Preventive Medicine, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou, Jiangsu Province, China; Key Laboratory of Jiangsu Preventive Veterinary Medicine, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou, Jiangsu Province, China; Jiangsu Co-innovation Center for Prevention and Control of Important Animal Infectious Diseases and Zoonoses, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou, Jiangsu Province, China.
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Khordadmehr M, Ashrafi-Helana J, Madadi MS, Jarolmasjed SH. Natural Unusual Myeloblastosis in a Budgerigar (Melopsittacus undulatus): Histopathologic Diagnosis. Avian Dis 2016; 60:79-81. [PMID: 26953949 DOI: 10.1637/11242-072815-case.1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
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The subgroup J avian leukosis virus favors the myelocytic series cells and causes myeloid leukosis (myeloblastosis and myelocytomatosis). Natural cases of myeloblastosis (myeloblastic myeloid leukosis) are uncommon and usually occur in adult chickens. This paper describes clinical signs and gross and histopathologic features of myeloblastosis in an adult female budgerigar (Melopsittacus undulatus) that was infected naturally. At necropsy, the spleen was greatly enlarged (enlarged seven or eight times normal) while the other visceral organs were normal. Histologic examination of the spleen indicated a massive intravascular and extravascular accumulation of myeloblasts with a variable proportion of promyelocytes and myelocytes in the red pulp of the spleen.
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- M Khordadmehr
- A Department of Pathology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, 5166, University of Tabriz, 616471, Iran
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- A Department of Pathology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, 5166, University of Tabriz, 616471, Iran
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- B Department of Clinical Sciences, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, 5166, University of Tabriz, 616471, Iran
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- B Department of Clinical Sciences, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, 5166, University of Tabriz, 616471, Iran
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Hou M, Zhou D, Li G, Guo H, Liu J, Wang G, Zheng Q, Cheng Z. Identification of a variant antigenic neutralizing epitope in hypervariable region 1 of avian leukosis virus subgroup J. Vaccine 2016; 34:1399-404. [PMID: 26850757 DOI: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2016.01.039] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/19/2015] [Revised: 01/12/2016] [Accepted: 01/19/2016] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Avian leukosis virus subgroup J (ALV-J) is a hypervariable oncogenic retrovirus that causes great economic loss in poultry. Antigenic variations in the variable regions make the development of an effective vaccine a challenging task. In the present study, we identified a variant antigenic neutralizing epitope using reverse vaccinology methods. First, we predicted the B-cell epitopes in gp85 gene of ALV-J strains by DNAman and bioinformatics. Fourteen candidate epitopes were selected and linked in tandem with glycines or serines as a multi-epitope gene. The expressed protein of multi-epitope gene can induce high-titer antibody that can recognize nature ALV-J and neutralize the infectivity of ALV-J strains. Next, we identified a high effective epitope using eight overlapping fragments of gp85 gene reacting with mAb 2D5 and anti-multi-epitope sera. The identified epitope contained one of the predicted epitopes and localized in hyervariable region 1 (hr1), indicating a variant epitope. To better understand if the variants of the epitope have a good antigenicity, we synthesized four variants to react with mAb 2D5 and anti-ALV-J sera. The result showed that all variants could react with the two kinds of antibodies though they showed different antigenicity, while could not react with ALV-J negative sera. Thus, the variant antigenic neutralizing epitope was determined as 137-LRDFIA/E/TKWKS/GDDL/HLIRPYVNQS-158. The result shows a potential use of this variant epitopes as a novel multi-epitope vaccine against ALV-J in poultry.
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- Minbo Hou
- College of Veterinary Medicine, Shandong Agricultural University, Tai'an 271018, China
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- College of Veterinary Medicine, Shandong Agricultural University, Tai'an 271018, China
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- College of Veterinary Medicine, Shandong Agricultural University, Tai'an 271018, China
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- College of Veterinary Medicine, Shandong Agricultural University, Tai'an 271018, China; Shandong Provincial Key Laboratory of Animal Biotechnology and Disease Control and Prevention, Shandong Agricultural University, Tai'an 271018, China
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- College of Veterinary Medicine, Shandong Agricultural University, Tai'an 271018, China; Shandong Provincial Key Laboratory of Animal Biotechnology and Disease Control and Prevention, Shandong Agricultural University, Tai'an 271018, China
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- College of Veterinary Medicine, Shandong Agricultural University, Tai'an 271018, China; Shandong Provincial Key Laboratory of Animal Biotechnology and Disease Control and Prevention, Shandong Agricultural University, Tai'an 271018, China
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- College of Veterinary Medicine, Shandong Agricultural University, Tai'an 271018, China; Shandong Provincial Key Laboratory of Animal Biotechnology and Disease Control and Prevention, Shandong Agricultural University, Tai'an 271018, China.
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Han C, Hao R, Liu L, Zeng X. Molecular characterization of 3'UTRs of J subgroup avian leukosis virus in passerine birds in China. Arch Virol 2015; 160:845-9. [PMID: 25577165 DOI: 10.1007/s00705-014-2321-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/19/2014] [Accepted: 12/18/2014] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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To assess the status of avian leukosis virus subgroup J (ALV-J) infection in passerine birds in China, 365 passerine birds collected from northeast China from 2011 to 2013 were tested, and two ALV-J strains were isolated from yellow-browed warbler and marsh tit. The 3'untranslated regions (3'UTRs) of the two strains were amplified, cloned, and sequenced, with the results showing that the 3'UTRs of the two strains contained multiple mutations and deletions, which are similar to viral strains isolated from Chinese layer chickens. These results demonstrate the presence of ALV-J in passerine birds and reveal the molecular characteristics of the 3'UTRs of ALV-J from passerine birds.
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- Chunyan Han
- College of Wildlife Resources, Northeast Forestry University, No. 26. Hexing Street, Harbin, 150040, China
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Immunomodulatory effects of Taishan Pinus massoniana pollen polysaccharide and propolis on immunosuppressed chickens. Microb Pathog 2015; 78:7-13. [DOI: 10.1016/j.micpath.2014.11.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/15/2014] [Revised: 11/14/2014] [Accepted: 11/18/2014] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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Detection and molecular characterization of J subgroup avian leukosis virus in wild ducks in China. PLoS One 2014; 9:e94980. [PMID: 24733260 PMCID: PMC3986388 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0094980] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/19/2014] [Accepted: 03/21/2014] [Indexed: 12/01/2022] Open
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To assess the status of avian leukosis virus subgroup J (ALV-J) in wild ducks in China, we examined samples from 528 wild ducks, representing 17 species, which were collected in China over the past 3 years. Virus isolation and PCR showed that 7 ALV-J strains were isolated from wild ducks. The env genes and the 3′UTRs from these isolates were cloned and sequenced. The env genes of all 7 wild duck isolates were significantly different from those in the prototype strain HPRS-103, American strains, broiler ALV-J isolates and Chinese local chicken isolates, but showed close homology with those found in some layer chicken ALV-J isolates and belonged to the same group. The 3′UTRs of 7 ALV-J wild ducks isolates showed close homology with the prototype strain HPRS-103 and no obvious deletion was found in the 3′UTR except for a 1 bp deletion in the E element that introduced a binding site for c-Ets-1. Our study demonstrated the presence of ALV-J in wild ducks and investigated the molecular characterization of ALV-J in wild ducks isolates.
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Development and application of a multiplex PCR method for rapid differential detection of subgroup A, B, and J avian leukosis viruses. J Clin Microbiol 2013; 52:37-44. [PMID: 24131697 DOI: 10.1128/jcm.02200-13] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Avian leukosis virus (ALV) subgroups A, B, and J are very common in poultry flocks and have caused serious economic losses in recent years. A multiplex PCR (mPCR) method for the detection of these three subgroups was developed and optimized in this study. We first designed a common forward primer, PF, and three downstream primers, AR, BR, and JR, which can amplify 715 bp for subgroup A, 515 bp for subgroup B, and 422 bp for subgroup J simultaneously in one reaction. The mPCR method produced neither cross-reactions with other subgroups of ALVs nor nonspecific reactions with other common avian viruses. The detection limit of the mPCR was as low as 1 × 10(3) viral DNA copies of each of the three subgroups. In animal experiments, the mPCR detected ALVs 2 to 4 days earlier than did virus isolation from whole-blood samples and cloaca swabs. Furthermore, a total of 346 clinical samples (including 127 tissue samples, 86 cloaca swabs, 59 albumen samples, and 74 whole-blood samples) from poultry flocks with suspected ALV infection were examined by mPCR, routine PCR, and virus isolation. The positive sample/total sample ratios for ALV-A, ALV-B, and ALV-J were 48% (166/346) as detected by mPCR and 48% (166/346) as detected by routine PCR. However, the positive sample/total sample ratio detected by virus isolation was 40% (138/346). The results of the mPCR and routine PCR were confirmed by sequencing the specific fragments. These results indicate that the mPCR method is rapid, specific, sensitive, and convenient for use in epidemiological studies of ALV, clinical detection of ALV, and ALV eradication programs.
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Furukawa S, Tsukamoto K, Maeda M. Multicentric histiocytosis related to avian leukosis virus subgroup J (ALV-J)-infection in meat-type local chickens. J Vet Med Sci 2013; 76:89-92. [PMID: 23978900 PMCID: PMC3979936 DOI: 10.1292/jvms.13-0263] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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Gross lesions characterized by swollen livers and spleens accompanied by diffuse white
miliary spots, which resembled those of Marek’s disease, were detected in two flocks of
local meat-type chickens at a Japanese poultry processing plant in June and August 2010.
The microscopic examinations revealed proliferative foci consisting of spindle or
polymorphic cells in the interstitium of livers, splenic follicles and the interstitium of
kidneys. These cells were positive immunohistochemically with Iba1 antibody, indicating
they were histiocytic cells. Some of them contained antigens of avian leukosis virus (ALV)
by immunohistochemistry,and the env gene of ALV subgroup J was detected
from the spleens by polymerase chain reaction (PCR). Phylogenetic analysis of the PCR
product indicated that the env gene might be descended from the American ADOL-7501 strain
of ALV-J. These results suggest that the swollen livers and spleens of the meat-type
chickens may come from histiocytic proliferation caused by ALV-J infection.
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- Seiko Furukawa
- Fukushima Meat Hygiene Inspection Office, 38-6 Kitasawada, Senouemachi, Fukushima-shi, Fukushima 960-0101, Japan
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Wang Q, Gao Y, Ji X, Qi X, Qin L, Gao H, Wang Y, Wang X. Differential expression of microRNAs in avian leukosis virus subgroup J-induced tumors. Vet Microbiol 2012; 162:232-8. [PMID: 23157947 DOI: 10.1016/j.vetmic.2012.10.023] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/04/2012] [Revised: 10/09/2012] [Accepted: 10/15/2012] [Indexed: 01/17/2023]
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Avian leukosis virus subgroup J (ALV-J) has become pandemic and induced serious clinical outbreaks in chickens in China. In particular, ALV-J induced various clinical tumors in infected chickens, which caused enormous economic losses to poultry. In this study, an infectious clone from an epidemic ALV-J Chinese isolate designated HLJ09SH01 was constructed and rescued. The rescued virus (named rHLJ09SH01) was inoculated into specific-pathogen-free (SPF) layer chickens, and infected chickens were observed for 238 days to explore the oncogenicity of rHLJ09SH01. As a result, 57.9% of rHLJ09SH01-infected chickens produced tumors. Accumulating evidence shows that microRNAs (miRNAs) have a close relationship with tumorigenesis. To gain more insight into the tumorigenesis of ALV-J, a miRNA microarray was performed as part of an investigation of changes in host miRNA expression in a liver tumor from ALV-J infected chickens. The results showed that four miRNAs were significantly differentially expressed; these data were verified using real-time PCR. Bioinformatics analysis showed the differentially expressed miRNAs to be involved in some tumorigenesis-related signaling pathways, such as the MAPK signaling pathway and the Wnt signaling pathway, which may represent a possible signaling pathway that was involved in the ALV-J-induced tumorigenesis.
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- Qi Wang
- Division of Avian Infectious Diseases, State Key Laboratory of Veterinary Biotechnology, Harbin Veterinary Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Harbin 150001, China
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Venugopal K, Howes K, Flannery DM, Payne LN. Subgroup J avian leukosis virus infection in turkeys: induction of rapid onset tumours by acutely transforming virus strain 966. Avian Pathol 2012; 29:319-25. [PMID: 19184821 DOI: 10.1080/03079450050118449] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/17/2022]
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Avian leukosis virus subgroup J (ALV-J), isolated in the late 1980s, predominantly causes myelocytic myeloid leukosis in meat-type chickens. In the past 10 years, ALV-J infection has become very widespread, causing serious problems to the chicken meat industry. Previously, we have shown that turkey cells can be infected in vitro with Rous sarcoma virus pseudotypes of ALV-J. In this paper, we extend those observations to show that turkey monocyte cultures can be transformed in vitro with acutely transforming ALV-J strain 966. We also show that turkeys are experimentally susceptible to infection with ALV-J prototype strain HPRS-103. However, neoplastic lesions were not observed in these birds, probably due to the short experimental period of 10 weeks. When inoculated into 1-day-old turkey poults, acutely transforming ALV-J strain 966 induced tumours between 3 and 4 weeks after infection. Most of the birds showed tumours involving the liver, with histopathological lesions of myelocytomatosis. The demonstration of the spread of HPRS-103 by contact among turkeys, although observed only at low levels in the present study, stresses the importance of segregation of turkey and chicken breeding operations to avoid the spread of ALV-J infection.
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- K Venugopal
- Viral Oncogenesis Group, Institute for Animal Health, Compton, Newbury, Berkshire RG20 7NN, UK
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Cavanagh D. Innovation and discovery: the application of nucleic acid-based technology to avian virus detection and characterization. Avian Pathol 2012; 30:581-98. [PMID: 19184952 DOI: 10.1080/03079450120092071] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/17/2022]
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Polymerase chain reaction (PCR)-based approaches to the detection, differentiation and characterization of avian pathogens continue to be developed and refined. The PCRs, or reverse transcriptase-PCRs, may be general, designed to detect all or most variants of a pathogen, or to be serotype, genotype or pathotype specific. Progress is being made with respect to making nucleic acid approaches more suitable for use in diagnostic laboratories. Robotic workstations are now available for extraction of nucleic acid from many samples in a short time, for routine diagnosis. Following general PCR, the DNA products are commonly analyzed by restriction endonuclease mapping (restriction fragment length polymorphism), using a small number of restriction endonucleases, based on a large body of sequence data. Increasingly, however, nucleotide sequencing is being used to analyze the DNA product, in part due to the expanding use of non-radioactive sequencing methods that are safe and enable high throughout. In this review, I highlight some recent developments with many avian viruses: Newcastle disease virus; circoviruses in canary and pigeon; infectious bursal disease virus (Gumboro disease virus); avian adenoviruses, including Angara disease/infectious hydropericardium virus, haemorrhagic enteritis virus of turkeys, and egg drop syndrome virus; avian herpesviruses, including infectious laryngotracheitis virus, duck plague virus, psittacine herpesvirus (Pacheco's parrot disease virus), Marek's disease virus and herpesvirus of turkeys; avian leukosis virus (associated with lymphoid leukosis or myeloid leukosis, and egg transmission); avian pneumoviruses (turkey rhinotracheitis virus); avian coronaviruses, including infectious bronchitis virus, turkey coronavirus and pheasant coronavirus; astrovirus, in the context of poult enteritis and mortality syndrome, and avian nephritis virus; and avian encephalomyelitis virus, a picornavirus related to hepatitis A virus.
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A 205-nucleotide deletion in the 3' untranslated region of avian leukosis virus subgroup J, currently emergent in China, contributes to its pathogenicity. J Virol 2012; 86:12849-60. [PMID: 22993155 DOI: 10.1128/jvi.01113-12] [Citation(s) in RCA: 48] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/03/2023] Open
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In the past 5 years, an atypical clinical outbreak of avian leukosis virus subgroup J (ALV-J), which contains a unique 205-nucleotide deletion in its 3' untranslated region (3'UTR), has become epidemic in chickens in China. To determine the role of the 205-nucleotide deletion in the pathogenicity of ALV-J, a pair of viruses were constructed and rescued. The first virus was an ALV-J Chinese isolate (designated HLJ09SH01) containing the 205-nucleotide deletion in its 3'UTR. The second virus was a chimeric clone in which the 3'UTR contains a 205-nucleotide sequence corresponding to a region of the ALV-J prototype virus. The replication and pathogenicity of the rescued viruses (rHLJ09SH01 and rHLJ09SH01A205) were investigated. Compared to rHLJ09SH01A205, rHLJ09SH01 showed a moderate growth advantage in vitro and in vivo, in addition to exhibiting a higher oncogenicity rate and lethality rate in layers and broilers. Increased vascular endothelial growth factor A (VEGF-A) and vascular endothelial growth receptor subtype 2 (VEGFR-2) expression was induced by rHLJ09SH01 more so than by rHLJ09SH01A205 during early embryonic vascular development, but this increased expression disappeared when the expression levels were normalized to the viral levels. This finding suggests that the expression of VEGF-A and VEGFR-2 is associated with viral replication and may also represent a novel molecular mechanism underlying the oncogenic potential of ALV-J. Overall, our findings not only indicate that the unique 205-nucleotide deletion in the ALV-J genome occurred naturally in China and contributes to increased pathogenicity but also point to the possible mechanism of ALV-J-induced oncogenicity.
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Qu Y, Sun H, Sun M, Li D, Qin L, Gao Y, Wang X, Liu S. Sequence analysis for the complete proviral genome of avian leukosis virus subgroup J associated with haemangiomas, leiomyosarcomas and myelomas in layer flocks. Acta Vet Hung 2012; 60:343-54. [PMID: 22903079 DOI: 10.1556/avet.2012.029] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Avian leukosis virus subgroup J (ALV-J) can cause a variety of neoplasms, including mainly myeloid leukosis (myelocytomatosis) and nephromas. Other tumours, such as histiocytic sarcoma (HS), haemangiosarcoma and mesothelioma, may also develop. In a previous article we described a case in which myeloid leukosis, haemangiomas and leiomyosarcomas appeared simultaneously in a commercial layer flock with infection by ALV-J. The present research was completed to understand the molecular characteristics of the ALV-J strain that induced clinical myeloid leukosis, haemangiomas and leiomyosarcomas. Two strains of ALV-J (SDAU1001 and SDAU1002) were isolated and identified, and their full-length sequences were analysed. The complete genome nucleotide sequences of these two isolates were different in length, 7652 nt and 7636 nt, respectively. They shared 98.9% identity with each other, and 93.4% to 97.8% nucleotide identity to the reference ALV-J isolates. A 19-nucleotide repeat sequence was identified in the primer binding site (PBS) leader region of isolate SDAU1001. A base substitution mutation (base 15 C-T) in this insertion was identified. However, the identical insertion at the same site was not found in SDAU1002. The gag and pol genes of the two viruses were more conserved than the env gene. One key deletion in the E element was a common feature of SDAU1001 and SDAU1002. SDAU1001 and SDAU1002, possibly recombinants of ALV-J and another avian retrovirus, may share the same ancestor. Co-infection by SDAU1001 and SDAU1002 isolates is a possible explanation why myeloid leukosis, haemangiomas, and leiomyosarcomas appeared simultaneously in the same commercial layer flock.
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- 2 Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences Division of Avian Infectious Diseases, National Key Laboratory of Veterinary Biotechnology, Harbin Veterinary Research Institute Harbin, Heilongjiang P. R. China
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- 1 Shandong Agricultural University College of Animal Science and Veterinary Medicine Taian 271018 P. R. China
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- 2 Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences Division of Avian Infectious Diseases, National Key Laboratory of Veterinary Biotechnology, Harbin Veterinary Research Institute Harbin, Heilongjiang P. R. China
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- 2 Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences Division of Avian Infectious Diseases, National Key Laboratory of Veterinary Biotechnology, Harbin Veterinary Research Institute Harbin, Heilongjiang P. R. China
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- 2 Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences Division of Avian Infectious Diseases, National Key Laboratory of Veterinary Biotechnology, Harbin Veterinary Research Institute Harbin, Heilongjiang P. R. China
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- 1 Shandong Agricultural University College of Animal Science and Veterinary Medicine Taian 271018 P. R. China
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Wang F, Wang X, Chen H, Liu J, Cheng Z. The critical time of avian leukosis virus subgroup J-mediated immunosuppression during early stage infection in specific pathogen-free chickens. J Vet Sci 2011; 12:235-41. [PMID: 21897096 PMCID: PMC3165152 DOI: 10.4142/jvs.2011.12.3.235] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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The critical time of avian leukosis virus subgroup J (ALV-J)-mediated immunosuppression was determined by body weight, relative immune organ weight, histopathology, and presence of group specific antigen and antibodies in specific pathogen-free (SPF) chickens. CD4+ and CD8+ cell activity in the spleen, total and differential leukocyte counts in blood, and viral RNA levels in spleen were measured. Significant growth suppression was observed in the two ALV-J-infected groups. A strong immune response by infected groups was present in spleen at 2-weeks-of-age, but after 4-weeks-of-age, the response decreased quickly. The thymus and bursa showed persistent immunosuppression until 4-weeks-of-age. Proliferation of fibroblasts and dendritic cells were observed in immune organs at 4- and 5-weeks-of-age. However, the granulocyte cell number was markedly lower in the infected groups than in the control group. In group 1 (day 1 infection) CD4+ cells increased during the second week but significantly decreased during the fourth week, while group 2 (day 7 infection) showed the opposite effect. Viral RNA increased significantly by the fourth week. These data identify 3~4 weeks post-infection as the key time at which the ALV-J virus exerts its immunosuppressive effects on the host.
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- Feng Wang
- College of Animal Science and Veterinary Medicine, Shandong Agricultural University, Tai'an 271018, China
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Nakamura S, Ochiai K, Hatai H, Ochi A, Sunden Y, Umemura T. Pathogenicity of avian leukosis viruses related to fowl glioma-inducing virus. Avian Pathol 2011; 40:499-505. [PMID: 21854177 DOI: 10.1080/03079457.2011.605783] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/17/2022]
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Fowl glioma-inducing virus (FGV), which belongs to avian leukosis virus subgroup A, causes the so-called fowl glioma and cerebellar hypoplasia in chickens. In the present study, the complete nucleotide sequences of four isolates (Tym-43, U-1, Sp-40 and Sp-53) related to the FGV prototype were determined and their pathogenicity was investigated. Phylogenetic analysis showed that the 3'-long terminal repeat of all isolates grouped together in a cluster, while sequences of the surface (SU) proteins encoded by the env gene of these viruses had 85 to 96% identity with the corresponding region of FGV. The SU regions of Tym-43, U-1 and FGV grouped together in a cluster, but those of Sp-40 and Sp-53 formed a completely separate cluster. Next, C/O specific-pathogen-free chickens were inoculated in ovo with these isolates as well as the chimeric virus RCAS(A)-(FGVenvSU), constructed by substituting the SU region of FGV into the retroviral vector RCAS(A). The four variants induced fowl glioma and cerebellar hypoplasia and the birds inoculated with Sp-53 had the most severe lesions. In contrast, RCAS(A)-(FGVenvSU) provoked only mild non-suppurative inflammation. These results suggest that the ability to induce brain lesions similar to those of the FGV prototype is still preserved in these FGV variants.
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- Sayuri Nakamura
- Laboratory of Comparative Pathology, Graduate School of Veterinary Medicine, Hokkaido University, Sapporo 060-0818, Japan
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Shi M, Tian M, Liu C, Zhao Y, Lin Y, Zou N, Liu P, Huang Y. Sequence analysis for the complete proviral genome of subgroup J Avian Leukosis virus associated with hemangioma: a special 11 bp deletion was observed in U3 region of 3'UTR. Virol J 2011; 8:158. [PMID: 21473793 PMCID: PMC3080830 DOI: 10.1186/1743-422x-8-158] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/20/2010] [Accepted: 04/08/2011] [Indexed: 12/04/2022] Open
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Background Avian Leukosis virus (ALV) of subgroup J (ALV-J) belong to retroviruses, which could induce tumors in domestic and wild birds. Myelocytomatosis was the most common neoplasma observed in infected flocks; however, few cases of hemangioma caused by ALV-J were reported in recent year. Results An ALV-J strain SCDY1 associated with hemangioma was isolated and its proviral genomic sequences were determined. The full proviral sequence of SCDY1 was 7489 nt long. Homology analysis of the env, pol and gag gene between SCDY1 and other strains in GenBank were 90.3-94.2%, 96.6-97.6%, and 94.3-96.5% at nucleotide level, respectively; while 85.1-90.7%, 97.4-98.7%, and 96.2-98.4% at amino acid level, respectively. Alignment analysis of the genomic sequence of ALV-J strains by using HPRS-103 as reference showed that a special 11 bp deletion was observed in U3 region of 3'UTR of SCDY1 and another ALV-J strain NHH isolated from case of hemangioma, and the non-functional TM and E element were absent in the genome of SCDY1, but the transcriptional regulatory elements including C/EBP, E2BP, NFAP-1, CArG box and Y box were highly conserved. Phylogenetic analysis revealed that all analyzed ALV-J strains could be separated into four groups, and SCDY1 as well as another strain NHH were included in the same cluster. Conclusion The variation in envelope glycoprotein was higher than other genes. The genome sequence of SCDY1 has a close relationship with that of another ALV-J strain NHH isolated from case of hemangioma. A 11 bp deletion observed in U3 region of 3'UTR of genome of ALV-J isolated from case of hemangioma is interesting, which may be associated with the occurrence of hemangioma.
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- Min Shi
- College of Veterinary Medicine, Sichuan Agricultural University, Ya'an, Sichuan 625014, China
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Sun H, Qin M, Xiao Y, Yang F, Ni W, Liu S. Haemangiomas, leiomyosarcoma and myeloma caused by subgroup J avian leukosis virus in a commercial layer flock. Acta Vet Hung 2010; 58:441-51. [PMID: 21087914 DOI: 10.1556/avet.58.2010.4.5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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An outbreak of simultaneously occurring haemangiomas, leiomyosarcoma and myeloma was observed in a commercial layer flock in China. The sick chickens were extremely thin and dehydrated. Scattered haemangiomas were found on the claws, breast and wings. At necropsy, haemangiomas and some other nodular tumours were also found in the internal organs. In addition, diffuse enlargement of the liver and spleen appeared in some birds. Histopathologically, haemangiomas were typically cavernous haemangiomas and haemangioendothelioma. In the diffusely swollen liver and spleen, multifocal or widespread marrow tumour cells filled with ball-like acidophilic particles in cytosol were observed, which are the characteristic pathological changes of avian myelocytomatosis. The nodular tumour cells formed by muscle bundles were of variable size, irregular shape, poorly differentiated and malaligned. Immunohistochemistry for vimentin, cytokeratin, actin (smooth muscle) and actin (sarcomeric) and Masson's staining confirmed the different cell lineage of the nodular tumour, thus leading to the diagnosis of leiomyosarcoma. The seroprevalence of avian leukosis subgroup J (ALV-J) antibodies was 13.46% (7/52), while ALV-A/B and reticuloendotheliosis virus (REV) antibodies were not detectable. The DF-1 cells inoculated by virus extracted from liver samples from 24 infected chickens were cultured and the group-specific antigen (GSA) was identified by ELISA. All samples were positive for ALV, which was further identified as ALV-J by immunofluorescence assay (IFA). PCR analysis revealed that three isolates of ALV-J proviral sequence were close to the HPRS-103 prototype strain and other Chinese field strains isolated in recent years, while one isolate (DP01) had a lower homology with them. This is the first report that ALV-J infection caused the simultaneous occurrence of haemangiomas, leiomyosarcoma and myeloma in a commercial layer flock.
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- Honglei Sun
- 1 Shandong Agricultural University College of Animal Science and Veterinary Medicine Taian 271018 China
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- 1 Shandong Agricultural University College of Animal Science and Veterinary Medicine Taian 271018 China
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- 1 Shandong Agricultural University College of Animal Science and Veterinary Medicine Taian 271018 China
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- 1 Shandong Agricultural University College of Animal Science and Veterinary Medicine Taian 271018 China
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- 1 Shandong Agricultural University College of Animal Science and Veterinary Medicine Taian 271018 China
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- 1 Shandong Agricultural University College of Animal Science and Veterinary Medicine Taian 271018 China
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Tomioka Y, Ochiai K, Ohashi K, Kimura T, Umemura T. In ovoinfection with an avian leukosis virus causing fowl glioma: viral distribution and pathogenesis. Avian Pathol 2010; 32:617-24. [PMID: 14676013 DOI: 10.1080/03079450310001610640] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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We have previously isolated an avian leukosis virus (ALV) from a chicken affected with so-called fowl glioma. A resistance-inducing factor test indicated that the isolate was classified into a subgroup A. The distribution and pathogenicity were investigated in C/O specific pathogen free chickens infected in ovo with this virus. Histologically, 11 of 12 (92%) infected birds had non-suppurative encephalitis and three birds (25%) showed the characteristic nodules of fowl glioma at 50 or 100 days of age. Non-suppurative myocarditis with matrix inclusions and atypical myocytes were also noted in nine (75%) of the birds and the ALV antigens were immunohistochemically detected in various general organs as well as the central nervous system and heart. The semi-quantitative determination of the proviral DNA and viral RNA supported the immunohistochemical results and indicated that the virus was likely to replicate especially in myocardial fibres. The isolated ALV failed to induce other neoplastic lesions in this line of chickens within the experimental period of 100 days, despite the broad tissue tropism throughout the body. These results confirmed that this virus was able to induce glioma in embryo-inoculated chickens.
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- Y Tomioka
- Laboratory of Comparative Pathology, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan
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Spencer J, Chan M, Nadin-Davis S. Relationship between egg size and subgroup J avian leukosis virus in eggs from broiler breeders. Avian Pathol 2010; 29:617-22. [DOI: 10.1080/03079450020016878] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/16/2022]
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Suzuki K, Matsumoto T, Kobayashi E, Uenishi H, Churkina I, Plastow G, Yamashita H, Hamasima N, Mitsuhashi T. Genotypes of chicken major histocompatibility complex B locus associated with regression of Rous sarcoma virus J-strain tumors. Poult Sci 2010; 89:651-7. [PMID: 20308396 DOI: 10.3382/ps.2009-00513] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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The chicken MHC-B locus affects the response to several strains of Rous sarcoma virus (RSV). We evaluated the association between haplotypes of the MHC-B locus and responses to the J strain of RSV by using an F(2) experimental resource family constructed with tumor-regressive (White Leghorn) and tumor-progressive (Rhode Island Red) chickens. The MHC-B haplotypes were determined by genotyping of the microsatellite marker LEI0258 and MHC-B locus class I alpha chain 2 (BF2). Two haplotypes in the resource family, one associated with tumor regression and one with progression, were defined by these 2 markers. To discriminate more precisely the regressive haplotype in this family, we further developed 35 SNP markers at the MHC-B locus. Information on the haplotypes revealed here should be useful for identifying chickens with regression and progression phenotypes of J-strain RSV-induced tumors.
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- K Suzuki
- STAFF Institute, Ippaizuka, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-0854, Japan
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Cheng Z, Liu J, Cui Z, Zhang L. Tumors associated with avian leukosis virus subgroup J in layer hens during 2007 to 2009 in China. J Vet Med Sci 2010; 72:1027-33. [PMID: 20467208 DOI: 10.1292/jvms.09-0564] [Citation(s) in RCA: 83] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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In the 3 years leading up to November 2009, 6 different types of naturally occurring neoplasms associated with avian leukosis virus subgroup J (ALV-J) were diagnosed by histopathology, polymerase chain reaction (PCR) and immunohistochemistry (IHC) in 140 layer hens out of approximately 100,000. The most prevalent tumor type was hemangioma (50%) in commercial layer flocks; the second most prevalent neoplasm type was myelocytoma (38.6%); a small number of ALV-J positive lymphomas (4.3%) that were not associated with Marek's disease (MD) or lymphoid leukosis (LL) was observed. Histiocytic sarcomas (2.1%) were found mainly in the spleen, liver and kidney. Fibrosarcomas (2.8%) presented as metastatic thigh, liver, lung and kidney neoplasms. Three cases of intestinal adenocarcinoma (2.1%) were found associated with ALV-J. Chickens with multiple tumors were a common phenomenon. Usually, hemangiomas plus myelocytomas (8.6%), myelocytomas plus histiocytic sarcomas (2.1%), hemangioma plus myelocytoma and lymphoma (3.6%) were found in various viscera organs. The present report describes the occurrence of multiple neoplasms associated with ALV-J in field layer hens.
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- Ziqiang Cheng
- College of Animal Science and Veterinary Medicine, Shandong Agricultural University, Tai'an, PR China.
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Davidson I. Diverse uses of feathers with emphasis on diagnosis of avian viral infections and vaccine virus monitoring. BRAZILIAN JOURNAL OF POULTRY SCIENCE 2009. [DOI: 10.1590/s1516-635x2009000300001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Tandon R, Cattori V, Pepin AC, Riond B, Meli ML, McDonald M, Doherr MG, Lutz H, Hofmann-Lehmann R. Association between endogenous feline leukemia virus loads and exogenous feline leukemia virus infection in domestic cats. Virus Res 2008; 135:136-43. [DOI: 10.1016/j.virusres.2008.02.016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/12/2007] [Revised: 02/28/2008] [Accepted: 02/29/2008] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Zavala G, Cheng S, Jackwood MW. Molecular epidemiology of avian leukosis virus subgroup J and evolutionary history of its 3' untranslated region. Avian Dis 2008; 51:942-53. [PMID: 18251406 DOI: 10.1637/0005-2086(2007)51[942:meoalv]2.0.co;2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
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Avian leukosis subgroup J (ALV-J) causes a variety of tumors and mortality in meat-type chickens. Since its discovery in the late 1980s, ALV-J has spread to breeding stock produced by most primary breeding companies of North America, the European Union, and Asia. ALV-J seems to have been eradicated from elite breeding stock produced by most primary breeders, albeit ALV-J still circulates in some commercial poultry. This study was undertaken to examine the molecular epidemiology and evolution of ALV-J detected in breeding stock and broiler chickens representing eight primary breeding companies over a period of approximately 20 yr (1988-2007). The redundant transmembrane region of the envelope gene has been deleted in some isolates, suggesting that this region is dispensable for viral fitness. Within the 3' untranslated region (3' UTR), the direct repeat 1 was present in 100% of the ALV-J isolates studied. In contrast, the E element has undergone substantial deletions in >50% of the ALV-J proviruses studied. Overall, the unique region 3 was the least conserved within the 3' long terminal repeat (LTR), albeit the transcriptional regulatory elements typical of avian retroviruses (CAAT, CArG, PRE, TATA, and Y boxes) were highly conserved. The direct repeat region of the LTR was identical in all of the proviruses, and the 3' unique region 5 was relatively well conserved. Thus, the 3' UTR of ALV-J has evolved rapidly, reflecting significant instability of this region. Some of the mutations in the 3' UTR have resulted in the emergence of moderately distinct genetic lineages representing each primary breeding company from which ALV-J was isolated.
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- G Zavala
- Poultry Diagnostic and Research Center, Department of Population Health, University of Georgia, Athens, GA 30602, USA.
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Davidson I, Silva RF. Creation of diversity in the animal virus world by inter-species and intra-species recombinations: lessons learned from poultry viruses. Virus Genes 2007; 36:1-9. [DOI: 10.1007/s11262-007-0165-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/31/2007] [Accepted: 09/24/2007] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
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Spencer JL, Benkel B, Chan M, Nadin-Davis S. Evidence for virus closely related to avian myeloblastosis-associated virus type 1 in a commercial stock of chickens. Avian Pathol 2007; 32:383-90. [PMID: 17585462 DOI: 10.1080/0307945031000121130] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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A two-round nested polymerase chain reaction assay detected Rous associated virus-1 (RAV-1), a prototype laboratory strain of avian leukosis virus of subgroup A (ALV-A). Surprisingly, the test failed to detect three field isolates of ALV-A but did detect virus in one commercial stock of chickens (stock F). The sequence analysis of a core of 290 nucleotides of the env gene gave evidence that the virus from stock F was closely related to avian myeloblastosis-associated virus type one (MAV-1). Other primers were used to amplify and sequence a 1491 nucleotide fragment of the env gene, and a 1245 nucleotide portion of this sequence used for a phylogenetic comparison. These analyses on 10 chickens gave evidence that six were infected with MAV-1-like virus and three with RAV-2 (subgroup B virus), and one chicken with a mixture of the two viruses. Tests with primers designed specifically for the MAV-1 sequence at a pre-determined target site and a second primer designed specifically for RAV-2 at the same site gave further evidence that the viruses isolated from stock F were closely related to one or other of these two viruses.
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- J Lloyd Spencer
- Canadian Food Inspection Agency, Ottawa Laboratory Fallowfield, Animal Diseases Research Institute, 3851 Fallowfield Road, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada K2H 8P9.
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Manzan R, Baccaro M, Ferreira A, Sinhorini I, Moreno A. Histopathological and ultrastructural characteristics of myeloid leukosis in broiler chicken. ARQ BRAS MED VET ZOO 2006. [DOI: 10.1590/s0102-09352006000500009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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An ultrastructural and histological study was performed to determine the degree of differentiation of the neoplastic cells. The histological study revealed neoplastic cells with pleomorphism, oval nuclei, prominent nucleoli, irregularly distributed chromatin, atypical mitotic figures and moderate amount of cytoplasm containing spherical eosinophilic granulations, typical features of the myeloid lineage. Ultrastructurally, there were cells with an electron-dense, oval and voluminous nucleus, with predominant euchromatin and cytoplasm containing many spherical, electron-dense and homogeneous granules, indicative of myelocytes with differentiation to eosinophils. Type-C viral particles were also seen in the intercellular space of renal tubules and inside the intracytoplasmic vesicles of immature myelocytes in the bone marrow and ovary. PCR was positive to ALV-J.
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Mays JK, Bacon LD, Pandiri AR, Fadly AM. Response of white leghorn chickens of various B haplotypes to infection at hatch with subgroup J avian leukosis virus. Avian Dis 2005; 49:214-9. [PMID: 16094825 DOI: 10.1637/7315-120104r] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
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White leghorn chickens from seven 15.B congenic lines (genetically similar except for genes linked to the major histocompatibility complex [MHC] B haplotype) and two Line 0.B semicongenic lines were infected at hatch with strain ADOL Hc-1 of subgroup J avian leukosis virus (ALV-J). At 5, 8, 16, and 36 wk of age, chickens were tested for viremia, serum-neutralizing antibody, and cloacal shedding. Chickens were also monitored for development of neoplasia. In the 15.B congenic lines (B*2, B*5, B*12, B*13, B*15, B*19, and B*21) there were no significant differences in the incidence of viremia between B haplotypes. In fact, infection at hatch in all of the 15.B congenic lines induced tolerance to ALV-J because 100% of these chickens were viremic and transient circulating serum-neutralizing antibody was detected in only a few chickens throughout the 36 wk experiment. However, at 16 wk of age more B*15 chickens had antibody and fewer B*15 chickens shed virus than did the 16-wk-old B*2, B*5, or B*13 chickens. Moreover, compared with B*15 chickens, a higher percentage of B*13 chickens consistently shed virus from 8 wk postinfection to termination at 36 wk postinfection. The B haplotype had a transient effect on viral clearance in Line 0.B semicongenics, as more B*13 than B*21 chickens remained viremic through 5 wk of age. Very few (0%-18%) of the Line 0.B semicongenic chickens shed virus. By 36 wk of age, all Line 0 B*13 and B*21 chickens produced serum-neutralizing antibodies and cleared the virus. These results show that following ALV-J infection at hatch the immune response is influenced transiently by the B haplotype and strongly by the line of chicken. Although this study was not designed to study the effect of endogenous virus on ALV-J infection, the data suggest that endogenous virus expression reduced immunity to ALV-J in Line 15I5, compared with Line 0, a line known to lack endogenous virus genes.
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- Jody K Mays
- U.S. Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service, Avian Disease and Oncology Laboratory, 3606 East Mount Hope Road, East Lansing, MI 48823, USA
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Bagust TJ, Fenton SP, Reddy MR. Detection of subgroup J avian leukosis virus infection in Australian meat-type chickens. Aust Vet J 2005; 82:701-6. [PMID: 15977617 DOI: 10.1111/j.1751-0813.2004.tb12163.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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OBJECTIVE To determine the extent of avian leukosis virus subgroup J (ALV-J) infection in Australian broiler breeder flocks, using virus isolation and molecular biological detection. Any resultant ALV-J viral isolates to be characterised by neutralisation cross testing in order to determine antigenic relationships to overseas isolates of ALV-J. STUDY DESIGN Samples of blood, feather pulp, albumen and tumours were obtained from broiler breeder flocks which represented four genetic strains of meat chickens being grown in Victoria, South Australia, NSW and Queensland. Dead and ailing birds were necropsied on farm and samples were collected for microscopic and virological examinations. Virus isolation was carried out in C/O and DF-1 CEF cultures and ALV group specific antigen was detected in culture lysates using AC-ELISA. Micro-neutralisation assay was used for antigenic characterisation of selected isolates. Genomic DNA was isolated from cultured cells, tumours and feather pulp. ALV-J envelope sequences were amplified by PCR using specific ALV-J primers while antibodies against ALV-J were detected by ELISA. RESULTS A total of 62 ALV-J isolates were recovered and confirmed by PCR from 15 (31.3%) of 48 breeder flocks tested. Antibody to ALV-J was detected in 20 (47.6%) of the 42 flocks tested. Characteristic lesions of myeloid leukosis caused by ALV-J were found in affected flocks. The gross pathological lesions were characterised by skeletal myelocytomas located on the inner sternum and ribs, neoplastic enlargement of the liver, and in some cases gross tumour involvement of the spleen, kidney, trachea, skeletal muscles, bone marrow, skin and gonads. Microscopically, the tumours consisted of immature granulated myelocytes, and were present as focal or diffuse infiltrations in the affected organs. Virus micro-neutralisation assays demonstrated antigenic variation among Australian isolates and to overseas strains of ALV-J. CONCLUSION ALV-J infection was prevalent in Australian broiler breeder flocks during 2001 to 2003. Australian isolates of ALV-J show a degree of antigenic variation when compared to overseas isolates.
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- T J Bagust
- School of Veterinary Science, the University of Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria
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Chadfield MS, Christensen JP, Christensen H, Bisgaard M. Characterization of streptococci and enterococci associated with septicaemia in broiler parents with a high prevalence of endocarditis. Avian Pathol 2005; 33:610-7. [PMID: 15763731 DOI: 10.1080/03079450400013089] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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Increased mortality due to septicaemia, where 29% of the affected birds had developed valvular endocarditis, was observed in a flock of broiler parents affected by myelocytomatosis. Bacterial investigations resulted in isolation of streptococci, the classification of which was unknown according to present taxonomy. Strains were isolated from the liver, spleen, heart and salpinx in clinical cases of septicaemia from the affected flock of Ross broiler parents aged between 26 and 56 weeks. Phenotypic characterization followed by genotypic investigation by ribotyping with HindIII and pulsed-field gel electrophoresis (PFGE) with SmaI demonstrated three ribotypes and six different PFGE profile types, respectively. Ribotype A with variant A1, together with the PFGE profile type represented by the three subtypes Ia, Ib and Ic, dominated the outbreak constituting 85% of the strains investigated, indicating clonality. 16S rRNA sequencing of strains representing this genotype demonstrated the occurrence of a recently described new Streptococcus sp., Streptococcus gallinaceus. Sequence analysis of the other genotypes demonstrated in the outbreak, resulted in identical 16S rRNA sequences to the type strain of Enterococcus faecalis. S. gallinaceus appears to represent a new opportunistic pathogen within the poultry industry.
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- M S Chadfield
- Department of Veterinary Pathobiology, The Royal Veterinary and Agricultural University, Stigbøjlen 4, DK-1870 Frederiksberg C, Denmark.
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Fenton SP, Reddy MR, Bagust TJ. Single and concurrent avian leukosis virus infections with avian leukosis virus-J and avian leukosis virus-A in Australian meat-type chickens. Avian Pathol 2005; 34:48-54. [PMID: 15763738 DOI: 10.1080/03079450400025356] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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Australian broiler breeders were screened for avian leukosis viruses (ALVs) (May 2001 to December 2003) as surveillance of measures to reduce the prevalence of ALV-J. Samples of blood (4233), albumen (1122), meconium (99) and tumours (16) were obtained from 93 flocks in six Australian states. Virus isolation was performed in C/O chick embryo fibroblast cultures, which were initially screened by group-specific antigen enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay, with follow-up confirmation using polymerase chain reaction. The chronology of isolations reveals the circulation of both ALV-J and ALV-A during this period. On 16 occasions single isolations were found to contain both ALV-A and ALV-J. This is the first report of dual infections with two subgroups of ALV occurring in the same chicken. The effectiveness of ALV-J eradication measures is indicated by the absence of any ALV-J isolations in late 2003. ALV-A however, continued to be isolated from the broiler population. The detection of dual infections, as well as the ongoing occurrence of ALV-A in meat-type birds, is discussed in the context of ongoing potential for recombinations and the associated threat for the emergence of avian leukosis virus with changes in host range and pathogenicity.
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- Simon P Fenton
- School of Veterinary Science, University of Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria 3052, Australia.
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Malkinson M, Banet-Noach C, Davidson I, Fadly AM, Witter RL. Comparison of serological and virological findings from subgroup J avian leukosis virus-infected neoplastic and non-neoplastic flocks in Israel. Avian Pathol 2004; 33:281-7. [PMID: 15223554 DOI: 10.1080/0307945042000203380] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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Blood samples from nine broiler breeder flocks comprising five flocks clinically affected with myeloid leukosis tumours (ML+) and four tumour-free flocks from the same commercial background (ML-) were compared for avian leukosis virus subgroup J (ALV-J) serum antibodies by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA), for antigenemia (group-specific antigen) by antigen-trapping ELISA and for viremia. Group-specific antigen was detected in the sera of 58.1% of ML+ birds and 46.4% of the ML- birds (P=not significant), while 45.5% of ML+ birds and 24.1% of the ML- birds had ALV-J antibodies (P=0.065). In inoculated cell culture, 64.1% of the ML+ sera were viremic compared with 16.7% of the ML- sera (P=0.001). Similar significant differences were found between the two groups of flocks when ALV-J viremia was detected by immunofluorescence using a monoclonal env antibody (P=0.004), and for proviral DNA by polymerase chain reaction using two different sets of env-gene primers, H5-H7 (P=0.001) and R5-F5 (P=0.001). Using the primer pair R5-F5 the product size was approximately 1 kbp, while some heterogeneity in size among isolates was discernable. Our results indicate that a combination of diagnostic tests should be adopted in routine examination of tumour material in order to rule out false-negative findings.
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Sacco MA, Howes K, Smith LP, Nair VK. Assessing the roles of endogenous retrovirus EAV-HP in avian leukosis virus subgroup J emergence and tolerance. J Virol 2004; 78:10525-35. [PMID: 15367619 PMCID: PMC516401 DOI: 10.1128/jvi.78.19.10525-10535.2004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Avian leukosis virus (ALV) subgroup J is thought to have emerged through a recombination event between an unknown exogenous ALV and the endogenous retrovirus elements designated EAV-HP. All EAV-HP elements identified to date in the chicken genome show large deletions, including that of the entire pol gene. Here we report the identification of four segregating chicken EAV-HP proviruses with complete pol genes, one of which shows exceptionally high sequence identity and a close phylogenetic relationship with ALV-J with respect to the env gene. Embryonic expression of EAV-HP env has been suggested as a factor associated with immunological tolerance induction in a proportion of ALV-J-infected meat-type chickens. In support of this, env gene transcripts expressed from two of the four newly identified EAV-HP proviruses were demonstrated in chicken embryos. However, when ALV-J-infected outbred meat-type chickens were assessed, the presence of intact EAV-HP proviruses failed to directly correlate with ALV-J tolerance. This association was further examined using F(2) progeny of two inbred lines of layer chicken that differed in EAV-HP status and immunological responses to ALV-J. Immunological tolerance developed in a small proportion of F(2) progeny birds, reflecting the expected phenotypic ratio for inheritance of a double-recessive genotype; however, the status of tolerance did not show any direct correlation with the presence of the intact EAV-HP sequence. Nevertheless, identification of an intact chicken EAV-HP locus showing a uniquely close relationship to the ALV-J prototype clone HPRS-103 in the env region provides the strongest evidence of its contribution to the emergence of ALV-J by recombination.
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MESH Headings
- Animals
- Avian Leukosis/immunology
- Avian Leukosis/virology
- Avian Leukosis Virus/classification
- Avian Leukosis Virus/genetics
- Avian Leukosis Virus/immunology
- Base Sequence
- Chick Embryo
- Chickens/virology
- DNA, Viral/chemistry
- DNA, Viral/isolation & purification
- Endogenous Retroviruses/genetics
- Endogenous Retroviruses/immunology
- Evolution, Molecular
- Gene Expression Regulation, Viral
- Genes, env
- Genes, pol
- Molecular Sequence Data
- Phylogeny
- Proviruses/genetics
- RNA, Messenger/analysis
- RNA, Messenger/isolation & purification
- RNA, Viral/analysis
- RNA, Viral/isolation & purification
- Recombination, Genetic
- Sequence Alignment
- Sequence Analysis, DNA
- Sequence Homology, Nucleic Acid
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- Melanie A Sacco
- Institute for Animal Health, Compton, Newbury, Berkshire, United Kingdom.
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Davidson I, Borenshtain R. Novel applications of feather tip extracts from MDV-infected chickens; diagnosis of commercial broilers, whole genome separation by PFGE and synchronic mucosal infection. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2003; 38:199-203. [PMID: 14522455 DOI: 10.1016/s0928-8244(03)00177-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Marek's disease virus (MDV) productive replication occurs in the feather follicle epithelium and the feather tips are valuable both for research and disease diagnosis. Three novel applications of feather tip extracts are described now: (A). As a source of DNA for amplifying either MDV and/or ALV-J. In two clinical situations a marked advantage was obtained compared to blood and organs; in broiler breeder flocks with a mixed MDV and ALV-J infection, and in young broilers with neurological Marek's disease (MD). (B). Separation of the large ( approximately 200 kbp) MDV genome directly from the infected chickens. Using pulsed field gel electrophoresis, the DNA extracted from tumors or feather tips was separated and hybridized to a 132 bp tandem repeat MDV probe. Compared to 2/55 polymerase chain reaction (PCR) positive tumor samples, 15/61 feather tip extracts contained whole MDV genomes. (C). Experimental MDV infection was induced by the mucosal route by dripping feather tip extract to the eye and mouth of the bird. That attempted to reproduce the native infection process, however the use of extracts, instead of dry feather dust was a compromise, aimed to synchronize the infection. In one trial, tumors were induced 6 weeks after dripping day-old broilers, while in another, feather tips were PCR positive 16 days after dripping of 2-month-old layers.
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- Irit Davidson
- Division of Avian Diseases, Kimron Veterinary Institute, Bet Dagan 50250, Israel.
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Chesters PM, Howes K, Petherbridge L, Evans S, Payne LN, Venugopal K. The viral envelope is a major determinant for the induction of lymphoid and myeloid tumours by avian leukosis virus subgroups A and J, respectively. J Gen Virol 2002; 83:2553-2561. [PMID: 12237439 DOI: 10.1099/0022-1317-83-10-2553] [Citation(s) in RCA: 52] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Among the six envelope subgroups of avian leukosis virus (ALV) that infect chickens, subgroups A (ALV-A) and J (ALV-J) are the most pathogenic and widespread among commercial chicken populations. While ALV-A is predominantly associated with lymphoid leukosis (LL) and less frequently with erythroblastosis (EB), ALV-J mainly induces tumours of the myeloid lineage. In order to examine the basis for the lineage specificity of tumour induction by these two ALV subgroups, we constructed two chimeric viruses by substituting the env genes into the reciprocal proviral clones. The chimeric HPRS-103(A) virus carrying the subgroup A env gene is identical to ALV-J prototype virus HPRS-103 except for the env gene, and the chimeric RCAS(J) virus carrying the subgroup J env gene is identical to the parent replication-competent ALV-A vector RCAS except for the env gene. In experimentally inoculated chickens, HPRS-103(A) virus induced LL and EB similar to ALV-A isolates such as RAV-1, while RCAS(J) virus induced myeloid leukosis (ML) and EB, similar to ALV-J, suggesting that the env gene is the major determinant for the lineage-specific oncogenicity. There were genetic differences in susceptibility to tumour induction between line 0 and line 15(I) chickens, indicating that in addition to the env gene, other viral or host factors could also serve as determinants for oncogenicity. Induction of both LL and ML by the two chimeric viruses occurred through the activation of c-myc, while the EB tumours were induced by activation of the c-erbB oncogene.
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- P M Chesters
- Viral Oncogenesis Group, Institute for Animal Health, Compton, Berkshire RG20 7NN, UK1
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- Viral Oncogenesis Group, Institute for Animal Health, Compton, Berkshire RG20 7NN, UK1
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- Viral Oncogenesis Group, Institute for Animal Health, Compton, Berkshire RG20 7NN, UK1
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- Viral Oncogenesis Group, Institute for Animal Health, Compton, Berkshire RG20 7NN, UK1
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- Viral Oncogenesis Group, Institute for Animal Health, Compton, Berkshire RG20 7NN, UK1
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- Viral Oncogenesis Group, Institute for Animal Health, Compton, Berkshire RG20 7NN, UK1
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Davidson I, Borenshtain R. The feather tips of commercial chickens are a favorable source of DNA for the amplification of Marek's disease virus and avian leukosis virus, subgroup J. Avian Pathol 2002; 31:237-40. [PMID: 12396346 DOI: 10.1080/03079450220136549] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/16/2022]
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Marek's disease virus (MDV), a herpesvirus, and avian leukosis virus, subgroup J (ALV-J), a retrovirus, are oncogenic viruses of poultry. The present report describes a case-report study aimed at examining the efficacy of amplifying MDV and/or ALV-J from feather-tip DNA as compared with DNA purified from liver and spleen. We show that the polymerase chain reaction for MDV and ALV-J env using DNA from feather tips was more effective for diagnosis of naturally infected commercial chickens than using the liver and spleen.
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- Irit Davidson
- Division of Avian and Fish Diseases, Kimron Veterinary Institute, P.O. Box 12, Bet Dagan 50250, Israel.
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