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Beatty JA, Choi YR, Nekouei O, Woodhouse FM, Gray JJ, Hofmann-Lehmann R, Barrs VR. Epidemiology of Pathogenic Retroviruses and Domestic Cat Hepadnavirus in Community and Client-Owned Cats in Hong Kong. Viruses 2024; 16:167. [PMID: 38399943 PMCID: PMC10893229 DOI: 10.3390/v16020167] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/14/2023] [Revised: 01/12/2024] [Accepted: 01/15/2024] [Indexed: 02/25/2024] Open
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Understanding the local epidemiology of feline leukaemia virus (FeLV) and feline immunodeficiency virus (FIV) in Hong Kong will inform retrovirus prevention strategies. Domestic cat hepadnavirus (DCH), a novel hepatitis-B-like virus, is commonly detected among client-owned cats in Hong Kong, but community cats have not been studied. The aims of this study were to investigate the frequency and potential risk factors for (i) FeLV and FIV among community and client-owned cats and (ii) perform molecular detection of DCH among community cats in Hong Kong. Blood samples from 713 cats were obtained from client-owned (n = 415, residual diagnostic) and community cats (n = 298, at trap-neuter-return). Point-of-care (POC) testing for FeLV antigen and feline immunodeficiency virus (FIV) anti-p15 and p24 antibodies was performed. FeLV-positive samples were progressed to p27 sandwich enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay. Whole blood DNA was tested with qPCRs for FeLV U3 and gag, and nested PCRs where additional information was required. DCH qPCR was performed on a subset of community cats (n = 193). A single, regressive, FeLV infection was detected in a client-owned cat (1/415 FeLV U3 qPCR positive, 0.2%, 95% CI 0.0-1.3%). Five/415 client-owned cats tested presumably false FeLV-antigen positive (qPCR negative). No markers of FeLV infection were detected in community cats (0/298; 0%). FIV seroprevalence was much higher in community cats (46/298, 15.4%) than in client-owned cats (13/415, 3.1%) (p < 0.001). Mixed breed was a risk factor for FIV infection in client-owned cats. Neither sex nor age were associated with FIV infection. DCH DNA was detected in 34/193 (17.6%) community cats (median viral load 6.32 × 103 copies/reaction). FeLV infection is rare in Hong Kong, negatively impacting the positive predictive value of diagnostic tests. FeLV-antigen testing remains the screening test of choice, but confirmation of a positive result using FeLV qPCR is essential. FIV infection is common in community cats and the absence of a sex predisposition, seen previously in cats managed similarly, raises questions about virus-transmission dynamics in these groups. DCH infection is very common in Hong Kong, both in client-owned and community cats, highlighting the importance of understanding the pathogenic potential of this virus for cats.
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- Julia A. Beatty
- Department of Veterinary Clinical Sciences, Jockey Club College of Veterinary Medicine and Life Sciences, City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China; (J.A.B.); (Y.R.C.)
- Centre for Animal Health and Welfare, City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China
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- Department of Veterinary Clinical Sciences, Jockey Club College of Veterinary Medicine and Life Sciences, City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China; (J.A.B.); (Y.R.C.)
- Centre for Animal Health and Welfare, City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China
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- Department of Infectious Diseases and Public Health, Jockey Club College of Veterinary Medicine and Life Sciences, City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China;
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- The Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, Wan Chai, Hong Kong SAR, China; (F.M.W.); (J.J.G.)
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- The Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, Wan Chai, Hong Kong SAR, China; (F.M.W.); (J.J.G.)
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- Clinical Laboratory, Department of Clinical Diagnostics and Services, Center for Clinical Studies, Vetsuisse Faculty, University of Zurich, 8057 Zurich, Switzerland
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- Department of Veterinary Clinical Sciences, Jockey Club College of Veterinary Medicine and Life Sciences, City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China; (J.A.B.); (Y.R.C.)
- Centre for Animal Health and Welfare, City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China
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Piewbang C, Chaiyasak S, Kongmakee P, Sanannu S, Khotapat P, Ratthanophart J, Banlunara W, Techangamsuwan S. Feline Morbillivirus Infection Associated With Tubulointerstitial Nephritis in Black Leopards (Panthera pardus). Vet Pathol 2020; 57:871-879. [DOI: 10.1177/0300985820948820] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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Feline morbillivirus (FeMV) is an emerging RNA virus in the Paramyxoviridae family that was recently discovered in domestic cats ( Felis catus). To date, 2 genotypes (FeMV-1 and FeMV-2) have been detected in cats from various countries, and FeMV-1 is recognized as a pathogen associated with nephritis. However, information regarding the pathological roles and potential transmission to other felids is limited. In this article, we describe the identification of FeMV in 2 black leopards ( Panthera pardus) in Thailand that showed severe azotemia and tubulointerstitial nephritis. Molecular analysis of the partial coding sequence of the L gene revealed that these leopard FeMV strains were genetically close to the FeMV-1 isolate from domestic Thai cats. Immunohistochemistry and immunofluorescence analyses using polyclonal IgG antibodies against the FeMV matrix (M) protein showed FeMV-M antigen in renal tubular epithelial cells. These analyses also showed infiltrating lymphocytes in the renal parenchymal lesions and in the cytoplasm of lymphoid cells residing in the spleen, suggesting viral tropism and a possible pathological role. These findings are the first evidence that indicates that the black leopard could be a possible host for FeMV infection. As for other cats, the role of FeMV as a potential cause of renal disease remains to be established. The pathogenesis of FeMV infection in black leopards, or in other wild felids, through a viral transmission mechanism warrants further investigation.
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- Chutchai Piewbang
- Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand
- These authors contributed equally to this article
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- Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand
- These authors contributed equally to this article
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- The Zoological Park Organization under The Royal Patronage of H.M. The King, Bangkok, Thailand
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- The Zoological Park Organization under The Royal Patronage of H.M. The King, Bangkok, Thailand
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- The Zoological Park Organization under The Royal Patronage of H.M. The King, Bangkok, Thailand
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- National Institute of Animal Health, Department of Livestock Development, Bangkok, Thailand
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Medeiros S, Silva B, Carneiro A, Ferreira Júnior O, Tanuri A. Avaliação de dois testes sorológicos comerciais para diagnóstico das infecções pelo FIV e pelo FeLV. ARQ BRAS MED VET ZOO 2019. [DOI: 10.1590/1678-4162-10111] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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RESUMO FIV e FeLV são retrovírus associados principalmente com neoplasias. Dois testes rápidos são disponibilizados no Brasil para o diagnóstico dessas infecções: um kit de imunocromatografia de fluxo bidirecional (SNAP® Combo IDEXX) e um kit de imunocromatografia de fluxo lateral unidirecional (ALERE/BIONOTE Anigen Rapid). O objetivo deste estudo foi comparar o teste SNAP® com o teste ALERE. Amostras de sangue de 178 gatos foram testadas utilizando-se ambos os kits. A reação em cadeia de polimerase em tempo real (qPCR) foi empregada como método confirmatório para todos os resultados. O teste SNAP® apresentou sensibilidade e especificidade de 100% para FIV; a sensibilidade e a especificidade do teste ALERE foram de 96,15% e 98,68%, respectivamente. A sensibilidade e a especificidade para o FeLV foram de 93,02% e 96,30% para o teste SNAP® e de 90,70% e 97,78% para o teste ALERE. Ainda em relação ao FeLV, três amostras com resultado positivo na qPCR obtiveram resultado falso-negativo em ambos os testes. Não houve diferença estatisticamente significante entre os métodos. Considerando a qPCR como padrão-ouro, o teste SNAP® apresentou maior sensibilidade e especificidade para o FIV, e o teste ALERE apresentou maior especificidade para o FeLV. Os resultados mostraram uma boa correlação entre os testes.
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- Centro de Apoio e Diagnóstico Veterinário, Brazil
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- Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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Nichols J, Weng HY, Litster A, Leutenegger C, Guptill L. Commercially Available Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay and Polymerase Chain Reaction Tests for Detection of Feline Immunodeficiency Virus Infection. J Vet Intern Med 2016; 31:55-59. [PMID: 27862288 PMCID: PMC5259642 DOI: 10.1111/jvim.14579] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/05/2016] [Revised: 06/27/2016] [Accepted: 08/23/2016] [Indexed: 11/30/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Feline immunodeficiency virus (FIV) infection is an important cause of disease of cats worldwide. Initial screening is commonly performed by commercially available point-of-care (POC) ELISA tests. Confirmatory testing for positive POC test results is recommended. Polymerase chain reaction (PCR) tests for FIV are commonly used additional testing methods; however, reported measures of diagnostic accuracy vary widely between PCR tests, making interpretation of results difficult. HYPOTHESIS/OBJECTIVE There is very good agreement between results of a commercially available PCR test and a POC ELISA test for FIV for specimens collected from owned and shelter-housed cats. ANIMALS Blood samples from 168 cats from 2 adoption guarantee shelters, an FIV Sanctuary, and 64 private homes were used. METHODS This was a prospective study. Whole blood samples were collected in K2 -EDTA, divided, and submitted for PCR and ELISA testing. Follow-up whole blood samples were collected in lithium heparin from cats with discordant results and submitted for virus isolation (VI). RESULTS There was very good agreement between ELISA and PCR (kappa 0.87; P < .001; 95% CI 0.79, 0.95). Of 168 cats, eleven had discordant ELISA/PCR results: 7 ELISA+/PCR- and 4 ELISA-/PCR+. Using VI as a reference standard, there were 4 false-positive PCR results, 5 false-positive ELISA results, and 1 false-negative PCR result (1 cat lost to follow-up). CONCLUSIONS AND CLINICAL IMPORTANCE While there was good agreement between the POC ELISA and PCR tests, the discordant results highlight the importance of cautious interpretation of test results and the necessity of confirmatory testing.
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- J Nichols
- Department of Veterinary Clinical Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN
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- Department of Comparative Pathobiology, College of Veterinary Medicine, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN
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- Department of Veterinary Clinical Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN
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- Department of Veterinary Clinical Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN
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Litster AL. Transmission of feline immunodeficiency virus (FIV) among cohabiting cats in two cat rescue shelters. Vet J 2014; 201:184-8. [PMID: 24698667 DOI: 10.1016/j.tvjl.2014.02.030] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/04/2013] [Revised: 02/12/2014] [Accepted: 02/27/2014] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Conflicting accounts have been published in the veterinary literature regarding transmission of feline immunodeficiency virus (FIV) between cohabiting cats in mixed households, and the mechanics of possible casual transmission, if it occurs, are poorly understood. Similarly, there are conflicting reports of vertical transmission of FIV. The aim of the present study was to document the FIV serological status of cats taken into two rescue shelters. At rescue shelter 1 (Rescue 1), cats cohabited in a multi-cat household of FIV-negative and naturally-infected, FIV-positive cats. A study was performed that combined a retrospective review of records of FIV serological status at intake (Test 1) and prospective FIV serological testing (Tests 2 and 3). Retrospective records were analyzed at rescue shelter 2 (Rescue 2), where FIV-positive queens with litters of nursing kittens were taken into the shelter, before being rehomed. FIV serology was performed on all kittens after weaning. Initial test results (Test 1) for 138 cohabiting cats from Rescue 1 showed that there were 130 FIV-negative cats and eight FIV-positive cats (six male neutered and two female spayed). A second test (Test 2), performed in 45 of the FIV-negative and five of the FIV-positive cats at median 28 months after Test 1 (range, 1 month to 8.8 years) showed that results were unchanged. Similarly, a third test (Test 3), performed in four of the original FeLV-negative cats and one remaining FIV-positive cat at median 38 months after Test 1 (range, 4 months to 4 years), also showed that results were unchanged. These results show a lack of evidence of FIV transmission, despite years of exposure to naturally-infected, FIV-positive cats in a mixed household. At Rescue 2, records were available from five FIV-positive queens with 19 kittens. All 19 kittens tested FIV-negative, suggesting that vertical transmission had not occurred.
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- Annette L Litster
- Department of Veterinary Clinical Sciences, School of Veterinary Medicine, Purdue University, 625 Harrison St., West Lafayette, IN 47907, USA.
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Sykes JE. Feline Immunodeficiency Virus Infection. CANINE AND FELINE INFECTIOUS DISEASES 2014. [PMCID: PMC7152317 DOI: 10.1016/b978-1-4377-0795-3.00021-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Howard KE, Reckling SK, Egan EA, Dean GA. Acute mucosal pathogenesis of feline immunodeficiency virus is independent of viral dose in vaginally infected cats. Retrovirology 2010; 7:2. [PMID: 20085648 PMCID: PMC2835650 DOI: 10.1186/1742-4690-7-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/04/2009] [Accepted: 01/19/2010] [Indexed: 12/21/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND The mucosal pathogenesis of HIV has been shown to be an important feature of infection and disease progression. HIV-1 infection causes depletion of intestinal lamina propria CD4+ T cells (LPL), therefore, intestinal CD4+ T cell preservation may be a useful correlate of protection in evaluating vaccine candidates. Vaccine studies employing the cat/FIV and macaque/SIV models frequently use high doses of parenterally administered challenge virus to ensure high plasma viremia in control animals. However, it is unclear if loss of mucosal T cells would occur regardless of initial viral inoculum dose. The objective of this study was to determine the acute effect of viral dose on mucosal leukocytes and associated innate and adaptive immune responses. RESULTS Cats were vaginally inoculated with a high, middle or low dose of cell-associated and cell-free FIV. PBMC, serum and plasma were assessed every two weeks with tissues assessed eight weeks following infection. We found that irrespective of mucosally administered viral dose, FIV infection was induced in all cats. However, viremia was present in only half of the cats, and viral dose was unrelated to the development of viremia. Importantly, regardless of viral dose, all cats experienced significant losses of intestinal CD4+ LPL and CD8+ intraepithelial lymphocytes (IEL). Innate immune responses by CD56+CD3- NK cells correlated with aviremia and apparent occult infection but did not protect mucosal T cells. CD4+ and CD8+ T cells in viremic cats were more likely to produce cytokines in response to Gag stimulation, whereas aviremic cats T cells tended to produce cytokines in response to Env stimulation. However, while cell-mediated immune responses in aviremic cats may have helped reduce viral replication, they could not be correlated to the levels of viremia. Robust production of anti-FIV antibodies was positively correlated with the magnitude of viremia. CONCLUSIONS Our results indicate that mucosal immune pathogenesis could be used as a rapid indicator of vaccine success or failure when combined with a physiologically relevant low dose mucosal challenge. We also show that innate immune responses may play an important role in controlling viral replication following acute mucosal infection, which has not been previously identified.
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- Kristina E Howard
- Center for Comparative Medicine and Translational Research, Department of Molecular Biomedical Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC, 27606, USA
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- Center for Comparative Medicine and Translational Research, Department of Molecular Biomedical Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC, 27606, USA
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- Center for Comparative Medicine and Translational Research, Department of Molecular Biomedical Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC, 27606, USA
- Current address: Immunobio, 920 Main Campus Drive, Suite 405, Raleigh, NC, 27606, USA
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- Center for Comparative Medicine and Translational Research, Department of Molecular Biomedical Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC, 27606, USA
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Hosie MJ, Addie D, Belák S, Boucraut-Baralon C, Egberink H, Frymus T, Gruffydd-Jones T, Hartmann K, Lloret A, Lutz H, Marsilio F, Pennisi MG, Radford AD, Thiry E, Truyen U, Horzinek MC. Feline immunodeficiency. ABCD guidelines on prevention and management. J Feline Med Surg 2009; 11:575-84. [PMID: 19481037 PMCID: PMC7129779 DOI: 10.1016/j.jfms.2009.05.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 101] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/06/2023]
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Overview Feline immunodeficiency virus (FIV) is a retrovirus closely related to human immunodeficiency virus. Most felids are susceptible to FIV, but humans are not. Feline immunodeficiency virus is endemic in domestic cat populations worldwide. The virus loses infectivity quickly outside the host and is susceptible to all disinfectants. Infection Feline immunodeficiency virus is transmitted via bites. The risk of transmission is low in households with socially well-adapted cats. Transmission from mother to kittens may occur, especially if the queen is undergoing an acute infection. Cats with FIV are persistently infected in spite of their ability to mount antibody and cell-mediated immune responses. Disease signs Infected cats generally remain free of clinical signs for several years, and some cats never develop disease, depending on the infecting isolate. Most clinical signs are the consequence of immunodeficiency and secondary infection. Typical manifestations are chronic gingivostomatitis, chronic rhinitis, lymphadenopathy, weight loss and immune-mediated glomerulonephritis. Diagnosis Positive in-practice ELISA results obtained in a low-prevalence or low-risk population should always be confirmed by a laboratory. Western blot is the ‘gold standard’ laboratory test for FIV serology. PCR-based assays vary in performance. Disease management Cats should never be euthanased solely on the basis of an FIV-positive test result. Cats infected with FIV may live as long as uninfected cats, with appropriate management. Asymptomatic FIV-infected cats should be neutered to avoid fighting and virus transmission. Infected cats should receive regular veterinary health checks. They can be housed in the same ward as other patients, but should be kept in individual cages. Vaccination recommendations At present, there is no FIV vaccine commercially available in Europe. Potential benefits and risks of vaccinating FIV-infected cats should be assessed on an individual cat basis. Needles and surgical instruments used on FIV-positive cats may transmit the virus to other cats, so strict hygiene is essential.
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Murray JK, Roberts MA, Skillings E, Morrow LD, Gruffydd-Jones TJ. Risk factors for feline immunodeficiency virus antibody test status in Cats Protection adoption centres (2004). J Feline Med Surg 2009; 11:467-73. [PMID: 19091615 PMCID: PMC10832827 DOI: 10.1016/j.jfms.2008.11.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 11/01/2008] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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A study was carried out to determine the prevalence of feline immunodeficiency virus (FIV) within a population of cats entering 10 UK adoption centres run by Cats Protection. All cats entering the adoption centres during 2004 were tested for FIV using a rapid enzyme immunoassay antibody test. The overall prevalence of positive test results was 3.1% (95% confidence intervals (CI) 2.7-3.5%), whilst the prevalence at different adoption centres varied from 0.8% (95% CI 0.1-1.5%) to 6.7% (95% CI 4.9-8.5%). Results of the multivariable logistic regression analysis showed that male cats, stray/feral cats and cats in poor health were at a greater risk of testing positive for FIV than female cats, cats that were relinquished by an owner and cats that were in good/fair health, respectively. No evidence was found for an association between neuter status and FIV test results. This study may help to identify cats that are relinquished to rescue centres with an increased risk of FIV for routine FIV testing.
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- Jane K Murray
- Department of Clinical Veterinary Science, University of Bristol, Langford House, Langford, Bristol BS40 5DU, UK.
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Desport M, Ditcham WGF, Lewis JR, McNab TJ, Stewart ME, Hartaningsih N, Wilcox GE. Analysis of Jembrana disease virus replication dynamics in vivo reveals strain variation and atypical responses to infection. Virology 2009; 386:310-6. [PMID: 19230948 DOI: 10.1016/j.virol.2009.01.014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/09/2008] [Revised: 01/08/2009] [Accepted: 01/13/2009] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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Jembrana disease virus (JDV) is an acute lentiviral infection of Bali cattle in Indonesia. Data generated during a series of cattle infection experiments was examined and significant differences were identified in the mean plasma viral load on the first and second days of the febrile response in cattle infected with JDV(TAB/87) compared to those infected with JDV(PUL/01). The peak and total viral loads >or=10(6) genome copies/ml during the acute stage of the disease were significantly higher in JDV(TAB/87) infected cattle. JDV(PUL/01) infected cattle developed peak rectal temperatures earlier than the JDV(TAB/87) cattle but there were no differences in the duration of the febrile responses observed for the 2 groups of animals. The plasma viremia was above 10(6) genome copies/ml for almost 3 days longer in JDV(TAB/87) compared to JDV(PUL/01) infected cattle. Atypical responses to infection occurred in approximately 15% of experimentally infected animals, characterized by reduced viral loads, lower or absent febrile responses and absence of p26-specific antibody responses. Most of these cattle developed normal Tm-specific antibody responses between 4-12 weeks post-infection.
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- Moira Desport
- School of Veterinary and Biomedical Science, Murdoch University, Perth, WA 6150, Australia.
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Shen X, Leutenegger CM, Stefano Cole K, Pedersen NC, Sparger EE. A feline immunodeficiency virus vif-deletion mutant remains attenuated upon infection of newborn kittens. J Gen Virol 2007; 88:2793-2799. [PMID: 17872533 DOI: 10.1099/vir.0.83268-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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This report characterizes lentivirus attenuation associated with a vif mutation by inoculation of newborn kittens with a vif-deleted feline immunodeficiency virus provirus plasmid (FIV-pPPRDeltavif). Virus in peripheral blood, antiviral antibody or CD4 T-cell count alterations were not detected in kittens inoculated with FIV-pPPRDeltavif plasmid, with the exception of one kitten that demonstrated FIV Gag antibody production at 42 weeks after inoculation. In contrast, wild-type FIV-pPPR-infected kittens were viraemic, seropositive and exhibited a decrease in the CD4 T-cell subset in peripheral blood. Interestingly, FIV-specific T-cell proliferative responses detected at 32 and 36 weeks after infection were comparable for both FIV-pPPRDeltavif- and wild-type FIV-pPPR-inoculated kittens and suggested the possibility of a discreet tissue reservoir supporting sustained FIV-pPPRDeltavif expression or replication. Overall, these findings confirmed that the severe virus attenuation for both replication and pathogenicity exhibited by a vif-deleted FIV mutant is similar for both neonatal and adult hosts.
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- Xiaoying Shen
- Department of Medicine and Epidemiology, School of Veterinary Medicine, University of California, Davis, CA 95616, USA
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- Department of Medicine and Epidemiology, School of Veterinary Medicine, University of California, Davis, CA 95616, USA
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- Department of Medicine, Infectious Diseases Division, School of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA 15261, USA
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- Department of Medicine and Epidemiology, School of Veterinary Medicine, University of California, Davis, CA 95616, USA
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- Department of Medicine and Epidemiology, School of Veterinary Medicine, University of California, Davis, CA 95616, USA
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Franklin SP, Troyer JL, Terwee JA, Lyren LM, Boyce WM, Riley SPD, Roelke ME, Crooks KR, Vandewoude S. Frequent transmission of immunodeficiency viruses among bobcats and pumas. J Virol 2007; 81:10961-9. [PMID: 17670835 PMCID: PMC2045550 DOI: 10.1128/jvi.00997-07] [Citation(s) in RCA: 52] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/25/2022] Open
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With the exception of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), which emerged in humans after cross-species transmissions of simian immunodeficiency viruses from nonhuman primates, immunodeficiency viruses of the family Lentiviridae represent species-specific viruses that rarely cross species barriers to infect new hosts. Among the Felidae, numerous immunodeficiency-like lentiviruses have been documented, but only a few cross-species transmissions have been recorded, and these have not been perpetuated in the recipient species. Lentivirus seroprevalence was determined for 79 bobcats (Lynx rufus) and 31 pumas (Puma concolor) from well-defined populations in Southern California. Partial genomic sequences were subsequently obtained from 18 and 12 seropositive bobcats and pumas, respectively. Genotypes were analyzed for phylogenic relatedness and genotypic composition among the study set and archived feline lentivirus sequences. This investigation of feline immunodeficiency virus infection in bobcats and pumas of Southern California provides evidence that cross-species infection has occurred frequently among these animals. The data suggest that transmission has occurred in multiple locations and are most consistent with the spread of the virus from bobcats to pumas. Although the ultimate causes remain unknown, these transmission events may occur as a result of puma predation on bobcats, a situation similar to that which fostered transmission of HIV to humans, and likely represent the emergence of a lentivirus with relaxed barriers to cross-species transmission. This unusual observation provides a valuable opportunity to evaluate the ecological, behavioral, and molecular conditions that favor repeated transmissions and persistence of lentivirus between species.
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- S P Franklin
- Department of Microbiology, Immunology, and Pathology, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO 80523, USA
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Since feline immunodeficiency virus (FIV) was first isolated, international research efforts have been directed towards developing a protective vaccine, not least because it may provide a model for a candidate human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) vaccine. This article reviews the challenges facing vaccine development, the current state of knowledge and future prospects for FIV vaccination.
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- M J Hosie
- Retrovirus Research Laboratory, Institute for Comparative Medicine, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, The University of Glasgow
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FIV as a Model for HIV: An Overview. IN VIVO MODELS OF HIV DISEASE AND CONTROL 2007. [PMCID: PMC7121254 DOI: 10.1007/0-387-25741-1_7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/03/2022]
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Animal models for human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection play a key role in understanding the pathogenesis of AIDS and the development of therapeutic agents and vaccines. As the only lentivirus that causes an immunodeficiency resembling that of HIV infection, in its natural host, feline immunodeficiency virus (FIV) has been a unique and powerful model for AIDS research. FIV was first described in 1987 by Niels Pedersen and co-workers as the causative agent for a fatal immunodeficiency syndrome observed in cats housed in a cattery in Petaluma, California. Since this landmark observation, multiple studies have shown that natural and experimental infection of cats with biological isolates of FIV produces an AIDS syndrome very similar in pathogenesis to that observed for human AIDS. FIV infection induces an acute viremia associated with Tcell alterations including depressed CD4 :CD8 T-cell ratios and CD4 T-cell depletion, peripheral lymphadenopathy, and neutropenia. In later stages of FIV infection, the host suffers from chronic persistent infections that are typically self-limiting in an immunocompetent host, as well as opportunistic infections, chronic diarrhea and wasting, blood dyscracias, significant CD4 T-cell depletion, neurologic disorders, and B-cell lymphomas. Importantly, chronic FIV infection induces a progressive lymphoid and CD4 T-cell depletion in the infected cat. The primary mode of natural FIV transmission appears to be blood-borne facilitated by fighting and biting. However, experimental infection through transmucosal routes (rectal and vaginal mucosa and perinatal) have been well documented for specific FIV isolates. Accordingly, FIV disease pathogenesis exhibits striking similarities to that described for HIV-1 infection.
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AbstractPrior to the widespread use of vaccination for the control of feline immunodeficiency virus (FIV) infection, diagnosis was made by the detection of antibodies against FIV. A number of commercial animal side tests perform quite well for this determination, with positive predictive values between 91 and 100% and negative predictive values between 96 and 100%. Furthermore, results of these tests could be confirmed by western blot analysis of FIV test-positive sera. Currently, a killed whole virus FIV vaccine has been made available to practitioners. Vaccinated cats seroconvert by ELISA and western blot, making presently available diagnostic tests, which rely on antibody detection, useless in cats after vaccination. The advisory panels of the American Association of Feline Practitioners and Academy of Feline Medicine both recommend testing for feline leukemia virus antigen and FIV antibody before vaccination.
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VandeWoude S, Apetrei C. Going wild: lessons from naturally occurring T-lymphotropic lentiviruses. Clin Microbiol Rev 2006; 19:728-62. [PMID: 17041142 PMCID: PMC1592692 DOI: 10.1128/cmr.00009-06] [Citation(s) in RCA: 176] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/05/2023] Open
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Over 40 nonhuman primate (NHP) species harbor species-specific simian immunodeficiency viruses (SIVs). Similarly, more than 20 species of nondomestic felids and African hyenids demonstrate seroreactivity against feline immunodeficiency virus (FIV) antigens. While it has been challenging to study the biological implications of nonfatal infections in natural populations, epidemiologic and clinical studies performed thus far have only rarely detected increased morbidity or impaired fecundity/survival of naturally infected SIV- or FIV-seropositive versus -seronegative animals. Cross-species transmissions of these agents are rare in nature but have been used to develop experimental systems to evaluate mechanisms of pathogenicity and to develop animal models of HIV/AIDS. Given that felids and primates are substantially evolutionarily removed yet demonstrate the same pattern of apparently nonpathogenic lentiviral infections, comparison of the biological behaviors of these viruses can yield important implications for host-lentiviral adaptation which are relevant to human HIV/AIDS infection. This review therefore evaluates similarities in epidemiology, lentiviral genotyping, pathogenicity, host immune responses, and cross-species transmission of FIVs and factors associated with the establishment of lentiviral infections in new species. This comparison of consistent patterns in lentivirus biology will expose new directions for scientific inquiry for understanding the basis for virulence versus avirulence.
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- Sue VandeWoude
- Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Pathology, College of Veterinary and Biomedical Sciences, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO 80538-1619, USA
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Gupta S, Leutenegger C, Dean G, Sparger E. Construction and characterization of feline immunodeficiency virus proviral mutants that coexpress interferon gamma and green fluorescent protein. AIDS Res Hum Retroviruses 2006; 22:342-9. [PMID: 16623638 DOI: 10.1089/aid.2006.22.342] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Vif deletion mutants of the feline immunodeficiency virus (FIV) were designed to express either enhanced green fluorescent protein (EGFP) (FIVdeltavifATGgfp) or feline interferon-gamma (IFN-gamma) (FIVdeltavifATGgamma) by insertion of the nonviral gene into the deletion site of the viral vif gene. Two in-frame start codons within vif were mutated without altering the overlapping pol translation frame to enhance expression of inserted genes. Expression of EGFP and IFN-gamma from FIVdeltavifATGgfp and FIVdeltavifATGgamma proviruses, respectively, was confirmed by fluorescent microscopy and immunocytochemical assays, respectively. Replication of viruses generated from these proviruses was detectable but severely restricted when compared to that of wild-type (WT) FIV-pPPR. A previous study demonstrated induction of protection against homologous FIV challenge by vaccination of cats with an attenuated FIV-pPPRdeltavif proviral DNA vaccine (Lockridge K et al.: Virology 2000;273:67-79). Coexpression of IFN-gamma or other cytokines from this attenuated provirus provides the opportunity to evaluate the ability of an immunomodulator to enhance the safety and efficacy of an infectious attenuated DNA vaccine. Moreover, a vif-deleted FIV provirus that coexpresses a reporter gene such as EGFP may be used to examine the localization of vif mutant viruses in vivo.
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- Soumi Gupta
- Department of Medicine and Epidemiology, School of Veterinary Medicine, University of California, Davis, California 95616, USA
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Gemeniano MC, Sawai ET, Leutenegger CM, Sparger EE. Feline immunodeficiency virus ORF-Ais required for virus particle formation and virus infectivity. J Virol 2003; 77:8819-30. [PMID: 12885901 PMCID: PMC167212 DOI: 10.1128/jvi.77.16.8819-8830.2003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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The orf-A (orf-2) gene of feline immunodeficiency virus (FIV) is a small open reading frame predicted to encode a 77-amino-acid protein that contains putative domains similar to those of the ungulate lentiviral Tat protein. Orf-A is reported to be critical for efficient viral replication in vitro and in vivo. A series of FIV-pPPR-derived proviruses with in-frame deletions and point mutations within orf-A were constructed and tested for replication in feline lymphoid cells. Orf-A mutant proviruses were also tested for viral gene and protein expression, viral particle formation, and virion infectivity. Deletions within orf-A severely restricted FIV replication in feline peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMC) and interleukin-2-dependent T-cell lines. In addition, substitutions of alanines for leucines in the putative leucine-rich domain, for cysteines in the putative cysteine-rich domain, and for a tryptophan at position 43 in Orf-A restricted the replication of FIV mutants. Deletions and point mutations in orf-A imposed a small effect or no effect on FIV long-terminal-repeat-driven viral gene expression and had no effect on viral protein expression. However, release of cell-free, virion-associated viral RNA in supernatants from cells transfected with orf-A mutant proviruses was severely restricted but was rescued by cotransfection with a wild-type Orf-A expression vector. In addition, virions derived from orf-A mutant proviruses expressed reduced infectivity for feline PBMC. Our findings suggest that Orf-A functions involve multiple steps of the FIV life cycle including both virion formation and infectivity. Furthermore, these observations suggest that Orf-A represents an FIV-encoded analog more similar to the accessory gene vpr, vpu, or nef than to the regulatory gene tat encoded by the primate lentiviruses.
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- Malou C Gemeniano
- Department of Medicine and Epidemiology, School of Veterinary Medicine, University of California, Davis, California 95616, USA
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Allison RW, Hoover EA. Covert vertical transmission of feline immunodeficiency virus. AIDS Res Hum Retroviruses 2003; 19:421-34. [PMID: 12804000 DOI: 10.1089/088922203765551764] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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Covert vertical transmission of feline immunodeficiency virus (FIV), the feline counterpart of human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1), was identified in kittens born to FIV-infected cats. DNA PCR detected FIV gag and env sequences in tissues from kittens nonviable at birth, and in viable kittens monitored postnatally and necropsied at either 11 weeks or 1 year of age. Although FIV DNA was detected in initial blood samples from all 16 viable kittens, viral DNA became increasingly difficult to detect over time and infectious virus could rarely be demonstrated. Only maternal FIV antibody was detected in kitten plasma during the entire postnatal observation period, and kittens remained healthy, with normal CD4:CD8 T cell ratios at >14 months of age. Thus, mother-to-offspring FIV exposure, occurring in utero and postnatally, can result in covert infection in kittens with virus sequestered and contained in tissue sites. These findings appear directly relevant to suspected transient HIV infections and reports of HIV-specific cellular immune responses in highly exposed seronegative adults and uninfected infants born to HIV-positive women.
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- Robin W Allison
- Department of Microbiology, Immunology, and Pathology, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado 80523, USA
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McCrackin Stevenson MA, McBroom DG. In vitro characterization of FIV-pPPR, a pathogenic molecular clone of feline immunodeficiency virus, and two drug-resistant pol gene mutants. Am J Vet Res 2001; 62:588-94. [PMID: 11327469 DOI: 10.2460/ajvr.2001.62.588] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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OBJECTIVE To compare in vitro replication kinetics and nucleoside analog susceptibilities of a natural feline immunodeficiency virus (FIV) isolate (FIV-Maxam), a molecular clone of FIV (FIV-pPPR), and two (-)-beta-L-2',3'-dideoxy-3'-thiacytidine- (3TC-) resistant mutants of FIV-pPPR. SAMPLE POPULATION Peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMC) from 4 specific-pathogenfree cats. PROCEDURE Two point mutations corresponding to mutations of human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) were engineered into the highly conserved YMDD motif of the reverse transcriptase- (RT-) encoding region of the FIV-pPPR pol gene. Replication kinetics and nucleoside analog susceptibilities of FIV-Maxam, FIV-pPPR, and the 2 mutant viruses were measured in vitro, using feline PBMC. RESULTS Replication kinetics and nucleoside analog susceptibilities were similar between FIV-Maxam and FIV-pPPR. However, FIV-Maxam was significantly more susceptible to 3TC. A methionine-to-valine mutation at codon 183 (M183V) of the RT-encoding region of the pol gene of FIV-pPPR conferred high-level phenotypic resistance to 3TC and cross-resistance to the related compound (-)-beta-L-2',3'-dideoxy-5-fluoro-3'-thiacytidine. CONCLUSIONS AND CLINICAL RELEVANCE Similarities between FIV-Maxam and FIV-pPPR suggest that results of studies performed using FIV-pPPR will have relevance to natural FIV infection in cats. In vitro evaluation of nucleoside analog susceptibilities of FIV-Maxam may help determine concentrations of nucleoside analogs required for effective treatment of FIV-infected cats. IMPACT FOR HUMAN MEDICINE 3TC resistance of FIV-pPPR M183V was similar in magnitude to that of HIV-1 M184V, a mutant described in infected humans treated with 3TC. Thus, FIV-pPPR M183V may be a useful model for studying the in vivo effects of 3TC resistance on lentivirus pathogenesis.
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MESH Headings
- Animals
- Antigens, Viral/analysis
- Antigens, Viral/biosynthesis
- Cats
- Cloning, Molecular
- DNA, Viral/chemistry
- Drug Resistance, Microbial/genetics
- Feline Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome/drug therapy
- Feline Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome/virology
- Female
- Genes, pol/genetics
- Immunodeficiency Virus, Feline/drug effects
- Immunodeficiency Virus, Feline/genetics
- Immunodeficiency Virus, Feline/physiology
- Kinetics
- Lamivudine/pharmacology
- Male
- Mutagenesis, Site-Directed
- Point Mutation
- Polymerase Chain Reaction/veterinary
- RNA-Directed DNA Polymerase/drug effects
- RNA-Directed DNA Polymerase/genetics
- RNA-Directed DNA Polymerase/metabolism
- Reverse Transcriptase Inhibitors/pharmacology
- Specific Pathogen-Free Organisms
- Virus Replication/physiology
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- M A McCrackin Stevenson
- Division of Biological Sciences, College of Arts and Sciences, University of Montana, Missoula 59812, USA
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Bigornia L, Lockridge KM, Sparger EE. Construction and in vitro characterization of attenuated feline immunodeficiency virus long terminal repeat mutant viruses. J Virol 2001; 75:1054-60. [PMID: 11134320 PMCID: PMC114003 DOI: 10.1128/jvi.75.2.1054-1060.2001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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AP-1- and ATF-binding sites are cis-acting transcriptional elements within the U3 domain of the feline immunodeficiency virus (FIV) long terminal repeat (LTR) that serve as targets for cellular activation pathways and may regulate virus replication. We report that FIV LTR mutant proviruses encoding U3 deletions of the ATF-binding sequence exhibited restricted virus expression and replication in both feline lymphocytes and macrophages. In contrast, deletion of the AP-1 site had negligible effects on virus expression and replication. FIV LTR mutant proviruses encoding deletions of both the AP-1 and ATF sites or a 72-bp deletion encompassing the AP-1 site, duplicated C/EBP sites, and ATF sites were severely restricted for virus expression. These results demonstrate that deletion of either the ATF-binding site or multiple cis-acting transcriptional elements attenuates FIV. These attenuated FIV mutants provide opportunities to characterize the role of cis-acting elements in virus replication in vivo and to test LTR mutants as attenuated virus vaccines.
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- L Bigornia
- Departments of Medicine and Epidemiology, School of Veterinary Medicine, University of California, Davis, California 95616, USA
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Kidney BA, Ellis JA, Haines DM, Jackson ML. Evaluation of formalin-fixed paraffin-embedded tissues obtained from vaccine site-associated sarcomas of cats for DNA of feline immunodeficiency virus. Am J Vet Res 2000; 61:1037-41. [PMID: 10976733 DOI: 10.2460/ajvr.2000.61.1037] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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OBJECTIVE To evaluate the use of a polymerase chain reaction (PCR) method for detection of feline immunodeficiency virus (FIV) DNA, using formalin-fixed paraffin-embedded (FFPE) tissues, and to use this method to evaluate tissues obtained from vaccine site-associated sarcomas (VSS) of cats for FIV DNA. SAMPLE POPULATION 50 FFPE tissue blocks from VSS of cats and 50 FFPE tissue blocks from cutaneous non-vaccine site-associated fibrosarcomas (non-VSS) of cats. PROCEDURE DNA was extracted from FFPE sections of each tumor and regions of the gag gene of FIV were amplified by a PCR, using 3 sets of primers. Sensitivity of the method was compared between frozen and FFPE tissues, using splenic tissue obtained from a cat that had been experimentally infected with FIV. RESULTS We did not detect FIV DNA in VSS or non-VSS tissues. Sensitivity of the PCR method was identical for frozen or FFPE tissues. CONCLUSIONS AND CLINICAL RELEVANCE It is possible to detect FIV DNA in FFPE tissues by use of a PCR. We did not find evidence to support direct FIV involvement in the pathogenesis of VSS in cats.
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- B A Kidney
- Department of Veterinary Pathology, Western College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Canada
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Boretti FS, Leutenegger CM, Mislin C, Hofmann-Lehmann R, König S, Schroff M, Junghans C, Fehr D, Huettner SW, Habel A, Flynn JN, Aubert A, Pedersen NC, Wittig B, Lutz H. Protection against FIV challenge infection by genetic vaccination using minimalistic DNA constructs for FIV env gene and feline IL-12 expression. AIDS 2000; 14:1749-57. [PMID: 10985311 DOI: 10.1097/00002030-200008180-00009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/13/2023]
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OBJECTIVE To evaluate the efficacy of a genetic vaccination protocol based on minimalistic, immunogenic defined gene expression (MIDGE) vectors coding for domains of the feline immunodeficiency virus (FIV) env gene and feline IL-12. METHODS Three groups of four cats each were immunized three times within 6 weeks by the ballistic transfer of gold particles coated with MIDGE vectors. Group 1 received non-coated gold beads, groups 2 and 3 MIDGE vectors expressing FIV surface plus part of the transmembrane protein. In addition, group 3 received feline IL-12 DNA. All cats were challenged by intraperitoneal injection of 25 TCID50 of infectious FIV Z2. The following criteria were monitored: clinical signs, antibodies to transmembrane protein, antibodies to whole FIV, haematological parameters and kinetics of CD4 and CD8 cells, FIV proviral load (determined by quantitative polymerase chain reaction; PCR) and cytotoxic T lymphocyte (CTL) activity (in selected cats). RESULTS None of the cats developed a detectable antibody response during immunizations. Four weeks after challenge exposure, all cats in group 1 (control) and group 2 (FIV surface-transmembrane protein) had seroconverted and showed a high proviral load until week 19 (end of experiment). In contrast, only one of four cats in group 3 (surface-transmembrane protein and IL-12) showed antibodies; it was provirus positive at reduced virus load. Short-lived CTL activity was found in two cats in group 3. CONCLUSION Genetic vaccination using a MIDGE-based construct for the expression of the surface-transmembrane protein domain of FIV env and feline IL-12 DNA led to protection against homologous virus challenge in three out of four vaccinated cats.
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- F S Boretti
- Department of Veterinary Internal Medicine, University of Zurich, Switzerland.
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Lockridge KM, Chien M, Dean GA, Stefano Cole K, Montelaro RC, Luciw PA, Sparger EE. Protective immunity against feline immunodeficiency virus induced by inoculation with vif-deleted proviral DNA. Virology 2000; 273:67-79. [PMID: 10891409 DOI: 10.1006/viro.2000.0395] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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To determine whether live-attenuated feline immunodeficiency virus (FIV) proviral DNA will induce protective immunity, a plasmid clone constructed with a FIV provirus containing a deletion in the viral accessory gene vif (FIV-pPPR-Deltavif) was inoculated as proviral DNA into four cats by the intramuscular route. After 43 weeks, these cats were boosted with the same proviral plasmid. Analysis of peripheral blood mononuclear cells at several time points after the primary and booster inoculations revealed no detectable virus or proviral DNA. At 6 weeks after the booster, immunized cats and additional naive control cats were challenged with a cell-free preparation of the infectious biological isolate FIV-PPR by the intraperitoneal route. Virus was detected after challenge in unvaccinated control cats but not in any of the FIV-pPPR-Deltavif-immunized cats. Both FIV Gag- and Env-specific cytotoxic T lymphocyte (CTL) activities were detected in peripheral blood cells of control cats after challenge infection, whereas only one of four cats immunized with FIV-pPPR-Deltavif DNA exhibited a measurable CTL response to Env following challenge. Although anti-Gag antibodies were not detected after both proviral DNA inoculation and challenge, anti-Env antibodies were found in FIV-pPPR-Deltavif-immunized cats after vaccination as well as after challenge. These findings indicate that inoculation with FIV-pPPR-Deltavif proviral DNA induced resistance to challenge with infectious FIV and that a vif deletion mutant may provide a relatively safe attenuated lentiviral vaccine.
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MESH Headings
- Animals
- Antibodies, Viral/immunology
- Antigens, Viral/immunology
- Cats
- DNA, Viral/administration & dosage
- DNA, Viral/analysis
- DNA, Viral/genetics
- Gene Deletion
- Gene Products, env/immunology
- Gene Products, gag/immunology
- Gene Products, vif/genetics
- Genome, Viral
- Immunodeficiency Virus, Feline/genetics
- Immunodeficiency Virus, Feline/immunology
- Immunodeficiency Virus, Feline/physiology
- Lentivirus Infections/immunology
- Lentivirus Infections/prevention & control
- Lentivirus Infections/virology
- Lymphocyte Count
- Proviruses/genetics
- T-Lymphocytes, Cytotoxic/immunology
- Time Factors
- Vaccines, DNA/genetics
- Vaccines, DNA/immunology
- Viral Vaccines/genetics
- Viral Vaccines/immunology
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- K M Lockridge
- Departments of Medicine and Epidemiology, University of California, Davis, California, 95616, USA
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Caldas APF, Leal ÉDS, Silva EFA, Ravazzolo AP. Detecção do provírus da Imunodeficiência Felina em gatos domésticos pela técnica de Reação em Cadeia da Polimerase. PESQUISA VETERINARIA BRASILEIRA 2000. [DOI: 10.1590/s0100-736x2000000100002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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A infecção de gatos domésticos pelo Vírus da Imunodeficiência Felina (FIV) é um dos modelos mais promissores para o estudo da infecção pelo vírus da imunodeficiência humana (HIV) que causa a Síndrome de Imunodeficiência Adquirida (AIDS). O FIV causa, em gatos, uma enfermidade similar àquela observada em pacientes com AIDS, sobretudo no que diz respeito ao aumento da susceptibilidade a infecções oportunistas. No presente estudo, utilizou-se a Reação em Cadeia da Polimerase (PCR), com o objetivo de detectar o provírus do FIV em gatos com sinais clínicos de imunodeficiência. O fragmento de DNA escolhido como alvo para amplificação situa-se no gene gag do lentivírus felino, o qual é conservado entre as diferentes amostras do vírus. O DNA utilizado foi extraído a partir de amostras de sangue e de tecidos de animais com suspeita clínica de imunodeficiência. Das 40 amostras analisadas, 15 foram positivas, das quais 4 foram submetidas à hibridização, confirmando a especificidade dos fragmentos amplificados. Esses resultados demonstram a presença do FIV na população de gatos domésticos do Rio Grande do Sul, Brasil.
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Celer V, Kulhánková H, Celer V. Detection of feline immunodeficiency provirus by seminested polymerase chain reaction. Folia Microbiol (Praha) 2000; 45:161-5. [PMID: 11271826 DOI: 10.1007/bf02817417] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Specific primers for the detection of the FIV provirus in peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMC) by seminested PCR (snPCR) were developed. Forty cats (patients from veterinary hospitals) were investigated for the presence of FIV serum antibodies by immunoblot and for the presence of provirus in PBMC by snPCR. Seventeen of the 40 examined samples (42.5%) showed the presence of antibodies against FIV. The total number of animals that were found positive in snPCR was 19 (47.5%). Fourteen of the seropositive animals (35%) were positive by snPCR whereas three seropositive animals (7.5%) turned out to be snPCR negative. Of twenty-three animals that were negative by immunoblot, five (12.5%) were found to be positive by snPCR.
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- V Celer
- Institute of Microbiology and Immunology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Veterinary and Pharmaceutical University, Brno, Czechia
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Breuer W, Hermanns W, Thiele J. Myelodysplastic syndrome (MDS), acute myeloid leukaemia (AML) and chronic myeloproliferative disorder (CMPD) in cats. J Comp Pathol 1999; 121:203-16. [PMID: 10486157 DOI: 10.1053/jcpa.1999.0314] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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Histological, enzyme histochemical and ultrastructural findings in three cases of feline bone marrow neoplasia are described. The following changes were observed: in myelodysplastic syndrome (MDS), a low medullary blast count, strongly atypical (micromegakaryocytic) proliferative megakaryocytopoiesis, hypoplastic erythrocytopoiesis with impairment of differentiation, multifocal extravasation and lymphoid aggregates; in acute myeloid leukaemia (AML), medullary proliferation of undifferentiated cell types; in chronic myeloIproliferative disorder (CMPD), trilinear medullary proliferation with complete cellular maturation, osteomyelosclerosis and extramedullary haemopoiesis. In two cases (MDS, AML), ultrastructural demonstration of C-type virus particles (feline leukaemia virus) suggested a viral aetiology.
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- W Breuer
- Institute of Veterinary Pathology, University of Munich, Veterinaerstrasse 13, Munich, D-80539, Germany
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Lockridge KM, Himathongkham S, Sawai ET, Chienand M, Sparger EE. The feline immunodeficiency virus vif gene is required for productive infection of feline peripheral blood mononuclear cells and monocyte-derived macrophages. Virology 1999; 261:25-30. [PMID: 10441553 DOI: 10.1006/viro.1999.9831] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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The role of the feline immunodeficiency virus (FIV) vif gene in establishing productive infection in feline peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMCs) and monocyte-derived macrophages (MDMs) was examined in cell culture systems. A 375-bp deletion was introduced into the vif gene of the wild-type FIV-pPPR infectious molecular clone to produce Vif deletion mutant FIV-pPPRDeltavif. This mutant FIV proviral construct expressed FIV proteins p24gag and gp100env in transfected Crandell feline kidney cells as measured by immunoprecipitation and Western blot analysis as well as immunocytochemical analysis; these cultures produced very low levels of virus by cocultivation of transfected cells with PBMCs and K-258 cells, as measured by production of p24gag. Replication kinetics of wild-type and vif-deleted virus were compared in PBMCs and monocyte-derived macrophages (MDMs) by infection with cell-free virus preparations. Similar to findings with other lentiviruses, the vif gene was found to be essential for establishment of productive FIV infection in both PBMCs and MDMs. This study indicates that vif is essential for productive FIV infection of host target cells in vitro and that FIV-pPPRDeltavif may be an excellent candidate viral mutant for attenuated virus vaccine studies.
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- K M Lockridge
- School of Veterinary Medicine, University of California, Davis, California, 95616, USA
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Lutz H, Leutenegger C, Hofmann-Lehmann R. The role of polymerase chain reaction and its newer developments in feline medicine. J Feline Med Surg 1999; 1:89-100. [PMID: 11919022 PMCID: PMC7129993 DOI: 10.1016/s1098-612x(99)90065-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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We give a brief overview on the principles of the polymerase chain reaction (PCR), reverse transcriptase PCR (RT-PCR), quantitative competitive PCR and real-time PCR (TaqMan technology). The literature dealing with PCR and its role in the diagnosis, pathogenesis and research of infectious diseases of the domestic cat is reviewed. Cross-contaminations which occasionally occur during handling of amplified DNA may be an important problem in the PCR laboratory. In many infectious diseases, PCR results are difficult to interpret as their predictive positive and negative values are not always known. Newer assays, such as TaqMan procedures, are becoming increasingly reliable and cost-effective. It can be expected that additional knowledge on how to interpret PCR results will soon be available.
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- H Lutz
- Clinical Laboratory Department of Veterinary Internal Medicine, University of Zürich, Switzerland.
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Dean GA, Himathongkham S, Sparger EE. Differential cell tropism of feline immunodeficiency virus molecular clones in vivo. J Virol 1999; 73:2596-603. [PMID: 10074104 PMCID: PMC104014 DOI: 10.1128/jvi.73.4.2596-2603.1999] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Independent studies have demonstrated different cell tropisms for molecular clones of feline immunodeficiency virus (FIV). In this report, we examined three clones, FIV-pF34, FIV-14, and FIV-pPPR, for replication in Crandell feline kidney (CrFK) cells, feline peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMC), and feline macrophage cultures. Importantly, cell tropism for these three clones was also examined in vivo. FIV-pF34 replication was efficient in CrFK cells but severely restricted in PBMC, whereas replication of FIV-pPPR was vigorous in PBMC but severely restricted in CrFK cells. FIV-14 replication was productive in both CrFK cells and PBMC. Interestingly, all three molecular clones replicated with similar efficiencies in primary feline monocyte-derived macrophages. In vivo, FIV-pF34 proved least efficient for establishing persistent infection, and proviral DNA when detectable, was localized predominately to nonlymphoid cell populations (macrophages). FIV-pPPR proved most efficient for induction of a persistent viremia in vivo, and proviral DNA was localized predominately in CD4(+) and CD8(+) lymphocyte subsets. FIV-14 inoculation of cats resulted in an infection characterized by seroconversion and localization of proviral DNA in CD4(+) lymphocytes only. Results of this study on diverse FIV molecular clones revealed that in vitro replication efficiency of an FIV isolate in PBMC directly correlated with replication efficiency in vivo, whereas proficiency for replication in macrophages in vitro was not predictive for replication potential in vivo. Also, infection of both CD4(+) and CD8(+) lymphocyte subsets was associated with higher virus load in vivo. Results of the studies on these three FIV clones, which exhibited differential cell tropism, indicated a correlation between in vitro and in vivo cell tropism and virus replication.
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- G A Dean
- Department of Microbiology, Pathology, and Parasitology, College of Veterinary Medicine, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina 27606, USA
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McChesney MB, Collins JR, Lu D, Lu X, Torten J, Ashley RL, Cloyd MW, Miller CJ. Occult systemic infection and persistent simian immunodeficiency virus (SIV)-specific CD4(+)-T-cell proliferative responses in rhesus macaques that were transiently viremic after intravaginal inoculation of SIV. J Virol 1998; 72:10029-35. [PMID: 9811741 PMCID: PMC110525 DOI: 10.1128/jvi.72.12.10029-10035.1998] [Citation(s) in RCA: 73] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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The intact cervicovaginal mucosa is a relative barrier to the sexual transmission of human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1). In the simian immunodeficiency virus (SIV) macaque model of HIV infection, seronegative transient viremia (STV; virus isolation positive followed by repeated negative cultures) occurs after intravaginal inoculation of a low dose of pathogenic SIVmac251 (C. J. Miller, M. Marthas, J. Torten, N. Alexander, J. Moore, G. Doncel, and A. Hendrickx, J. Virol. 68:6391-6400, 1994). Thirty-one adult female macaques that had been inoculated intravaginally with pathogenic SIVmac251 became transiently viremic. One monkey that had been culture negative for a year after SIV inoculation became persistently viremic and developed simian AIDS. No other STV monkey developed persistent viremia or disease. Results of very sensitive assays showed that 6 of 31 monkeys had weak SIV-specific antibody responses. SIV-specific antibodies were not detected in the cervicovaginal secretions of 10 STV monkeys examined. Twenty of 26 monkeys had lymphocyte proliferative responses to p55(gag) and/or gp130(env) antigens; 3 of 6 animals, including the monkey that became persistently viremic, had detectable cytotoxic T-lymphocyte (CTL) responses to SIV. At necropsy, lymphoid tissues and vaginal mucosa were virus culture negative, but in 10 of 10 animals, SIV provirus was detected by PCR using gag-specific primer pairs. Fifty percent of the PCR-positive tissue samples were also positive for SIV gag RNA by reverse transcriptase PCR. Thus, transient viremia following intravaginal inoculation of pathogenic SIV is associated with persistent, systemic infection, either latent or very low level productive. Atypical immune responses, characterized by lymphocyte proliferation and some CTL responses in the absence of conventionally detectable antibodies, develop in transiently viremic monkeys.
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- M B McChesney
- California Regional Primate Research Center, University of California-Davis, Davis, California 95616, USA
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- R S Campbell
- Australian Institute of Tropical Veterinary and Animal Sciences, James Cook University, Townsville, Queensland, Australia
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In 1987, Pedersen et al. (1987) reported the isolation of a T-lymphotropic virus possessing the characteristics of a lentivirus from pet cats in Davis, California. From the first report onwards, it was evident that in causing an acquired immunodeficiency syndrome in cats, the virus was of substantial veterinary importance. It shares many physical and biochemical properties with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), and was therefore named feline immunodeficiency virus (FIV). This article reviews recent knowledge of the aetiology, epidemiology, pathogenesis, clinical signs, diagnosis, prevention, and treatment options of FIV infection.
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- K Hartmann
- I. Medizinische Tierklinik, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Germany
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Leutenegger CM, Hofmann-Lehmann R, Holznagel E, Cuisinier AM, Wolfensberger C, Duquesne V, Cronier J, Allenspach K, Aubert A, Ossent P, Lutz H. Partial protection by vaccination with recombinant feline immunodeficiency virus surface glycoproteins. AIDS Res Hum Retroviruses 1998; 14:275-83. [PMID: 9491919 DOI: 10.1089/aid.1998.14.275] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
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In an effort to induce a strong immune response that might protect against feline immunodeficiency virus (FIV) challenge infection, three groups of five specified pathogen-free (spf) cats each were immunized subcutaneously with different FIV antigen preparations. Immunizations were done at weeks 0, 2, and 4 with 100 microg of recombinant SU from an FIV Zurich 2 (FIV Z2) strain expressed by E. coli (group 1) or the baculovirus expression system (groups 2 and 3) adsorbed on aluminum hydroxyde and administered with QS-21 (groups 1 and 2) or Freund's adjuvant together with the recombinant nucleocapsid protein (protein NC) of rabies virus (group 3). Protein NC was described to act as an exogenous superantigen. Group 3 cats demonstrated the highest detectable antibody response to the vaccine antigen as determined by ELISA and Western blot analysis. All immunized cats together with seven control animals were challenged with 20 CID50 of cat lymphocyte-grown FIV Z2 3 weeks following the last immunization. Whereas virus was readily recovered from peripheral blood lymphocytes of seven of seven nonvaccinated control cats following this challenge dose, virus was not recovered from two cats of groups 1 and 2. All cats in groups 2 and 3 showed a provirus load significantly decreased to 3% of that of controls up to week 8 after challenge infection. Eleven of 15 vaccinated cats and 5 of 7 control cats developed virus-neutralizing antibodies by week 8 after challenge infection. The two cats negative on virus isolation remained seronegative, developed no detectable virus-neutralizing activities, but were repeatedly positive in provirus PCR. Moreover, starting at week 1 after challenge, both cats showed the lowest provirus load in their respective groups. These results indicate that immunization with recombinant FIV SU in conjunction with appropriate adjuvants may lead to partial protection against FIV challenge infection.
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- C M Leutenegger
- Clinical Laboratory, Department of Internal Veterinary Medicine, University of Zurich, Switzerland.
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Sparger EE, Louie H, Ziomeck AM, Luciw PA. Infection of cats by injection with DNA of a feline immunodeficiency virus molecular clone. Virology 1997; 238:157-60. [PMID: 9375019 DOI: 10.1006/viro.1997.8787] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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Establishment of infection of animals with a viral clone will be important for investigating viral determinants of pathogenesis and monitoring sequence changes in the viral genome in vivo and may find utility as a means of immunization with live-attenuated virus. To test the efficiency of intramuscular (i.m.) injection of cloned proviral plasmid DNA for establishing feline immunodeficiency virus (FIV) infection in specific pathogen-free (SPF) cats, groups of cats were inoculated by the i.m. route with 300, 100, or 30 micrograms of plasmid DNA containing the infectious molecular clone, FIV-pPPR. A fourth group of cats was inoculated intradermally with 30 micrograms of FIV-pPPR plasmid DNA. For comparison, a fifth group received 10(3) TCID50 of a live virus stock of FIV-pPPR by intraperitoneal inoculation. Inoculation by i.m. injection with 100 to 300 micrograms of infectious FIV-pPPR proviral DNA produced infection detectable by both antiviral antibody and virus isolation from peripheral blood mononuclear cells. Inoculation by i.m. injection with 30 micrograms of proviral DNA resulted in infection in two of three inoculated cats. Intradermal injection with 30 micrograms of proviral DNA induced infection in one of three cats. Induction of antiviral antibody and viremia was delayed in cats inoculated with 30 micrograms compared to cats inoculated with either 100 or 300 micrograms of proviral DNA. This study indicates that cloned FIV proviral DNA may replace infectious virion preparations as inocula for pathogenesis and immunization studies.
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- E E Sparger
- Department of Medicine and Epidemiology, School of Veterinary Medicine, University of California, Davis 95616, USA.
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Woo JC, Dean GA, Pedersen NC, Moore PF. Immunopathologic changes in the thymus during the acute stage of experimentally induced feline immunodeficiency virus infection in juvenile cats. J Virol 1997; 71:8632-41. [PMID: 9343221 PMCID: PMC192327 DOI: 10.1128/jvi.71.11.8632-8641.1997] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023] Open
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The feline thymus is a target organ and site of viral replication during the acute stage of feline immunodeficiency virus (FIV) infection. This was demonstrated by histologic, immunohistologic, flow cytometric, and virologic tests. Thymic lesions developed after 28 days postinoculation (p.i.) and included thymitis, premature cortical involution, and medullary B-cell hyperplasia with germinal center formation and epithelial distortion. Alterations in thymocyte subsets also developed. Fewer CD4+ CD8- cells were detected at 28 days p.i., while an increase in CD4- CD8+ cells resulted in an inversion of the thymic CD4/CD8 ratio of single-positive cells, similar to events in peripheral blood. Provirus was present in all thymocyte subpopulations including cortical CD1(hi), CD1(lo), and B cells. The CD1(hi) thymocyte proviral burden increased markedly after 56 days p.i., coincident with the presence of infiltrating inflammatory cells. Increased levels of provirus in the CD1(lo) thymocyte subpopulation were detected prior to 56 days p.i. This was likely due to inclusion of infected infiltrating inflammatory cells which could not be differentiated from mature, medullary thymocytes. Proviral levels in B cells also increased from 70 days p.i. Morphologic alterations, productive viral infection, and altered thymocyte subpopulations suggest that thymic function is compromised, thus contributing to the inability of FIV-infected cats to replenish the peripheral T-cell pool.
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- J C Woo
- Department of Pathology, School of Veterinary Medicine, University of California, Davis 95616, USA
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Hartmann K, Ferk G, North TW, Pedersen NC. Toxicity associated with high dosage 9-[(2R,5R-2,5-dihydro-5-phosphonomethoxy)-2-furanyl]adenine therapy off attempts to abort early FIV infection. Antiviral Res 1997; 36:11-25. [PMID: 9330757 DOI: 10.1016/s0166-3542(97)00030-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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9-[(2R,5R-2,5-dihydro-5-phosphonomethoxy)-2-furanyl]adenine, or D4API, was tested in the feline immunodeficiency virus (FIV) infection model and found to be significantly more inhibitory in vitro than its parent compound 9-phosphonylmethoxethyl adenine (PMEA). Cytotoxicity was less than for PMEA or azidothymidine (AZT) for culture periods of 7 days, but more toxic after 10 days. D4API was rapidly absorbed by cats following subcutaneous inoculation, with a plasma half-life of less than 1 h after intravenous inoculation and between 2 and 3 h after subcutaneous injection. Peripheral blood mononuclear cells collected from cats given a single dose of D4API were refractory, however, to FIV infection in vitro for up to 24 h. Given its prolonged intracellular phase and high selectivity index, high dose D4API therapy was tested for its ability to abort an acute (i.e. 2 week) FIV infection. A divided daily dose of D4API, which was one-fourth the toxic dose and 125 times the concentration that would totally inhibit virus replication in vitro, completely abrogated the anticipated viremia and antibody responses. Unfortunately, a majority of treated/uninfected and treated/infected test cats died acutely of drug toxicity after 47 days of treatment. Toxicity in vivo mirrored what was observed in vitro, being precipitous and cumulative in nature. Toxic signs included widespread hepatic and lymphoid necrosis. A surviving treated/FIV infected cat remained healthy to day 175 when the study was terminated; antibodies appeared 2 months later than in untreated/infected cats and virus was only detectable at low levels on day 175. In contrast, untreated/infected cats were viremic and antibody positive from 3 to 4 weeks post-infection onwards. Therefore, it was possible to alter, but not abort, an early FIV infection with prolonged, high-dose D4API treatment.
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- K Hartmann
- I. Medizinische Tierklinik, München, Germany
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Cuisinier AM, Mallet V, Meyer A, Caldora C, Aubert A. DNA vaccination using expression vectors carrying FIV structural genes induces immune response against feline immunodeficiency virus. Vaccine 1997; 15:1085-94. [PMID: 9269051 DOI: 10.1016/s0264-410x(97)00004-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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Following inactivated virus vaccination trials, the surface glycoprotein gp120 of the feline immunodeficiency virus (FIV) was considered as one of the determinants for protection. However, several vaccination trials using recombinant Env protein or some peptides failed to induce protection. To understand the role of the gp120 protein in vivo, we vaccinated cats with naked DNA coding for FIV structural proteins gp120 and p10. We analyzed the ability of these vaccinations to induce immune protection and to influence the onset of infection. Injection in cat muscles of expression vectors coding for the FIV gp120 protein induced a humoral response. Cats immunized twice with the gp120 gene showed different patterns after challenge. Two cats were, like the control cats, infected from the second week after infection onwards. The two others maintained a low proviral load with no modification of their antibody pattern. The immune response induced by gp120 DNA injection could control the level of viral replication. This protective-like immune response was not correlated to the humoral response. All the cats immunized with the gp120 gene followed by the p10 gene were infected, like the control cats, from the second week but they developed a complete humoral response against viral proteins after challenge. Furthermore, they showed a sudden but transient drop of the proviral load at 4 weeks after infection. Under these conditions, one injection of the p10 gene after one injection of the gp120 gene was not sufficient to stimulate protection. On the contrary, after a period, it seems to facilitate virus replication.
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MESH Headings
- Animals
- Antibodies, Viral/biosynthesis
- Cats
- Feline Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome/immunology
- Feline Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome/prevention & control
- Gene Products, env/genetics
- Gene Products, env/immunology
- Gene Products, gag/genetics
- Gene Products, gag/immunology
- Genes, Viral
- Genetic Vectors
- Immunodeficiency Virus, Feline/genetics
- Immunodeficiency Virus, Feline/immunology
- Immunodeficiency Virus, Feline/physiology
- Proviruses/genetics
- Vaccines, DNA/genetics
- Vaccines, DNA/pharmacology
- Viral Structural Proteins/genetics
- Viral Vaccines/genetics
- Viral Vaccines/pharmacology
- Virus Replication
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Holznagel E, Lutz H, Steinhauer D, Reinacher M. Feline immunodeficiency virus (FIV) infection in cats at necropsy: a serological study. J Comp Pathol 1997; 116:339-52. [PMID: 9179747 DOI: 10.1016/s0021-9975(97)80051-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/04/2023]
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Sera collected post mortem during a 6-month period from cats were tested for feline immunodeficiency virus (FIV)-specific antibodies by (1) an enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA), (2) an indirect peroxidase-based immunocytological test (IP), (3) a Western immunoblotting (WB) method with FIV-infected cell lysates, and (4) a WB method with purified viral antigen. All four methods were capable of detecting FIV-specific antibodies in haemolysed sera. However, the ELISA showed the lowest "positive predictive value" (PVpos = 22%) followed by the IP (PVpos 50-60%). Serum was FIV antibody-positive in 6% (15/255) of all cats examined. The mean age of seropositive cats was 9 years (4 years among seronegative cases) and the male-to-female ratio in such cats was 1.8 to 1 (overall ratio 0.8 to 1). Forty per cent of the seropositive cats were in the final phase of acquired immune deficiency syndrome. Feline leukaemia virus (FeLV) predominated among viral co-infections. It was concluded that (1) a combination of the IP and WB reliably detected FIV-specific antibodies in sera collected post mortem, and (2) at post-mortem examination, cats from high-risk groups (male, > 5 years old, hypercellular bone marrow) were frequently infected with FIV.
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- E Holznagel
- Department of Veterinary Pathology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Giessen, Germany
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Ohkura T, Shin YS, Wakamiya N, Iwa N, Kurimura T. Detection of proviruses and viral RNA in the early stages of feline immunodeficiency virus infection in cats: a possible model of the early stage of HIV infection. Exp Anim 1997; 46:31-9. [PMID: 9027469 DOI: 10.1538/expanim.46.31] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/03/2023] Open
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Feline immunodeficiency virus (FIV) infection in cats has been reported to be a useful animal model for human AIDS studies, especially in the early stages of infection. We examined the temporal changes in provirus detection in peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMC) and the distribution of FIV-DNA and RNA in feline tissues by the polymerase chain reaction at 10, 35, 70 days after intravenous inoculation of FIV. Viral DNA in the PBMC was detected three to four weeks after infection and its fluctuation was demonstrated for the first time. Ten days after infection, before seroconversion, proviruses were detected only in the mesenteric lymph nodes and intestines. At 35 and 70 days after infection, after seroconversion, proviruses were detected in most lymphoid organs and the salivary glands, but the expression of FIV-RNA was limited to the thymus at 70 days after infection. These results show that FIV-RNA is transcribed from proviral DNA exclusively in the thymus at this stage. We suggest that the quantitative changes in detectable proviruses in the PBMC depend on the relation between the decrease in infected cells caused by cytolytic T lymphocytes and/or apoptosis and their increase caused by the release of a new supply of lymphocytes from the thymus.
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- T Ohkura
- Department of Viral Infections, Osaka University, Japan
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Molecular diagnostics is now commonplace in veterinary research laboratories. The advent of nonradioactive labeling systems has allowed the rapid spread of these techniques into commercial laboratories as well. The use of PCR, nucleic acid probes, and hybridization studies will undoubtedly shape the future of laboratory diagnostics for many infectious, neoplastic, and congenital diseases. Practicing veterinarians must become aware of the basic concepts behind these diagnostic tools. Molecular-based diagnostic tests are soon likely to be commercially available for use in clinical laboratories.
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- A R Alleman
- Department of Physiological Sciences, University of Florida College of Veterinary Medicine, Gainesville, USA
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Dean GA, Reubel GH, Moore PF, Pedersen NC. Proviral burden and infection kinetics of feline immunodeficiency virus in lymphocyte subsets of blood and lymph node. J Virol 1996; 70:5165-9. [PMID: 8764024 PMCID: PMC190471 DOI: 10.1128/jvi.70.8.5165-5169.1996] [Citation(s) in RCA: 84] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/02/2023] Open
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Feline immunodeficiency virus (FIV) is similar to human immunodeficiency virus type 1 virologically and induces a clinical syndrome in cats comparable to human immunodeficiency virus type 1 syndrome in humans. To determine the lymphoid target cells of FIV, populations of CD4+ lymphocytes, CD8+ lymphocytes, and CD21+ lymphocytes (B cells) were enriched to more than 96.5% purity and then analyzed for FIV provirus by semiquantitative DNA amplification. We found FIV provirus in CD4+, CD8+, and B lymphocytes. In cats infected for <4 months, proviral burden was greatest in CD4+ cells, followed by B cells and then by CD8+ cells. In cats infected for more than 5 years, proviral burden was greatest in B cells, followed by CD4+ cells and then by CD8+ cells. The total proviral burden was > 1 log10 higher in acutely infected cats than in chronically infected cats, primarily because of a higher level of CD4+ infection in the acutely infected cats. A comparison of proviral loads in mesenteric lymph node and peripheral blood mononuclear cells in acutely or chronically infected cats revealed no significant difference. A kinetics study of FIV infection demonstrated that all lymphocyte subpopulations were infected by 4 weeks postinoculation. Virus was isolated from CD4+, CD8+, and B cells in vitro, and reverse transcriptase PCR demonstrated that all subsets contained viral RNA in vivo and therefore are productive reservoirs for FIV.
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- G A Dean
- Department of Medicine, School of Veterinary Medicine, University of California, Davis 95616, USA
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Tomonaga K, Mikami T. Detection of feline immunodeficiency virus transcripts by quantitative reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction. Vet Microbiol 1996; 48:337-44. [PMID: 9054129 DOI: 10.1016/0378-1135(95)00148-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/03/2023]
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We developed a quantitative reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) procedure to estimate replication status of feline immunodeficiency virus (FIV) in peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMCs) of cats. Primers used for the RT-PCR were designed to detect only multiple spliced transcripts of FIV and allowed us to detect the specific transcripts with high specificity. By using limiting-cell-dilution RT-PCR, we demonstrated that the specific transcripts were quantitatively detected in a single infected cell in a background of 1 x 10(6) uninfected cells without Southern blot hybridization. Furthermore, the transcripts were observed efficiently in all PBMCs of the chronically FIV-infected cats when examined by this RT-PCR technique. There results demonstrated that this RT-PCR method is applicable for specific detection of the FIV-specific transcripts in the PBMCs and for estimation of the viral replication status in vivo.
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- K Tomonaga
- Department of Veterinary Microbiology, University of Tokyo, Japan
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Kraus LA, Bradley WG, Engelman RW, Brown KM, Good RA, Day NK. Relationship between tumor necrosis factor alpha and feline immunodeficiency virus expressions. J Virol 1996; 70:566-9. [PMID: 8523571 PMCID: PMC189845 DOI: 10.1128/jvi.70.1.566-569.1996] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/31/2023] Open
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The presence of feline immunodeficiency virus (FIV) proviral DNA, expression of FIV p26 core protein, and production of tumor necrosis factor alpha (TNF-alpha) were assessed in sequential biopsies of spleen and lymph node sections, of mononuclear cells of the peripheral blood, and of the serum of specific-pathogen-free cats during the acute phase of FIV infection. A temporal relationship between TNF-alpha production and FIV p26 expression was noted. Two months following FIV infection, and preceding the detection of FIV viremia, levels of TNF-alpha in serum increased significantly (P = 0.04), and they remained elevated during FIV viremia in the third month postinfection. Immunoprecipitates representing expression of TNF-alpha and of FIV p26 were localized in common foci of lymph nodes of FIV-infected cats during this period of active viremia. With the advent of anti-FIV antibodies, circulating levels of TNF-alpha and p26 antigen and expression of TNF-alpha and p26 in the lymph nodes decreased during the fifth month postinfection, and p26 production became undetectable. With clearance of viremia, burden of proviral DNA in peripheral blood mononuclear cells became reduced (P = 0.041), with provirus remaining integrated principally within lymph nodes (P = 0.046). During aviremia, p26 expression was undetectable in any tissue but remained inducible in vitro. During acute FIV infection, TNF-alpha production and p26 expression are intimately linked.
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- L A Kraus
- Department of Medical Microbiology and Immunology, University of South Florida, Tampa 33612, USA
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Guiot AL, Rigal D, Pialot D, Chappuis G. Development of a simple, rapid and accurate in vitro whole blood technique for the detection and semi-quantification of FIV cellular viremia. Vet Microbiol 1995; 47:331-42. [PMID: 8748548 DOI: 10.1016/0378-1135(95)00123-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/02/2023]
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A new, simple, rapid and accurate culture technique is described for a semi-quantitative analysis of cellular viremia in FIV-infected cats. This assay can be carried out with small amounts of whole blood, and is based on the detection of FIV core gag antigen, which is released in culture supernatants. The amount of core antigen produced is measured with an enzyme-linked immunoassay using specific monoclonal antibodies. This whole blood technique (WB method) was compared with a culture method using isolated peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMC method). FIV could be detected in whole blood of all experimentally infected cats, but not from uninfected cats. This assay offers a number of advantages (small blood samples required, no leukocyte separation and lymphocyte purification procedures) and its reproducibility is very good. It provides a convenient in vitro cellular assay for viral semi-quantitation, well adapted for monitoring efficacy of prototype FIV vaccines or experimental antiviral drugs. Also, it could facilitate the study of the pathogenesis of FIV-related progressive immunodepression. Finally, it offers an alternative to serological techniques for diagnostic purposes in several circumstances: early viremia, maternal antibodies.
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- A L Guiot
- Rhône Mérieux, Laboratoire de Lyon, France
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Linenberger ML, Abkowitz JL. Haematological disorders associated with feline retrovirus infections. BAILLIERE'S CLINICAL HAEMATOLOGY 1995; 8:73-112. [PMID: 7663052 PMCID: PMC7135792 DOI: 10.1016/s0950-3536(05)80233-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/26/2023]
Abstract
Feline oncornavirus and lentivirus infections have provided useful models to characterize the virus and host cell factors involved in a variety of marrow suppressive disorders and haematological malignancies. Exciting recent progress has been made in the characterization of the viral genotypic features involved in FeLV-associated diseases. Molecular studies have clearly defined the causal role of variant FeLV env gene determinants in two disorders: the T-lymphocyte cytopathicity and the clinical acute immunosuppression induced by the FeLV-FAIDS variant and the pure red cell aplasia induced by FeLV-C/Sarma. Variant or enFeLV env sequences also appear to play a role in FeLV-associated lymphomas. Additional studies are required to determine the host cell processes that are perturbed by these variant env gene products. In the case of the FeLV-FAIDS variant, the aberrant env gene products appear to impair superinfection interference, resulting in accumulation of unintegrated viral DNA and cell death. In other cases it is likely that the viral env proteins interact with host products that are important in cell viability and/or proliferation. Understanding of these mechanisms will therefore provide insights to factors involved in normal lymphohaematopoiesis. Similarly, studies of FeLV-induced haematological neoplasms should reveal recombination or rearrangement events involving as yet unidentified host gene sequences that encode products involved in normal cell growth regulation. These sequences may include novel protoncogenes or sequences homologous to genes implicated in human haematological malignancies. The haematological consequences of FIV are quite similar to those associated with HIV. As with HIV, FIV does not appear to directly infect myeloid or erythroid precursors, and the mechanisms of marrow suppression likely involve virus, viral antigen, and/or infected accessory cells in the marrow microenvironment. Studies using in vitro experimental models are required to define the effects of each of these microenvironmental elements on haematopoietic progenitors. As little is known about the molecular mechanisms of FIV pathogenesis, additional studies of disease-inducing FIV strains are needed to identify the genotypic features that correlate with virulent phenotypic features. Finally, experimental FIV infection in cats provides the opportunity to correlate in vivo virological and haematological changes with in vitro observations in a large animal model that closely mimics HIV infection in man.
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MESH Headings
- Animals
- Antibodies, Viral/biosynthesis
- Antibodies, Viral/immunology
- Bone Marrow/pathology
- Bone Marrow/virology
- Cats/virology
- Feline Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome/immunology
- Feline Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome/transmission
- Genes, Viral
- Immunity, Cellular
- Immunodeficiency Virus, Feline/genetics
- Immunodeficiency Virus, Feline/immunology
- Immunodeficiency Virus, Feline/physiology
- Leukemia Virus, Feline/classification
- Leukemia Virus, Feline/genetics
- Leukemia Virus, Feline/immunology
- Leukemia Virus, Feline/physiology
- Leukemia, Feline/immunology
- Leukemia, Feline/transmission
- Lymphoma/epidemiology
- Lymphoma/veterinary
- Lymphoma/virology
- Myelodysplastic Syndromes/veterinary
- Myelodysplastic Syndromes/virology
- Red-Cell Aplasia, Pure/veterinary
- Red-Cell Aplasia, Pure/virology
- Retroviridae/classification
- Retroviridae Proteins/genetics
- Retroviridae Proteins/physiology
- Spumavirus/pathogenicity
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Affiliation(s)
- M L Linenberger
- Department of Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle 98195, USA
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Bendinelli M, Pistello M, Lombardi S, Poli A, Garzelli C, Matteucci D, Ceccherini-Nelli L, Malvaldi G, Tozzini F. Feline immunodeficiency virus: an interesting model for AIDS studies and an important cat pathogen. Clin Microbiol Rev 1995; 8:87-112. [PMID: 7704896 PMCID: PMC172850 DOI: 10.1128/cmr.8.1.87] [Citation(s) in RCA: 254] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/26/2023] Open
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The lentivirus feline immunodeficiency virus (FIV) is a widespread pathogen of the domestic cat that is mainly transmitted through bites, although other means of transmission are also possible. Its prevalence ranges from 1 to 10% in different cat populations throughout the world, thus representing a large reservoir of naturally infected animals. FIV resembles the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) in many respects. Similarities include the structural features of the virion, the general organization and great variability of the genome, the life cycle in the infected host, and most importantly, the pathogenic potential. Infection is associated with laboratory signs of immunosuppression as well as with a large variety of superinfections, tumors, and neurological manifestations. Our understanding of FIV is steadily improving and is providing important clues to the pathogenesis of immunodeficiency-inducing lentiviruses. The cellular receptor for FIV is different from the feline equivalent of the human CD4 molecule used by HIV; nevertheless, the major hallmark of infection is a progressive loss of CD4+ T lymphocytes as in HIV infection. The mechanisms by which FIV escapes the host's immune responses are being actively investigated. FIV causes lysis of infected T cells and also appears to predispose these cells to apoptosis. Infection of macrophages and other cell types has also been documented. For reasons yet to be understood, antibody-mediated neutralization of fresh FIV isolates is very inefficient both in vitro and in vivo. Vaccination studies have provided some encouraging results, but the difficulties encountered appear to match those met in HIV vaccine development. FIV susceptibility to antiviral agents is similar to that of HIV, thus providing a valuable system for in vivo preclinical evaluation of therapies. It is concluded that in many respects FIV is an ideal model for AIDS studies.
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- M Bendinelli
- Department of Biomedicine, University of Pisa, Italy
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Dua N, Reubel G, Moore PF, Higgins J, Pedersen NC. An experimental study of primary feline immunodeficiency virus infection in cats and a historical comparison to acute simian and human immunodeficiency virus diseases. Vet Immunol Immunopathol 1994; 43:337-55. [PMID: 7856070 DOI: 10.1016/0165-2427(94)90156-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/27/2023]
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Sixteen adolescent specific pathogen free cats were inoculated with the Petaluma strain of feline immunodeficiency virus (FIV) and two cats were then necropsied at each of 5, 10, 21, 28, 42, 56, 70, and 84 day time points following infection. Lymphadenopathy gradually increased starting at Day 10 and persisted for the duration. Gross clinical signs of fever, mild to severe malaise, anorexia, diarrhea, dehydration, and generalized soreness appeared around Day 42, peaked at Day 56, and disappeared by Days 70-84 post-infection. Leukopenia, associated initially with a mild lymphopenia and later by both a mild lymphopenia and a severe neutropenia, appeared 14-28 days following infection, troughed at Day 56, and persisted thereafter. The CD4+:CD8+ T cell ratio started to decrease around Day 28, reaching a nadir at Days 56-70. This decrease was due to a decline in the absolute numbers and percentage of CD4+ T cells and an increase in the percentage of CD8+ T cells. Significant histopathologic lesions included myeloid hyperplasia between Days 56-70 post-infection; thymitis with cortical involution and follicular hyperplasia starting at Day 42; lymphoid hyperplasia of peripheral and mesenteric nodes, spleen and tonsils beginning around Day 42; typhlitis most evident from Day 56 onward, and an interstitial nephritis and pneumonitis that was most intense after Day 42. Virus was isolated from peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMC) beginning 2 weeks post-infection, and plasma viremia appeared 1 week later. Plasma and PBMC-associated viremia peaked at 42-56 days following infection and decreased abruptly thereafter. Proviral DNA was detectable as early as 5 days after infection in blood leukocytes and after 10 days in other organs. The central nervous system, lungs, thymus, tonsils and mesenteric lymph nodes were the earliest sites of virus localization. Antibodies to the FIV capsid protein appeared 14 days following infection and reached peak levels by Days 42-56. Abnormalities occurring during the primary stage of FIV infection were consistent with those described for acute simian and human immunodeficiency virus-induced disease.
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- N Dua
- Department of Medicine and Epidemiology, School of Veterinary Medicine University of California, Davis 95616
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Beebe AM, Dua N, Faith TG, Moore PF, Pedersen NC, Dandekar S. Primary stage of feline immunodeficiency virus infection: viral dissemination and cellular targets. J Virol 1994; 68:3080-91. [PMID: 8151773 PMCID: PMC236798 DOI: 10.1128/jvi.68.5.3080-3091.1994] [Citation(s) in RCA: 109] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/29/2023] Open
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The objective of this study was to identify cellular and organ targets of acute feline immunodeficiency virus (FIV) infection in vivo. Tissues of FIV-infected cats were studied at eight time points during the first 3 months after experimental infection. FIV nucleic acids were first detected by in situ hybridization 21 days after infection, approximately 1.5 weeks after lymph node enlargement was first observed and 3 weeks before the primary acute flu-like illness. The majority of FIV-infected cells were present in lymphoid organs, though low numbers of infected cells were noted in nonlymphoid organs as well. Germinal centers harbored many of the FIV-infected cells within lymphoid tissues. The thymic cortex was also a major site of early infection. Combined in situ hybridization and immunohistochemistry revealed that T lymphocytes were the primary target of early FIV infection in tissues of cats before the onset of clinical signs of acute illness. An unidentified population of mononuclear cells and a few macrophages were also infected. During the ensuing acute flu-like illness, the proportion of FIV-infected macrophages in tissues increased dramatically. This early shift in the predominant cellular localization of FIV from T lymphocytes to macrophages may be important for establishing viral persistence.
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- A M Beebe
- Department of Internal Medicine, School of Medicine, University of California, Davis 95616
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Callanan JJ, Racz P, Thompson H, Jarrett O. Lymph node pathology in experimental FIV infection. ADVANCES IN EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE AND BIOLOGY 1994; 355:169-75. [PMID: 7709818 DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4615-2492-2_29] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/26/2023]
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- J J Callanan
- Department of Veterinary Pathology, University of Glasgow, Bearsden, Scotland
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