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Yang JX, Chen X, Li YY, Song TY, Ge JQ. Isolation of a novel adomavirus from cultured American eels, Anguilla rostrata, with haemorrhagic gill necrosis disease. J Fish Dis 2021; 44:1811-1818. [PMID: 34324718 DOI: 10.1111/jfd.13500] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/25/2021] [Revised: 07/10/2021] [Accepted: 07/13/2021] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
Abstract
Recently, the culture of American eels (Anguilla rostrate) in China has been impacted by emergence of a disease with signs of haemorrhagic gill necrosis. The gills of diseased eels are covered with petecchia and they bleed when the operculum is pressed. In this study, a novel American eel adomavirus (AEAdoV) was isolated from the diseased eels using the eel ovary cell line (EO). The virus proliferated in the EO cells with a maximum TCID50 /ml of 106.29 ± 0.23 at 6 days post-infection. The virions were non-enveloped with a diameter of 75-85 nm and shown to be a DNA virus upon 5-iodo-2'-deoxyuridine (IDU) treatment. PCR assays showed that AEAdoV encodes a superfamily 3 helicases (S3H) replicase and shared high similarities with Anguilla marmorata adomavirus (MEAdoV). Although no clinical signs or mortality was observed among the eels injected with AEAdoV, the virus was reisolated from livers, kidneys and gills of injected eels at 35 days post-injection. Our results suggested that AEAdoV exhibited a latent infection in A. rostrata. The pathogenicity of the AEAdoV needs to be confirmed further.
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- Jin-Xian Yang
- Institute of Biotechnology, Fujian Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Fuzhou, China
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- Institute of Biotechnology, Fujian Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Fuzhou, China
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- Institute of Biotechnology, Fujian Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Fuzhou, China
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- Institute of Biotechnology, Fujian Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Fuzhou, China
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- Institute of Biotechnology, Fujian Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Fuzhou, China
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Wen J, Xu Y, Su M, Lu L, Wang H. Susceptibility of Goldfish to Cyprinid Herpesvirus 2 (CyHV-2) SH01 Isolated from Cultured Crucian Carp. Viruses 2021; 13:v13091761. [PMID: 34578342 PMCID: PMC8473056 DOI: 10.3390/v13091761] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/29/2021] [Revised: 08/31/2021] [Accepted: 08/31/2021] [Indexed: 01/10/2023] Open
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Cyprinid herpesvirus 2 (CyHV-2), a member of the Alloherpesviridae family belonging to the genus Cyprinivirus, is a fatal contagious aquatic pathogen that affects goldfish (Carassius auratus) and crucian carp (Carassius carassius). Although crucian carp and goldfish belong to the genus Carassius, it is unclear whether they are susceptible to the same CyHV-2 isolate. In addition, the origin of the crucian carp-derived CyHV-2 virus isolate remains unclear. CyHV-2 SH01 was isolated during herpesviral hematopoietic necrosis disease (HVHN) outbreaks in crucian carp at a local fish farm near Shanghai. CyHV-2 SH01 was confirmed by PCR and Western blot analysis of kidney, spleen, muscle, and blood tissue from the diseased crucian carp. Moreover, histopathological and ultra-pathological analyses revealed pathological changes characteristic of CyHV-2 SH01 infection in the tissues of the diseased crucian carp. In the present study, goldfish and crucian carp were challenged with CyHV-2 SH01 to elucidate viral virulence. We found that CyHV-2 SH01 could cause rapid and fatal disease progression in goldfish and crucian carp 24 h post-injection at 28 °C. Experimental infection of goldfish by injection indicated that the average virus titer in the kidney of the goldfish was 103.47 to 103.59 copies/mg. In addition, tissues exhibited the most prominent histopathological changes (cellular wrinkling and shrinkage, cytoplasmic vacuolation, fusion of the gill lamellae, and hepatic congestion) in CyHV-2 SH01-infected goldfish and crucian carp. Thus, crucian carp and goldfish showed a high sensitivity, with typical symptoms, to HVHN disease caused by CyHV-2 SH01.
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- Jinxuan Wen
- National Pathogen Collection Center for Aquatic Animals, Shanghai Ocean University, Shanghai 201306, China; (J.W.); (Y.X.); (M.S.); (L.L.)
- National Demonstration Center for Experimental Fisheries Science Education, Shanghai Ocean University, Shanghai 201306, China
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- National Pathogen Collection Center for Aquatic Animals, Shanghai Ocean University, Shanghai 201306, China; (J.W.); (Y.X.); (M.S.); (L.L.)
- National Demonstration Center for Experimental Fisheries Science Education, Shanghai Ocean University, Shanghai 201306, China
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- National Pathogen Collection Center for Aquatic Animals, Shanghai Ocean University, Shanghai 201306, China; (J.W.); (Y.X.); (M.S.); (L.L.)
- National Demonstration Center for Experimental Fisheries Science Education, Shanghai Ocean University, Shanghai 201306, China
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- National Pathogen Collection Center for Aquatic Animals, Shanghai Ocean University, Shanghai 201306, China; (J.W.); (Y.X.); (M.S.); (L.L.)
- Key Laboratory of Freshwater Aquatic Genetic Resources, Ministry of Agriculture, Shanghai Ocean University, Shanghai 201306, China
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- National Pathogen Collection Center for Aquatic Animals, Shanghai Ocean University, Shanghai 201306, China; (J.W.); (Y.X.); (M.S.); (L.L.)
- Key Laboratory of Freshwater Aquatic Genetic Resources, Ministry of Agriculture, Shanghai Ocean University, Shanghai 201306, China
- Pilot National Laboratory for Marine Fisheries Science and Technology, Qingdao 266200, China
- Correspondence: ; Tel.: +86-021-61900453 (ext. 201306)
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Ahmadian E, Hosseiniyan Khatibi SM, Razi Soofiyani S, Abediazar S, Shoja MM, Ardalan M, Zununi Vahed S. Covid-19 and kidney injury: Pathophysiology and molecular mechanisms. Rev Med Virol 2021; 31:e2176. [PMID: 33022818 PMCID: PMC7646060 DOI: 10.1002/rmv.2176] [Citation(s) in RCA: 164] [Impact Index Per Article: 54.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/11/2020] [Revised: 09/16/2020] [Accepted: 09/17/2020] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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The novel coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2) has turned into a life-threatening pandemic disease (Covid-19). About 5% of patients with Covid-19 have severe symptoms including septic shock, acute respiratory distress syndrome, and the failure of several organs, while most of them have mild symptoms. Frequently, the kidneys are involved through direct or indirect mechanisms. Kidney involvement mainly manifests itself as proteinuria and acute kidney injury (AKI). The SARS-CoV-2-induced kidney damage is expected to be multifactorial; directly it can infect the kidney podocytes and proximal tubular cells and based on an angiotensin-converting enzyme 2 (ACE2) pathway it can lead to acute tubular necrosis, protein leakage in Bowman's capsule, collapsing glomerulopathy and mitochondrial impairment. The SARS-CoV-2-driven dysregulation of the immune responses including cytokine storm, macrophage activation syndrome, and lymphopenia can be other causes of the AKI. Organ interactions, endothelial dysfunction, hypercoagulability, rhabdomyolysis, and sepsis are other potential mechanisms of AKI. Moreover, lower oxygen delivery to kidney may cause an ischaemic injury. Understanding the fundamental molecular pathways and pathophysiology of kidney injury and AKI in Covid-19 is necessary to develop management strategies and design effective therapies.
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- Elham Ahmadian
- Kidney Research CenterTabriz University of Medical SciencesTabrizIran
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- Clinical Research Development UnitSina Educational, Research and Treatment CenterTabriz University of Medical SciencesTabrizIran
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- Kidney Research CenterTabriz University of Medical SciencesTabrizIran
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- Department of SurgeryUniversity of Illinois at Chicago‐Metropolitan Group Hospitals (UIC‐MGH)ChicagoIllinoisUSA
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- Aakriti Pandita
- Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Internal Medicine, The Warren Alpert Brown Medical School of Brown University
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- Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, The Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University, Providence, RI
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- Department of Radiology, Stanford University School of Medicine, Palo Alto, California
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- Department of Surgery, Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, The Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University, Providence, RI
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- Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Internal Medicine, The Warren Alpert Brown Medical School of Brown University.
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Rongioletti F, Ferreli C, Sena P, Caputo V, Atzori L. Clinicopathologic correlations of COVID-19-related cutaneous manifestations with special emphasis on histopathologic patterns. Clin Dermatol 2021; 39:149-162. [PMID: 33972045 PMCID: PMC7832768 DOI: 10.1016/j.clindermatol.2020.12.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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Skin is one of target organs affected by the novel coronavirus SARS-CoV-2, and in response to the current COVID-19 pandemic, a fast body of literature has emerged on related cutaneous manifestations. Current perspective is that the skin is not only a bystander of the general cytokines storm with thrombophilic multiorgan injury, but it is directly affected by the epithelial tropism of the virus, as confirmed by the detection of SARS-CoV-2 in endothelial cells and epithelial cells of epidermis and eccrine glands. In contrast with the abundance of epidemiologic and clinical reports, histopathologic characterization of skin manifestations is limited. Without an adequate clinicopathologic correlation, nosology of clinically similar conditions is confusing, and effective association with COVID-19 remains presumptive. Several patients with different types of skin lesions, including the most specific acral chilblains-like lesions, showed negative results at SARS-CoV-2 nasopharyngeal and serologic sampling. The aim of this review is to provide an overview of what has currently been reported worldwide, with a particular emphasis on microscopic patterns of the skin manifestations in patients exposed to or affected by COVID-19. Substantial breakthroughs may occur in the near future from more skin biopsies, improvement of immunohistochemistry studies, RNA detection of SARS-CoV-2 strain by real-time polymerase chain reaction-based assay, and electron microscopic studies.
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- Franco Rongioletti
- Unit of Dermatology, Department Medical Sciences and Public Health, University of Cagliari, Cagliari, Italy; IRCCS San Raffaele Hospital and Dental School, Vita Salute University, 20132 Milan, Italy
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- Unit of Dermatology, Department Medical Sciences and Public Health, University of Cagliari, Cagliari, Italy.
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- Unit of Dermatology, Papa Giovanni XXIII Hospital, Bergamo, Italy
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- Unit of Pathology, Grande Ospedale Metropolitano Niguarda, Milan, Italy
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- Unit of Dermatology, Department Medical Sciences and Public Health, University of Cagliari, Cagliari, Italy
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Schwartz DA, Morotti D. Placental Pathology of COVID-19 with and without Fetal and Neonatal Infection: Trophoblast Necrosis and Chronic Histiocytic Intervillositis as Risk Factors for Transplacental Transmission of SARS-CoV-2. Viruses 2020; 12:v12111308. [PMID: 33203131 PMCID: PMC7697563 DOI: 10.3390/v12111308] [Citation(s) in RCA: 95] [Impact Index Per Article: 23.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/29/2020] [Revised: 11/12/2020] [Accepted: 11/13/2020] [Indexed: 02/07/2023] Open
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The mechanism(s) by which neonates testing positive for coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) acquire their infection has been largely unknown. Transmission of the etiological agent, SARS-CoV-2, from mother to infant has been suspected but has been difficult to confirm. This communication summarizes the spectrum of pathology findings from pregnant women with COVID-19 based upon the infection status of their infants and addresses the potential interpretation of these results in terms of the effects of SARS-CoV-2 on the placenta and the pathophysiology of maternal-fetal infection. Placentas from pregnant women with COVID-19 and uninfected neonates show significant variability in the spectrum of pathology findings. In contrast, placentas from infected maternal-neonatal dyads are characterized by the finding of mononuclear cell inflammation of the intervillous space, termed chronic histiocytic intervillositis, together with syncytiotrophoblast necrosis. These placentas show prominent positivity of syncytiotrophoblast by SARS-CoV-2, fulfilling the published criteria for transplacental viral transmission as confirmed in fetal cells through identification of viral antigens by immunohistochemistry or viral nucleic acid using RNA in situ hybridization. The co-occurrence of chronic histiocytic intervillositis and trophoblast necrosis appears to be a risk factor for placental infection with SARS-CoV-2 as well as for maternal-fetal viral transmission, and suggests a potential mechanism by which the coronavirus can breach the maternal-fetal interface.
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- David A. Schwartz
- Department of Pathology, Medical College of Georgia, Augusta University, Augusta, GA 30912, USA
- Correspondence:
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- Pathology Unit and Medical Genetics Laboratory, ASST Papa Giovanni XXIII, 24127 Bergamo, Italy;
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Carino EJ, Scheets K, Miller WA. The RNA of Maize Chlorotic Mottle Virus, an Obligatory Component of Maize Lethal Necrosis Disease, Is Translated via a Variant Panicum Mosaic Virus-Like Cap-Independent Translation Element. J Virol 2020; 94:e01005-20. [PMID: 32847851 PMCID: PMC7592216 DOI: 10.1128/jvi.01005-20] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/21/2020] [Accepted: 07/30/2020] [Indexed: 11/29/2022] Open
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Maize chlorotic mottle virus (MCMV) combines with a potyvirus in maize lethal necrosis disease (MLND), a serious emerging disease worldwide. To inform resistance strategies, we characterized the translation initiation mechanism of MCMV. We report that MCMV RNA contains a cap-independent translation element (CITE) in its 3' untranslated region (UTR). The MCMV 3' CITE (MTE) was mapped to nucleotides 4164 to 4333 in the genomic RNA. 2'-Hydroxyl acylation analyzed by primer extension (SHAPE) probing revealed that the MTE is a distinct variant of the panicum mosaic virus-like 3' CITE (PTE). Like the PTE, electrophoretic mobility shift assays (EMSAs) indicated that eukaryotic translation initiation factor 4E (eIF4E) binds the MTE despite the absence of an m7GpppN cap structure, which is normally required for eIF4E to bind RNA. Using a luciferase reporter system, mutagenesis to disrupt and restore base pairing revealed that the MTE interacts with the 5' UTRs of both genomic RNA and subgenomic RNA1 via long-distance kissing stem-loop interaction to facilitate translation. The MTE stimulates a relatively low level of translation and has a weak, if any, pseudoknot, which is present in the most active PTEs, mainly because the MTE lacks the pyrimidine-rich tract that base pairs to a G-rich bulge to form the pseudoknot. However, most mutations designed to form a pseudoknot decreased translation activity. Mutations in the viral genome that reduced or restored translation prevented and restored virus replication, respectively, in maize protoplasts and in plants. In summary, the MTE differs from the canonical PTE but falls into a structurally related class of 3' CITEs.IMPORTANCE In the past decade, maize lethal necrosis disease has caused massive crop losses in East Africa. It has also emerged in China and parts of South America. Maize chlorotic mottle virus (MCMV) infection is required for this disease. While some tolerant maize lines have been identified, there are no known resistance genes that confer immunity to MCMV. In order to improve resistance strategies against MCMV, we focused on how the MCMV genome is translated, the first step of gene expression by all positive-strand RNA viruses. We identified a structure (cap-independent translation element) in the 3' untranslated region of the viral RNA genome that allows the virus to usurp a host translation initiation factor, eIF4E, in a way that differs from host mRNA interactions with the translational machinery. This difference indicates eIF4E may be a soft target for engineering of-or breeding for-resistance to MCMV.
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- Elizabeth J Carino
- Department of Plant Pathology and Microbiology, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa, USA
- Interdepartmental Genetics and Genomics Program, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa, USA
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- Department of Plant Biology, Ecology and Evolution, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, Oklahoma, USA
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- Department of Plant Pathology and Microbiology, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa, USA
- Interdepartmental Genetics and Genomics Program, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa, USA
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Zhang CW, Liu Q, Zeng Q, Huang WT, Wang Q, Cheng YQ. p24 G1 Encoded by Grapevine Leafroll-Associated Virus 1 Suppresses RNA Silencing and Elicits Hypersensitive Response-Like Necrosis in Nicotiana Species. Viruses 2020; 12:E1111. [PMID: 33007975 PMCID: PMC7601950 DOI: 10.3390/v12101111] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/17/2020] [Revised: 09/19/2020] [Accepted: 09/29/2020] [Indexed: 01/21/2023] Open
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Grapevine leafroll-associated virus 1 (GLRaV-1) is a major pathogen associated with grapevine leafroll disease. However, the molecular mechanisms underlying GLRaV-1 interactions with plant cells are unclear. Using Agrobacterium infiltration-mediated RNA-silencing assays, we demonstrated that GLRaV-1 p24 protein (p24G1) acts as an RNA-silencing suppressor (RSS), inhibiting local and systemic RNA silencing. Electrophoretic mobility shift assays showed that p24G1 binds double-stranded 21-nucleotide small interfering RNA (siRNA), and that siRNA binding is required but not sufficient for its RSS activity. p24G1 localizes in the nucleus and can self-interact through its amino acid 10 to 210 region. Dimerization is needed for p24G1 interaction with importin α1 before moving to the nucleus, but is not required for its siRNA binding and RSS activity. Expression of p24G1 from a binary pGD vector or potato virus X-based vector elicited a strong hypersensitive response in Nicotiana species, indicating that p24G1 may be a factor in pathogenesis. Furthermore, p24G1 function in pathogenesis required its RSS activity, dimerization and nuclear localization. In addition, the region of amino acids 122-139 played a crucial role in the nuclear import, siRNA binding, silencing suppression and pathogenic activity of p24G1. These results contribute to our understanding of the molecular mechanisms underlying GLRaV-1 infection.
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- Chen-Wei Zhang
- Department of Pomology, China Agricultural University, Beijing 100193, China; (C.-W.Z.); (Q.L.); (Q.Z.); (W.-T.H.)
- Key Laboratory of Viticulture and Enology, Ministry of Agriculture, Beijing 100083, China
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- Department of Pomology, China Agricultural University, Beijing 100193, China; (C.-W.Z.); (Q.L.); (Q.Z.); (W.-T.H.)
- Key Laboratory of Viticulture and Enology, Ministry of Agriculture, Beijing 100083, China
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- Department of Pomology, China Agricultural University, Beijing 100193, China; (C.-W.Z.); (Q.L.); (Q.Z.); (W.-T.H.)
- Key Laboratory of Viticulture and Enology, Ministry of Agriculture, Beijing 100083, China
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- Department of Pomology, China Agricultural University, Beijing 100193, China; (C.-W.Z.); (Q.L.); (Q.Z.); (W.-T.H.)
- Key Laboratory of Viticulture and Enology, Ministry of Agriculture, Beijing 100083, China
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- Department of Plant Pathology, China Agricultural University, Beijing 100193, China;
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- Department of Pomology, China Agricultural University, Beijing 100193, China; (C.-W.Z.); (Q.L.); (Q.Z.); (W.-T.H.)
- Key Laboratory of Viticulture and Enology, Ministry of Agriculture, Beijing 100083, China
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RATIONALE Acute necrotizing encephalopathy (ANE) is a rapidly progressing disease associated with frequent neurologic sequelae and has poor prognosis. Currently, the diagnosis and treatment of ANE rely on neuroradiologic findings and offering supportive care. Here, we report the successful treatment of a teenager diagnosed with ANE using combination of high-dose methylprednisolone and oseltamivir. PATIENT CONCERNS The patient, a 15-year-old female, presented with impaired consciousness and seizures secondary to acute upper respiratory tract infection. A series of brain magnetic resonance images (MRIs) were obtained toward establishing a possible diagnosis. DIAGNOSIS Based on the history of presenting illness and subsequent brain MRI scans, the patient was diagnosed to be suffering from ANE. INTERVENTIONS Following the diagnosis, the patient was placed on therapy comprising of high-dose methylprednisolone and oseltamivir. OUTCOMES After treatment with methylprednisolone and oseltamivir for 15 days, the patient recovered nearly completely from ANE as confirmed by subsequent brain MRI scans. No complications or other emerging clinical symptoms were noted for the duration of follow-up that lasted 6 months. LESSONS Contrary to common reports, ANE can occur beyond pediatric populations and its treatment should not be restricted to supportive care. Our case suggests that the use of high-dose corticosteroids and oseltamivir leads to promising prognosis.
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- Hua Li
- Department of Magnetic Resonance Imaging
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- Department of Intensive Care Unit
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- Department of Neurology, People's Hospital of RiZhao, Rizhao, China
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- Department of Neurology, People's Hospital of RiZhao, Rizhao, China
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Xue R, Elbendary A, Wu T. Necrolytic acral erythema in a Chinese patient with hepatitis C and hepatitis B virus coinfection. An Bras Dermatol 2019; 94:446-448. [PMID: 31644618 PMCID: PMC7007027 DOI: 10.1590/abd1806-4841.20197257] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/05/2017] [Accepted: 02/02/2018] [Indexed: 12/27/2022] Open
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Necrolytic acral erythema is a distinct erythema that has been described as an extrahepatic manifestation of hepatitis C virus infection. Most reported cases have been in Africa, especially Egypt. We report the first case (to the best of our knowledge) of necrolytic acral erythema in a Chinese patient with HCV and HBV coinfection. We aim to increase awareness for recognizing this condition in the Chinese population.
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- Ruzeng Xue
- Department of Dermatology, Dermatology Hospital of Southern Medical University, Guangdong Provincial Dermatology Hospital, Guangzhou, China
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- Department of Dermatology, Kasralainy Faculty of Medicine, Cairo University, Cairo, Egypt
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- Department of Dermatology, Dermatology Hospital of Southern Medical University, Guangdong Provincial Dermatology Hospital, Guangzhou, China
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Giakountis A, Tsarmpopoulos I, Chatzivassiliou EK. Cucumber mosaic virus Isolates from Greek Legumes are Associated with Satellite RNAs that are Necrogenic for Tomato. Plant Dis 2018; 102:2268-2276. [PMID: 30189158 DOI: 10.1094/pdis-08-17-1259-re] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
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Worldwide, Cucumber mosaic virus (CMV) is the causal agent of many economically important diseases. Based on immunological or molecular analysis, three distinct subgroups of CMV isolates can be identified (IA, IB, and II). In addition, some CMV isolates are associated with satellite RNAs (satRNAs), a type of noncoding transcript that may alter the symptoms of CMV infections. This study presents an analysis of CMV isolates occurring in legumes in Greece in respect to their genetic diversity, and the presence and diversity of their satRNA. Phylogenetic analysis of the CMV coat protein sequence of 18 legume and 5 tomato CMV isolates collected throughout Greece classified them within subgroups IA and IB, with a limited genetic diversity. The CMV satRNAs found in nine field legumes exhibiting mild symptoms and in one tomato with a necrotic syndrome contained a functional necrogenic motif; therefore, they were grouped within the necrogenic group of CMV-satRNAs. The necrotic phenotype was expressed in all legume CMV isolates containing necrogenic satRNAs when mechanically inoculated onto tomato plants. To our knowledge, this is the first observation that legumes host necrogenic CMV-satRNAs. The possible role of legumes in the epidemiology of CMV and necrogenic satRNA complex is discussed.
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- Antonis Giakountis
- Agricultural University of Athens, School of Agricultural Production, Infrastructure and Environment, Department of Crop Science, Plant Pathology Laboratory, Iera Odos 75, Votanikos, 11855 Athens, Greece
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- Agricultural University of Athens, School of Agricultural Production, Infrastructure and Environment, Department of Crop Science, Plant Pathology Laboratory, Iera Odos 75, Votanikos, 11855 Athens, Greece
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- Agricultural University of Athens, School of Agricultural Production, Infrastructure and Environment, Department of Crop Science, Plant Pathology Laboratory, Iera Odos 75, Votanikos, 11855 Athens, Greece
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Reisler RB, Zeng X, Schellhase CW, Bearss JJ, Warren TK, Trefry JC, Christopher GW, Kortepeter MG, Bavari S, Cardile AP. Ebola Virus Causes Intestinal Tract Architectural Disruption and Bacterial Invasion in Non-Human Primates. Viruses 2018; 10:v10100513. [PMID: 30241284 PMCID: PMC6213817 DOI: 10.3390/v10100513] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/29/2018] [Revised: 09/16/2018] [Accepted: 09/18/2018] [Indexed: 02/02/2023] Open
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In the 2014–2016 West Africa Ebola Virus (EBOV) outbreak, there was a significant concern raised about the potential for secondary bacterial infection originating from the gastrointestinal tract, which led to the empiric treatment of many patients with antibiotics. This retrospective pathology case series summarizes the gastrointestinal pathology observed in control animals in the rhesus EBOV-Kikwit intramuscular 1000 plaque forming unit infection model. All 31 Non-human primates (NHPs) exhibited lymphoid depletion of gut-associated lymphoid tissue (GALT) but the severity and the specific location of the depletion varied. Mesenteric lymphoid depletion and necrosis were present in 87% (27/31) of NHPs. There was mucosal barrier disruption of the intestinal tract with mucosal necrosis and/or ulceration most notably in the duodenum (16%), cecum (16%), and colon (29%). In the intestinal tract, hemorrhage was noted most frequently in the duodenum (52%) and colon (45%). There were focal areas of bacterial submucosal invasion in the gastrointestinal (GI) tract in 9/31 (29%) of NHPs. Only 2/31 (6%) had evidence of pancreatic necrosis. One NHP (3%) experienced jejunal intussusception which may have been directly related to EBOV. Immunofluorescence assays demonstrated EBOV antigen in CD68+ macrophage/monocytes and endothelial cells in areas of GI vascular injury or necrosis.
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- Ronald B Reisler
- US Army Medical Research Institute for Infectious Diseases, 1425 Porter St., Fort Detrick, MD 21702, USA.
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- US Army Medical Research Institute for Infectious Diseases, 1425 Porter St., Fort Detrick, MD 21702, USA.
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- US Army Medical Research Institute for Infectious Diseases, 1425 Porter St., Fort Detrick, MD 21702, USA.
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- US Army Medical Research Institute for Infectious Diseases, 1425 Porter St., Fort Detrick, MD 21702, USA.
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- US Army Medical Research Institute for Infectious Diseases, 1425 Porter St., Fort Detrick, MD 21702, USA.
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- Bacterial Respiratory and Medical Countermeasures Branch, US Food and Drug Administration, 10903 New Hampshire Avenue, Silver Spring, MD 20993, USA.
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- Joint Program Management Office, Medical Countermeasure Systems, 1564 Freedman Drive, Fort Detrick, MD 21702, USA.
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- University of Nebraska Medical Center, College of Public Health, 42nd and Emile, Omaha, NE 68198, USA.
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- US Army Medical Research Institute for Infectious Diseases, 1425 Porter St., Fort Detrick, MD 21702, USA.
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- US Army Medical Research Institute for Infectious Diseases, 1425 Porter St., Fort Detrick, MD 21702, USA.
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McCowan C, Crameri S, Kocak A, Shan S, Fegan M, Forshaw D, Rubbenstroth D, Chen H, Holmes C, Harper J, Dearnley M, Batovska J, Bergfeld J, Walker C, Wang J. A novel group A rotavirus associated with acute illness and hepatic necrosis in pigeons (Columba livia), in Australia. PLoS One 2018; 13:e0203853. [PMID: 30204797 PMCID: PMC6133385 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0203853] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/09/2018] [Accepted: 08/28/2018] [Indexed: 12/17/2022] Open
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Cases of vomiting and diarrhoea were reported in racing pigeons in Western Australia in May, 2016. Morbidity and mortality rates were high. Similar clinical disease was seen in Victoria in December and by early 2017 had been reported in all states except the Northern Territory, in different classes of domestic pigeon–racing, fancy and meat bird–and in a flock of feral pigeons. Autopsy findings were frequently unremarkable; histological examination demonstrated significant hepatic necrosis as the major and consistent lesion, often with minimal inflammatory infiltration. Negative contrast tissue suspension and thin section transmission electron microscopy of liver demonstrated virus particles consistent with a member of the Reoviridae. Inoculation of trypsin-treated Vero, MDBK and MA-104 cell lines resulted in cytopathic changes at two days after infection. Next generation sequencing was undertaken using fresh liver samples and a previously undescribed group A rotavirus (genotype G18P[17]) of avian origin was identified and the virus was isolated in several cell lines. A q-RT-PCR assay was developed and used to screen a wider range of samples, including recovered birds. Episodes of disease have continued to occur and to reoccur in previously recovered lofts, with variable virulence reported. This is the first report of a rotavirus associated with hepatic necrosis in any avian species.
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- Australian Animal Health Laboratory, Geelong, Victoria, Australia
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- Agriculture Victoria, Bundoora, Victoria, Australia
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- Australian Animal Health Laboratory, Geelong, Victoria, Australia
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- Agriculture Victoria, Bundoora, Victoria, Australia
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- Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development, Albany, Western Australia, Australia
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- Institute of Virology, Medical Center–University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany
- Institute for Diagnostic Virology, Friedrich-Loeffler-Institute (FLI), Greifswald–Insel Riems, Germany
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- Australian Animal Health Laboratory, Geelong, Victoria, Australia
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- Australian Animal Health Laboratory, Geelong, Victoria, Australia
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- Australian Animal Health Laboratory, Geelong, Victoria, Australia
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- Australian Animal Health Laboratory, Geelong, Victoria, Australia
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- Agriculture Victoria, Bundoora, Victoria, Australia
- School of Applied Systems Biology, La Trobe University, Bundoora, Victoria, Australia
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- Australian Animal Health Laboratory, Geelong, Victoria, Australia
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- Melbourne Bird Veterinary Clinic, Scoresby, Melbourne, Australia
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- Australian Animal Health Laboratory, Geelong, Victoria, Australia
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Koestner W, Spanier J, Klause T, Tegtmeyer PK, Becker J, Herder V, Borst K, Todt D, Lienenklaus S, Gerhauser I, Detje CN, Geffers R, Langereis MA, Vondran FWR, Yuan Q, van Kuppeveld FJM, Ott M, Staeheli P, Steinmann E, Baumgärtner W, Wacker F, Kalinke U. Interferon-beta expression and type I interferon receptor signaling of hepatocytes prevent hepatic necrosis and virus dissemination in Coxsackievirus B3-infected mice. PLoS Pathog 2018; 14:e1007235. [PMID: 30075026 PMCID: PMC6107283 DOI: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1007235] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/29/2017] [Revised: 08/23/2018] [Accepted: 07/22/2018] [Indexed: 01/13/2023] Open
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During Coxsackievirus B3 (CVB3) infection hepatitis is a potentially life threatening complication, particularly in newborns. Studies with type I interferon (IFN-I) receptor (IFNAR)-deficient mice revealed a key role of the IFN-I axis in the protection against CVB3 infection, whereas the source of IFN-I and cell types that have to be IFNAR triggered in order to promote survival are still unknown. We found that CVB3 infected IFN-β reporter mice showed effective reporter induction, especially in hepatocytes and only to a minor extent in liver-resident macrophages. Accordingly, upon in vitro CVB3 infection of primary hepatocytes from murine or human origin abundant IFN-β responses were induced. To identify sites of IFNAR-triggering we performed experiments with Mx reporter mice, which upon CVB3 infection showed massive luciferase induction in the liver. Immunohistological studies revealed that during CVB3 infection MX1 expression of hepatocytes was induced primarily by IFNAR-, and not by IFN-III receptor (IFNLR)-triggering. CVB3 infection studies with primary human hepatocytes, in which either the IFN-I or the IFN-III axis was inhibited, also indicated that primarily IFNAR-, and to a lesser extent IFNLR-triggering was needed for ISG induction. Interestingly, CVB3 infected mice with a hepatocyte-specific IFNAR ablation showed severe liver cell necrosis and ubiquitous viral dissemination that resulted in lethal disease, as similarly detected in classical IFNAR-/- mice. In conclusion, we found that during CVB3 infection hepatocytes are major IFN-I producers and that the liver is also the organ that shows strong IFNAR-triggering. Importantly, hepatocytes need to be IFNAR-triggered in order to prevent virus dissemination and to assure survival. These data are compatible with the hypothesis that during CVB3 infection hepatocytes serve as important IFN-I producers and sensors not only in the murine, but also in the human system. CVB3 belongs to human enteroviruses and is transmitted through the fecal-oral route. Infections with CVB3 are mostly unnoticed or cause flu-like symptoms, however, they can also cause severe disease, such as myocarditis, pancreatitis, and hepatitis. Although CVB3 does not efficiently trigger plasmacytoid dendritic cells, which are the main IFN-I producers in many other virus infections, IFNAR signaling plays a crucial role in CVB3 control. Therefore, we investigated which cells are stimulated to produce IFN-I following CVB3 infection and which cell types have to be IFNAR-triggered in order to confer anti-viral protection. We found that upon CVB3 infection IFN-β was mainly expressed within the liver, especially by hepatocytes and not by liver resident macrophages. This was corroborated by in vitro CVB3 infection experiments with primary murine and human hepatocytes. Interestingly, IFNAR signaling of hepatocytes was required to control the virus. Collectively, our data indicate that hepatocytes, and not immune cells, are the key innate effector cells that are relevant for the control of CVB3 infection.
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- Wolfgang Koestner
- Institute for Radiology, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany
- Institute for Experimental Infection Research, TWINCORE, Centre for Experimental and Clinical Infection Research, a joint venture between the Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research, Braunschweig, and the Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany
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- Institute for Experimental Infection Research, TWINCORE, Centre for Experimental and Clinical Infection Research, a joint venture between the Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research, Braunschweig, and the Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany
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- Institute for Experimental Infection Research, TWINCORE, Centre for Experimental and Clinical Infection Research, a joint venture between the Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research, Braunschweig, and the Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany
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- Institute for Experimental Infection Research, TWINCORE, Centre for Experimental and Clinical Infection Research, a joint venture between the Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research, Braunschweig, and the Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany
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- Institute for Experimental Infection Research, TWINCORE, Centre for Experimental and Clinical Infection Research, a joint venture between the Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research, Braunschweig, and the Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany
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- Department of Pathology, University of Veterinary Medicine Hannover, Hannover, Germany
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- Institute for Experimental Infection Research, TWINCORE, Centre for Experimental and Clinical Infection Research, a joint venture between the Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research, Braunschweig, and the Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany
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- Department of Molecular and Medical Virology, Ruhr University Bochum, Bochum, Germany
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- Institute for Experimental Infection Research, TWINCORE, Centre for Experimental and Clinical Infection Research, a joint venture between the Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research, Braunschweig, and the Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany
- Institute for Laboratory Animal Science and Central Animal Facility, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany
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- Department of Pathology, University of Veterinary Medicine Hannover, Hannover, Germany
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- Institute for Experimental Infection Research, TWINCORE, Centre for Experimental and Clinical Infection Research, a joint venture between the Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research, Braunschweig, and the Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany
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- Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research, Genome Analytics Research Group, Braunschweig, Germany
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- Virology Division, Department of Infectious Diseases and Immunology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Utrecht University, Utrecht, The Netherlands
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- ReMediES, Department of General, Visceral and Transplantation Surgery, Hannover Medical School, and German Centre for Infection Research, Hannover-Braunschweig, Germany
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- Institute for Cell and Gene Therapy, TWINCORE, Centre for Experimental and Clinical Infection Research, a joint venture between the Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research, Braunschweig, and the Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany
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- Virology Division, Department of Infectious Diseases and Immunology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Utrecht University, Utrecht, The Netherlands
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- Institute for Cell and Gene Therapy, TWINCORE, Centre for Experimental and Clinical Infection Research, a joint venture between the Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research, Braunschweig, and the Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany
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- Institute for Virology, Medical Center University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany
- Faculty of Medicine, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany
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- Department of Molecular and Medical Virology, Ruhr University Bochum, Bochum, Germany
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- Department of Pathology, University of Veterinary Medicine Hannover, Hannover, Germany
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- Institute for Radiology, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany
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- Institute for Experimental Infection Research, TWINCORE, Centre for Experimental and Clinical Infection Research, a joint venture between the Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research, Braunschweig, and the Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany
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Shearn-Bochsler V, Ip HS, Ballmann A, Hall JS, Allison AB, Ballard J, Ellis JC, Cook R, Gibbs SEJ, Dwyer C. Experimental Infection of Common Eider Ducklings with Wellfleet Bay Virus, a Newly Characterized Orthomyxovirus. Emerg Infect Dis 2017; 23:1958-1965. [PMID: 28841405 PMCID: PMC5708229 DOI: 10.3201/eid2312.160366] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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Wellfleet Bay virus (WFBV), a novel orthomyxovirus in the genus Quaranjavirus, was first isolated in 2006 from carcasses of common eider (Somateria mollissima) during a mortality event in Wellfleet Bay (Barnstable County, Massachusetts, USA) and has since been repeatedly isolated during recurrent mortality events in this location. Hepatic, pancreatic, splenic, and intestinal necrosis was observed in dead eiders. We inoculated 6-week-old common eider ducklings with WFBV in an attempt to recreate the naturally occurring disease. Approximately 25% of inoculated eiders had onset of clinical disease and required euthanasia; an additional 18.75% were adversely affected based on net weight loss during the trial. Control ducklings did not become infected and did not have clinical disease. Infected ducklings with clinical disease had pathologic lesions consistent with those observed during natural mortality events. WFBV was reisolated from 37.5% of the inoculated ducklings. Ducklings surviving to 5 days postinoculation developed serum antibody titers to WFBV.
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Resende TP, Marthaler DG, Vannucci FA. A novel RNA-based in situ hybridization to detect Seneca Valley virus in neonatal piglets and sows affected with vesicular disease. PLoS One 2017; 12:e0173190. [PMID: 28394893 PMCID: PMC5386259 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0173190] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/27/2016] [Accepted: 02/16/2017] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
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Seneca Valley virus (SVV) is the causative agent of an emerging vesicular disease in swine, which is clinically indistinguishable from other vesicular diseases such as foot-and-mouth disease. In addition, SVV has been associated with neonatal mortality in piglets. While a commercial SVV qRT-PCR is available, commercial antibodies are lacking to diagnose SVV infections by immunohistochemistry (IHC). Thus, a novel in situ hybridization technique-RNAscope (ISH) was developed to detect SVVRNA in infected tissues. From a total of 78 samples evaluated, 30 were positive by qRT-PCR and ISH-RNA, including vesicular lesions of affected sows, ulcerative lesions in the tongue of piglets and various other tissues with no evidence of histological lesions. Nineteen samples were negative for SVV by qRT-PCR and ISH-RNA. The Ct values of the qRT-PCR from ISH-RNA positive tissues varied from 12.0 to 32.6 (5.12 x 106 to 5.31 RNA copies/g, respectively). The ISH-RNA technique is an important tool in diagnosing and investigating the pathogenesis of SVV and other emerging pathogens.
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- Talita P. Resende
- Department of Veterinary and Biomedical Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Minnesota, Saint Paul, Minnesota, United States of America
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- Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory, College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Minnesota, Saint Paul, Minnesota, United States of America
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- Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory, College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Minnesota, Saint Paul, Minnesota, United States of America
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Nanjo A, Shibata T, Saito M, Yoshii K, Tanaka M, Nakanishi T, Fukuda H, Sakamoto T, Kato G, Sano M. Susceptibility of isogeneic ginbuna Carassius auratus langsdorfii Temminck et Schlegel to cyprinid herpesvirus-2 (CyHV-2) as a model species. J Fish Dis 2017; 40:157-168. [PMID: 27150547 DOI: 10.1111/jfd.12500] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/03/2016] [Revised: 04/09/2016] [Accepted: 04/11/2016] [Indexed: 06/05/2023]
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Herpesviral haematopoietic necrosis (HVHN), caused by cyprinid herpesvirus-2 (CyHV-2), has affected the commercial production of the goldfish Carassius auratus and gibelio carp Carassius auratus gibelio. High water temperature treatments are reported to reduce the mortality rate of infected goldfish and elicit immunity in the survivors. To define the mechanism by which this intervention induces resistance, clonal ginbuna Carassius auratus langsdorfii, which is closely related to both species and has been used in fish immunology, may represent a promising model species. In this study, we investigated the susceptibility of clonal ginbuna strains to CyHV-2 and the effect of high water temperature treatment on infected ginbuna and goldfish. Experimental intraperitoneal infection with CyHV-2 at 25 °C caused 100% mortality in ginbuna strains, which was accompanied by histopathological changes typical of HVHN. Both infected ginbuna S3n strain and goldfish, exposed to high temperature for 6 days [shifting from 25 °C (permissive) to 34 °C (non-permissive)], showed reduced mortalities after the 1st inoculation, and subsequent 2nd virus challenge to 0%, indicating induction of immunity. It was concluded that ginbuna showed a similar susceptibility and disease development in CyHV-2 infection compared to goldfish, suggesting that ginbuna can be a useful fish model for the study of CyHV-2 infection and immunity.
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- A Nanjo
- Tokyo University of Marine Science and Technology, Tokyo, Japan
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- Tokyo University of Marine Science and Technology, Tokyo, Japan
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- Tokyo University of Marine Science and Technology, Tokyo, Japan
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- Tokyo University of Marine Science and Technology, Tokyo, Japan
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- Saitama Fisheries Research Institute, Saitama, Japan
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- College of Bioresource Sciences, Nihon University, Kanagawa, Japan
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- Tokyo University of Marine Science and Technology, Tokyo, Japan
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- Tokyo University of Marine Science and Technology, Tokyo, Japan
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- Tokyo University of Marine Science and Technology, Tokyo, Japan
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- Tokyo University of Marine Science and Technology, Tokyo, Japan
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Rijks JM, Saucedo B, Spitzen-van der Sluijs A, Wilkie GS, van Asten AJAM, van den Broek J, Boonyarittichaikij R, Stege M, van der Sterren F, Martel A, Pasmans F, Hughes J, Gröne A, van Beurden SJ, Kik MJL. Investigation of Amphibian Mortality Events in Wildlife Reveals an On-Going Ranavirus Epidemic in the North of the Netherlands. PLoS One 2016; 11:e0157473. [PMID: 27315226 PMCID: PMC4912076 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0157473] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/13/2015] [Accepted: 05/30/2016] [Indexed: 12/15/2022] Open
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In the four years following the first detection of ranavirus (genus Ranavirus, family Iridoviridae) infection in Dutch wildlife in 2010, amphibian mortality events were investigated nationwide to detect, characterize and map ranaviruses in amphibians over time, and to establish the affected host species and the clinico-pathological presentation of the disease in these hosts. The ultimate goal was to obtain more insight into ranavirus disease emergence and ecological risk. In total 155 dead amphibians from 52 sites were submitted between 2011 and 2014, and examined using histopathology, immunohistochemistry, virus isolation and molecular genetic characterization. Ranavirus-associated amphibian mortality events occurred at 18 sites (35%), initially only in proximity of the 2010 index site. Specimens belonging to approximately half of the native amphibian species were infected, including the threatened Pelobates fuscus (spadefoot toad). Clustered massive outbreaks involving dead adult specimens and ranavirus genomic identity indicated that one common midwife toad virus (CMTV)-like ranavirus strain is emerging in provinces in the north of the Netherlands. Modelling based on the spatiotemporal pattern of spread showed a high probability that this emerging virus will continue to be detected at new sites (the discrete reproductive power of this outbreak is 0.35). Phylogenetically distinct CMTV-like ranaviruses were found in the south of the Netherlands more recently. In addition to showing that CMTV-like ranaviruses threaten wild amphibian populations not only in Spain but also in the Netherlands, the current spread and risk of establishment reiterate that understanding the underlying causes of CMTV-like ranavirus emergence requires international attention.
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- Jolianne M. Rijks
- Dutch Wildlife Health Centre, Utrecht University, Utrecht, The Netherlands
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- Dutch Wildlife Health Centre, Utrecht University, Utrecht, The Netherlands
- Department of Pathobiology, Utrecht University, Utrecht, The Netherlands
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- MRC-University of Glasgow Centre for Virus Research, Glasgow, United Kingdom
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- Dutch Wildlife Health Centre, Utrecht University, Utrecht, The Netherlands
- Department of Pathobiology, Utrecht University, Utrecht, The Netherlands
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- Department of Farm Animal Health, Utrecht University, Utrecht, The Netherlands
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- Department of Pathobiology, Utrecht University, Utrecht, The Netherlands
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- Department of Pathology, Bacteriology and Avian Diseases, Ghent University, Merelbeke, Belgium
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- Department of Pathology, Bacteriology and Avian Diseases, Ghent University, Merelbeke, Belgium
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- MRC-University of Glasgow Centre for Virus Research, Glasgow, United Kingdom
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- Dutch Wildlife Health Centre, Utrecht University, Utrecht, The Netherlands
- Department of Pathobiology, Utrecht University, Utrecht, The Netherlands
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- Dutch Wildlife Health Centre, Utrecht University, Utrecht, The Netherlands
- Department of Pathobiology, Utrecht University, Utrecht, The Netherlands
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Cardoso TC, Rosa ACG, Ferreira HL, Okamura LH, Oliveira BRSM, Vieira FV, Silva-Frade C, Gameiro R, Flores EF. Bovine herpesviruses induce different cell death forms in neuronal and glial-derived tumor cell cultures. J Neurovirol 2016; 22:725-735. [PMID: 27311457 DOI: 10.1007/s13365-016-0444-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/29/2015] [Revised: 03/29/2016] [Accepted: 04/04/2016] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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Oncolytic viruses have the ability to infect tumor cells and leave healthy cells intact. In this study, bovine herpesvirus 1 (BHV1; Los Angeles, Cooper, and SV56/90 strains) and bovine herpesvirus 5 (BHV5; SV507/99 and GU9457818 strains) were used to infect two neuronal tumor cell lineages: neuro2a (mouse neuroblastoma cells) and C6 (rat glial cells). BHV1 and BHV5 strains infected both cell lines and positively correlated with viral antigen detection (p < 0.005). When neuro2a cells were infected by Los Angeles, SV507/99, and GU9457818 strains, 40 % of infected cells were under early apoptosis and necroptosis pathways. Infected C6 cells were >40 % in necroptosis phase when infected by BHV5 (GU9457818 strain). Blocking caspase activation did not interfere with cell death. However, when necroptosis was blocked, 60-80 % of both infected cells with either virus switched to early apoptosis pathway with no interference with virus replication. Moreover, reactive oxygen species production and mitochondrial membrane dysfunction were detected at high levels in both infected cell lines. In spite of apoptosis and necroptosis blockage, tumor necrosis factor alpha (TNFA) and virus transcription were positively correlated for all viral strains studied. Thus, these results contribute to the characterization of BHV1 and BHV5 as potential oncolytic viruses for non-human cells. Nonetheless, the mechanisms underlying their oncolytic activity in human cells are still to be determined.
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- Tereza C Cardoso
- DAPSA Department, Laboratory of Animal Virology and Cell Culture, College of Veterinary Medicine, Universidade Estadual Paulista, Araçatuba, São Paulo, 16050-680, Brazil.
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- DAPSA Department, Laboratory of Animal Virology and Cell Culture, College of Veterinary Medicine, Universidade Estadual Paulista, Araçatuba, São Paulo, 16050-680, Brazil
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- DAPSA Department, Laboratory of Animal Virology and Cell Culture, College of Veterinary Medicine, Universidade Estadual Paulista, Araçatuba, São Paulo, 16050-680, Brazil
- FZEA-USP, Departamento de Medicina Veterinária, Av. Duque de Caxias Norte, 225, Pirassununga, SP, CEP 13635-900, Brazil
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- DAPSA Department, Laboratory of Animal Virology and Cell Culture, College of Veterinary Medicine, Universidade Estadual Paulista, Araçatuba, São Paulo, 16050-680, Brazil
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- DAPSA Department, Laboratory of Animal Virology and Cell Culture, College of Veterinary Medicine, Universidade Estadual Paulista, Araçatuba, São Paulo, 16050-680, Brazil
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- DAPSA Department, Laboratory of Animal Virology and Cell Culture, College of Veterinary Medicine, Universidade Estadual Paulista, Araçatuba, São Paulo, 16050-680, Brazil
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- DAPSA Department, Laboratory of Animal Virology and Cell Culture, College of Veterinary Medicine, Universidade Estadual Paulista, Araçatuba, São Paulo, 16050-680, Brazil
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- DAPSA Department, Laboratory of Animal Virology and Cell Culture, College of Veterinary Medicine, Universidade Estadual Paulista, Araçatuba, São Paulo, 16050-680, Brazil
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- Virology Section, Federal University of Santa Maria, Santa Maria, 97115-900, RS, Brazil
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Granzow H, Fichtner D, Schütze H, Lenk M, Dresenkamp B, Nieper H, Mettenleiter TC. Isolation and partial characterization of a novel virus from different carp species suffering gill necrosis - ultrastructure and morphogenesis. J Fish Dis 2014; 37:559-569. [PMID: 23865968 DOI: 10.1111/jfd.12150] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/05/2013] [Revised: 06/04/2013] [Accepted: 06/06/2013] [Indexed: 06/02/2023]
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Two isolates of a novel enveloped RNA virus were obtained from carp and koi carp with gill necrosis. Both isolates behaved identically and could be propagated in different cyprinid cell lines forming large syncytia. The virus was sensitive to lipid solvents and neither exhibited haemadsorption/haemagglutination nor reverse transcriptase activity. Mature virus particles displayed a spherical shape with diameter of 100-350 nm after negative staining and 100-300 nm in ultrathin sections, covered by short projections of 8-10 nm in length. Maturation of virus progeny was shown to occur by budding and envelopment of the filamentous helical nucleocapsids at the cell surface. A detailed comparison of ultrastructure and morphogenesis of the novel virus isolates with selected arena-, ortho- and paramyxoviruses as possible candidates for evaluation of taxonomic classification yielded no consistency in all phenotypic features. Thus, on the basis of ultrastructure the novel virus isolates could not be assigned unequivocally to any established virus family.
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- H Granzow
- Institute of Infectology, Friedrich-Loeffler-Institut, Federal Research Institute for Animal Health, Insel Riems, Germany
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Binesh CP. Elevation of temperature and crowding trigger acute viral nervous necrosis in zebra fish, Brachydanio rerio (Hamilton-Buchanan), subclinically infected with betanodavirus. J Fish Dis 2014; 37:279-282. [PMID: 23346900 DOI: 10.1111/jfd.12080] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/09/2012] [Revised: 11/26/2012] [Accepted: 11/27/2012] [Indexed: 06/01/2023]
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- C P Binesh
- Department of Aquaculture, Sacred Heart College, Cochin, India
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Kara HM, Chaoui L, Derbal F, Zaidi R, de Boisséson C, Baud M, Bigarré L. Betanodavirus-associated mortalities of adult wild groupers Epinephelus marginatus (Lowe) and Epinephelus costae (Steindachner) in Algeria. J Fish Dis 2014; 37:273-278. [PMID: 24397531 DOI: 10.1111/jfd.12020] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/19/2012] [Revised: 09/17/2012] [Accepted: 09/19/2012] [Indexed: 06/03/2023]
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- H M Kara
- Laboratory of Marine Bioresources, University Badji Mokhtar-Annaba, Algeria
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Csonka T, Szepesi R, Bidiga L, Péter M, Klekner A, Hutóczky G, Csiba L, Méhes G, Hortobágyi T. [The diagnosis of herpes encephalitis--a case-based update]. Ideggyogy Sz 2013; 66:337-342. [PMID: 24358690] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/03/2023]
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Herpes simplex virus encephalitis (HSVE) is a rare and life-threatening infection. The clinical signs are diverse and often misleading regarding the aetiology. However, focal seizure with fever and typical CT/MRI finding should always raise the possibility of HSVE as early diagnosis and antiviral therapy is crucial. Before the advent of molecular techniques and high-tech imaging histological examination from multiple brain biopsies were often necessary. Although nowadays PCR and other molecular methods may provide an aetiological diagnosis some cases need neuropathological verification. Due to the high IgG seropositivity rate in the population the plasma IgG titer is not diagnostic and elevation of its plasma level requires several weeks. We report the case of a 25-years old male patient who initially presented with epileptic seizures. There was no final diagnosis and no causal treatment in the district general hospital. The patient was admitted to our institution in comatose state on day 9; the initiated diagnostic tests and therapy could not save the patient who died next day. The autopsy and subsequent neuropathological examination revealed HSVE. We present a flowchart on diagnostic work-up and special techniques to aid diagnosis in suspected viral encephalitis.
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- Tamás Csonka
- Debreceni Egyetem, Orvos- és Egészségtudományi Centrum, Patológiai Intézet, Neuropatológiai Tanszék, Debrecen
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- Debreceni Egyetem, Orvos- és Egészségtudományi Centrum, Neurológiai Klinika, Debrecen
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- Debreceni Egyetem, Orvos- és Egészségtudományi Centrum, Patológiai Intézet, Debrecen
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- Debreceni Egyetem, Orvos- és Egészségtudományi Centrum, Radiológiai Klinika, Debrecen
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- Debreceni Egyetem, Orvos- és Egészségtudományi Centrum, Idegsebészeti Klinika, Debrecen
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- Debreceni Egyetem, Orvos- és Egészségtudományi Centrum, Idegsebészeti Klinika, Debrecen
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- Debreceni Egyetem, Orvos- és Egészségtudományi Centrum, Neurológiai Klinika, Debrecen
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- Debreceni Egyetem, Orvos- és Egészségtudományi Centrum, Patológiai Intézet, Debrecen
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- Debreceni Egyetem, Orvos- és Egészségtudományi Centrum, Patológiai Intézet, Neuropatológiai Tanszék, Debrecen
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Sagnelli C, Uberti-Foppa C, Pasquale G, De Pascalis S, Coppola N, Albarello L, Doglioni C, Lazzarin A, Sagnelli E. Factors influencing liver fibrosis and necroinflammation in HIV/HCV coinfection and HCV monoinfection. Infection 2013; 41:959-67. [PMID: 23839212 DOI: 10.1007/s15010-013-0502-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/13/2013] [Accepted: 06/25/2013] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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OBJECTIVES To define differences in liver histology between HIV/HCV coinfection and HCV monoinfection, and to investigate possible causative factors. METHODS Liver biopsies (LBs) from 440 consecutive HIV/HCV-coinfected patients (Group HIV/HCV) and 374 consecutive HCV-monoinfected patients (Group HCV) were evaluated for necroinflammation and fibrosis (Ishak) by a pathologist unaware of the clinical and laboratory data. All patients were HBsAg-negative, with no history of alcohol abuse and naïve to anti-HCV treatment. At LB, 78.4% of patients in Group HIV/HCV were on an antiretroviral regimen. RESULTS HIV/HCV-coinfected patients compared to the HCV-monoinfected patients were younger (p < 0.0001), more frequently males (p < 0.0001), and had HCV genotype 3 (p < 0.0001); they showed a good immunological condition (CD4+ cell count: 518 ± 166 cells/mm(3)). Patients in Group HIV/HCV more frequently showed a fibrosis score ≥4 (27.5 vs. 20.6%, p < 0.05) and a necroinflammation score ≥9 (25.9 vs. 13.4%; p < 0.0001). The prevalence of patients with fibrosis score ≥4 was significantly higher in older age classes in both Group HIV/HCV (p < 0.005) and Group HCV (p < 0.05). A necroinflammation score ≥9 was significantly higher in older age classes only in Group HIV/HCV (p < 0.05). A multivariate analysis for Group HIV/HCV revealed that the patient age and nadir of CD4+ cell count were independently associated to higher degrees of fibrosis, the patient age and antiretroviral treatment were associated to higher degrees of necroinflammation, and HCV genotype 3 was associated to higher degrees of steatosis. CONCLUSION The data suggest a need for early anti-HCV treatment in both HCV-monoinfected and HIV/HCV-coinfected patients.
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- C Sagnelli
- Clinic of Infectious Diseases and Department of Pathology, Vita-Salute University, San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy,
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Perry DL, Bollinger L, L.White G. The Baboon (Papio spp.) as a model of human Ebola virus infection. Viruses 2012; 4:2400-16. [PMID: 23202470 PMCID: PMC3497058 DOI: 10.3390/v4102400] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/08/2012] [Revised: 10/17/2012] [Accepted: 10/17/2012] [Indexed: 01/09/2023] Open
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Baboons are susceptible to natural Ebola virus (EBOV) infection and share 96% genetic homology with humans. Despite these characteristics, baboons have rarely been utilized as experimental models of human EBOV infection to evaluate the efficacy of prophylactics and therapeutics in the United States. This review will summarize what is known about the pathogenesis of EBOV infection in baboons compared to EBOV infection in humans and other Old World nonhuman primates. In addition, we will discuss how closely the baboon model recapitulates human EBOV infection. We will also review some of the housing requirements and behavioral attributes of baboons compared to other Old World nonhuman primates. Due to the lack of data available on the pathogenesis of Marburg virus (MARV) infection in baboons, discussion of the pathogenesis of MARV infection in baboons will be limited.
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- Donna L. Perry
- Integrated Research Facility, Division of Clinical Research, NIAID, NIH, Frederick, MD, USA;
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- Integrated Research Facility, Division of Clinical Research, NIAID, NIH, Frederick, MD, USA;
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- Department of Pathology, University of Oklahoma Baboon Research Resource, University of Oklahoma, Ft. Reno Science Park, OK, USA;
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Glenn JA, Emmenegger EJ, Grady CA, Roon SR, Gregg JL, Conway CM, Winton JR, Hershberger PK. Kinetics of viral load and erythrocytic inclusion body formation in Pacific herring artificially infected with erythrocytic necrosis virus. J Aquat Anim Health 2012; 24:195-200. [PMID: 22897154 DOI: 10.1080/08997659.2012.676592] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/01/2023]
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Viral erythrocytic necrosis (VEN) is a condition that affects marine and anadromous fish species, including herrings and salmonids, in the Atlantic and Pacific oceans. Infection is frequently associated with severe anemia and causes episodic mortality among wild and hatchery fish when accompanied by additional stressors; VEN can be presumptively diagnosed by (1) light microscopic identification of a single characteristic-a round, magenta-colored, 0.8-μm-diameter inclusion body (IB) within the cytoplasm of erythrocytes and their precursors on Giemsa-stained blood films; or (2) observation (via transmission electron microscopy [TEM]) of the causative iridovirus, erythrocytic necrosis virus (ENV), within erythrocytes or their precursors. To better understand the kinetics of VEN, specific-pathogen-free Pacific herring Clupea pallasii were infected with ENV by intraperitoneal injection. At 1, 4, 7, 10, 14, 21, and 28 d postexposure, samples of blood, spleen, and kidney were collected and assessed (1) via light microscopy for the number of intracytoplasmic IBs in blood smears and (2) via TEM for the number of virions within erythrocytes. The mean prevalence of intracytoplasmic IBs in the blood cells increased from 0% at 0-4 d postexposure to 94% at 28 d postexposure. Viral load within circulating red blood cells peaked at 7 d postexposure, fell slightly, and then reached a plateau. However, blood cells observed within the kidney and spleen tissues demonstrated high levels of ENV between 14 and 28 d postexposure. The results indicate that the viral load within erythrocytes does not correlate well with IB prevalence and that the virus can persist in infected fish for more than 28 d.
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- Jolene A Glenn
- U.S. Geological Survey, Western Fisheries Research Center, Seattle, WA, USA
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Iborra S, Izquierdo HM, Martínez-López M, Blanco-Menéndez N, Reis e Sousa C, Sancho D. The DC receptor DNGR-1 mediates cross-priming of CTLs during vaccinia virus infection in mice. J Clin Invest 2012; 122:1628-43. [PMID: 22505455 PMCID: PMC3336985 DOI: 10.1172/jci60660] [Citation(s) in RCA: 128] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/24/2011] [Accepted: 02/29/2012] [Indexed: 12/14/2022] Open
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In order to prime T cells, DCs integrate signals emanating directly from pathogens and from their noxious action on the host. DNGR-1 (CLEC9A) is a DC-restricted receptor that detects dead cells. Therefore, we investigated the possibility that DNGR-1 affects immunity to cytopathic viruses. DNGR-1 was essential for cross-presentation of dying vaccinia virus-infected (VACV-infected) cells to CD8(+) T cells in vitro. Following injection of VACV or VACV-infected cells into mice, DNGR-1 detected the ligand in dying infected cells and mediated cross-priming of anti-VACV CD8(+) T cells. Loss of DNGR-1 impaired the CD8+ cytotoxic response to VACV, especially against those virus strains that are most dependent on cross-presentation. The decrease in total anti-VACV CTL activity was associated with a profound increase in viral load and delayed resolution of the primary lesion. In addition, lack of DNGR-1 markedly diminished protection from infection induced by vaccination with the modified vaccinia Ankara (MVA) strain. DNGR-1 thus contributes to anti-VACV immunity, following both primary infection and vaccination. The non-redundant ability of DNGR-1 to regulate cross-presentation of viral antigens suggests that this form of regulation of antiviral immunity could be exploited for vaccination.
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MESH Headings
- Adaptive Immunity
- Animals
- Antigen Presentation
- Antigens, Viral/immunology
- Antigens, Viral/metabolism
- Apoptosis
- CD8-Positive T-Lymphocytes/immunology
- CD8-Positive T-Lymphocytes/metabolism
- Cells, Cultured
- Cross-Priming
- Dendritic Cells/immunology
- Dendritic Cells/metabolism
- Gene Knockout Techniques
- Interferon-gamma/metabolism
- Intracellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins/genetics
- Intracellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins/metabolism
- Lectins, C-Type/genetics
- Lectins, C-Type/metabolism
- Lectins, C-Type/physiology
- Lysosomes/metabolism
- Lysosomes/virology
- Mice
- Mice, Inbred C57BL
- Mice, Transgenic
- Necrosis/virology
- Protein-Tyrosine Kinases/genetics
- Protein-Tyrosine Kinases/metabolism
- Receptors, Immunologic/genetics
- Receptors, Immunologic/metabolism
- Receptors, Immunologic/physiology
- Syk Kinase
- Vaccinia/immunology
- Vaccinia/pathology
- Vaccinia virus/immunology
- Vaccinia virus/physiology
- Viral Load
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- Salvador Iborra
- Immunobiology of Inflammation Laboratory, Department of Vascular Biology and Inflammation, Centro Nacional de Investigaciones Cardiovasculares (CNIC), Madrid, Spain.
Immunobiology Laboratory, Cancer Research UK, London Research Institute, Lincoln’s Inn Fields Laboratories, London, United Kingdom
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- Immunobiology of Inflammation Laboratory, Department of Vascular Biology and Inflammation, Centro Nacional de Investigaciones Cardiovasculares (CNIC), Madrid, Spain.
Immunobiology Laboratory, Cancer Research UK, London Research Institute, Lincoln’s Inn Fields Laboratories, London, United Kingdom
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- Immunobiology of Inflammation Laboratory, Department of Vascular Biology and Inflammation, Centro Nacional de Investigaciones Cardiovasculares (CNIC), Madrid, Spain.
Immunobiology Laboratory, Cancer Research UK, London Research Institute, Lincoln’s Inn Fields Laboratories, London, United Kingdom
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- Immunobiology of Inflammation Laboratory, Department of Vascular Biology and Inflammation, Centro Nacional de Investigaciones Cardiovasculares (CNIC), Madrid, Spain.
Immunobiology Laboratory, Cancer Research UK, London Research Institute, Lincoln’s Inn Fields Laboratories, London, United Kingdom
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- Immunobiology of Inflammation Laboratory, Department of Vascular Biology and Inflammation, Centro Nacional de Investigaciones Cardiovasculares (CNIC), Madrid, Spain.
Immunobiology Laboratory, Cancer Research UK, London Research Institute, Lincoln’s Inn Fields Laboratories, London, United Kingdom
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- Immunobiology of Inflammation Laboratory, Department of Vascular Biology and Inflammation, Centro Nacional de Investigaciones Cardiovasculares (CNIC), Madrid, Spain.
Immunobiology Laboratory, Cancer Research UK, London Research Institute, Lincoln’s Inn Fields Laboratories, London, United Kingdom
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Zelenay S, Keller AM, Whitney PG, Schraml BU, Deddouche S, Rogers NC, Schulz O, Sancho D, Reis e Sousa C. The dendritic cell receptor DNGR-1 controls endocytic handling of necrotic cell antigens to favor cross-priming of CTLs in virus-infected mice. J Clin Invest 2012; 122:1615-27. [PMID: 22505458 PMCID: PMC3336984 DOI: 10.1172/jci60644] [Citation(s) in RCA: 196] [Impact Index Per Article: 16.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/23/2011] [Accepted: 02/29/2012] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
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DNGR-1 (CLEC9A) is a receptor for necrotic cells required by DCs to cross-prime CTLs against dead cell antigens in mice. It is currently unknown how DNGR-1 couples dead cell recognition to cross-priming. Here we found that DNGR-1 did not mediate DC activation by dead cells but rather diverted necrotic cell cargo into a recycling endosomal compartment, favoring cross-presentation to CD8(+) T cells. DNGR-1 regulated cross-priming in non-infectious settings such as immunization with antigen-bearing dead cells, as well as in highly immunogenic situations such as infection with herpes simplex virus type 1. Together, these results suggest that DNGR-1 is a dedicated receptor for cross-presentation of cell-associated antigens. Our work thus underscores the importance of cross-priming in immunity and indicates that antigenicity and adjuvanticity can be decoded by distinct innate immune receptors. The identification of specialized receptors that regulate antigenicity of virus-infected cells reveals determinants of antiviral immunity that might underlie the human response to infection and vaccination.
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- Santiago Zelenay
- Immunobiology Laboratory, Cancer Research UK, London Research Institute, London, United Kingdom.
Department of Vascular Biology and Inflammation, CNIC–Centro Nacional de Investigaciones Cardiovasculares, Madrid, Spain
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- Immunobiology Laboratory, Cancer Research UK, London Research Institute, London, United Kingdom.
Department of Vascular Biology and Inflammation, CNIC–Centro Nacional de Investigaciones Cardiovasculares, Madrid, Spain
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- Immunobiology Laboratory, Cancer Research UK, London Research Institute, London, United Kingdom.
Department of Vascular Biology and Inflammation, CNIC–Centro Nacional de Investigaciones Cardiovasculares, Madrid, Spain
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- Immunobiology Laboratory, Cancer Research UK, London Research Institute, London, United Kingdom.
Department of Vascular Biology and Inflammation, CNIC–Centro Nacional de Investigaciones Cardiovasculares, Madrid, Spain
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- Immunobiology Laboratory, Cancer Research UK, London Research Institute, London, United Kingdom.
Department of Vascular Biology and Inflammation, CNIC–Centro Nacional de Investigaciones Cardiovasculares, Madrid, Spain
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- Immunobiology Laboratory, Cancer Research UK, London Research Institute, London, United Kingdom.
Department of Vascular Biology and Inflammation, CNIC–Centro Nacional de Investigaciones Cardiovasculares, Madrid, Spain
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- Immunobiology Laboratory, Cancer Research UK, London Research Institute, London, United Kingdom.
Department of Vascular Biology and Inflammation, CNIC–Centro Nacional de Investigaciones Cardiovasculares, Madrid, Spain
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- Immunobiology Laboratory, Cancer Research UK, London Research Institute, London, United Kingdom.
Department of Vascular Biology and Inflammation, CNIC–Centro Nacional de Investigaciones Cardiovasculares, Madrid, Spain
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- Immunobiology Laboratory, Cancer Research UK, London Research Institute, London, United Kingdom.
Department of Vascular Biology and Inflammation, CNIC–Centro Nacional de Investigaciones Cardiovasculares, Madrid, Spain
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Bozym RA, Patel K, White C, Cheung KH, Bergelson JM, Morosky SA, Coyne CB. Calcium signals and calpain-dependent necrosis are essential for release of coxsackievirus B from polarized intestinal epithelial cells. Mol Biol Cell 2011; 22:3010-21. [PMID: 21737691 PMCID: PMC3164450 DOI: 10.1091/mbc.e11-02-0094] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/02/2011] [Revised: 06/10/2011] [Accepted: 06/21/2011] [Indexed: 12/30/2022] Open
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Coxsackievirus B (CVB), a member of the enterovirus family, targets the polarized epithelial cells lining the intestinal tract early in infection. Although the polarized epithelium functions as a protective barrier, this barrier is likely exploited by CVB to promote viral entry and subsequent egress. Here we show that, in contrast to nonpolarized cells, CVB-infected polarized intestinal Caco-2 cells undergo nonapoptotic necrotic cell death triggered by inositol 1,4,5-trisphosphate receptor-dependent calcium release. We further show that CVB-induced cellular necrosis depends on the Ca(2+)-activated protease calpain-2 and that this protease is involved in CVB-induced disruption of the junctional complex and rearrangements of the actin cytoskeleton. Our study illustrates the cell signaling pathways hijacked by CVB, and perhaps other viral pathogens, to promote their replication and spread in polarized cell types.
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- Rebecca A. Bozym
- Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA 15219
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- Division of Infectious Diseases, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA 19104
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- Department of Physiology & Biophysics, Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science, North Chicago, IL 60064
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- Department of Physiology, University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
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- Division of Infectious Diseases, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA 19104
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- Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA 15219
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- Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA 15219
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Nakahara KS, Kitazawa H, Atsumi G, Choi SH, Suzuki Y, Uyeda I. Screening and analysis of genes expressed upon infection of broad bean with Clover yellow vein virus causing lethal necrosis. Virol J 2011; 8:355. [PMID: 21767375 PMCID: PMC3158773 DOI: 10.1186/1743-422x-8-355] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/16/2011] [Accepted: 07/18/2011] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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Clover yellow vein virus (ClYVV) causes lethal systemic necrosis in legumes, including broad bean (Vicia faba) and pea (Pisum sativum). To identify host genes involved in necrotic symptom expression after ClYVV infection, we screened cDNA fragments in which expression was changed in advance of necrotic symptom expression in broad bean (V. faba cv. Wase) using the differential display technique and secondarily with Northern blot analysis. Expression changes were confirmed in 20 genes, and the six that exhibited the most change were analyzed further. These six genes included a gene that encodes a putative nitrate-induced NOI protein (VfNOI), and another was homologous to an Arabidopsis gene that encodes a glycine- and proline-rich protein GPRP (VfGPRP). We recently reported that necrotic symptom development in ClYVV-infected pea is associated with expression of salicylic acid (SA)-dependent pathogenesis-related (PR) proteins and requires SA-dependent host responses. Interestingly, VfNOI and VfGPRP expression was correlated with that of the putative SA-dependent PR proteins in ClYVV-infected broad bean. However, broad bean infected with a recombinant ClYVV expressing the VfGPRP protein showed weaker symptoms and less viral multiplication than that infected with ClYVV expressing the GFP protein. These results imply that VfGPRP plays a role in defense against ClYVV rather than in necrotic symptom expression.
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- Kenji S Nakahara
- Pathogen-Plant Interactions Group, Plant Breeding Science, Research Faculty of Agriculture, Hokkaido University, Sapporo 060-8589, Japan
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- Pathogen-Plant Interactions Group, Plant Breeding Science, Research Faculty of Agriculture, Hokkaido University, Sapporo 060-8589, Japan
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- Pathogen-Plant Interactions Group, Plant Breeding Science, Research Faculty of Agriculture, Hokkaido University, Sapporo 060-8589, Japan
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- Pathogen-Plant Interactions Group, Plant Breeding Science, Research Faculty of Agriculture, Hokkaido University, Sapporo 060-8589, Japan
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- Pathogen-Plant Interactions Group, Plant Breeding Science, Research Faculty of Agriculture, Hokkaido University, Sapporo 060-8589, Japan
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- Pathogen-Plant Interactions Group, Plant Breeding Science, Research Faculty of Agriculture, Hokkaido University, Sapporo 060-8589, Japan
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Reunov AV, Lega SN, Nagorskaia VP, Lapshina LA. [Observation of cells tolerant of tobacco mosaic virus in virus-induced local lesions in Datura stramonium L. leaves]. Tsitologiia 2011; 53:83-89. [PMID: 21473124] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/30/2023]
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Ultrastructural examination of tobacco mosaic virus-induced local lesions developing in leaves of Datura stramonium plants demonstrated that, in the central area of the lesions, the cell response to viral invasion was not uniform. Most cells exhibited an acute hypersensitive reaction and underwent rapid and complete necrosis. However, some cells, despite considerable virus accumulation and immediate contact with completely collapsed cells, maintained a certain degree of structural integrity. Analysis performed showed that the proportion of collapsed and uncollapsed cells in the lesion centre 3 to 5 days after infection did not change essentially. These data suggest that the absence of hypersensitive response in some cells in the lesion centre is not due to an early stage of infection but is likely caused by cell tolerance of the virus.
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Arbelo M, Sierra E, Esperón F, Watanabe TTN, Bellière EN, Espinosa de los Monteros A, Fernández A. Herpesvirus infection with severe lymphoid necrosis affecting a beaked whale stranded in the Canary Islands. Dis Aquat Organ 2010; 89:261-264. [PMID: 20481092 DOI: 10.3354/dao02208] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/29/2023]
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This report describes the pathologic findings in a single, adult female Cuvier's beaked whale Ziphius cavirostris stranded in the Canary Islands. The study indicated that this whale died with a severe, systemic, herpesviral infection and clearly exhibited lesions different from those of the fat and gas embolic syndrome described in beaked whale mass strandings associated with sonar exposure. This is the first report of a cetacean alphaherpesvirus infection of the lymphoid system in a beaked whale.
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- Manuel Arbelo
- Unit of Histology and Veterinary Pathology, Institute for Animal Health, Veterinary School, University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Canary Islands, Spain
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Halpern AV, Peikin SR, Ferzli P, Heymann WR. Necrolytic acral erythema: an expanding spectrum. Cutis 2009; 84:301-304. [PMID: 20166571] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/28/2023]
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Hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection is the most common chronic blood-borne viral infection in the United States. Well-described cutaneous manifestations of HCV infection include polyarteritis nodosa, porphyria cutanea tarda, type II cryoglobulinemia-associated vasculitis, pruritus, erythema nodosum, urticaria and urticarial vasculitis, lichen planus, and erythema multiforme. First described in 1996, necrolytic acral erythema (NAE) is now recognized as a cutaneous acral eruption uniquely associated with HCV infection. Most patients present with chronic, acral, erythematous, and psoriasiform lesions. Acute presentations of NAE are rare and patients may present with atypical clinical features; in these cases, suspicion for HCV infection may be delayed for weeks to months until more classic chronic lesions develop. In many cases, NAE presents before the patient has been diagnosed with HCV infection, which allows dermatologists the unique opportunity to suspect and diagnose HCV infection based on skin findings alone.
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- Analisa V Halpern
- Division of Dermatology, Department of Medicine, Cooper University Hospital-University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey/Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, Camden, USA.
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Hu X, Meacham T, Ewing L, Gray SM, Karasev AV. A novel recombinant strain of Potato virus Y suggests a new viral genetic determinant of vein necrosis in tobacco. Virus Res 2009; 143:68-76. [PMID: 19463723 DOI: 10.1016/j.virusres.2009.03.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 64] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/01/2008] [Revised: 03/02/2009] [Accepted: 03/09/2009] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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A novel Potato virus Y (PVY) isolate, L26, recovered from a Frontier potato line was initially typed as a PVY(NTN) strain using multiplex RT-PCR and serological assays. However, L26 induced mosaic and mild vein clearing symptoms in tobacco rather than vein necrosis characteristic of the PVY (NTN) strain. The whole genome sequence was determined for L26 and two other PVY(NTN) isolates, HR1 and N4, from Idaho that did induce vein necrosis in tobacco. The sequence of all three isolates was similar to typical European PVY(NTN) isolates that contain three recombination junctions in their genome. The sequence of the L26 genome was nearly identical to the genomes HR1, N4, and to a previously characterized PVY(NTN) isolate, 423-3, differing by only five nucleotides in the entire ca. 9.7-kb genome, only one resulting in a corresponding amino acid change, D-205 to G-205 in the central region of HC-Pro. Two "signature" amino acid residues, thought involved in induction of the vein necrosis syndrome in tobacco, K-400 and E-419, were present in the C-terminal region of HC-Pro of all three isolates. Multiple alignment of the whole genome sequences of L26 and other PVY(NTN) isolates whose phenotype in tobacco has been reported, suggests that a single nucleotide change (A-1,627 to G-1,627) resulting in the single amino acid change (D-205 to G-205) in the HC-Pro cistron of L26 correlates with the loss of the vein necrosis phenotype in tobacco. Secondary structure modeling of the HC-Pro protein predicts the G-205 residue, and the previously identified residues K-400 and E-419, would all be located on the exposed surface of the protein. Taken together, these data suggest that the vein necrosis genetic determinant of PVY in tobacco is complex and includes other element(s), in addition to the C-terminal fragment of HC-Pro.
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- Xiaojun Hu
- University of Idaho, Department of PSES, Moscow, ID 83844, United States
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Vichitvejpaisal P, Reeponmahar S, Tantisiriwat W. Atypical manifestation of progressive outer retinal necrosis in AIDS patient with CD4+ T-cell counts more than 100 cells/microL on highly active antiretroviral therapy. J Med Assoc Thai 2009; 92 Suppl 3:S52-S56. [PMID: 19702067] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/28/2023]
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Typical progressive outer retinal necrosis (PORN) is an acute ocular infectious disease in acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) patients with extremely low CD4+ T-cell counts. It is a form of the Varicella- zoster virus (VZV) infection. This destructive infection has an extremely rapid course that may lead to blindness in affected eyes within days or weeks. Attempts at its treatment have had limited success. We describe the case of a bilateral PORN in an AIDS patient with an initial CD4+ T-cell count >100 cells/microL that developed after initiation of highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART). A 29-year-old Thai female initially diagnosed with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) in 1998, presented with bilaterally decreased visual acuity after initiating HAART two months earlier. Multiple yellowish spots appeared in the deep retina without evidence of intraocular inflammation or retinal vasculitis. Her CD4+ T-cell count was 127 cells/microL. She was diagnosed as having PORN based on clinical features and positive VZV in the aqueous humor and vitreous by polymerase chain reaction (PCR). Despite combined treatment with intravenous acyclovir and intravitreous ganciclovir, the patient's visual acuity worsened with no light-perception in either eye. This case suggests that PORN should be included in the differential diagnosis of reduced visual acuity in AIDS patients initiating HAART with higher CD4+ T-cell counts. PORN may be a manifestation of the immune reconstitution syndrome.
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Hershberger PK, Elder NE, Grady CA, Gregg JL, Pacheco CA, Greene C, Rice C, Meyers TR. Prevalence of viral erythrocytic necrosis in Pacific herring and epizootics in Skagit Bay, Puget Sound, Washington. J Aquat Anim Health 2009; 21:1-7. [PMID: 19485119 DOI: 10.1577/h08-035.1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/27/2023]
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Epizootics of viral erythrocytic necrosis (VEN) occurred among juvenile Pacific herring Clupea pallasii in Skagit Bay, Puget Sound, Washington, during 2005-2007 and were characterized by high prevalences and intensities of cytoplasmic inclusion bodies within circulating erythrocytes. The prevalence of VEN peaked at 67% during the first epizootic in October 2005 and waned to 0% by August 2006. A second VEN epizootic occurred throughout the summer of 2007; this was characterized by disease initiation and perpetuation in the age-1, 2006 year-class, followed by involvement of the age-0, 2007 year-class shortly after the latter's metamorphosis to the juvenile stage. The disease was detected in other populations of juvenile Pacific herring throughout Puget Sound and Prince William Sound, Alaska, where the prevalences and intensities typically did not correspond to those observed in Skagit Bay. The persistence and recurrence of VEN epizootics indicate that the disease is probably common among juvenile Pacific herring throughout the eastern North Pacific Ocean, and although population-level impacts probably occur they are typically covert and not easily detected.
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- P K Hershberger
- US Geological Survey, Western Fisheries Research Center, Marrowstone Marine Field Station, Nordland, Washington 98358, USA.
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Artwohl J, Ball-Kell S, Valyi-Nagy T, Wilson SP, Lu Y, Park TJ. Extreme susceptibility of African naked mole rats (Heterocephalus glaber) to experimental infection with herpes simplex virus type 1. Comp Med 2009; 59:83-90. [PMID: 19295058 PMCID: PMC2703134] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/01/2008] [Revised: 05/15/2008] [Accepted: 08/14/2008] [Indexed: 05/27/2023]
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Herpes simplex virus type 1 (HSV1) is widely used as a gene delivery vector in a variety of laboratory animals. In a recent study, a thymidine-kinase-inactive (replication-conditional) HSV1 used as a delivery vector was lethal in naked mole rats, whereas mice infected with the identical virus showed no adverse effects. This result prompted us to undertake a controlled comparative histologic study of the effect of HSV1 infection on naked mole rats and mice. Replication-competent and replication-conditional HSV1 caused widespread inflammation and necrosis in multiple organ systems of naked mole rats but not mice; naked mole rats infected with replication-defective virus showed no adverse effects. We conclude that the lethality of HSV1 for naked mole rats is likely the result of overwhelming infection, possibly in part due to this species' natural lack of proinflammatory neuropeptides at the initial site of infection.
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- James Artwohl
- Biological Resources Laboratory, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
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Rolland M, Kerlan C, Jacquot E. The acquisition of molecular determinants involved in potato virus Y necrosis capacity leads to fitness reduction in tobacco plants. J Gen Virol 2009; 90:244-52. [PMID: 19088295 DOI: 10.1099/vir.0.005140-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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The prevalence of necrotic potato virus Y (PVY) in natural populations could reflect increased fitness of necrotic isolates. In this paper, the effects of the acquisition of molecular determinants (A/G(2213) and A/C(2271)) involved in necrosis capacity on both the number of progeny produced and the competitiveness of PVY were characterized. The relationship between necrosis and fitness was tested using (i) Nicotiana tabacum cv. Xanthi and Nicotiana clevelandii, (ii) necrotic PVY(N)-605 and non-necrotic PVY(O)-139 isolates, (iii) single-mutated (PVY(KR) and PVY(ED)) and double-mutated (PVY(KRED)) versions of PVY(N)-605 and (iv) three quantitative PCR assays specific for nt A(2213), G(2213) and A(2271) of the PVY genome. The data demonstrated effects of both the genetic background and nt 2213 and 2271 on the fitness of PVY. Quantification of PVY RNA in singly infected plants revealed that both the PVY(N)-605 genetic background and the acquisition of necrotic capacity resulted in a decrease in the number of progeny produced. Competition experiments revealed that the genetic background of PVY(N) had a positive impact on competitiveness. In contrast, nucleotides involved in necrotic properties were associated with decreased fitness. Finally, in the host that did not respond to infection with necrosis, the benefit associated with the PVY(N)-605 genetic background was higher than the cost associated with the acquisition of molecular determinants involved in necrosis capacity. The opposite result was obtained in the host responding to the infection with necrosis. These results indicate that the emergence of necrotic isolates from a non-necrotic population is unlikely in tobacco.
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- Mathieu Rolland
- INRA-Agrocampus Ouest-Université Rennes 1, UMR1099 BiO3P (Biology of Organisms and Populations applied to Plant Protection), F-35653 Le Rheu, France
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Wu HC, Chiu CS, Wu JL, Gong HY, Chen MC, Lu MW, Hong JR. Zebrafish anti-apoptotic protein zfBcl-xL can block betanodavirus protein alpha-induced mitochondria-mediated secondary necrosis cell death. Fish Shellfish Immunol 2008; 24:436-449. [PMID: 18276161 DOI: 10.1016/j.fsi.2008.01.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/10/2007] [Revised: 12/18/2007] [Accepted: 01/02/2008] [Indexed: 05/25/2023]
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Betanodavirus protein alpha induces cell apoptosis or secondary necrosis by a poorly understood process. In the present work, red spotted grouper nervous necrosis virus (RGNNV) RNA 2 was cloned and transfected into tissue culture cells (GF-1) which then underwent apoptosis or post-apoptotic necrosis. In the early apoptotic stage, progressive phosphatidylserine externalization was evident at 24h post-transfection (p.t.) by Annexin V-FLUOS staining. TUNEL assay revealed apoptotic cells at 24-72 h p.t, after which post-apoptotic necrotic cells were identified by acridine orange/ethidium bromide dual dye staining from 48 to 72 h p.t. Protein alpha induced progressive loss of mitochondrial membrane potential (MMP) which was detected in RNA2-transfected GF-1 cells at 24, 48, and 72 h p.t., which correlated with cytochrome c release, especially at 72 h p.t. To assess the effect of zfBcl-xL on cell death, RNA2-transfected cells were co-transfected with zfBcl-x(L). Co-transfection of GF-1 cells prevented loss of MMP at 24 h and 48 h p.t. and blocked initiator caspase-8 and effector caspase-3 activation at 48 h p.t. We conclude that RGNNV protein alpha induces apoptosis followed by secondary necrotic cell death through a mitochondria-mediated death pathway and activation of caspases-8 and -3.
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- Horng-Cherng Wu
- Laboratory of Molecular Virology and Biotechnology, Institute of Biotechnology, National Cheng-Kung University, Tainan 701, Taiwan
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da Silveira EB, Cordeiro BA, Ribeiro BM, de Castro MEB, Soares EF, Báo SN. An Anticarsia gemmatalis multiple nucleopolyhedrovirus mutant, vApAg, induces hemocytes apoptosis in vivo and displays reduced infectivity in larvae of Anticarsia gemmatalis (Hübner) (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae). Virus Res 2007; 130:182-92. [PMID: 17643541 DOI: 10.1016/j.virusres.2007.06.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/20/2007] [Revised: 06/04/2007] [Accepted: 06/11/2007] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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An Anticarsia gemmatalis multiple nucleopolyhedrovirus (AgMNPV) mutant, vApAg, induces apoptosis in a cell culture derived from Anticarsia gemmatalis (UFL-AG-286), reducing viral progeny. We have investigated apoptosis induction in vivo by vApAg in A. gemmatalis larvae and its correlation to infectivity reduction. LC(50), LD(50), LT(50) and the mean time to death of larvae were determined for vApAg and AgMNPV. Apoptosis was accessed for hemocytes of infected larvae using light and transmission electron microscopy. All types of hemocytes can be infected by vApAg. After 12h post-infection (h p.i.), typical cellular modifications associated to nucleopolyhedrovirus infection were observed. Apoptosis becomes evident after 24h p.i., and massive after 72h p.i. Necrosis of infected cells was also observed. Despite cell death, hemocytes produced budded viruses and polyhedra. Pl and gh1-type hemocytes presented phagocytic activity. Agarose gel electrophoresis revealed fragmentation of hemocytes DNA at late times post-infection. The LC(50) and LD(50) were between five- and six-fold higher for vApAg. The LT(50) and the mean time to death were higher for vApAg in a same treatment or for a similar mortality induced by AgMNPV. These results show correlation of apoptosis and the reduced infectivity of vApAg in A. gemmatalis larvae.
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- Eni Braga da Silveira
- Departamento de Biologia Celular, Instituto de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade Estadual de Campinas, C.P. 6109, Campinas 13083-863, SP, Brazil
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Kubo T, Sato K, Kobayashi D, Motegi A, Kobayashi O, Takeshita S, Nonoyama S. A case of HHV-6 associated acute necrotizing encephalopathy with increase of CD56bright NKcells. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2007; 38:1122-5. [PMID: 17148094 DOI: 10.1080/00365540600740520] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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We describe a 15-month-old girl with acute necrotizing encephalopathy (ANE) associated with HHV-6. Inflammatory cytokines were elevated in the CSF and serum and the number of CD56bright NK cells was significantly increased in the peripheral blood. CD56bright NK cells may be involved in the pathogenesis of ANE by producing inflammatory cytokines.
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- Tomohiro Kubo
- Department of Pediatrics, National Defense Medical College, Saitama, Japan.
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Jalali S, Kolari RS, Pathengay A, Athmanathan S. Severe hemorrhagic retinopathy as initial manifestation of acute retinal necrosis caused by herpes simplex virus. Indian J Ophthalmol 2007; 55:308-10. [PMID: 17595486 DOI: 10.4103/0301-4738.33050] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/04/2022] Open
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A case of bilateral acute retinal necrosis due to herpes simplex virus 1, in a child is reported. The case presented as an extensive hemorrhagic retinopathy that was misdiagnosed as non-infective initially. Diagnostic aqueous tap of the blind eye for viral DNA by polymerase chain reaction helped to confirm viral etiology when the other eye was affected. Appropriate antiviral therapy followed by prompt surgeries for subsequent retinal detachment helped to salvage useful vision in the second eye.
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- Subhadra Jalali
- Smt. Kannuri Santhamma Retina vitreous Service, L V Prasad Eye Institute, L V Prasad Marg, Banjara Hills, Hyderabad - 500 034, India.
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Azad IS, Shekhar MS, Thirunavukkarasu AR, Jithendran KP. Viral nerve necrosis in hatchery-produced fry of Asian seabass Lates calcarifer: sequential microscopic analysis of histopathology. Dis Aquat Organ 2006; 73:123-30. [PMID: 17260831 DOI: 10.3354/dao073123] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/13/2023]
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We studied the natural progression of viral nerve necrosis (VNN) in larvae of Asian seabass Lates calcarifer Bloch from 0 to 40 days post-hatch (dph). The hatchlings were reared in the vicinity of a confirmed nodavirus-affected older batch. Using light and electron microscopy (EM), we made a sequential analysis of histopathological manifestations in nerve tissue and other organs. There were no changes from the day of hatching until 4 dph. Larvae at 4 dph had viral particles in the intramuscular spaces underlying the skin, but the nerve cells of the brain were normal. The first signs of necrosis of the brain cells were observed at 6 dph. EM observations revealed characteristic membrane-bound viral particles measuring 30 nm in the cytoplasm of nerve cells of the brain, spinal cord and retina. Histological samples of fry examined when group mortalities reached 20 to 35% revealed highly vacuolated brains, empty nerve cell cytoplasm and viral particles in the intercellular spaces. Viral particles occurred extensively in the intramuscular spaces and the epidermal layers. These observations were corroborated by positive immunostaining of the virus-rich intramuscular spaces. EM studies also revealed progressive necrotic changes in the cells harboring the virus. Results emphasize the need to maintain hygiene in the hatchery environment and to develop strategies for prevention of disease spread among cohabiting seabass and other susceptible fish larvae. Intramuscular localization of the nodavirus in both preclinical healthy-looking and post-clinical moribund larvae suggests that virus neutralization strategies during larval development could be effective in controlling VNN-associated mortalities.
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- I S Azad
- Central Institute of Brackishwater Aquaculture (CIBA), 75 Santhome High Road, RA Puram, Chennai 600 028, India.
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Rimmelzwaan GF, van Riel D, Baars M, Bestebroer TM, van Amerongen G, Fouchier RAM, Osterhaus ADME, Kuiken T. Influenza A virus (H5N1) infection in cats causes systemic disease with potential novel routes of virus spread within and between hosts. Am J Pathol 2006; 168:176-83; quiz 364. [PMID: 16400021 PMCID: PMC1592682 DOI: 10.2353/ajpath.2006.050466] [Citation(s) in RCA: 201] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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The ongoing outbreak of avian influenza A virus (subtype H5N1) infection in Asia is of great concern because of the high human case fatality rate and the threat of a new influenza pandemic. Case reports in humans and felids suggest that this virus may have a different tissue tropism from other influenza viruses, which are normally restricted to the respiratory tract in mammals. To study its pathogenesis in a mammalian host, domestic cats were inoculated with H5N1 virus intratracheally (n = 3), by feeding on virus-infected chicks (n = 3), or by horizontal transmission (n = 2) and examined by virological and pathological assays. In all cats, virus replicated not only in the respiratory tract but also in multiple extra-respiratory tissues. Virus antigen expression in these tissues was associated with severe necrosis and inflammation 7 days after inoculation. In cats fed on virus-infected chicks only, virus-associated ganglioneuritis also occurred in the submucosal and myenteric plexi of the small intestine, suggesting direct infection from the intestinal lumen. All cats excreted virus not only via the respiratory tract but also via the digestive tract. This study in cats demonstrates that H5N1 virus infection causes systemic disease and spreads by potentially novel routes within and between mammalian hosts.
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- Guus F Rimmelzwaan
- Department of Virology, Erasmus MC, P.O. Box 1738, 3000 DR Rotterdam, The Netherlands
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Pfeiffer H, Varchmin-Schultheiss K, Brinkmann B. Sudden death in childhood due to varicella pneumonia: a forensic case report with clinical implications. Int J Legal Med 2005; 120:33-5. [PMID: 16160838 DOI: 10.1007/s00414-005-0034-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/04/2005] [Accepted: 07/29/2005] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Varicella (chickenpox) is one of the most frequent highly infectious diseases in childhood. It is caused by varicella-zoster virus. Lethal complications are rare. Focused on histological findings, we present a case of a sudden unexpected death of an otherwise healthy 18-month-old girl due to varicella-induced pneumonia. The histological and immunohistochemical investigations of the lung tissue revealed typical findings of a varicella pneumonia: haemorrhagic and necrotic nodules, intra-alveolar fibrin, numerous neutrophilic granulocytes, lymphocytes, plasmacells, macrophages, multinucleated giant cells and hyaline membranes. Varicella-related deaths are preventable by vaccine. To prevent complications and lethal outcome of varicella as reported here, the recommendations concerning vaccination against varicella must be taken into account in paediatric practice.
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- H Pfeiffer
- Institute of Legal Medicine, Röngenstrasse 23, 48149, Münster, Germany.
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Mitrofanova LB, Karev VE, Shliakhto EV, Koval'skiĭ GB. [Mesenchymal dysplasia of heart valves, cystic medianecrosis of the aorta and herpetic infection]. Arkh Patol 2005; 67:20-3. [PMID: 16323474] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/05/2023]
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Histologic and immunohistochemical studies (use of antibodies for viruses of herpes simplex type 1 and 2, desmin, vimentin, SMA as well as polymerase chain reaction to DNA of viruses of herpes simplex) were made on the material of the valves taken from 1326 patients with valvular heart disease, the ascending aorta of 30 patients with aneurysm, valves of 35 deceased patients without cardiovascular pathology. As a result, expression of viruses of herpes simplex type 1 and/or 2 was found in all cases with mesenchymal dysplasia and cystic medianecrosis in endotheliocytes, fibroblasts, smooth muscle cells of valves and aorta. This indicates the role of these viruses in the pathogenesis of these diseases and their common etiology.
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OBJECTIVE To study the roles of different truncated hepatitis C virus (HCV) core proteins (CORE) in the pathogenesis of HCV persistent infection and hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) and to assess intracellular localization in transiently transfected cells. METHODS Seven truncated GFP (green fluorescent protein)-CORE fusion protein expression plasmids were constructed, which contained HCV CORE sequences derived from tumor tissues (BT) and non-tumor tissues (BNT) from one patient infected with HCV. Amino acid (aa) lengths were BT: 1-172 aa, 1-126 aa, 1-58 aa, 59-126 aa, 127-172 aa; BNT: 1-172 aa and C191: 1-172 aa respectively. Subcellular localization of CORE-GFP was analyzed by con-focal laser scanning microscope. Apoptosis and necrosis were quantified by flow cytometry. RESULTS Different truncated CORE-GFP localized mainly in the cytoplasm, but nuclear staining was also observed. HCV CORE could induce apoptosis and necrosis, and different truncated COREs could induce cell apoptosis and necrosis at different levels. Among the same length 1-172 aa of BT, BNT and C191, the cell apoptosis and necrosis percentage of BT is highest, and C191 is the lowest (BT>BNT>C191). To the different fragment COREs of BT, N-terminal of CORE induced apoptosis and necrosis higher, compared with that of C-terminal (1-172 aa>1-126 aa>1-58 aa>127-172 aa>59-126 aa). CONCLUSION These results suggest HCV CORE could induce apoptosis and necrosis of cells, which might play an important role in the pathogenesis of HCV persistent infection and HCC and the different CORE domains of different HCV quasi-species might have some difference in their pathogenesis.
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- Xue-bing Yan
- Institute of Infectious Diseases, First Affiliated Hospital, Key Laboratory of Health Ministry, School of Medicine, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310003, China
- Department of Infectious Diseases, First Affiliated Hospital of Xuzhou Medical College, Xuzhou 221002, China
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- Institute of Infectious Diseases, First Affiliated Hospital, Key Laboratory of Health Ministry, School of Medicine, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310003, China
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- Institute of Infectious Diseases, First Affiliated Hospital, Key Laboratory of Health Ministry, School of Medicine, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310003, China
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- Institute of Infectious Diseases, First Affiliated Hospital, Key Laboratory of Health Ministry, School of Medicine, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310003, China
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- Institute of Infectious Diseases, First Affiliated Hospital, Key Laboratory of Health Ministry, School of Medicine, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310003, China
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- Institute of Infectious Diseases, First Affiliated Hospital, Key Laboratory of Health Ministry, School of Medicine, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310003, China
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Despite numerous studies examining the possible induction of apoptosis in porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome virus (PRRSV)-infected cells, it remains unclear if PRRSV infection results in direct apoptotic induction. There is clear evidence that apoptotic cells are present in tissues from PRRSV-infected pigs. However, many of these studies have failed to show that the apoptotic cells are infected with PRRSV. This has led some investigators to propose that "bystander" cells, not infected cells, become apoptotic during PRRSV infection by a yet undetermined mechanism. Studies examining the induction of the apoptotic gene expression response to PRRSV infection are needed to determine if PRRSV replication triggers an apoptotic response. We have utilized microarray and semi-quantitative reverse-transcription polymerase chain reaction (sqRT-PCR) to evaluate apoptotic gene expression in PRRSV-infected MARC-145 cells. Twenty-six apoptosis-related genes were examined during the first 24 h of infection and found to be unaltered, indicating that apoptotic induction was not occurring in PRRSV-infected cells. Additionally, using detection of free nucleosomal complexes, we examined cells for both apoptotic and necrotic death resulting from PRRSV infection at varying multiplicities of infection. This study indicates that PRRSV-infected MARC-145 cells undergo necrosis at a much higher level than apoptosis, and increases with virus levels used to infect the cells.
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- Laura C Miller
- Roman L. Hruska U.S. Meat Animal Research Center (MARC), ARS, USDA, State Spur 18D, P.O. Box 166, Clay Center, NE 68933-0166, USA
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