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Breithaupt A, Sick F, Golender N, Beer M, Wernike K. Characterization of experimental Shuni virus infection in the mouse. Vet Pathol 2023; 60:341-351. [PMID: 36803054 DOI: 10.1177/03009858231155402] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/19/2023]
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Shuni virus (SHUV), an orthobunyavirus of the Simbu serogroup, was initially isolated in Nigeria in the 1960s, further detected in other African countries and in the Middle East, and is now endemic in Israel. Transmitted by blood-sucking insects, SHUV infection is associated with neurological disease in cattle and horses, and with abortion, stillbirth, or the birth of malformed offspring in ruminants. Surveillance studies also indicated a zoonotic potential. This study aimed to test the susceptibility of the well-characterized interferon (IFN)-α/β receptor knock-out mouse model (Ifnar-/-), to identify target cells, and to describe the neuropathological features. Ifnar-/-mice were subcutaneously infected with two different SHUV strains, including a strain isolated from the brain of a heifer showing neurological signs. The second strain represented a natural deletion mutant exhibiting a loss of function of the S-segment-encoded nonstructural protein NSs, which counteracts the host's IFN response. Here it is shown that Ifnar-/-mice are susceptible to both SHUV strains and can develop fatal disease. Histological examination confirmed meningoencephalomyelitis in mice as described in cattle with natural and experimental infections. RNA in situ hybridization was applied using RNA Scope™ for SHUV detection. Target cells identified included neurons and astrocytes, as well as macrophages in the spleen and gut-associated lymphoid tissue. Thus, this mouse model is particularly beneficial for the evaluation of virulence determinants in the pathogenesis of SHUV infection in animals.
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- Friedrich-Loeffler-Institut, Greifswald-Insel Riems, Germany
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- Friedrich-Loeffler-Institut, Greifswald-Insel Riems, Germany
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- Friedrich-Loeffler-Institut, Greifswald-Insel Riems, Germany
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Sehl-Ewert J, Schwaiger T, Schäfer A, Hölper JE, Klupp BG, Teifke JP, Blohm U, Mettenleiter TC. Clinical, neuropathological, and immunological short- and long-term feature of a mouse model mimicking human herpes virus encephalitis. Brain Pathol 2021; 32:e13031. [PMID: 34709694 PMCID: PMC9048517 DOI: 10.1111/bpa.13031] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/14/2021] [Revised: 09/13/2021] [Accepted: 10/04/2021] [Indexed: 12/15/2022] Open
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Herpes simplex encephalitis (HSE) is one of the most serious diseases of the nervous system in humans. However, its pathogenesis is still only poorly understood. Although several mouse models of predominantly herpes simplex virus 1 (HSV-1) infections mimic different crucial aspects of HSE, central questions remain unanswered. They comprise the specific temporofrontal tropism, viral spread within the central nervous system (CNS), as well as potential molecular and immunological barriers that drive virus into latency while only rarely resulting in severe HSE. We have recently proposed an alternative mouse model by using a pseudorabies virus (PrV) mutant that more faithfully represents the striking features of human HSE: temporofrontal meningoencephalitis with few severely, but generally only moderately to subclinically affected mice as well as characteristic behavioral abnormalities. Here, we characterized this animal model using 6- to 8-week-old female CD-1 mice in more detail. Long-term investigation over 6 months consistently revealed a biphasic course of infection accompanied by recurring clinical signs including behavioral alterations and mainly mild meningoencephalitis restricted to the temporal and frontal lobes. By histopathological and immunological analyses, we followed the kinetics and spatial distribution of inflammatory lesions as well as the underlying cytokine expression in the CNS over 21 days within the acute phase of infection. Affecting the temporal lobes, the inflammatory infiltrate was composed of lymphocytes and macrophages showing a predominantly lymphocytic shift 15 days after infection. A strong increase was observed in cytokines CXCL10, CCL2, CCL5, and CXCL1 recruiting inflammatory cells to the CNS. Unlike the majority of infected mice, strongly affected animals demonstrated extensive temporal lobe edema, which is typically present in severe human HSE cases. In summary, these results support the validity of our animal model for in-depth investigation of HSE pathogenesis.
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- Julia Sehl-Ewert
- Department of Experimental Animal Facilities and Biorisk Management, Friedrich-Loeffler-Institut, Greifswald-Insel Riems, Germany
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- Institute of Immunology, Friedrich-Loeffler-Institut, Greifswald-Insel Riems, Germany.,ViraTherapeutics GmbH, Rum, Austria
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- Institute of Immunology, Friedrich-Loeffler-Institut, Greifswald-Insel Riems, Germany
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- Institute of Immunology, Friedrich-Loeffler-Institut, Greifswald-Insel Riems, Germany.,Institute of Molecular Virology and Cell Biology, Friedrich-Loeffler-Institut, Greifswald-Insel Riems, Germany
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- Institute of Molecular Virology and Cell Biology, Friedrich-Loeffler-Institut, Greifswald-Insel Riems, Germany
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- Department of Experimental Animal Facilities and Biorisk Management, Friedrich-Loeffler-Institut, Greifswald-Insel Riems, Germany
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- Institute of Immunology, Friedrich-Loeffler-Institut, Greifswald-Insel Riems, Germany
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- Institute of Molecular Virology and Cell Biology, Friedrich-Loeffler-Institut, Greifswald-Insel Riems, Germany
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Peculiarities of the Expression of Immunohistochemical Marker HCV nS3 in the Autopsy Brain of the Patients Died in the Outcome of Chronic Infection, Caused by Hepatitis C Virus. ACTA BIOMEDICA SCIENTIFICA 2020. [DOI: 10.29413/abs.2020-5.2.3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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Szeredi L, Dán Á, Malik P, Jánosi S, Hornyák Á. Low incidence of Schmallenberg virus infection in natural cases of abortion in domestic ruminants in Hungary. Acta Vet Hung 2020; 68:105-111. [PMID: 32384062 DOI: 10.1556/004.2020.00002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/12/2019] [Accepted: 11/19/2019] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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An epizootic caused by a new orthobunyavirus called Schmallenberg virus (SBV) was recognised in European ruminants in 2011 and 2012. The re-emergence of the infection was reported in several countries in the subsequent years. Although the main clinical sign of SBV infection is abortion, the impact of SBV in natural cases of abortion in domestic ruminants had not been systematically examined before this study. The aim of the study was to investigate the role of SBV infection and to compare it to the importance of other causes of abortion by examining 537 natural cases of abortion that had occurred between 2011 and 2017 in Hungary. The cause of abortion was determined in 165 (31%) cases. An infectious cause was proved in 88 (16%) cases. SBV infection was found only in a total of four cases (0.8%) using real-time polymerase chain reaction. Three of them proved to be inapparent SBV infection, and one case was attributed to SBV-induced abortion by detecting non-purulent encephalitis and SBV nucleoprotein by immunohistochemistry in a brain tissue sample. According to the results, SBV played a minor role in natural cases of domestic ruminant abortion in Hungary during the 7-year period following the first SBV outbreak in 2011.
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- Levente Szeredi
- 1Veterinary Diagnostic Directorate, National Food Chain Safety Office, Tábornok utca 2, H-1143, Budapest, Hungary
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- 1Veterinary Diagnostic Directorate, National Food Chain Safety Office, Tábornok utca 2, H-1143, Budapest, Hungary
- 2Present adress: SCG Diagnostics Ltd., Délegyháza, Hungary
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- 1Veterinary Diagnostic Directorate, National Food Chain Safety Office, Tábornok utca 2, H-1143, Budapest, Hungary
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- 1Veterinary Diagnostic Directorate, National Food Chain Safety Office, Tábornok utca 2, H-1143, Budapest, Hungary
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- 1Veterinary Diagnostic Directorate, National Food Chain Safety Office, Tábornok utca 2, H-1143, Budapest, Hungary
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Akabane, Aino and Schmallenberg virus-where do we stand and what do we know about the role of domestic ruminant hosts and Culicoides vectors in virus transmission and overwintering? Curr Opin Virol 2017; 27:15-30. [PMID: 29096232 DOI: 10.1016/j.coviro.2017.10.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/07/2017] [Revised: 09/26/2017] [Accepted: 10/11/2017] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Akabane, Aino and Schmallenberg virus belong to the Simbu serogroup of Orthobunyaviruses and depend on Culicoides vectors for their spread between ruminant hosts. Infections of adults are mostly asymptomatic or associated with only mild symptoms, while transplacental crossing of these viruses to the developing fetus can have important teratogenic effects. Research mainly focused on congenital malformations has established a correlation between the developmental stage at which a fetus is infected and the outcome of an Akabane virus infection. Available data suggest that a similar correlation also applies to Schmallenberg virus infections but is not yet entirely conclusive. Experimental and field data furthermore suggest that Akabane virus is more efficient in inducing congenital malformations than Aino and Schmallenberg virus, certainly in cattle. The mechanism by which these Simbu viruses cross-pass yearly periods of very low vector abundance in temperate climate zones remains undefined. Yearly wind-borne reintroductions of infected midges from tropical endemic regions with year-round vector activity have been proposed, just as overwintering in long-lived adult midges. Experimental and field data however indicate that a role of vertical virus transmission in the ruminant host currently cannot be excluded as an overwintering mechanism. More studies on Culicoides biology and specific groups of transplacentally infected newborn ruminants without gross malformations are needed to shed light on this matter.
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Laloy E, Bréard E, Trapp S, Pozzi N, Riou M, Barc C, Breton S, Delaunay R, Cordonnier N, Chateau-Joubert S, Crochet D, Gouzil J, Hébert T, Raimbourg M, Viarouge C, Vitour D, Durand B, Ponsart C, Zientara S. Fetopathic effects of experimental Schmallenberg virus infection in pregnant goats. Vet Microbiol 2017; 211:141-149. [PMID: 29102110 DOI: 10.1016/j.vetmic.2017.10.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/04/2017] [Revised: 10/05/2017] [Accepted: 10/06/2017] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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Schmallenberg virus (SBV) is an emerging virus responsible for congenital malformations in the offspring of domestic ruminants. It is speculated that infection of pregnant dams may also lead to a significant number of unrecognized fetal losses during the early period of gestation. To assess the pathogenic effects of SBV infection of goats in early pregnancy, we inoculated dams at day 28 or 42 of gestation and followed the animals until day 55 of gestation. Viremia in the absence of clinical signs was detected in all virus-inoculated goats. Fetal deaths were observed in several goats infected at day 28 or 42 of gestation and were invariably associated with the presence of viral genomic RNA in the affected fetuses. Among the viable fetuses, two displayed lesions in the central nervous system (porencephaly) in the presence of viral genome and antigen. All fetuses from goats infected at day 42 and the majority of fetuses from goats infected at day 28 of gestation contained viral genomic RNA. Viral genome was widely distributed in these fetuses and their respective placentas, and infectious virus could be isolated from several organs and placentomes of the viable fetuses. Our results show that fetuses of pregnant goats are susceptible to vertical SBV infection during early pregnancy spanning at least the period between day 28 and 42 of gestation. The outcomes of experimental SBV infection assessed at day 55 of gestation include fetal mortalities, viable fetuses displaying lesions of the central nervous system, as well as viable fetuses without any detectable lesion.
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- Eve Laloy
- Université Paris-Est, Ecole Nationale Vétérinaire d'Alfort, Unité d'anatomie pathologique, 7 avenue du Général de Gaulle, 94704 Maisons-Alfort, France; Université Paris-Est, ANSES, Laboratoire de Santé Animale, UMR 1161 Virologie ANSES-INRA-ENVA, 14 rue Pierre et Marie Curie, 94704 Maisons-Alfort, France.
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- Université Paris-Est, ANSES, Laboratoire de Santé Animale, UMR 1161 Virologie ANSES-INRA-ENVA, 14 rue Pierre et Marie Curie, 94704 Maisons-Alfort, France
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- INRA Centre Val de Loire, UMR 1282 Infectiologie et Santé Publique, 37380 Nouzilly, France; Université François Rabelais de Tours, UMR 1282 Infectiologie et Santé Publique, 37000 Tours, France
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- LNCR, Laboratoire national de contrôle des reproducteurs, 13, rue Jouët, 94703 Maisons-Alfort, France
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- INRA Centre Val de Loire, UE-1277 Plateforme d'Infectiologie Expérimentale, secteur 3, route de Crotelles, 37380 Nouzilly, France
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- INRA Centre Val de Loire, UE-1277 Plateforme d'Infectiologie Expérimentale, secteur 3, route de Crotelles, 37380 Nouzilly, France
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- INRA Centre Val de Loire, UE-1277 Plateforme d'Infectiologie Expérimentale, secteur 3, route de Crotelles, 37380 Nouzilly, France
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- INRA Centre Val de Loire, UE-1277 Plateforme d'Infectiologie Expérimentale, secteur 3, route de Crotelles, 37380 Nouzilly, France
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- Université Paris-Est, Ecole Nationale Vétérinaire d'Alfort, Unité d'anatomie pathologique, 7 avenue du Général de Gaulle, 94704 Maisons-Alfort, France; Université Paris-Est, ANSES, Laboratoire de Santé Animale, UMR 1161 Virologie ANSES-INRA-ENVA, 14 rue Pierre et Marie Curie, 94704 Maisons-Alfort, France
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- Université Paris-Est, Ecole Nationale Vétérinaire d'Alfort, Unité d'anatomie pathologique, 7 avenue du Général de Gaulle, 94704 Maisons-Alfort, France
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- INRA Centre Val de Loire, UE-1277 Plateforme d'Infectiologie Expérimentale, secteur 3, route de Crotelles, 37380 Nouzilly, France
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- Université Paris-Est, ANSES, Laboratoire de Santé Animale, UMR 1161 Virologie ANSES-INRA-ENVA, 14 rue Pierre et Marie Curie, 94704 Maisons-Alfort, France
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- Université Paris-Est, Ecole Nationale Vétérinaire d'Alfort, Unité d'anatomie pathologique, 7 avenue du Général de Gaulle, 94704 Maisons-Alfort, France
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- LNCR, Laboratoire national de contrôle des reproducteurs, 13, rue Jouët, 94703 Maisons-Alfort, France
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- Université Paris-Est, ANSES, Laboratoire de Santé Animale, UMR 1161 Virologie ANSES-INRA-ENVA, 14 rue Pierre et Marie Curie, 94704 Maisons-Alfort, France
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- Université Paris-Est, ANSES, Laboratoire de Santé Animale, UMR 1161 Virologie ANSES-INRA-ENVA, 14 rue Pierre et Marie Curie, 94704 Maisons-Alfort, France
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- Université Paris-Est, ANSES, Laboratoire de Santé Animale, 14 rue Pierre et Marie Curie, 94700 Maisons-Alfort, France
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- LNCR, Laboratoire national de contrôle des reproducteurs, 13, rue Jouët, 94703 Maisons-Alfort, France
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- Université Paris-Est, ANSES, Laboratoire de Santé Animale, UMR 1161 Virologie ANSES-INRA-ENVA, 14 rue Pierre et Marie Curie, 94704 Maisons-Alfort, France
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Tauscher K, Wernike K, Fischer M, Wegelt A, Hoffmann B, Teifke JP, Beer M. Characterization of Simbu serogroup virus infections in type I interferon receptor knock-out mice. Arch Virol 2017; 162:3119-3129. [DOI: 10.1007/s00705-017-3475-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/24/2016] [Accepted: 06/05/2017] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Nonstructural Protein NSs of Schmallenberg Virus Is Targeted to the Nucleolus and Induces Nucleolar Disorganization. J Virol 2016; 91:JVI.01263-16. [PMID: 27795408 PMCID: PMC5165206 DOI: 10.1128/jvi.01263-16] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/30/2016] [Accepted: 10/04/2016] [Indexed: 01/04/2023] Open
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Schmallenberg virus (SBV) was discovered in Germany in late 2011 and then spread rapidly to many European countries. SBV is an orthobunyavirus that causes abortion and congenital abnormalities in ruminants. A virus-encoded nonstructural protein, termed NSs, is a major virulence factor of SBV, and it is known to promote the degradation of Rpb1, a subunit of the RNA polymerase II (Pol II) complex, and therefore hampers global cellular transcription. In this study, we found that NSs is mainly localized in the nucleus of infected cells and specifically appears to target the nucleolus through a nucleolar localization signal (NoLS) localized between residues 33 and 51 of the protein. NSs colocalizes with nucleolar markers such as B23 (nucleophosmin) and fibrillarin. We observed that in SBV-infected cells, B23 undergoes a nucleolus-to-nucleoplasm redistribution, evocative of virus-induced nucleolar disruption. In contrast, the nucleolar pattern of B23 was unchanged upon infection with an SBV recombinant mutant with NSs lacking the NoLS motif (SBVΔNoLS). Interestingly, unlike wild-type SBV, the inhibitory activity of SBVΔNoLS toward RNA Pol II transcription is impaired. Overall, our results suggest that a putative link exists between NSs-induced nucleolar disruption and its inhibitory function on cellular transcription, which consequently precludes the cellular antiviral response and/or induces cell death. IMPORTANCE Schmallenberg virus (SBV) is an emerging arbovirus of ruminants that spread in Europe between 2011 and 2013. SBV induces fetal abnormalities during gestation, with the central nervous system being one of the most affected organs. The virus-encoded NSs protein acts as a virulence factor by impairing host cell transcription. Here, we show that NSs contains a nucleolar localization signal (NoLS) and induces disorganization of the nucleolus. The NoLS motif in the SBV NSs is absolutely necessary for virus-induced inhibition of cellular transcription. To our knowledge, this is the first report of nucleolar functions for NSs within the Bunyaviridae family.
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Retraction note: Neuropathological microscopic features of abortions induced by Bunyavirus/or Flavivirus infections. Diagn Pathol 2016; 11:126. [PMID: 27802822 PMCID: PMC5090945 DOI: 10.1186/s13000-016-0568-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/17/2016] [Accepted: 10/19/2016] [Indexed: 11/30/2022] Open
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Poskin A, Verite S, Comtet L, Van der Stede Y, Cay B, De Regge N. Persistence of the protective immunity and kinetics of the isotype specific antibody response against the viral nucleocapsid protein after experimental Schmallenberg virus infection of sheep. Vet Res 2015; 46:119. [PMID: 26472116 PMCID: PMC4608186 DOI: 10.1186/s13567-015-0260-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/12/2015] [Accepted: 09/29/2015] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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Schmallenberg virus (SBV) is an Orthobunyavirus that induces abortion, stillbirths and congenital malformations in ruminants. SBV infection induces a long lasting seroconversion under natural conditions. The persistence of the protective immunity and the isotype specific antibody response upon SBV infection of sheep has however not been studied in detail. Five sheep were kept in BSL3 facilities for more than 16 months and subjected to repeated SBV infections. Blood was regularly sampled and organs were collected at euthanasia. The presence of SBV RNA in serum and organs was measured with quantitative real-time PCR. The appearance and persistence of neutralizing and SBV nucleoprotein (N) isotype specific antibodies was determined with virus neutralization tests (VNT) and ELISAs. The primo SBV infection protected ewes against clinical signs, viraemia and virus replication in organs upon challenge infections more than 15 months later. Production of neutralizing SBV specific antibodies was first detected around 6 days post primo-inoculation with VNT and correlated with the appearance of SBV-N specific IgM antibodies. These IgM antibodies remained present for 2 weeks. SBV-N specific IgG antibodies were first detected between 10 and 21 dpi and reached a plateau at 28 dpi. This plateau remained consistently high and no significant decrease in titre was found over a period of more than 1 year. Similar results were found for the neutralising antibody response. In conclusion, the SBV specific IgM response probably eliminates SBV from the blood and the protective immunity induced by SBV infection protects sheep against reinfection for at least 16 months.
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- Antoine Poskin
- CODA-CERVA, Operational Directorate Viral Diseases, Groeselenberg 99, 1180, Brussels, Belgium. .,CODA-CERVA, Coordination of Veterinary Diagnostics Epidemiology and Risk Analysis, Groeselenberg 99, 1180, Brussels, Belgium.
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- ID Vet, Service développement, 310 Rue Louis Pasteur, 34790, Grabels, France.
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- ID Vet, Service développement, 310 Rue Louis Pasteur, 34790, Grabels, France.
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- CODA-CERVA, Coordination of Veterinary Diagnostics Epidemiology and Risk Analysis, Groeselenberg 99, 1180, Brussels, Belgium. .,Department of Veterinary Virology, Parasitology and Immunology, Ghent University, Salisburylaan 133, 9820, Merelbeke, Belgium.
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- CODA-CERVA, Operational Directorate Viral Diseases, Groeselenberg 99, 1180, Brussels, Belgium.
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- CODA-CERVA, Operational Directorate Viral Diseases, Groeselenberg 99, 1180, Brussels, Belgium. .,Department of Veterinary Virology, Parasitology and Immunology, Ghent University, Salisburylaan 133, 9820, Merelbeke, Belgium.
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Martinelle L, Poskin A, Dal Pozzo F, De Regge N, Cay B, Saegerman C. Experimental Infection of Sheep at 45 and 60 Days of Gestation with Schmallenberg Virus Readily Led to Placental Colonization without Causing Congenital Malformations. PLoS One 2015; 10:e0139375. [PMID: 26418420 PMCID: PMC4587791 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0139375] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/05/2015] [Accepted: 09/11/2015] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Main impact of Schmallenberg virus (SBV) on livestock consists in reproductive disorders, with teratogenic effects, abortions and stillbirths. SBV pathogenesis and viral placental crossing remain currently poorly understood. Therefore, we implemented an experimental infection of ewes, inoculated with SBV at 45 or 60 days of gestation (dg). METHODOLOGY "Mourerous" breed ewes were randomly separated in three groups: eight and nine ewes were subcutaneously inoculated with 1 ml of SBV infectious serum at 45 and 60 dg, respectively (G45 and G60). Six other ewes were inoculated subcutaneously with sterile phosphate buffer saline as control group. All SBV inoculated ewes showed RNAemia consistent with previously published studies, they seroconverted and no clinical sign was reported. Lambs were born at term via caesarian-section, and right after birth they were blood sampled and clinically examined. Then both lambs and ewes were euthanatized and necropsied. PRINCIPAL FINDINGS/SIGNIFICANCE No lambs showed any malformation suggestive of SBV infection and none of them had RNAemia or anti-SBV antibodies prior to colostrum uptake. Positive SBV RNA detection in organs was rare in both G45 and G60 lambs (2/11 and 1/10, respectively). Nevertheless most of the lambs in G45 (9/11) and G60 (9/10) had at least one extraembryonic structure SBV positive by RTqPCR. The number of positive extraembryonic structures was significantly higher in G60 lambs. Time of inoculation (45 or 60 dg) had no impact on the placental colonization success rate but affected the frequency of detecting the virus in the offspring extraembryonic structures by the time of lambing. SBV readily colonized the placenta when ewes were infected at 45 or 60 dg but infection of the fetuses was limited and did not lead to congenital malformations.
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- Ludovic Martinelle
- Research Unit of Epidemiology and Risk Analysis Applied to Veterinary Sciences (UREAR-ULg), Fundamental and Applied Research for Animals & Health (FARAH), Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Liège, Liège, Belgium
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- Research Unit of Epidemiology and Risk Analysis Applied to Veterinary Sciences (UREAR-ULg), Fundamental and Applied Research for Animals & Health (FARAH), Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Liège, Liège, Belgium
- Operational Directorate Viral Diseases, Veterinary and Agrochemical Research Centre (CODA-CERVA), Brussels, Belgium
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- Research Unit of Epidemiology and Risk Analysis Applied to Veterinary Sciences (UREAR-ULg), Fundamental and Applied Research for Animals & Health (FARAH), Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Liège, Liège, Belgium
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- Operational Directorate Viral Diseases, Veterinary and Agrochemical Research Centre (CODA-CERVA), Brussels, Belgium
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- Operational Directorate Viral Diseases, Veterinary and Agrochemical Research Centre (CODA-CERVA), Brussels, Belgium
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- Research Unit of Epidemiology and Risk Analysis Applied to Veterinary Sciences (UREAR-ULg), Fundamental and Applied Research for Animals & Health (FARAH), Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Liège, Liège, Belgium
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Agerholm JS, Hewicker-Trautwein M, Peperkamp K, Windsor PA. Virus-induced congenital malformations in cattle. Acta Vet Scand 2015; 57:54. [PMID: 26399846 PMCID: PMC4581091 DOI: 10.1186/s13028-015-0145-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/25/2015] [Accepted: 08/30/2015] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Diagnosing the cause of bovine congenital malformations (BCMs) is challenging for bovine veterinary practitioners and laboratory diagnosticians as many known as well as a large number of not-yet reported syndromes exist. Foetal infection with certain viruses, including bovine virus diarrhea virus (BVDV), Schmallenberg virus (SBV), blue tongue virus (BTV), Akabane virus (AKAV), or Aino virus (AV), is associated with a range of congenital malformations. It is tempting for veterinary practitioners to diagnose such infections based only on the morphology of the defective offspring. However, diagnosing a virus as a cause of BCMs usually requires laboratory examination and even in such cases, interpretation of findings may be challenging due to lack of experience regarding genetic defects causing similar lesions, even in cases where virus or congenital antibodies are present. Intrauterine infection of the foetus during the susceptible periods of development, i.e. around gestation days 60–180, by BVDV, SBV, BTV, AKAV and AV may cause malformations in the central nervous system, especially in the brain. Brain lesions typically consist of hydranencephaly, porencephaly, hydrocephalus and cerebellar hypoplasia, which in case of SBV, AKAV and AV infections may be associated by malformation of the axial and appendicular skeleton, e.g. arthrogryposis multiplex congenita. Doming of the calvarium is present in some, but not all, cases. None of these lesions are pathognomonic so diagnosing a viral cause based on gross lesions is uncertain. Several genetic defects share morphology with virus induced congenital malformations, so expert advice should be sought when BCMs are encountered.
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Schmallenberg disease has emerged in North-Western Europe in 2011 and has since spread widely, even across the European borders. It has the potency to infect many, mainly ruminant, species, but seems to lack zoonotic potential. Horizontal transmission occurs through various Culicoides biting midges and subsequent trans-placental transmission causes teratogenic effects. In some small ruminants, clinical signs, including fever, decreased milk production and diarrhea occur during the viraemic phase, but infection is mostly asymptomatic. However, fetal Schmallenberg virus infection in naïve ewes and goats can result in stillborn offspring, showing a congenital arthrogryposis-hydranencephaly syndrome. The economic impact of infection depends on the number of malformed lambs, but is generally limited. There is debate on whether Schmallenberg virus has newly emerged or is re-emerging, since it is likely one of the ancestors of Shamonda virus, both Orthobunyaviruses belonging to the species Sathuperi virus within the Simbu serogroup viruses. Depending on the vector-borne transmission and the serologic status, future outbreaks of Schmallenberg disease induced congenital disease are expected.
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Benavides J, González L, Dagleish M, Pérez V. Diagnostic pathology in microbial diseases of sheep or goats. Vet Microbiol 2015; 181:15-26. [PMID: 26275854 DOI: 10.1016/j.vetmic.2015.07.012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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Post-mortem examination is a key step in the diagnostic process of infectious diseases in sheep and goats. Diagnostic pathology deals with identification and study of lesions, at the same time providing also significant clues regarding pathogenesis of the diseases. This article reviews the salient pathological findings associated with the most significant infectious diseases of sheep and goats present in countries where small ruminants are a relevant agricultural industry. Lesions are reviewed according to the different organ systems where they occur. Emphasis has been given in the description of the salient lesional patterns than can be identified in each organ and which can be of help in the differential diagnosis of the lesions caused by bacteria, viruses, fungi or prions. Finally, a review of the usefulness of ancillary tests that may be used on various tissue samples for performing an aetiological diagnosis, is included; the application of various techniques, from immunohistochemistry to molecular biology-based tests, is described.
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- J Benavides
- Departamento de Sanidad Animal, Instituto de Ganadería de Montaña (CSIC-ULE), Facultad de Veterinaria, Universidad de León, Campus de Vegazana s/n, 24071 León, Spain
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- Animal Health and Veterinary Laboratories Agency (AHVLA), Pentlands Science Park, Bush Loan, Midlothian EH26 0PZ, Scotland, UK
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- Moredun Research Institute, Pentlands Science Park, Bush Loan, Midlothian EH26 0PZ, Scotland, UK
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- Departamento de Sanidad Animal, Instituto de Ganadería de Montaña (CSIC-ULE), Facultad de Veterinaria, Universidad de León, Campus de Vegazana s/n, 24071 León, Spain.
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Peperkamp NH, Luttikholt SJ, Dijkman R, Vos JH, Junker K, Greijdanus S, Roumen MP, van Garderen E, Meertens N, van Maanen C, Lievaart K, van Wuyckhuise L, Wouda W. Ovine and Bovine Congenital Abnormalities Associated With Intrauterine Infection With Schmallenberg Virus. Vet Pathol 2014; 52:1057-66. [PMID: 25428409 DOI: 10.1177/0300985814560231] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/20/2023]
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In December 2011, a previously unknown congenital syndrome of arthrogryposis and hydranencephaly in sheep and cattle appeared in the Netherlands as an emerging epizootic due to Schmallenberg virus (SBV). Gross lesions in 102 lambs and 204 calves included porencephaly, hydranencephaly, cerebellar dysplasia and dysplasia of the brainstem and spinal cord, a flattened skull with brachygnathia inferior, arthrogryposis, and vertebral column malformations. Microscopic lesions in the central nervous system showed rarefaction and cavitation in the white matter, as well as degeneration, necrosis, and loss of neurons in the gray matter. Brain and spinal cord lesions were more severe in lambs than in calves. Ovine and bovine cases examined early in the outbreak showed encephalomyelitis. SBV infection was confirmed by real-time quantitative reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction (RT-qPCR) in brain samples in 46 of 102 lambs (45%) and in 32 of 204 calves (16%). Immunohistochemistry, performed on tissue samples from 18 RT-qPCR-positive lambs, confirmed the presence of bunyaviral antigen in neurons of the brain in 16 cases. SBV antibodies were detected by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay in fetal blood in 56 of 61 sampled ovine cases (92%). In a virus neutralization test, all tested dams of affected newborns, 46 ewes and 190 cows, were seropositive. Compared with other teratogenic viral infections, the pathogenesis and lesions of SBV in sheep and cattle fetuses are similar to those of other ruminant orthobunyaviruses. However, the loss of spinal ventral motor neurons and their tracts, resulting in micromyelia, distinguishes SBV infection from other viral central nervous system lesions in newborn ruminants.
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- N H Peperkamp
- Department of Pathology, GD Animal Health, Deventer, The Netherlands
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- Department of Small Ruminant Health, GD Animal Health, Deventer, The Netherlands
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- Department of Pathology, GD Animal Health, Deventer, The Netherlands
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- Department of Pathology, GD Animal Health, Deventer, The Netherlands
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- Department of Pathology, GD Animal Health, Deventer, The Netherlands
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- Department of Pathology, GD Animal Health, Deventer, The Netherlands
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- Department of Pathology, GD Animal Health, Deventer, The Netherlands
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- Department of Pathology, GD Animal Health, Deventer, The Netherlands
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- Department of Pathology, GD Animal Health, Deventer, The Netherlands
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- Department of Diagnostic Research and Epidemiology, GD Animal Health, Deventer, The Netherlands
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- Department of Small Ruminant Health, GD Animal Health, Deventer, The Netherlands
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- Department of Ruminant Health, GD Animal Health, Deventer, The Netherlands
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- Department of Pathology, GD Animal Health, Deventer, The Netherlands
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Barton SK, Moss TJM, Hooper SB, Crossley KJ, Gill AW, Kluckow M, Zahra V, Wong FY, Pichler G, Galinsky R, Miller SL, Tolcos M, Polglase GR. Protective ventilation of preterm lambs exposed to acute chorioamnionitis does not reduce ventilation-induced lung or brain injury. PLoS One 2014; 9:e112402. [PMID: 25379714 PMCID: PMC4224447 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0112402] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/04/2014] [Accepted: 10/15/2014] [Indexed: 01/25/2023] Open
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Background The onset of mechanical ventilation is a critical time for the initiation of cerebral white matter (WM) injury in preterm neonates, particularly if they are inadvertently exposed to high tidal volumes (VT) in the delivery room. Protective ventilation strategies at birth reduce ventilation-induced lung and brain inflammation and injury, however its efficacy in a compromised newborn is not known. Chorioamnionitis is a common antecedent of preterm birth, and increases the risk and severity of WM injury. We investigated the effects of high VT ventilation, after chorioamnionitis, on preterm lung and WM inflammation and injury, and whether a protective ventilation strategy could mitigate the response. Methods Pregnant ewes (n = 18) received intra-amniotic lipopolysaccharide (LPS) 2 days before delivery, instrumentation and ventilation at 127±1 days gestation. Lambs were either immediately euthanased and used as unventilated controls (LPSUVC; n = 6), or were ventilated using an injurious high VT strategy (LPSINJ; n = 5) or a protective ventilation strategy (LPSPROT; n = 7) for a total of 90 min. Mean arterial pressure, heart rate and cerebral haemodynamics and oxygenation were measured continuously. Lungs and brains underwent molecular and histological assessment of inflammation and injury. Results LPSINJ lambs had poorer oxygenation than LPSPROT lambs. Ventilation requirements and cardiopulmonary and systemic haemodynamics were not different between ventilation strategies. Compared to unventilated lambs, LPSINJ and LPSPROT lambs had increases in pro-inflammatory cytokine expression within the lungs and brain, and increased astrogliosis (p<0.02) and cell death (p<0.05) in the WM, which were equivalent in magnitude between groups. Conclusions Ventilation after acute chorioamnionitis, irrespective of strategy used, increases haemodynamic instability and lung and cerebral inflammation and injury. Mechanical ventilation is a potential contributor to WM injury in infants exposed to chorioamnionitis.
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- Samantha K. Barton
- The Ritchie Centre, MIMR-PHI Institute of Medical Research, Monash University, Clayton, Victoria, 3168, Australia
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- The Ritchie Centre, MIMR-PHI Institute of Medical Research, Monash University, Clayton, Victoria, 3168, Australia
- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Monash University, Clayton, Victoria, 3168, Australia
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- The Ritchie Centre, MIMR-PHI Institute of Medical Research, Monash University, Clayton, Victoria, 3168, Australia
- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Monash University, Clayton, Victoria, 3168, Australia
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- The Ritchie Centre, MIMR-PHI Institute of Medical Research, Monash University, Clayton, Victoria, 3168, Australia
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- School of Women's and Infants' Health, The University of Western Australia, Crawley, Western Australia, 6009, Australia
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- Department of Neonatal Medicine, Royal North Shore Hospital and University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, 2065, Australia
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- The Ritchie Centre, MIMR-PHI Institute of Medical Research, Monash University, Clayton, Victoria, 3168, Australia
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- The Ritchie Centre, MIMR-PHI Institute of Medical Research, Monash University, Clayton, Victoria, 3168, Australia
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- Department of Pediatrics, Medical University Graz, Auenbruggerplatz 30, Graz, Austria, 8036
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- The Ritchie Centre, MIMR-PHI Institute of Medical Research, Monash University, Clayton, Victoria, 3168, Australia
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- The Ritchie Centre, MIMR-PHI Institute of Medical Research, Monash University, Clayton, Victoria, 3168, Australia
- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Monash University, Clayton, Victoria, 3168, Australia
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- The Ritchie Centre, MIMR-PHI Institute of Medical Research, Monash University, Clayton, Victoria, 3168, Australia
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- The Ritchie Centre, MIMR-PHI Institute of Medical Research, Monash University, Clayton, Victoria, 3168, Australia
- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Monash University, Clayton, Victoria, 3168, Australia
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Herder V, Kummrow M, Leeb T, Sewell AC, Hansmann F, Lehmbecker A, Wohlsein P, Baumgärtner W. Polycystic kidneys and GM2 gangliosidosis-like disease in neonatal springboks (Antidorcas marsupialis). Vet Pathol 2014; 52:543-52. [PMID: 25232033 DOI: 10.1177/0300985814549210] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/20/2023]
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Clinical, gross, histopathologic, electron microscopic findings and enzymatic analysis of 4 captive, juvenile springboks (Antidorcas marsupialis) showing both polycystic kidneys and a storage disease are described. Springbok offspring (4 of 34; 12%) were affected by either one or both disorders in a German zoo within a period of 5 years (2008-2013). Macroscopic findings included bilaterally severely enlarged kidneys displaying numerous cysts in 4 animals and superior brachygnathism in 2 animals. Histopathologically, kidneys of 4 animals displayed cystic dilation of the renal tubules. In addition, abundant cytoplasmic vacuoles with a diameter ranging from 2 to 10 μm in neurons of the central and peripheral nervous system, hepatocytes, thyroid follicular epithelial cells, pancreatic islets of Langerhans and renal tubular cells were found in 2 springbok neonates indicative of an additional storage disease. Ultrastructurally, round electron-lucent vacuoles, up to 4 μm in diameter, were present in neurons. Enzymatic analysis of liver and kidney tissue of 1 affected springbok revealed a reduced activity of total hexosaminidase (Hex) with relatively increased HexA activity at the same level of total Hex, suggesting a hexosaminidase defect. Pedigree analysis suggested a monogenic autosomal recessive inheritance for both diseases. In summary, related springboks showed 2 different changes resembling both polycystic kidney and a GM2 gangliosidosis similar to the human Sandhoff disease. Whether the simultaneous occurrence of these 2 entities represents an incidental finding or has a genetic link needs to be investigated in future studies.
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- V Herder
- Department of Pathology, University of Veterinary Medicine Hannover, Hannover, Germany Center for Systems Neuroscience, Hannover, Germany
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- Erlebnis-Zoo Hannover, Hannover, Germany
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- Vetsuisse Faculty, Institute of Genetics, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland
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- Department of Pediatrics, University Hospital Frankfurt, Frankfurt, Germany
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- Department of Pathology, University of Veterinary Medicine Hannover, Hannover, Germany Center for Systems Neuroscience, Hannover, Germany
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- Department of Pathology, University of Veterinary Medicine Hannover, Hannover, Germany Center for Systems Neuroscience, Hannover, Germany
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- Department of Pathology, University of Veterinary Medicine Hannover, Hannover, Germany
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- Department of Pathology, University of Veterinary Medicine Hannover, Hannover, Germany Center for Systems Neuroscience, Hannover, Germany
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Seehusen F, Hahn K, Herder V, Weigand M, Habierski A, Gerhauser I, Wohlsein P, Peters M, Varela M, Palmarini M, Baumgärtner W. Skeletal Muscle Hypoplasia Represents the Only Significant Lesion in Peripheral Organs of Ruminants Infected with Schmallenberg Virus during Gestation. J Comp Pathol 2014; 151:148-52. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jcpa.2014.04.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/27/2014] [Revised: 03/06/2014] [Accepted: 04/14/2014] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Lack of schmallenberg virus in ruminant brain tissues archived from 1961 to 2010 in Germany. J Comp Pathol 2013; 150:151-4. [PMID: 24440199 DOI: 10.1016/j.jcpa.2013.11.210] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/11/2013] [Revised: 10/01/2013] [Accepted: 11/25/2013] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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Schmallenberg virus (SBV) is an orthobunyavirus of the family Bunyaviridae that is associated with stillbirth and malformations in ruminants. The infection has been identified in many European countries since August 2011. The present study investigated retrospectively the occurrence of SBV infection in ruminants using immunohistochemistry and in-situ hybridization in brain tissues archived between 1961 and 2010 (112 cattle, 57 sheep, 16 goats and 27 wild ruminants). Eighty-five animals with inflammatory brain lesions and 47 animals with malformations were included. Due to the lack of SBV protein and RNA detection, SBV appears to have been introduced recently into Northern parts of Europe from tropical or subtropical regions.
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Balseiro A, Royo LJ, Gómez Antona A, García Marín JF. First Confirmation of Schmallenberg Virus in Cattle in Spain: Tissue Distribution and Pathology. Transbound Emerg Dis 2013; 62:e62-5. [DOI: 10.1111/tbed.12185] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/26/2013] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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- A. Balseiro
- SERIDA, Servicio Regional de Investigación y Desarrollo Agroalimentario; Centro de Biotecnología Animal; Gijón Asturias Spain
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- SERIDA, Servicio Regional de Investigación y Desarrollo Agroalimentario; Centro de Biotecnología Animal; Gijón Asturias Spain
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