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Eckstrand CD, Torrevillas BK, Wolking RM, Bradway DS, Warg JV, Clayton RD, Williams LB, Pessier AP, Reno JL, McMenamin-Snekvik KM, Thompson J, Baszler T, Snekvik KR. Investigation of laboratory methods for characterization of aquatic viruses in fish infected experimentally with infectious salmon anemia virus. J Vet Diagn Invest 2024; 36:319-328. [PMID: 37203453 PMCID: PMC11110770 DOI: 10.1177/10406387231173332] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/20/2023] Open
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Rapid growth in aquaculture has resulted in high-density production systems in ecologically and geographically novel conditions in which the emergence of diseases is inevitable. Well-characterized methods for detection and surveillance of infectious diseases are vital for rapid identification, response, and recovery to protect economic and food security. We implemented a proof-of-concept approach for virus detection using a known high-consequence fish pathogen, infectious salmon anemia virus (ISAV), as the archetypal pathogen. In fish infected with ISAV, we integrated histopathology, virus isolation, whole-genome sequencing (WGS), electron microscopy (EM), in situ hybridization (ISH), and reverse transcription real-time PCR (RT-rtPCR). Fresh-frozen and formalin-fixed tissues were collected from virus-infected, control, and sham-infected Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar). Microscopic differences were not evident between uninfected and infected fish. Viral cytopathic effect was observed in cell cultures inoculated with fresh-frozen tissue homogenates from 3 of 3 ISAV-infected and 0 of 4 uninfected or sham-infected fish. The ISAV genome was detected by shotgun metagenomics in RNA extracted from the medium from 3 of 3 inoculated cell cultures, 3 of 3 infected fish, and 0 of 4 uninfected or sham-infected fish, yielding sufficient coverage for de novo assembly. An ISH probe against ISAV revealed ISAV genome in multiple organs, with abundance in renal hematopoietic tissue. Virus was detected by RT-rtPCR in gill, heart, kidney, liver, and spleen. EM and metagenomic WGS from tissues were challenging and unsuccessful. Our proof-of-concept methodology has promise for detection and characterization of unknown aquatic pathogens and also highlights some associated methodology challenges that require additional investigation.
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- Chrissy D. Eckstrand
- Washington Animal Disease Diagnostic Laboratory, Washington State University, Pullman, WA, USA
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- Washington Animal Disease Diagnostic Laboratory, Washington State University, Pullman, WA, USA
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- Washington Animal Disease Diagnostic Laboratory, Washington State University, Pullman, WA, USA
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- Washington Animal Disease Diagnostic Laboratory, Washington State University, Pullman, WA, USA
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- National Veterinary Services Laboratories, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Ames, IA, USA
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- National Veterinary Services Laboratories, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Ames, IA, USA
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- Washington Animal Disease Diagnostic Laboratory, Washington State University, Pullman, WA, USA
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- Washington Animal Disease Diagnostic Laboratory, Washington State University, Pullman, WA, USA
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- Washington Animal Disease Diagnostic Laboratory, Washington State University, Pullman, WA, USA
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- Washington Animal Disease Diagnostic Laboratory, Washington State University, Pullman, WA, USA
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- Washington Animal Disease Diagnostic Laboratory, Washington State University, Pullman, WA, USA
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- Washington Animal Disease Diagnostic Laboratory, Washington State University, Pullman, WA, USA
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A panoptic review of techniques for finfish disease diagnosis: The status quo and future perspectives. J Microbiol Methods 2022; 196:106477. [DOI: 10.1016/j.mimet.2022.106477] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/14/2022] [Revised: 04/21/2022] [Accepted: 04/21/2022] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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Godwin SE, Morrison RN, Knowles G, Cornish MC, Hayes D, Carson J. Pilchard orthomyxovirus (POMV). II. Causative agent of salmon orthomyxoviral necrosis, a new disease of farmed Atlantic salmon Salmo salar. DISEASES OF AQUATIC ORGANISMS 2020; 139:51-68. [PMID: 32351236 DOI: 10.3354/dao03469] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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Since 2012, an orthomyxo-like virus has been consistently linked to epizootics in marine farmed Atlantic salmon in Tasmania, Australia. Here we describe the properties of the virus, designated the pilchard orthomyxovirus (POMV), in cell culture and present data verifying its direct role in a disease of Atlantic salmon. In infected cells, viral RNA was detectable in both the nucleus and cytoplasm, consistent with the replication cycle of an orthomyxovirus. Viral replication in vitro was temperature-dependent (within a range of 10-20°C), and yields of virus were typically in excess of 107 TCID50 ml-1. In controlled infection trials, cell culture-derived POMV produced significant morbidity in Atlantic salmon fry, pre-smolt and post-smolt. In all cases, the development of disease was rapid, with moribund fish detected within 5 d of direct exposure to POMV, and maximum cumulative morbidity occurring within 4 wk. The experimentally infected fish developed a characteristic suite of gross and microscopic pathological changes, which were consistent with those observed in Atlantic salmon overtly affected by POMV-associated disease on sea farms. These included necrotic lesions across multiple organs that were directly associated with the presence of the virus. Together, our observations indicate that POMV is an endemic virus likely transmitted from wild fish to farmed Atlantic salmon in Tasmania. The virus is pathogenic to Atlantic salmon in freshwater and marine environments and causes a disease that we have named salmon orthomyxoviral necrosis.
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- Scott E Godwin
- Centre for Aquatic Animal Health and Vaccines, Department of Primary Industries, Parks, Water and Environment, Launceston, Tasmania 7250, Australia
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Semple SL, Vo NTK, Li AR, Pham PH, Bols NC, Dixon B. Development and use of an Arctic charr cell line to study antiviral responses at extremely low temperatures. JOURNAL OF FISH DISEASES 2017; 40:1423-1439. [PMID: 28261806 DOI: 10.1111/jfd.12615] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/22/2016] [Revised: 01/06/2017] [Accepted: 01/07/2017] [Indexed: 06/06/2023]
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Arctic charr (Salvelinus alpinus) are the northernmost distributed freshwater fish and can grow at water temperatures as low as 0.2 °C. Other teleost species have impaired immune function at temperatures that Arctic charr thrive in, and thus, charr may maintain immune function at these temperatures. In this study, a fibroblastic cell line, named ACBA, derived from the bulbus arteriosus (BA) of Arctic charr was developed for use in immune studies at various temperatures. ACBA has undergone more than forty passages at 18 °C over 3 years, while showing no signs of senescence-associated β-galactosidase activity and producing nitric oxide. Remarkably, ACBA cells survived and maintained some mitotic activity even at 1 °C for over 3 months. At these low temperatures, ACBA also continued to produce MH class I proteins. After challenge with poly I:C, only antiviral Mx proteins were induced while MH proteins remained constant. When exposed to live viruses, ACBA was shown to permit viral infection and replication of IPNV, VHSV IVa and CSV at 14 °C. Yet at the preferred temperature of 4 °C, only VHSV IVa was shown to replicate within ACBA. This study provides evidence that Arctic charr cells can maintain immune function while also resisting infection with intracellular pathogens at low temperatures.
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- S L Semple
- Department of Biology, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, ON, Canada
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- Department of Biology, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, ON, Canada
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- Department of Biology, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, ON, Canada
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- Department of Biology, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, ON, Canada
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- Department of Biology, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, ON, Canada
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- Department of Biology, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, ON, Canada
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Kibenge F, Kibenge M. Orthomyxoviruses of Fish. AQUACULTURE VIROLOGY 2016. [PMCID: PMC7173593 DOI: 10.1016/b978-0-12-801573-5.00019-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/17/2023]
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The family Orthomyxoviridae is well known for containing influenza viruses with a segmented RNA genome that is prone to gene reassortment in mixed infections (known as antigenic shift) resulting in new virus subtypes that cause pandemics, and cumulative mutations (known as antigenic drift), resulting in new virus strains that cause epidemics. This family also contains infectious salmon anemia virus (ISAV) and tilapia lake virus (TiLV), which are a unique orthomyxoviruses that infect fish and is unable to replicate above room temperature (24°C). This chapter describes the comparative virology of members in the family Orthomyxoviridae in general, helping to understand the emergent teleost orthomyxoviruses, ISAV and TiLV. The most current information on virus–host interactions of the fish orthomyxoviruses, particularly ISAV, as they relate to variations in virus structure, virulence, persistence, host range and immunological aspects is presented in detail.
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Monaghan SJ, Thompson KD, Adams A, Kempter J, Bergmann SM. Examination of the early infection stages of koi herpesvirus (KHV) in experimentally infected carp, Cyprinus carpio L. using in situ hybridization. JOURNAL OF FISH DISEASES 2015; 38:477-489. [PMID: 24925228 DOI: 10.1111/jfd.12260] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/22/2014] [Revised: 03/20/2014] [Accepted: 03/20/2014] [Indexed: 06/03/2023]
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Koi herpesvirus (KHV) causes a highly infectious disease afflicting common carp and koi, Cyprinus carpio L. Various molecular and antibody-based detection methods have been used to elucidate the rapid attachment and dissemination of the virus throughout carp tissues, facilitating ongoing development of effective diagnostic approaches. In situ hybridization (ISH) was used here to determine the target tissues of KHV during very early infection, after infecting carp with a highly virulent KHV isolate. Analysis of paraffin-embedded tissues (i.e. gills, skin, spleen, kidney, gut, liver and brain) during the first 8 h and following 10 days post-infection (hpi; dpi) revealed positive signals in skin mucus, gills and gut sections after only 1 hpi. Respiratory epithelial cells were positive as early as 2 hpi. Viral DNA was also detected within blood vessels of various tissues early in the infection. Notable increases in signal abundance were observed in the gills and kidney between 5 and 10 dpi, and viral DNA was detected in all tissues except brain. This study suggests that the gills and gut play an important role in the early pathogenesis of this Alloherpesvirus, in addition to skin, and demonstrates ISH as a useful diagnostic tool for confirmation of acutely infected carp.
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- S J Monaghan
- Aquatic Vaccine Unit, School of Natural Sciences, Institute of Aquaculture, University of Stirling, Stirling, Scotland
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Castillo-Cerda MT, Cottet L, Toro-Ascuy D, Spencer E, Cortez-San Martín M. Development of plaque assay for Chilean infectious salmon anaemia virus, application for virus purification and titration in salmon ASK cells. JOURNAL OF FISH DISEASES 2014; 37:989-95. [PMID: 24205996 DOI: 10.1111/jfd.12198] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/11/2013] [Revised: 09/18/2013] [Accepted: 09/20/2013] [Indexed: 05/03/2023]
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- M T Castillo-Cerda
- Laboratorio de Virología Molecular, Centro de Biotecnología Acuícola (CBA), Facultad de Química y Biología, Universidad de Santiago de Chile, Santiago, Chile
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Aamelfot M, Dale OB, Falk K. Infectious salmon anaemia - pathogenesis and tropism. JOURNAL OF FISH DISEASES 2014; 37:291-307. [PMID: 24475971 DOI: 10.1111/jfd.12225] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/26/2013] [Revised: 12/05/2013] [Accepted: 12/05/2013] [Indexed: 06/03/2023]
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Infectious salmon anaemia (ISA) is a serious disease of farmed Atlantic salmon caused by the aquatic orthomyxovirus infectious salmon anaemia virus (ISAV). ISA was first detected in Norway in 1984 and was characterized by severe anaemia and circulatory disturbances. This review elucidates factors related to the pathogenesis of ISA in Atlantic salmon, the dissemination of the virus in the host and the general distribution of the 4-O-acetylated sialic acids ISAV receptor. The knowledge contributes to the understanding of this disease, and why, almost 30 years after the first detection, it is still causing problems for the aquaculture industry.
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- M Aamelfot
- Norwegian Veterinary Institute, Oslo, Norway
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Expression of the infectious salmon anemia virus receptor on atlantic salmon endothelial cells correlates with the cell tropism of the virus. J Virol 2012; 86:10571-8. [PMID: 22811536 DOI: 10.1128/jvi.00047-12] [Citation(s) in RCA: 58] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/11/2023] Open
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Infectious salmon anemia (ISA) is a World Organization for Animal Health (OIE)-listed disease of farmed Atlantic salmon, characterized by slowly developing anemia and circulatory disturbances. The disease is caused by ISA virus (ISAV) in the Orthomyxoviridae family; hence, it is related to influenza. Here we explore the pathogenesis of ISA by focusing on virus tropism, receptor tissue distribution, and pathological changes in experimentally and naturally infected Atlantic salmon. Using immunohistochemistry on ISAV-infected Atlantic salmon tissues with antibody to viral nucleoprotein, endotheliotropism was demonstrated. Endothelial cells lining the circulatory system were found to be infected, seemingly noncytolytic, and without vasculitis. No virus could be found in necrotic parenchymal cells. From endothelium, the virus budded apically and adsorbed to red blood cells (RBCs). No infection or replication within RBCs was detected, but hemophagocytosis was observed, possibly contributing to the severe anemia in fish with this disease. Similarly to what has been done in studies of influenza, we examined the pattern of virus attachment by using ISAV as a probe. Here we detected the preferred receptor of ISAV, 4-O-acetylated sialic acid (Neu4,5Ac(2)). To our knowledge, this is the first report demonstrating the in situ distribution of this sialic acid derivate. The pattern of virus attachment mirrored closely the distribution of infection, showing that the virus receptor is important for cell tropism, as well as for adsorption to RBCs.
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Lopez-Jimena B, Alonso MDC, Thompson KD, Adams A, Infante C, Castro D, Borrego JJ, Garcia-Rosado E. Tissue distribution of Red Spotted Grouper Nervous Necrosis Virus (RGNNV) genome in experimentally infected juvenile European seabass (Dicentrarchus labrax). Vet Microbiol 2011; 154:86-95. [PMID: 21783331 DOI: 10.1016/j.vetmic.2011.06.029] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/14/2011] [Revised: 06/14/2011] [Accepted: 06/23/2011] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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The distribution of viral genome in the tissues of juvenile European seabass (Dicentrarchus labrax) during the course of a Red Spotted Grouper Nervous Necrosis Virus (RGNNV) infection has not yet been described. The present study addresses this and indicates which target organs may be involved in viral replication. This information should enable more accurate detection of virus in asymptomatic carriers, and in turn help to control the spread of the disease. The aim of this study was to examine the pattern of expression of viral genomic segments RNA1 and RNA2, using two absolute real-time PCRs (RT-qPCR), over the course of a RGNNV infection after administering the virus by intramuscular injection. In situ hybridization was also used to locate the RNA2 viral segment in different organs throughout the infection. The experimental challenge provoked an acute form of viral nervous necrosis (VNN), with a resulting cumulative mortality of 37%. The RT-qPCRs designed allowed the detection of both genomic segments in all the organs tested (nervous and non-nervous tissues) at all sampling times examined. The highest viral RNA copy number was found in eyes, although viral replication appeared to begin in the brain. Viral replication was also recorded in pooled internal organs and in caudal fin. However, the increase in the viral RNA copy number in these organs did not result in an increased viral titre, which may indicate that a productive infection does not take place in non-nervous tissues, possibly due to a failure in a viral post-replication step.
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- Benjamin Lopez-Jimena
- IFAPA Centro El Toruño, Junta de Andalucía. Ctra N.IV, Camino de Tiro Pichón, C.P.: 11.500, El Puerto de Santa María, Cádiz, Spain
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Comparative aspects of infectious salmon anemia virus, an orthomyxovirus of fish, to influenza viruses. Indian J Microbiol 2010; 49:308-14. [PMID: 23100790 DOI: 10.1007/s12088-009-0055-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/26/2009] [Accepted: 10/29/2009] [Indexed: 10/20/2022] Open
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Infectious salmon anaemia (ISA) is a viral disease that was first recorded in 1984 in farmed Atlantic salmon. The infectious salmon anaemia virus (ISAV) is classified as the type species of the genus Isavirus in the Orthomyxoviridae family and is evolutionary remote to the influenza viruses. The genome consists of eight negative single-stranded RNA segments, and it utilises the same mechanisms as influenza viruses to enter and exit cells. Although a common ancestor of ISAV and other genera of Orthomyxoviruses could be dated back several millions of years, there are still many similarities between ISAV and the influenza viruses regarding morphology, replication cycles and interactions with their respective hosts.
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Cano I, Ferro P, Alonso MC, Sarasquete C, Garcia-Rosado E, Borrego JJ, Castro D. Application of in situ detection techniques to determine the systemic condition of lymphocystis disease virus infection in cultured gilt-head seabream, Sparus aurata L. JOURNAL OF FISH DISEASES 2009; 32:143-150. [PMID: 18803582 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2761.2008.00970.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/26/2023]
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Immunohistochemistry (IHC) and in situ hybridization (ISH) techniques have been used for the detection of lymphocystis disease virus (LCDV) in formalin-fixed, paraffin-embedded tissues from gilt-head seabream, Sparus aurata L. Diseased and recovered fish from the same population were analysed. IHC was performed with a polyclonal antibody against a 60-kDa viral protein. A specific digoxigenin-labelled probe, obtained by PCR amplification of a 270-bp fragment of the gene coding the LCDV major capsid protein, was used for ISH. LCDV was detected in skin dermis and gill lamellae, as well as in several internal organs such as the intestine, liver, spleen and kidney using both techniques. Fibroblasts, hepatocytes and macrophages seem to be target cells for virus replication. The presence of lymphocystis cells in the dermis of the skin and caudal fin, and necrotic changes in the epithelium of proximal renal tubules were the only histological alterations observed in fish showing signs of the disease.
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- I Cano
- Departamento de Microbiología, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad de Málaga, Málaga, Spain.
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McCarthy UM, Urquhart KL, Bricknell IR. An improved in situ hybridization method for the detection of fish pathogens. JOURNAL OF FISH DISEASES 2008; 31:669-677. [PMID: 18786029 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2761.2008.00935.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/26/2023]
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A fluorescent in situ hybridization (FISH) method was developed for detection of infectious pancreatic necrosis virus (IPNV) in paraffin-embedded tissues of Atlantic salmon, Salmo salar L. Several methods of probe labelling and detection were evaluated and found unsuitable for FISH because of tissue autofluorescence. Likewise, the use of avidin to detect biotin-labelled probe was obviated by the presence of endogenous biotin. An existing approach, using digoxigenin (DIG)-labelled probes and detection by anti-DIG antibody-labelled with alkaline phosphatase, was modified to use a fluorescent substrate, 2-hydroxy-3-naphthoic acid-2'-phenylanilide phosphate/4-chloro-2-methylbenzene diazonium hemi-zinc chloride salt (HNPP/Fast Red TR). This improved method allowed sensitive detection of IPNV target, without interference from autofluorescence or endogenous alkaline phosphatase. Furthermore, the reporter produces a discrete, non-fading signal, which is particularly suitable for analysis by confocal microscopy.
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Grove S, Hjortaas MJ, Reitan LJ, Dannevig BH. Infectious salmon anaemia virus (ISAV) in experimentally challenged Atlantic cod (Gadus morhua). Arch Virol 2007; 152:1829-37. [PMID: 17610125 DOI: 10.1007/s00705-007-1016-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/21/2007] [Accepted: 05/25/2007] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Juvenile Atlantic cod, Gadus morhua, (6 g) were challenged with infectious salmon anaemia virus (ISAV) either by intraperitoneal (i.p.) injection or by cohabitation with ISA-diseased Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar). Samplings of cod were performed over a period of 45 days and various tissue samples were collected. The presence of ISAV RNA (segment 8) in samples was assessed by both conventional RT-PCR and a competitive quantitative real-time RT-PCR. In the i.p.-challenged group, ISAV RNA was detected in fish from all samplings, i.e. at days 7, 15, 21, 30 and 45 post-challenge. At day 7 post-challenge, all individual fish were positive, and so were the vast majority of individual tissue samples. At later samplings, the fraction of positive brain samples remained high (approximately 75%). In contrast, the positive fraction of other tissues/organs declined during the experiment. Analysis of positive brain samples by a quantitative real-time RT-PCR analysis showed that the level of ISAV RNA increased significantly (approximately 20 times) between days 7 and 30 post-challenge and remained high at day 45, indicating that a replication of ISAV had taken place. ISAV RNA was not detected in any control or cohabitation-challenged fish. No abnormal behaviour, clinical disease or, most notably, mortality was observed in any of the challenge or control groups.
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- S Grove
- National Veterinary Institute, Oslo, Norway.
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Munir K. Characterization of Chinook head salmon embryo phenotypes of infectious salmon anemia virus by real-time RT-PCR. J Vet Sci 2006; 7:167-76. [PMID: 16645343 PMCID: PMC3242110 DOI: 10.4142/jvs.2006.7.2.167] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/03/2022] Open
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We have previously described the development of a one-tube SYBR Green real-time RT-PCR assay for the detection and quantitation of infectious salmon anemia virus (ISAV) in various biological samples. The twofold aim of the present study was to verify that the optimized SYBR Green real-time RT-PCR conditions could detect ISAV isolates of different geographic origins, and to analyze the growth patterns of the selected ISAV isolates in the Chinook head salmon embryo (CHSE)-214 cells by this assay to better characterize their CHSE-phenotypes. A total of 24 ISAV isolates were used in this study. The results indicated that the SYBR Green real-time RT-PCR could detect ISAV of different geographic origins or laboratory sources. The capacity of ISAV isolates to cause cytopathic effects (CPE) in the CHSE-214 cell line, viral titration of the infected CHSE-cell harvests, and analysis of viral RNA levels in CHSE-214 cells at post-infection day zero, 7 and 14 by SYBR Green real-time RT-PCR confirmed the existence of three CHSE-phenotypes of ISAV: replicating cytopathic, replicating non-cytopathic, and non-replicating non-cytopathic. The identification of these three CHSE-phenotypes of ISAV has important implications from diagnostic and biological points of view.
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- Khalid Munir
- Department of Pathology and Microbiology, Atlantic Veterinary College, University of Prince Edward Island, 550 University Avenue, Charlottetown, PEI C1A 4P3, Canada.
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Moneke E, Groman DB, Wright GM, Stryhn H, Johnson GR, Ikede BO, Kibenge FSB. Correlation of virus replication in tissues with histologic lesions in Atlantic salmon experimentally infected with infectious salmon anemia virus. Vet Pathol 2005; 42:338-49. [PMID: 15872380 DOI: 10.1354/vp.42-3-338] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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We have studied the replication of virus in tissues and development of lesions associated with infectious salmon anemia virus (ISAV) infection in Atlantic salmon using in situ hybridization (ISH) with a riboprobe targeting ISAV RNA segment 7 messenger RNA. Fish were infected with three ISAV isolates (U5575-1, RPC-01-0593-1, Norway 810/9/99) and then euthanatized sequentially at 3, 6, 10, and 13 days postinoculation (dpi) and thereafter once a week for 8 weeks. Severe histopathologic lesions were observed in tissues from all groups beginning at the onset of mortality. The severe histopathologic lesions correlated with maximum intensity and frequency of ISH signals (P < 0.001). There was a strong association between the hybridization signals and severity of lesions in the liver, kidney, and heart (R = 0.81, 0.70, and 0.78, respectively; P < 0.001). The distribution of ISH signals indicated the presence of a viremia because signals were observed predominantly in individual blood cells and endothelial cells, and possibly hematopoietic cells of head kidney, but not in the necrotic hepatocytes and renal epithelium. Of the organs sampled, the heart was the first and last to show ISH signals, possibly because of increased activity of the endocardial endothelial cells and the underlining macrophages, which continuously trap and remove circulating virus, and therefore represents the best tissue sample for screening of suspected infected fish. On the basis of mortality, severity of lesions, and intensity and frequency of ISH signals, ISAV isolate Norway 810/9/99 was the most virulent and U5575-1 the least virulent isolate studied.
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- E Moneke
- Department of Pathology and Microbiology, Atlantic Veterinary College, University of Prince Edward Island, 550 University Avenue, Charlottetown, PEI, Canada C1A 4P3
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Alonso MC, Cano I, Castro D, Perez-Prieto SI, Borrego JJ. Development of an in situ hybridisation procedure for the detection of sole aquabirnavirus in infected fish cell cultures. J Virol Methods 2004; 116:133-8. [PMID: 14738979 DOI: 10.1016/j.jviromet.2003.11.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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An in situ hybridisation (ISH) technique has been developed to detect sole aquabirnavirus in infected fish cell lines bluegill fibroblast (BF-2), EPC, and chinook salmon embryo cells (CHSE-214). A 613 bp cDNA probe for viral RNA coding for a fragment of VP2 protein was generated by reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) using infectious pancreatic necrosis virus (IPNV) specific DNA primers. Infected cells were strongly labelled, and no non-specific reaction was observed in non-infected cells used as negative controls. The specificity of the probe was examined by testing it against a range of IPNV serotypes such as Ab, Sp and VR-299. The ISH technique was compared with the immunofluorescence procedure to determine the sensitivity of detection of sole aquabirnavirus in BF-2 cells. The probe used in the ISH technique detected weak positivity at 8h post-inoculation (p.i.) in the cytoplasm of infected BF-2 cells inoculated with 10(3) TCID50/ml, whilst the labelling appears at 24h p.i. when the immunofluorescence technique was applied. At all other time intervals the results were equivalent.
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- M C Alonso
- Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Sciences, University of Malaga, Campus Teatinos, 29071 Malaga, Spain
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Huang C, Zhang X, Gin KYH, Qin QW. In situ hybridization of a marine fish virus, Singapore grouper iridovirus with a nucleic acid probe of major capsid protein. J Virol Methods 2004; 117:123-8. [PMID: 15041208 DOI: 10.1016/j.jviromet.2004.01.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/29/2003] [Revised: 12/27/2003] [Accepted: 01/05/2004] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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A DNA probe of 531 base pairs for Singapore grouper iridovirus (SGIV) was generated by polymerase chain reaction and labeled with nonradioactive digoxigenin. An in situ hybridization based method was developed to detect SGIV in formalin-fixed tissues from maricultured Malabar grouper, Epinephelus malabaricus Bloch and Schneider. The in situ hybridization detected SGIV in the kidney, spleen, liver, intestine, stomach and gills from naturally infected fish. Strong hybridization signals were obtained from the kidney and spleen tissues, while intermediate intensity signals were observed in the intestine and liver tissues. The weakest signals were obtained from the stomach and gills. The signals were located specifically within epithelial, endothelial and sub-endothelial hypertrophic cells in all tested tissues. The in situ hybridization procedure will provide an important diagnostic tool to complement histopathological methods, and contribute to epidemiological studies on the origin and distribution of iridovirus in mariculture.
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- Canhua Huang
- Department of Biological Sciences, National University of Singapore, 10 Kent Ridge Crescent, Singapore 119260, Singapore
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Moneke EE, Kibenge MJT, Groman D, Johnson GR, Ikede BO, Kibenge FSB. Infectious salmon anemia virus RNA in fish cell cultures and in tissue sections of atlantic salmon experimentally infected with infectious salmon anemia virus. J Vet Diagn Invest 2003; 15:407-17. [PMID: 14535539 DOI: 10.1177/104063870301500502] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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Current understanding of the etiopathogenesis of infectious salmon anemia (ISA) virus (ISAV) infection in fish comes mostly from virus detection in homogenized tissues taken from ISA-suspected mortalities. This study combined in situ hybridization (ISH) and histology to demonstrate viral RNA transcripts in different fish cell lines infected with ISAV and in tissues collected during the clinical phase of ISAV infection in Atlantic salmon. For this, a riboprobe to mRNA transcripts of ISAV RNA segment 8 was shown to detect viral mRNA in ISAV-infected TO, CHSE-214, and SHK-1 cell cultures. Specific hybridization was initially detected exclusively in the nuclei of infected cells, which is consistent with the nuclear transcription of orthomyxoviruses. For use of the riboprobe on fish tissues fixed in paraformaldehyde or formalin, the conditions used to permeabilize tissues before ISH (Proteinase K or Tween 20) were first optimized. Tissues were collected 15-20 days after challenge from 7 fresh mortalities of Atlantic salmon parr (approximately 20 g) showing severe gross and microscopic lesions, consistent with ISAV infection. Reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction on tissue pools confirmed the presence of ISAV in each of the 7 fish. Of the tissues examined in each fish, the heart and liver consistently showed the strongest hybridization signal and, therefore, the most in situ virus, which was located in the endothelium of small blood vessels and in macrophage-like cells.
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- Emeka E Moneke
- Department of Pathology and Microbiology, Atlantic Veterinary College, University of Prince Edward Island, Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island C1A 4P3, Canada
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Snow M, Raynard RS, Murray AG, Bruno DW, King JA, Grant R, Bricknell IR, Bain N, Gregory A. An evaluation of current diagnostic tests for the detection of infectious salmon anaemia virus (ISAV) following experimental water-borne infection of Atlantic salmon, Salmo salar L. JOURNAL OF FISH DISEASES 2003; 26:135-145. [PMID: 12962223 DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2761.2003.00444.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/24/2023]
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Four commonly used diagnostic tests [reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR), indirect fluorescent antibody test (IFAT), virus culture and light microscopy] were evaluated for their ability to detect infectious salmon anaemia virus (ISAV) or tissue pathology following experimental infection of Atlantic salmon. Fish were infected with ISAV by water-borne exposure which mimics the route of natural infection. Forty-five per cent of pre-clinical fish tested yielded positive results by RT-PCR for at least one of the organs tested (kidney, heart, gill, liver, blood). No significant difference was detected between organs in the number or time of first occurrence of positive result. Virus culture identified a total of 14% of pre-clinical fish as ISAV-infected. The presence of ISAV in heart tissue was particularly notable (13% of fish sampled) as was the inability to culture virus from spleen tissue. In the case of IFAT, 15% of fish sampled were positive, although tissue other than kidney proved unsuitable for use in this method. Only limited ISAV-specific pathology was detectable by histological examination of fish prior to the onset of clinical disease. These findings reveal important information regarding the optimal choice of both tissue sample and diagnostic test for the routine diagnosis of ISAV.
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- M Snow
- FRS Marine Laboratory, Aberdeen, UK
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