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Papakonstantinou GI, Psalla D, Pourlis A, Stylianaki I, Athanasiou LV, Tzika E, Meletis E, Kostoulas P, Maragkakis G, Christodoulopoulos G, Papaioannou N, Papatsiros VG. Histopathological Pulmonary Lesions in 1st-Day Newborn Piglets Derived from PRRSV-1 MLV Vaccinated Sows at the Last Stage of Gestation. Life (Basel) 2023; 13:1609. [PMID: 37511984 PMCID: PMC10381811 DOI: 10.3390/life13071609] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/30/2023] [Revised: 07/20/2023] [Accepted: 07/21/2023] [Indexed: 07/30/2023] Open
Abstract
Modified live virus (MLV) vaccines for the control of porcine respiratory and reproductive syndrome virus (PRRSV) have been associated with the vertical and horizontal transmission of vaccine viruses. The present study aimed to describe pathological lung lesions in piglets born by gilts vaccinated with PRRSV-1 MLV. In total, 25 gilts were vaccinated at late gestation (100th day) and were divided into five groups according to the different vaccines (Vac) used: no vaccine-control group, Vac-1-strain DV, Vac-2-strain VP-046 BIS, Vac-3-strain 94881, Vac-4-strain 96V198. Within the first 0-9 h of the farrowing, blood samples were collected from all newborn piglets and lung samples were exanimated grossly, histopathologically and with scanning electron microscopy. PRRSV (RT-PCR-positive) and antibodies were detected in the serum of piglets from gilts vaccinated with Vac-2. In these piglets, moderate to severe interstitial pneumonia with thickened alveolar septa was noticed. Type II pneumocyte hyperplasia was also observed. The rest of the trial piglets showed unremarkable lung lesions. Phylogenetic analysis revealed the 98.7% similarity of the PRRSV field strain (GR 2019-1) to the PRRS MLV vaccine strain VP-046 BIS. In conclusion, the Vac-2 PRRSV vaccine strain can act as an infectious strain when vaccination is administrated at late gestation, causing lung lesions.
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- Georgios I Papakonstantinou
- Clinic of Medicine, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, School of Health Sciences, University of Thessaly, 43100 Karditsa, Greece
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- Laboratory of Pathology, Faculty of Health Sciences, School of Veterinary Medicine, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, 54124 Thessaloniki, Greece
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- Laboratory of Anatomy, Histology & Embryology, Veterinary School, University of Thessaly, 43100 Karditsa, Greece
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- Laboratory of Pathology, Faculty of Health Sciences, School of Veterinary Medicine, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, 54124 Thessaloniki, Greece
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- Clinic of Medicine, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, School of Health Sciences, University of Thessaly, 43100 Karditsa, Greece
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- Farm Animals Clinic, School of Veterinary Medicine, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, 54627 Thessaloniki, Greece
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- Laboratory of Epidemiology & Artificial Intelligence, Faculty of Public Health, School of Health Sciences, University of Thessaly, 43100 Karditsa, Greece
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- Laboratory of Epidemiology & Artificial Intelligence, Faculty of Public Health, School of Health Sciences, University of Thessaly, 43100 Karditsa, Greece
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- Clinic of Medicine, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, School of Health Sciences, University of Thessaly, 43100 Karditsa, Greece
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- Department of Animal Science, Agricultural University of Athens, 75 Iera Odos Street, Votanikos, 11855 Athens, Greece
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- Laboratory of Pathology, Faculty of Health Sciences, School of Veterinary Medicine, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, 54124 Thessaloniki, Greece
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- Clinic of Medicine, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, School of Health Sciences, University of Thessaly, 43100 Karditsa, Greece
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Cho J, Han SC, Ho Hwang J, Song J. Characterization of immune development of fetal and early-life of minipigs. Int Immunopharmacol 2023; 120:110310. [PMID: 37196561 DOI: 10.1016/j.intimp.2023.110310] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/02/2023] [Revised: 04/27/2023] [Accepted: 05/06/2023] [Indexed: 05/19/2023]
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Fetal and child's immune systems differ from those of adults. Developing immune systems exhibit increased or decreased sensitivity to drugs, infection, or toxicants compared to adult immune systems. Understanding fetal and neonatal immune systems will help predict toxicity or the pathogenesis or prognosis of diseases. In this study, we evaluated whether the innate and adaptive immune system of fetal and young minipigs could respond to external stimuli compared to a medium-treated group and analyzed several immunological parameters for developmental immunotoxicity according to developmental stages. We performed a hematological analysis of fetal cord bloods and the bloods of neonatal and 4-week-old piglets. Splenocytes were isolated at each developmental stage and treated with lipopolysaccharide (LPS), R848, and concanavalin A (ConA). Various cytokines were measured in the cell supernatants. Total antibody production was also evaluated in serum. The percentage of lymphocytes was dominant in gestational weeks (GW) 10 and 12 and started to decrease from postnatal day (PND) 0. From PND0, the percentage of neutrophils increased. Interleukin (IL)-1β, IL-6, and interferon (IFN)-α were induced from GW10 in response to LPS and R848 stimulation. Th1 cytokine induction was detected from PND0 upon ConA stimulation, whereas Th2 cytokine release was observed from GW10. IgM and IgG production was sustained at low levels at fetal stages and was significantly increased after birth. This study reconfirmed that the fetal immune system could respond to external stimuli and that hematological analysis, cytokine evaluation, and antibody subclass measurement can be useful parameters for developmental immunotoxicity using minipigs.
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- Jeonghee Cho
- Animal Model Research Group, Korea Institute of Toxicology, Jeongeup 56212, Republic of Korea; Graduate School of Konyang University of Bioconvergence, Department of Bio-Non-Clinical Science, 158, Gwanjeodong-ro, Seo-gu, Daejeon 35365, Republic of Korea
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- Jeonbuk Branch Institute, Korea Institute of Toxicology, Jeongeup 56212, Republic of Korea
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- Animal Model Research Group, Korea Institute of Toxicology, Jeongeup 56212, Republic of Korea.
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- Animal Model Research Group, Korea Institute of Toxicology, Jeongeup 56212, Republic of Korea.
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Lombard-Vadnais F, Chabot-Roy G, Zahn A, Rodriguez Torres S, Di Noia JM, Melichar HJ, Lesage S. Activation-induced cytidine deaminase expression by thymic B cells promotes T-cell tolerance and limits autoimmunity. iScience 2022; 26:105852. [PMID: 36654860 PMCID: PMC9840937 DOI: 10.1016/j.isci.2022.105852] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/24/2022] [Revised: 11/24/2022] [Accepted: 12/19/2022] [Indexed: 12/24/2022] Open
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Elimination of self-reactive T cells in the thymus is critical to establish T-cell tolerance. A growing body of evidence suggests a role for thymic B cells in the elimination of self-reactive thymocytes. To specifically address the role of thymic B cells in central tolerance, we investigated the phenotype of thymic B cells in various mouse strains, including non-obese diabetic (NOD) mice, a model of autoimmune diabetes. We noted that isotype switching of NOD thymic B cells is reduced as compared to other, autoimmune-resistant, mouse strains. To determine the impact of B cell isotype switching on thymocyte selection and tolerance, we generated NOD.AID-/- mice. Diabetes incidence was enhanced in these mice. Moreover, we observed reduced clonal deletion and a resulting increase in self-reactive CD4+ T cells in NOD.AID-/- mice relative to NOD controls. Together, this study reveals that AID expression in thymic B cells contributes to T-cell tolerance.
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- Félix Lombard-Vadnais
- Immunologie-oncologie, Centre de recherche de l’Hôpital Maisonneuve-Rosemont, Montréal, QC H1T 2M4, Canada,Department of Microbiology & Immunology, McGill University, Montreal, QC H3A 0G4, Canada
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- Immunologie-oncologie, Centre de recherche de l’Hôpital Maisonneuve-Rosemont, Montréal, QC H1T 2M4, Canada
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- Unité de recherche en biologie moléculaire des cellules B, Institut de recherches cliniques de Montréal, Montréal, QC H2W 1R7, Canada
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- Immunologie-oncologie, Centre de recherche de l’Hôpital Maisonneuve-Rosemont, Montréal, QC H1T 2M4, Canada,Département de microbiologie, infectiologie et immunologie, Université de Montréal, Montréal, QC H3T 1J4, Canada
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- Department of Microbiology & Immunology, McGill University, Montreal, QC H3A 0G4, Canada,Unité de recherche en biologie moléculaire des cellules B, Institut de recherches cliniques de Montréal, Montréal, QC H2W 1R7, Canada,Département de médecine, Université de Montréal, Montréal, QC H3T 1J4, Canada,Department of Experimental Medicine, McGill University, Montreal, QC H3A 0G4, Canada
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- Immunologie-oncologie, Centre de recherche de l’Hôpital Maisonneuve-Rosemont, Montréal, QC H1T 2M4, Canada,Département de médecine, Université de Montréal, Montréal, QC H3T 1J4, Canada,Corresponding author
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- Immunologie-oncologie, Centre de recherche de l’Hôpital Maisonneuve-Rosemont, Montréal, QC H1T 2M4, Canada,Département de microbiologie, infectiologie et immunologie, Université de Montréal, Montréal, QC H3T 1J4, Canada,Corresponding author
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Martínez-Boixaderas N, Garza-Moreno L, Sibila M, Segalés J. Impact of maternally derived immunity on immune responses elicited by piglet early vaccination against the most common pathogens involved in porcine respiratory disease complex. Porcine Health Manag 2022; 8:11. [PMID: 35296365 PMCID: PMC8928644 DOI: 10.1186/s40813-022-00252-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/20/2021] [Accepted: 03/01/2022] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Background Newborn piglets can trigger an elementary immune response, but the acquirement of specific antibodies and/or cellular immunity against pathogens before they get infected post-natally is paramount to preserve their health. This is especially important for the pathogens involved in porcine respiratory disease complex (PRDC) as they are widespread, fairly resistant at environment, and genetically variable; moreover, some of them can cause intrauterine/early life infections. Main body Piglet protection can be achieved by either passive transfer of maternal derived immunity (MDI) and/or actively through vaccination. However, vaccinating piglets in the presence of remaining MDI might interfere with vaccine efficacy. Hence, the purpose of this work is to critically review the putative interference that MDI may exert on vaccine efficacy against PRDC pathogens. This knowledge is crucial to design a proper vaccination schedule. Conclusion MDI transferred from sows to offspring could potentially interfere with the development of an active humoral immune response. However, no conclusive interference has been shown regarding performance parameters based on the existing published literature.
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- Núria Martínez-Boixaderas
- IRTA. Programa de Sanitat Animal. Centre de Recerca en Sanitat Animal (CReSA), Campus de la Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (UAB), 08193, Bellaterra (Barcelona), Catalonia, Spain.,Ceva Salud Animal, Avenida Diagonal, 609-615, 9º Planta, 08028, Barcelona, Spain
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- Ceva Salud Animal, Avenida Diagonal, 609-615, 9º Planta, 08028, Barcelona, Spain
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- IRTA. Programa de Sanitat Animal. Centre de Recerca en Sanitat Animal (CReSA), Campus de la Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (UAB), 08193, Bellaterra (Barcelona), Catalonia, Spain.,OIE Collaborating Centre for the Research and Control of Emerging and Re-Emerging Swine Diseases in Europe (IRTA-CReSA), 08193, Bellaterra, Catalonia, Spain.,Unitat mixta d'Investigació IRTA-UAB en Sanitat Animal, Centre de Recerca en Sanitat Animal (CReSA), Campus de la Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (UAB), 08193, Bellaterra, Catalonia, Spain
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- OIE Collaborating Centre for the Research and Control of Emerging and Re-Emerging Swine Diseases in Europe (IRTA-CReSA), 08193, Bellaterra, Catalonia, Spain. .,Departament de Sanitat i Anatomia Animals, Facultat de Veterinària, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Bellaterra, 08193, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. .,Unitat mixta d'Investigació IRTA-UAB en Sanitat Animal, Centre de Recerca en Sanitat Animal (CReSA), Campus de la Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (UAB), 08193, Bellaterra, Catalonia, Spain.
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Papakonstantinou G, Meletis E, Christodoulopoulos G, Tzika ED, Kostoulas P, Papatsiros VG. Heterologous Challenge with PRRSV-1 MLV in Pregnant Vaccinated Gilts: Potential Risk on Health and Immunity of Piglets. Animals (Basel) 2022; 12:ani12040450. [PMID: 35203159 PMCID: PMC8868225 DOI: 10.3390/ani12040450] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/23/2021] [Revised: 01/25/2022] [Accepted: 02/11/2022] [Indexed: 11/28/2022] Open
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Simple Summary Modified live virus (MLV) vaccines are considered as the key component to control the Porcine Reproductive and Respiratory Syndrome Virus (PRRSV). The majority of pig farms apply the ‘mass’ vaccination strategy in breeding female animals. However, this PRRS MLV vaccination protocol involves the risk of inoculation of sows in the last stage of gestation, resulting in possible infection of the fetus as the virus can efficiently cross the placenta during the last period of pregnancy. Thus, we evaluated the ability of the vaccine virus to act as a pathogenic strain, to be transmitted to fetuses and to affect the health status of neonatal piglets. The results indicated that the study gilts transmitted the vaccine virus to their offspring, as well as that the PRRSV-infected piglets showed a poor clinical performance. Consequently, the pig farms that apply PRRS MLV vaccination in a routine blanket vaccination strategy must avoid inoculating pregnant gilts the last week before their parturition. Abstract The objective of the present study was to evaluate the potential risks of the four commercial PRRS-1 MLV vaccines in pregnant vaccinated gilts at the last stage of gestation under field conditions. The study was conducted at four pig farms, including 25 gilts from each farm (25 × 4 = 100 gilts), which were equally allocated to five different study groups. A PRRS-1 MLV vaccination was applied on the 100th day of their pregnancy with the different commercial vaccines that are available in the Greek market. The results indicated virus congenital infection and viremia in piglets (20/200 = 10% PRRSV infected piglets), and detection of PRRSV-specific antibodies (181/200 = 90.5% piglets found with PRRSV antibodies). The subsequent phylogenetic analyses revealed high percentages of similarity between the PRRSV-1 strain detected in infected litters and the PRRSV-1 vaccine strain to which the study gilts had been previously exposed to. Health status analyses of trial piglets resulted in differences between litters from vaccinated sows and litters from non-vaccinated sows at 110th day of gestation as regards the number of weak-born piglets, mummies, and piglets with splay-leg and/or respiratory symptoms. The current study’s results indicate several potential dangers of the PRRS MLV vaccination in late gestation.
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- Georgios Papakonstantinou
- Clinic of Medicine, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, School of Health Sciences, University of Thessaly, 43100 Karditsa, Greece; (G.C.); (V.G.P.)
- Correspondence:
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- Laboratory of Epidemiology & Artificial Intelligence, Faculty of Public Health, School of Health Sciences, University of Thessaly, 43100 Karditsa, Greece; (E.M.); (P.K.)
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- Clinic of Medicine, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, School of Health Sciences, University of Thessaly, 43100 Karditsa, Greece; (G.C.); (V.G.P.)
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- Farm Animals Clinic, School of Veterinary Medicine, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, 54627 Thessaloniki, Greece;
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- Laboratory of Epidemiology & Artificial Intelligence, Faculty of Public Health, School of Health Sciences, University of Thessaly, 43100 Karditsa, Greece; (E.M.); (P.K.)
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- Clinic of Medicine, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, School of Health Sciences, University of Thessaly, 43100 Karditsa, Greece; (G.C.); (V.G.P.)
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Castañeda J, Hidalgo Y, Sauma D, Rosemblatt M, Bono MR, Núñez S. The Multifaceted Roles of B Cells in the Thymus: From Immune Tolerance to Autoimmunity. Front Immunol 2021; 12:766698. [PMID: 34790201 PMCID: PMC8591215 DOI: 10.3389/fimmu.2021.766698] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/29/2021] [Accepted: 10/14/2021] [Indexed: 12/02/2022] Open
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The thymus is home to a significant number of resident B cells which possess several unique characteristics regarding their origin, phenotype and function. Evidence shows that they originate both from precursors that mature intrathymically and as the entry of recirculating mature B cells. Under steady-state conditions they exhibit hallmark signatures of activated B cells, undergo immunoglobulin class-switch, and express the Aire transcription factor. These features are imprinted within the thymus and enable B cells to act as specialized antigen-presenting cells in the thymic medulla that contribute negative selection of self-reactive T cells. Though, most studies have focused on B cells located in the medulla, a second contingent of B cells is also present in non-epithelial perivascular spaces of the thymus. This latter group of B cells, which includes memory B cells and plasma cells, is not readily detected in the thymus of infants or young mice but gradually accumulates during normal aging. Remarkably, in many autoimmune diseases the thymus suffers severe structural atrophy and infiltration of B cells in the perivascular spaces, which organize into follicles similar to those typically found in secondary lymphoid organs. This review provides an overview of the pathways involved in thymic B cell origin and presents an integrated view of both thymic medullary and perivascular B cells and their respective physiological and pathological roles in central tolerance and autoimmune diseases.
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- Justine Castañeda
- Departamento de Biología, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad de Chile, Santiago, Chile
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- Cells for cells-Consorcio Regenero, Universidad de Los Andes, Santiago, Chile
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- Departamento de Biología, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad de Chile, Santiago, Chile
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- Departamento de Biología, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad de Chile, Santiago, Chile
- Facultad de Medicina y Ciencia, Universidad San Sebastián, Santiago, Chile
- Fundación Ciencia y Vida, Santiago, Chile
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- Departamento de Biología, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad de Chile, Santiago, Chile
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Butler JE, Sinkora M, Wang G, Stepanova K, Li Y, Cai X. Perturbation of Thymocyte Development Underlies the PRRS Pandemic: A Testable Hypothesis. Front Immunol 2019; 10:1077. [PMID: 31156633 PMCID: PMC6529568 DOI: 10.3389/fimmu.2019.01077] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/27/2018] [Accepted: 04/26/2019] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
Abstract
Porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome virus (PRRSV) causes immune dysregulation during the Critical Window of Immunological Development. We hypothesize that thymocyte development is altered by infected thymic antigen presenting cells (TAPCs) in the fetal/neonatal thymus that interact with double-positive thymocytes causing an acute deficiency of T cells that produces “holes” in the T cell repertoire allowing for poor recognition of PRRSV and other neonatal pathogens. The deficiency may be the result of random elimination of PRRSV-specific T cells or the generation of T cells that accept PRRSV epitopes as self-antigens. Loss of helper T cells for virus neutralizing (VN) epitopes can result in the failure of selection for B cells in lymph node germinal centers capable of producing high affinity VN antibodies. Generation of cytotoxic and regulatory T cells may also be impaired. Similar to infections with LDV, LCMV, MCMV, HIV-1 and trypanosomes, the host responds to the deficiency of pathogen-specific T cells and perhaps regulatory T cells, by “last ditch” polyclonal B cell activation. In colostrum-deprived PRRSV-infected isolator piglets, this results in hypergammaglobulinemia, which we believe to be a “red herring” that detracts attention from the thymic atrophy story, but leads to our second independent hypothesis. Since hypergammaglobulinemia has not been reported in PRRSV-infected conventionally-reared piglets, we hypothesize that this is due to the down-regulatory effect of passive maternal IgG and cytokines in porcine colostrum, especially TGFβ which stimulates development of regulatory T cells (Tregs).
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- John E Butler
- Carver College of Medicine, University of Iowa, Iowa, IA, United States
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- Laboratory of Gnotobiology, Institute of Microbiology of the Czech Academy of Sciences, Prague, Czechia
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- State Key Laboratory of Veterinary Biotechnology, Harbin Veterinary Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Harbin, China
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- Laboratory of Gnotobiology, Institute of Microbiology of the Czech Academy of Sciences, Prague, Czechia
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- State Key Laboratory of Veterinary Biotechnology, Harbin Veterinary Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Harbin, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Veterinary Biotechnology, Harbin Veterinary Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Harbin, China
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We describe the domestication of the species, explore its value to agriculture and bioscience, and compare its immunoglobulin (Ig) genes to those of other vertebrates. For encyclopedic information, we cite earlier reviews and chapters. We provide current gene maps for the heavy and light chain loci and describe their polygeny and polymorphy. B-cell and antibody repertoire development is a major focus, and we present findings that challenge several mouse-centric paradigms. We focus special attention on the role of ileal Peyer's patches, the largest secondary lymphoid tissues in newborn piglets and a feature of all artiodactyls. We believe swine fetal development and early class switch evolved to provide natural secretory IgA antibodies able to prevent translocation of bacteria from the gut while the bacterial PAMPs drive development of adaptive immunity. We discuss the value of using the isolator piglet model to address these issues.
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- J E Butler
- Department of Microbiology, Carver College of Medicine, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa 52242;
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- Department of Microbiology, Carver College of Medicine, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa 52242;
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- Laboratory of Gnotobiology, Czech Academy of Sciences, Novy Hradek, Czech Republic
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Rahe MC, Murtaugh MP. Mechanisms of Adaptive Immunity to Porcine Reproductive and Respiratory Syndrome Virus. Viruses 2017; 9:v9060148. [PMID: 28608816 PMCID: PMC5490824 DOI: 10.3390/v9060148] [Citation(s) in RCA: 44] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/31/2017] [Revised: 05/25/2017] [Accepted: 06/07/2017] [Indexed: 02/07/2023] Open
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The adaptive immune response is necessary for the development of protective immunity against infectious diseases. Porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome virus (PRRSV), a genetically heterogeneous and rapidly evolving RNA virus, is the most burdensome pathogen of swine health and wellbeing worldwide. Viral infection induces antigen-specific immunity that ultimately clears the infection. However, the resulting immune memory, induced by virulent or attenuated vaccine viruses, is inconsistently protective against diverse viral strains. The immunological mechanisms by which primary and memory protection are generated and used are not well understood. Here, we summarize current knowledge regarding cellular and humoral components of the adaptive immune response to PRRSV infection that mediate primary and memory immune protection against viruses.
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- Michael C Rahe
- Department of Veterinary and Biomedical Sciences, University of Minnesota, 1971 Commonwealth Avenue, St. Paul, MN 55108, USA.
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- Department of Veterinary and Biomedical Sciences, University of Minnesota, 1971 Commonwealth Avenue, St. Paul, MN 55108, USA.
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Butler JE, Santiago-Mateo K, Wertz N, Sun X, Sinkora M, Francis DL. Antibody repertoire development in fetal and neonatal piglets. XXIV. Hypothesis: The ileal Peyer patches (IPP) are the major source of primary, undiversified IgA antibodies in newborn piglets. DEVELOPMENTAL AND COMPARATIVE IMMUNOLOGY 2016; 65:340-351. [PMID: 27497872 DOI: 10.1016/j.dci.2016.07.020] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/25/2016] [Revised: 07/27/2016] [Accepted: 07/30/2016] [Indexed: 06/06/2023]
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The ileal Peyers patches (IPP) of newborn germfree (GF) piglets were isolated into blind loops and the piglets colonized with a defined probiotic microflora. After 5 weeks, IgA levels in the intestinal lavage (IL) of loop piglets remained at GF levels and IgM comprised ∼70% while in controls, IgA levels were elevated 5-fold and comprised ∼70% of total Igs. Loop piglets also had reduced serum IgA levels suggesting the source of serum IgA had been interrupted. The isotype profile for loop contents was intermediate between that in the IL of GF and probiotic controls. Surprisingly, colonization alone did not result in repertoire diversification in the IPP. Rather, colonization promoted pronounced proliferation of fully switched IgA(+)IgM(-) B cells in the IPP that supply early, non-diversified "natural" SIgA antibodies to the gut lumen and a primary IgA response in serum.
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- John E Butler
- Department of Microbiology, Carver College of Medicine, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, USA.
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- Department of Microbiology, Carver College of Medicine, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, USA
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- College of Animal Science and Technology, Northwest A & F University, Yangling, China
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- Laboratory of Gnotobiology, Institute of Microbiology, Czech Academy of Sciences, Novy Hradek, Czech Republic.
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- Department of Veterinary Sciences, South Dakota State University, Brooking, SD, USA
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Sinkora M, Butler JE. Progress in the use of swine in developmental immunology of B and T lymphocytes. DEVELOPMENTAL AND COMPARATIVE IMMUNOLOGY 2016; 58:1-17. [PMID: 26708608 DOI: 10.1016/j.dci.2015.12.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 46] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/21/2015] [Revised: 12/03/2015] [Accepted: 12/03/2015] [Indexed: 06/05/2023]
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The adaptive immune system of higher vertebrates is believed to have evolved to counter the ability of pathogens to avoid expulsion because their high rate of germline mutations. Vertebrates developed this adaptive immune response through the evolution of lymphocytes capable of somatic generation of a diverse repertoire of their antigenic receptors without the need to increase the frequency of germline mutation. The focus of our research and this article is on the ontogenetic development of the lymphocytes, and the repertoires they generate in swine. Several features are discussed including (a) the "closed" porcine placenta means that de novo fetal development can be studied for 114 days without passive influence from the mother, (b) newborn piglets are precocial permitting them to be reared without their mothers in germ-free isolators, (c) swine are members of the γδ-high group of mammals and thus provides a greater opportunity to characterize the role of γδ T cells and (d) because swine have a simplified variable heavy and light chain genome they offer a convenient system to study antibody repertoire development.
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- Marek Sinkora
- Laboratory of Gnotobiology, Institute of Microbiology of the Czech Academy of Sciences, v.v.i., Novy Hradek, Czech Republic.
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- Department of Microbiology, The University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, USA.
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Kandasamy S, Vlasova AN, Fischer D, Kumar A, Chattha KS, Rauf A, Shao L, Langel SN, Rajashekara G, Saif LJ. Differential Effects of Escherichia coli Nissle and Lactobacillus rhamnosus Strain GG on Human Rotavirus Binding, Infection, and B Cell Immunity. THE JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY 2016; 196:1780-9. [PMID: 26800875 DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.1501705] [Citation(s) in RCA: 72] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/31/2015] [Accepted: 12/14/2015] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Rotavirus (RV) causes significant morbidity and mortality in children worldwide. The intestinal microbiota plays an important role in modulating host-pathogen interactions, but little is known about the impact of commonly used probiotics on human RV (HRV) infection. In this study, we compared the immunomodulatory effects of Gram-positive (Lactobacillus rhamnosus strain GG [LGG]) and Gram-negative (Escherichia coli Nissle [EcN]) probiotic bacteria on virulent human rotavirus (VirHRV) infection and immunity using neonatal gnotobiotic piglets. Gnotobiotic piglets were colonized with EcN, LGG, or EcN+LGG or uncolonized and challenged with VirHRV. Mean peak virus shedding titers and mean cumulative fecal scores were significantly lower in EcN-colonized compared with LGG-colonized or uncolonized piglets. Reduced viral shedding titers were correlated with significantly reduced small intestinal HRV IgA Ab responses in EcN-colonized compared with uncolonized piglets post-VirHRV challenge. However the total IgA levels post-VirHRV challenge in the intestine and pre-VirHRV challenge in serum were significantly higher in EcN-colonized than in LGG-colonized piglets. In vitro treatment of mononuclear cells with these probiotics demonstrated that EcN, but not LGG, induced IL-6, IL-10, and IgA, with the latter partially dependent on IL-10. However, addition of exogenous recombinant porcine IL-10 + IL-6 to mononuclear cells cocultured with LGG significantly enhanced IgA responses. The greater effectiveness of EcN in moderating HRV infection may also be explained by the binding of EcN but not LGG to Wa HRV particles or HRV 2/4/6 virus-like particles but not 2/6 virus-like particles. Results suggest that EcN and LGG differentially modulate RV infection and B cell responses.
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- Sukumar Kandasamy
- Food Animal Health Research Program, Ohio Agricultural Research and Development Center, Veterinary Preventive Medicine Department, Ohio State University, Wooster, OH 44691
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- Food Animal Health Research Program, Ohio Agricultural Research and Development Center, Veterinary Preventive Medicine Department, Ohio State University, Wooster, OH 44691
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- Food Animal Health Research Program, Ohio Agricultural Research and Development Center, Veterinary Preventive Medicine Department, Ohio State University, Wooster, OH 44691
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- Food Animal Health Research Program, Ohio Agricultural Research and Development Center, Veterinary Preventive Medicine Department, Ohio State University, Wooster, OH 44691
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- Food Animal Health Research Program, Ohio Agricultural Research and Development Center, Veterinary Preventive Medicine Department, Ohio State University, Wooster, OH 44691
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- Food Animal Health Research Program, Ohio Agricultural Research and Development Center, Veterinary Preventive Medicine Department, Ohio State University, Wooster, OH 44691
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- Food Animal Health Research Program, Ohio Agricultural Research and Development Center, Veterinary Preventive Medicine Department, Ohio State University, Wooster, OH 44691
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- Food Animal Health Research Program, Ohio Agricultural Research and Development Center, Veterinary Preventive Medicine Department, Ohio State University, Wooster, OH 44691
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- Food Animal Health Research Program, Ohio Agricultural Research and Development Center, Veterinary Preventive Medicine Department, Ohio State University, Wooster, OH 44691
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- Food Animal Health Research Program, Ohio Agricultural Research and Development Center, Veterinary Preventive Medicine Department, Ohio State University, Wooster, OH 44691
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The mammary gland (MG) lacks a mucosa but is part of the mucosal immune system because of its role in passive mucosal immunity. The MG is not an inductive site for mucosal immunity. Rather, synthesis of immunoglobulin (Ig)A by plasma cells stimulated at distal inductive sites dominate in the milk of rodents, humans, and swine whereas IgG1 derived from serum predominates in ruminants. Despite the considerable biodiversity in the role of the MG, IgG passively transfers the maternal systemic immunological experience whereas IgA transfers the mucosal immunological experience. Although passive antibodies are protective, they and other lacteal constituents can be immunoregulatory. Immune protection of the MG largely depends on the innate immune system; the monocytes–macrophages group together with intraepithelial lymphocytes is dominant in the healthy gland. An increase in somatic cells (neutrophils) and various interleukins signal infection (mastitis) and a local immune response in the MG. The major role of the MG to mucosal immunity is the passive immunity supplied to the suckling neonate.
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Levast B, Berri M, Wilson HL, Meurens F, Salmon H. Development of gut immunoglobulin A production in piglet in response to innate and environmental factors. DEVELOPMENTAL AND COMPARATIVE IMMUNOLOGY 2014; 44:235-244. [PMID: 24384471 DOI: 10.1016/j.dci.2013.12.012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/09/2013] [Revised: 12/20/2013] [Accepted: 12/21/2013] [Indexed: 06/03/2023]
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The current review focuses on pre- and post-natal development of intestinal immunoglobulin A (IgA) production in pig. IgA production is influenced by intrinsic genetic factors in the foetus as well as extrinsic environmental factors during the post-natal period. At birth, piglets are exposed to new antigens through maternal colostrums/milk as well as exogenous microbiota. This exposure to new antigens is critical for the proper development of the gut mucosal immune system and is characterized mainly by the establishment of IgA response. A second critical period for neonatal intestinal immune system development occurs at weaning time when the gut environment is exposed to new dietary antigens. Neonate needs to establish oral tolerance and in the absence of protective milk need to fight potential new pathogens. To improve knowledge about the immune response in the neonates, it is important to identify intrinsic and extrinsic factors which influence the intestinal immune system development and to elucidate their mechanism of action.
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- Benoît Levast
- Vaccine and Infectious Disease Organization (VIDO), Home of the International Vaccine Centre (InterVac), University of Saskatchewan, 120 Veterinary Road, S7N 5E3 Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada.
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- Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique (INRA), UMR1282 ISP, Nouzilly, France; Université de Tours, UMR1282 ISP, Tours, France
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- Vaccine and Infectious Disease Organization (VIDO), Home of the International Vaccine Centre (InterVac), University of Saskatchewan, 120 Veterinary Road, S7N 5E3 Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada
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- Vaccine and Infectious Disease Organization (VIDO), Home of the International Vaccine Centre (InterVac), University of Saskatchewan, 120 Veterinary Road, S7N 5E3 Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada
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- Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique (INRA), UMR1282 ISP, Nouzilly, France; Université de Tours, UMR1282 ISP, Tours, France
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In veterinary animal species, vaccines are the primary tool for disease prevention, a key tool for treatment of infection, and essential for helping maintain animal welfare and productivity. Traditional vaccine development by trial-and-error has achieved many successes. However, effective vaccines that provide solid cross-protective immunity with excellent safety are still needed for many diseases. The path to development of vaccines against difficult pathogens requires recognition of uniquely evolved immunological interactions of individual animal hosts and their specific pathogens. Here, general principles that currently guide veterinary immunology and vaccinology research are reviewed, with an emphasis on examples from swine. Advances in genomics and proteomics now provide the community with powerful tools for elucidation of regulatory and effector mechanisms of protective immunity that provide new opportunities for successful translation of immunological discoveries into safe and effective vaccines.
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Wertz N, Vazquez J, Wells K, Sun J, Butler JE. Antibody repertoire development in fetal and neonatal piglets. XII. Three IGLV genes comprise 70% of the pre-immune repertoire and there is little junctional diversity. Mol Immunol 2013; 55:319-28. [PMID: 23570908 DOI: 10.1016/j.molimm.2013.03.012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/15/2013] [Revised: 03/04/2013] [Accepted: 03/13/2013] [Indexed: 01/17/2023]
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We characterized 239 lambda rearrangements from fetal and germfree (GF) piglets to: (1) determine if transcripts recovered from the earliest sites of B cell lymphogenesis were unique (2) determine what proportion of the genome is used to form the pre-immune repertoire (3) estimate the degree of somatic hypermutation and junctional diversity during ontogeny and (4) test whether piglets maintained germfree in isolators (GF piglets) have a more diversified repertoire than fetal piglets. We show that all expressed lambda genes belong to the IGLV3 and IGLV8 families and only IGLJ2 and IGLJ3 were expressed and used equally throughout fetal and neonatal life. Only genes of the IGLV8 family were used in yolk sac and fetal liver and in these tissues, IGLV8-10 comprised >50%. However, the IGLV8 genes recovered at these early sites of B cell lymphogenesis were recovered at all stages of development. Thus, no unique lambda rearrangement was recovered at the first sites of B cell development. The frequency of somatic hypermutation (SHM) in fetal piglets was ~5.9 per Kb equivalent, mutation were concentrated in CDR regions and did not increase in GF piglets. The average CDR3 length was 30 nt ± 2.7 and did not change in GF piglets. Similar to the heavy chain pre-immune repertoire in this species, three IGLV genes account for ~70% of the repertoire. Unlike the heavy chain repertoire, junctional diversity was very limited.
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- Nancy Wertz
- Department of Microbiology, Carver College of Medicine, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA 52242, USA
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Butler JE, Sun X, Wertz N, Vincent AL, Zanella EL, Lager KM. Antibody repertoire development in fetal and neonatal piglets. XVI. Influenza stimulates adaptive immunity, class switch and diversification of the IgG repertoire encoded by downstream Cγ genes. Immunology 2013; 138:134-44. [PMID: 23320646 PMCID: PMC3575766 DOI: 10.1111/imm.12018] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/01/2012] [Revised: 09/27/2012] [Accepted: 10/02/2012] [Indexed: 12/15/2022] Open
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Infection of germ-free isolator piglets with swine influenza (S-FLU) that generates dsRNA during replication causes elevation of immunoglobulins in serum and bronchoalveolar lavage, a very weak response to trinitrophenyl conjugates but an immune response to S-FLU. The increased immunoglobulin levels result mainly from the polyclonal activation of B cells during the infection, but model antigen exposure may contribute. The 10-fold increase in local and serum IgG accompanies a 10-fold decrease in the transcription of IgG3 in the tracheal-bronchial lymph nodes and in the ileal Peyer's patches. Infection results in class switch recombination to downstream Cγ genes, which diversify their repertoire; both features are diagnostic of adaptive immunity. Meanwhile the repertoires of IgM and IgG3 remain undiversified suggesting that they encode innate, natural antibodies. Whereas IgG3 may play an initial protective role, antibodies encoded by downstream Cγ genes with diversified repertoires are predicted to be most important in long-term protection against S-FLU.
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- John E Butler
- Department of Microbiology, Carver College of Medicine, Iowa City, IA 52240, USA.
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Flamm EG. Neonatal animal testing paradigms and their suitability for testing infant formula. Toxicol Mech Methods 2012; 23:57-67. [DOI: 10.3109/15376516.2012.725108] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022]
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Butler JE, Wertz N. The porcine antibody repertoire: variations on the textbook theme. Front Immunol 2012; 3:153. [PMID: 22754553 PMCID: PMC3384076 DOI: 10.3389/fimmu.2012.00153] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/13/2012] [Accepted: 05/24/2012] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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The genes encoding the heavy and light chains of swine antibodies are organized in the same manner as in other eutherian mammals. There are ∼30 VH genes, two functional DH genes and one functional JH gene, 14-60 Vκ genes, 5 Jκ segments, 12-13 functional Vλ genes, and two functional Jλ genes. The heavy chain constant regions encode the same repertoire of isotypes common to other eutherian mammals. The piglet models offers advantage over rodent models since the fetal repertoire develops without maternal influences and the precocial nature of their multiple offspring allows the experimenter to control the influences of environmental and maternal factors on repertoire development postnatally. B cell lymphogenesis in swine begins in the fetal yolk sac at 20 days of gestation (DG), moves to the fetal liver at 30 DG and eventually to the bone marrow which dominates until birth (114 DG) and to at least 5 weeks postpartum. There is no evidence that the ileal Peyers patches are a site of B cell lymphogenesis or are required for B cell maintenance. Unlike rodents and humans, light chain rearrangement begins first in the lambda locus; kappa rearrangements are not seen until late gestation. Dissimilar to lab rodents and more in the direction of the rabbit, swine utilize a small number of VH genes to form >90% of their pre-immune repertoire. Diversification in response to environmental antigen does not alter this pattern and is achieved by somatic hypermutation (SHM) of the same small number of VH genes. The situation for light chains is less well studied, but certain Vκ and Jκ and Vλ and Jλ are dominant in transcripts and in contrast to rearranged heavy chains, there is little junctional diversity, less SHM, and mutations are not concentrated in CDR regions. The transcribed and secreted pre-immune antibodies of the fetus include mainly IgM, IgA, and IgG3; this last isotype may provide a type of first responder mucosal immunity. Development of functional adaptive immunity is dependent on bacterial MAMPs or MAMPs provided by viral infections, indicating the importance of innate immunity for development of adaptive immunity. The structural analysis of Ig genes of this species indicate that especially the VH and Cγ gene are the result of tandem gene duplication in the context of genomic gene conversion. Since only a few of these duplicated VH genes substantially contribute to the antibody repertoire, polygeny may be a vestige from a time before somatic processes became prominently evolved to generate the antibody repertoire. In swine we believe such duplications within the genome have very limited functional significance and their occurrence is therefore overrated.
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- John E Butler
- Department of Microbiology, Carver College of Medicine, University of Iowa Iowa City, IA, USA
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Antibody repertoire development in fetal and neonatal piglets. XXIII: fetal piglets infected with a vaccine strain of PRRS Virus display the same immune dysregulation seen in isolator piglets. Vaccine 2012; 30:3646-52. [PMID: 22465749 DOI: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2012.03.038] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/28/2011] [Revised: 02/28/2012] [Accepted: 03/16/2012] [Indexed: 01/22/2023]
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The Ig levels and antibody repertoire diversification in fetal piglets infected with an attenuated Porcine Reproductive and Respiratory Syndrome Virus (PRRSV) were measured. Serum Ig levels were greatly elevated in PRRSV-infected fetuses; IgG was elevated >50-fold, IgM>5-15-fold and IgA>2-fold compared to control fetuses. Their IgM to IgG to IgA profile was the same as that in isolator piglets infected for the same period with wild-type PRRSV. Fetal animals showed less repertoire diversification than even isolator piglets that were maintained germfree (GF) while the repertoire diversification index (RDI) for PRRSV-infected isolator piglets was 10-fold higher and comparable to littermates infected with swine influenza (S-FLU). However, when expressed as the RDI:Ig ratio, infected fetuses appeared 10-fold less capable of repertoire diversification than uninfected littermates and GF isolator piglets. Compared to S-FLU isolator piglets that resolve the infection, the RDI:Ig of PRRSV-infected isolator piglets was 100-fold lower. Overall, infection of fetuses with an attenuated virus shows the same immune dysregulation seen postnatally in wild type infected isolator piglets, indicating that: (a) attenuation did not alter the ability of the virus to cause dysregulation and (b) the isolator infectious model reflects the fetal disease.
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Butler JE, Santiago-Mateo K, Sun XZ, Wertz N, Sinkora M, Francis DH. Antibody Repertoire Development in Fetal and Neonatal Piglets. XX. B Cell Lymphogenesis Is Absent in the Ileal Peyer’s Patches, Their Repertoire Development Is Antigen Dependent, and They Are Not Required for B Cell Maintenance. THE JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY 2011; 187:5141-9. [DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.1101871] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Mendicino M, Ramsoondar J, Phelps C, Vaught T, Ball S, LeRoith T, Monahan J, Chen S, Dandro A, Boone J, Jobst P, Vance A, Wertz N, Bergman Z, Sun XZ, Polejaeva I, Butler J, Dai Y, Ayares D, Wells K. Generation of antibody- and B cell-deficient pigs by targeted disruption of the J-region gene segment of the heavy chain locus. Transgenic Res 2010; 20:625-41. [PMID: 20872248 PMCID: PMC7089184 DOI: 10.1007/s11248-010-9444-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/16/2010] [Accepted: 09/13/2010] [Indexed: 01/22/2023]
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A poly(A)-trap gene targeting strategy was used to disrupt the single functional heavy chain (HC) joining region (JH) of swine in primary fibroblasts. Genetically modified piglets were then generated via somatic cell nuclear transfer (SCNT) and bred to yield litters comprising JH wild-type littermate (+/+), JH heterozygous knockout (±) and JH homozygous knockout (−/−) piglets in the expected Mendelian ratio of 1:2:1. There are only two other targeted loci previously published in swine, and this is the first successful poly(A)-trap strategy ever published in a livestock species. In either blood or secondary lymphoid tissues, flow cytometry, RT-PCR and ELISA detected no circulating IgM+ B cells, and no transcription or secretion of immunoglobulin (Ig) isotypes, respectively in JH −/− pigs. Histochemical and immunohistochemical (IHC) studies failed to detect lymph node (LN) follicles or CD79α+ B cells, respectively in JH −/− pigs. T cell receptor (TCR)β transcription and T cells were detected in JH −/− pigs. When reared conventionally, JH −/− pigs succumbed to bacterial infections after weaning. These antibody (Ab)- and B cell-deficient pigs have significant value as models for both veterinary and human research to discriminate cellular and humoral protective immunity to infectious agents. Thus, these pigs may aid in vaccine development for infectious agents such as the pandemic porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome virus (PRRSV) and H1N1 swine flu. These pigs are also a first significant step towards generating a pig that expresses fully human, antigen-specific polyclonal Ab to target numerous incurable infectious diseases with high unmet clinical need.
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- M Mendicino
- Revivicor, Inc., 1700 Kraft Drive, Blacksburg, VA 24060, USA
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Ramsoondar J, Mendicino M, Phelps C, Vaught T, Ball S, Monahan J, Chen S, Dandro A, Boone J, Jobst P, Vance A, Wertz N, Polejaeva I, Butler J, Dai Y, Ayares D, Wells K. Targeted disruption of the porcine immunoglobulin kappa light chain locus. Transgenic Res 2010; 20:643-53. [PMID: 20872247 DOI: 10.1007/s11248-010-9445-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/16/2010] [Accepted: 09/13/2010] [Indexed: 10/19/2022]
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Inactivation of the endogenous pig immunoglobulin (Ig) loci, and replacement with their human counterparts, would produce animals that could alleviate both the supply and specificity issues of therapeutic human polyclonal antibodies (PAbs). Platform genetics are being developed in pigs that have all endogenous Ig loci inactivated and replaced by human counterparts, in order to address this unmet clinical need. This report describes the deletion of the porcine kappa (κ) light chain constant (Cκ) region in pig primary fetal fibroblasts (PPFFs) using gene targeting technology, and the generation of live animals from these cells via somatic cell nuclear transfer (SCNT) cloning. There are only two other targeted loci previously published in swine, and this is the first report of a targeted disruption of an Ig light chain locus in a livestock species. Pigs with one targeted Cκ allele (heterozygous knockout or ±) were bred together to generate Cκ homozygous knockout (-/-) animals. Peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMCs) and mesenteric lymph nodes (MLNs) from Cκ -/- pigs were devoid of κ-containing Igs. Furthermore, there was an increase in lambda (λ) light chain expression when compared to that of wild-type littermates (Cκ +/+). Targeted inactivation of the Ig heavy chain locus has also been achieved and work is underway to inactivate the pig lambda light chain locus.
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- J Ramsoondar
- Revivicor, Inc., 1700 Kraft Drive, Blacksburg, VA 24060, USA
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Levast B, De Monte M, Melo S, Chevaleyre C, Berri M, Salmon H, Meurens F. Differences in transcriptomic profile and IgA repertoire between jejunal and ileal Peyer's patches. DEVELOPMENTAL AND COMPARATIVE IMMUNOLOGY 2010; 34:102-106. [PMID: 19747939 DOI: 10.1016/j.dci.2009.09.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/13/2009] [Revised: 09/02/2009] [Accepted: 09/02/2009] [Indexed: 05/28/2023]
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In many species such as sheep and pig, there are two types of Peyer's patches (PP): several discrete patches in the jejunum and a long and continuous patch in the ileum. Most of the immunoglobulin A in the gut is generated by B-cells in the PP germinal centers. Moreover, swine like ovine ileal PP might be important for antigen independent B-cell repertoire diversification. We examined, by quantitative real-time PCR, the expression of 36 transcripts of antimicrobial peptides, chemokines, interleukines, Toll-like receptors and transcription factors from both PP and we highlighted the differences by a principal component analysis. Ileal PP was characterized by a higher mRNA expression of CCL28, IL5, IL10, TLR2 and TLR4 while jejunal PP showed higher mRNA expression of antimicrobial peptides, CCL25, FOXP3, IL4, T-Bet, TSLP and SOCS2. Then, we analyzed some VDJ rearrangements to assess immunoglobulin repertoire diversity in jejunal and ileal PP from weaned piglets. The IgA and IgM repertoires were more diverse in ileal than in jejunal piglet PP. All these results could be related to the rarefaction of interfollicular T-cell zone and the presence in ileal versus jejunal lumen of a more diversified microflora. These findings shed a light on the functional differences between both PP.
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- Benoît Levast
- Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique (INRA), UR1282, Infectiologie Animale et Santé Publique, Nouzilly, France
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Hansen MS, Hjulsager CK, Bille-Hansen V, Haugegaard S, Dupont K, Høgedal P, Kunstmann L, Larsen LE. Selection of method is crucial for the diagnosis of porcine circovirus type 2 associated reproductive failures. Vet Microbiol 2010; 144:203-9. [PMID: 20097019 DOI: 10.1016/j.vetmic.2009.12.038] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/17/2009] [Revised: 12/25/2009] [Accepted: 12/30/2009] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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During a 2-month period a newly repopulated Danish pig herd experienced an increase in numbers of stillborn and mummies, caused by porcine circovirus type 2 (PCV2) associated reproductive failure. Based on recordings of data over time, the progression of the clinical outbreak was studied and the diagnostic value of different techniques was evaluated. Foetal hearts (38 cases and 13 controls) were examined by immunohistochemistry (IHC) and real-time polymerase chain reaction (PCR) for the detection of PCV2; and total immunoglobulin G (IgG) was measured in pleura cavity fluid. PCV2 IHC was positive in 14/38 of the case foetuses, which were delivered during a 9 days period early in the outbreak. On the basis of the results obtained by IHC and PCR, the foetuses were divided into 3 categories: PCV2 negative; moderately positive (10(4) to 10(7) copies per 500 ng DNA); and massively positive for PCV2 (>10(7) copies per 500 ng DNA). All control- and IHC positive foetuses were included in the negative and massively positive groups, respectively. Ten case foetuses had elevated IgG levels, which did not correlate with the IHC or PCR results. Based on the clustering of the IHC positive foetuses, it is suggested that IHC only is suited for diagnosing acute stages of reproductive failure, whereas quantitative PCR can be used as a sensitive diagnostic method within a wider time span. It seems that IgG measurements are unpredictable as indication of intrauterine infection with PCV2.
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- Mette S Hansen
- Department of Veterinary Disease Biology, Faculty of Life Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Ridebanevej 3, DK-1870 Frederiksberg C, Denmark.
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Butler JE, Lager KM, Splichal I, Francis D, Kacskovics I, Sinkora M, Wertz N, Sun J, Zhao Y, Brown WR, DeWald R, Dierks S, Muyldermans S, Lunney JK, McCray PB, Rogers CS, Welsh MJ, Navarro P, Klobasa F, Habe F, Ramsoondar J. The piglet as a model for B cell and immune system development. Vet Immunol Immunopathol 2009; 128:147-70. [PMID: 19056129 PMCID: PMC2828348 DOI: 10.1016/j.vetimm.2008.10.321] [Citation(s) in RCA: 93] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/15/2023]
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The ability to identify factors responsible for disease in all species depends on the ability to separate those factors which are environmental from those that are intrinsic. This is particularly important for studies on the development of the adaptive immune response of neonates. Studies on laboratory rodents or primates have been ambiguous because neither the effect of environmental nor maternal factors on the newborn can be controlled in mammals that: (i) transmit potential maternal immunoregulatory factors in utero and (ii) are altricial and cannot be reared after birth without their mothers. Employing the newborn piglet model can address each of these concerns. However, it comes at the price of having first to characterize the immune system of swine and its development. This review focuses on the porcine B cell system, especially on the methods used for its characterization in fetal studies and neonatal piglets. Understanding these procedures is important in the interpretation of the data obtained. Studies on neonatal piglets have (a) provided valuable information on the development of the adaptive immune system, (b) lead to important advances in evolutionary biology, (c) aided our understanding of passive immunity and (d) provided opportunities to use swine to address specific issues in veterinary and biomedical research and immunotherapy. This review summarizes the history of the development of the piglet as a model for antibody repertoire development, thus providing a framework to guide future investigators.
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- J E Butler
- Department of Microbiology, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, United States.
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Butler JE, Zhao Y, Sinkora M, Wertz N, Kacskovics I. Immunoglobulins, antibody repertoire and B cell development. DEVELOPMENTAL AND COMPARATIVE IMMUNOLOGY 2009; 33:321-333. [PMID: 18804488 DOI: 10.1016/j.dci.2008.06.015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 61] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/17/2008] [Revised: 06/30/2008] [Accepted: 06/30/2008] [Indexed: 05/26/2023]
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Swine share with most placental mammals the same five antibody isotypes and same two light chain types. Loci encoding lambda, kappa and Ig heavy chains appear to be organized as they are in other mammals. Swine differ from rodents and primates, but are similar to rabbits in using a single VH family (VH3) to encode their variable heavy chain domain, but not the family used by cattle, another artiodactyl. Distinct from other hoofed mammals and rodents, Ckappa:Clambda usage resembles the 1:1 ratio seen in primates. Since IgG subclasses diversified after speciation, same name subclass homologs do not exist among swine and other mammals unless very closely related. Swine possess six putative IgG subclasses that appear to have diversified by gene duplication and exon shuffle while retaining motifs that can bind to FcgammaRs, FcRn, C1q, protein A and protein G. The epithelial chorial placenta of swine and the precosial nature of their offspring have made piglets excellent models for studies on fetal antibody repertoire development and on the postnatal role of gut colonization, maternal colostrum and neonatal infection on the development of adaptive immunity during the "critical window" of immunological development. This chapter traces the study of the humoral immune system of this species through its various eras of discovery and compiles the results in tables and figures that should be a useful reference for educators and investigators.
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- J E Butler
- Department of Microbiology, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, USA.
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Sinkora M, Butler JE. The ontogeny of the porcine immune system. DEVELOPMENTAL AND COMPARATIVE IMMUNOLOGY 2009; 33:273-83. [PMID: 18762210 PMCID: PMC7103207 DOI: 10.1016/j.dci.2008.07.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 126] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/25/2008] [Revised: 07/09/2008] [Accepted: 07/09/2008] [Indexed: 05/22/2023]
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Cellular and humoral aspects of the immune response develop sequentially in the fetus. During the ontogeny, the pluripotent stem cells emerge and differentiate into all hematopoietic lineages. Basic questions including the identification of the first lympho-hematopoietic sites, the origin of T and B lymphocytes, the development of different subpopulations of alphabeta T, gammadelta T and B lymphocytes as well as development of innate immunity and the acquisition of full immunological capacities are discussed here for swine and compared with other species. The description of related topics such as fertilization, morphogenesis, maternal-fetal-neonatal physiology and early neonatal development are also discussed.
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- Marek Sinkora
- Department of Immunology and Gnotobiology, Institute of Microbiology v.v.i., Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Doly 183, 54922 Nový Hrádek, Czech Republic.
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Isolator and other neonatal piglet models in developmental immunology and identification of virulence factors. Anim Health Res Rev 2009; 10:35-52. [DOI: 10.1017/s1466252308001618] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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AbstractThe postnatal period is a ‘critical window’, a time when innate and passive immunity protect the newborn mammal while its own adaptive immune system is developing. Neonatal piglets, especially those reared in isolators, provide valuable tools for studying immunological development during this period, since environmental factors that cause ambiguity in studies with conventional animals are controlled by the experimenter. However, these models have limited value unless the swine immune system is first characterized and the necessary immunological reagents developed. Characterization has revealed numerous features of the swine immune system that did not fit mouse paradigms but may be more generally true for most mammals. These include fetal class switch recombination that is uncoupled from somatic hypermutation, the relative importance of the molecular mechanisms used to develop the antibody repertoire, the role of gut lymphoid tissue in that process, and the limited heavy chain repertoire but diverse IgG subclass repertoire. Knowledge gained from studies of adaptive immunity in isolator-reared neonatal pigs suggests that isolator piglets can be valuable in identification of virulence factors that are often masked in studies using conventional animals.
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Porcine IgG: structure, genetics, and evolution. Immunogenetics 2008; 61:209-30. [PMID: 19048248 DOI: 10.1007/s00251-008-0336-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 52] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/30/2008] [Accepted: 10/06/2008] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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Eleven genomic porcine Cgamma gene sequences are described that represent six putative subclasses that appear to have originated by gene duplication and exon shuffle. The genes previously described as encoding porcine IgG1 and IgG3 were shown to be the IgG1(a) and IgG1(b) allelic variants of the IGHG1 gene, IgG2a and IgG2b are allelic variants of the IGHG2 gene, while "new" IgG3 is monomorphic, has an extended hinge, is structurally unique, and appears to encode the most evolutionarily conserved porcine IgG. IgG5(b) differs most from its putative allele, and its C(H)1 domain shares sequence homology with the C(H)1 of IgG3. Four animals were identified that lacked either IgG4 or IgG6. Alternative splice variants were also recovered, some lacking the C(H)1 domain and potentially encoding heavy chain only antibodies. Potentially, swine can transcribe >20 different Cgamma chains. A comparison of mammalian Cgamma gene sequences revealed that IgG diversified into subclasses after speciation. Thus, the effector functions for the IgG subclasses of each species should not be extrapolated from "same name subclasses" in other species. Sequence analysis identified motifs likely to interact with Fcgamma receptors, FcRn, protein A, protein G, and C1q. These revealed IgG3 to be most likely to activate complement and bind FcgammaRs. All except IgG5(a) and IgG6(a) should bind to FcgammaRs, while all except IgG6(a) and the putative IgG5 subclass proteins should bind well to porcine FcRn, protein A, and protein G.
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Butler JE, Wertz N, Weber P, Lager KM. Porcine Reproductive and Respiratory Syndrome Virus Subverts Repertoire Development by Proliferation of Germline-Encoded B Cells of All Isotypes Bearing Hydrophobic Heavy Chain CDR3. THE JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY 2008; 180:2347-56. [DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.180.4.2347] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/09/2023]
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Butler JE, Sinkora M. The isolator piglet: a model for studying the development of adaptive immunity. Immunol Res 2008; 39:33-51. [PMID: 17917054 DOI: 10.1007/s12026-007-0062-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 47] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/30/1999] [Revised: 11/30/1999] [Accepted: 11/30/1999] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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The period from late gestation to weaning in neonatal mammals is a critical window when the adaptive immune system develops and replaces the protection temporarily provided by passive immunity and pre-adaptive antibodies. It is also when oral tolerance to dietary antigen and the distinction between commensal and pathogenic gut bacteria becomes established resulting in immune homeostasis. The reproductive biology of swine provides a unique model for distinguishing the effects of different factors on immune development during this critical period because all extrinsic factors are controlled by the experimenter. This chapter reviews this early stage of development and the usefulness of the piglet model for understanding events during this transitional stage. The review also describes the major features of the porcine immune system and the immune stimulatory and dysregulatory factors that act during this period. The value of the model to medical science in such areas as food allergy, organ transplantation, cystic fibrosis and the production of humanized antibodies for immuno-therapy is discussed.
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- J E Butler
- Department of Microbiology and Interdisciplinary Graduate Immunology Program, University of Iowa, 3-550 BSB, 51 Newton Rd, Iowa City, IA 52242, USA.
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Butler JE, Lemke CD, Weber P, Sinkora M, Lager KM. Antibody repertoire development in fetal and neonatal piglets: XIX. Undiversified B cells with hydrophobic HCDR3s preferentially proliferate in the porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome. THE JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY 2007; 178:6320-31. [PMID: 17475861 DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.178.10.6320] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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Porcine respiratory and reproductive syndrome virus (PRRSV) causes an extraordinary increase in the proportion of B cells resulting in lymphoid hyperplasia, hypergammaglobulinemia, and autoimmunity in neonatal piglets. Spectratypic analysis of B cells from neonatal isolator piglets show a non-Gaussian pattern with preferential expansion of clones bearing certain H chain third complementary region (HCDR3) lengths. However, only in PRRSV-infected isolator piglets was nearly the identical spectratype observed for all lymphoid tissues. This result suggests dissemination of the same dominant B cell clones throughout the body. B cell expansion in PRRS was not associated with preferential VH gene usage or repertoire diversification and these cells appeared to bear a naive phenotype. The B cell population observed during infection comprised those with hydrophobic HCDR3s, especially sequences encoded by reading frame 3 of DHA that generates the AMVLV motif. Thus, the hydropathicity profile of B cells after infection was skewed to favor those with hydrophobic binding sites, whereas the normally dominant region of the hydropathicity profile containing neutral HCDR3s was absent. We believe that the hypergammaglobulinemia results from the products of these cells. We speculate that PRRSV infection generates a product that engages the BCR of naive B cells, displaying the AMVLV and similar motifs in HCDR3 and resulting in their T-independent proliferation without repertoire diversification.
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- John E Butler
- Department of Microbiology and Interdisciplinary Immunology Program, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA 52242, USA.
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Butler JE, Weber P, Wertz N. Antibody repertoire development in fetal and neonatal piglets. XIII. Hybrid VH genes and the preimmune repertoire revisited. THE JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY 2007; 177:5459-70. [PMID: 17015732 DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.177.8.5459] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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The expressed porcine VH genes belong to the VH3 family (clan), four of which, VHA, VHB, VHC, and VHE, alone comprise approximately 80% of the preimmune repertoire. However, so-called "hybrid" VH genes that use CDR1 of one VH gene and the CDR2 of another are frequently encountered. We studied > 3000 cloned VDJs and found that such hybrids can contribute up to 10% of the preimmune repertoire. Based on the 1) recovery of hybrid VH genes from bacterial artificial chromosome clones, 2) frequency of occurrence of certain hybrids in the preimmune repertoire, and 3) failure to recover equal numbers of reciprocal hybrids, we concluded that some chimeric genes are present in the genome and are not PCR artifacts. Two chimeric germline genes (VHZ and VHY), together with VHF and the four genes mentioned above, constitute the major VH genes and these account for > 95% of the preimmune repertoire. Diversification of the preimmune IgG and IgM repertoires after environmental exposure was mainly due to somatic hypermutation of major VH genes with no evidence of gene conversion. Somatic hypermutation was 3- to 10-fold higher in CDRs than in framework regions, most were R mutations and transversions and transitions equally contributed. Data were used to 1) develop an index to quantify the degree of VH repertoire diversification and 2) establish a library of 29 putative porcine VH genes. One-third of these genes are chimeric genes and their sequences suggest that the porcine VH genome developed by duplication and splicing from a small number of prototypic genes.
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- John E Butler
- Department of Microbiology, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA 52242, USA.
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Croy BA, van den Heuvel MJ, Borzychowski AM, Tayade C. Uterine natural killer cells: a specialized differentiation regulated by ovarian hormones. Immunol Rev 2007; 214:161-85. [PMID: 17100884 DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-065x.2006.00447.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 168] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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In adult females of many species, a transient population of natural killer (NK) cells appears in cycles within the uterine endometrium (lining). Appearance of these lymphocytes coincides with specific phases of the ovarian hormone cycle and/or early pregnancy. Studies in rodents, women, and pigs dominate the literature and suggest the uterine (u)NK cells are an activated subset sharing many but not all features with circulating or lymphoid organ-residing NK cells. During successful murine pregnancy, uNK cells appear to regulate initiation of structural changes in the feed arterial systems that support maternal endometrial tissue at sites of implantation and subsequent placental development. These changes, which reverse after pregnancy, create a higher volume arterial bed with flaccid vessels unresponsive to vasoactive compounds. These unique pregnancy-associated arterial changes elevate the volume of low-pressure, nutrient-rich, maternal arterial blood available to conceptuses. Regulation of the differentiation, activation, and functions of uNK cells is only partially known, and there is lively debate regarding whether and how uNK cells participate in infertility or spontaneous abortion. This review highlights the biology of uNK cells during successful pregnancy.
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- B Anne Croy
- Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology, Research Group in Reproduction, Development and Sexual Function, Queen's University, Kingston, ON, Canada.
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Danielsen M, Thymann T, Jensen BB, Jensen ON, Sangild PT, Bendixen E. Proteome profiles of mucosal immunoglobulin uptake in inflamed porcine gut. Proteomics 2006; 6:6588-96. [PMID: 17111438 DOI: 10.1002/pmic.200600463] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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Acquisition of passive immunity by endocytosis of intact immunoglobulins (Ig) from colostrum is critical for prevention of intestinal and systemic diseases in neonatal mammals. We compared proteome patterns of healthy and inflamed gut tissues from pre-term piglets to investigate the effect of inflammation on acquisition of passive immunity. A clear difference in the two-dimensional gel electrophoresis protein patterns between healthy and inflamed intestinal tissues was observed, suggesting that inflamed tissues failed to absorb and transfer Ig from colostrum to epithelial cells. We have mapped and identified the Ig proteins that are taken up by healthy intestinal tissues, and found that isoforms of the IgA and IgG heavy chain and Ig kappa and lambda light chains were internalized. Our results indicate that colostrum protein uptake in the porcine gut is a selective process that is obstructed in inflamed pre-term gut.
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- Marianne Danielsen
- Department of Animal Health, Welfare and Nutrition, Danish Institute of Agricultural Sciences, Tjele, Denmark
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Butler JE, Wertz N. Antibody Repertoire Development in Fetal and Neonatal Piglets. XVII. IgG Subclass Transcription Revisited with Emphasis on New IgG3. THE JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY 2006; 177:5480-9. [PMID: 17015734 DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.177.8.5480] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Fetal piglets offer an in vivo model for determining whether Ag-independent IgG subclass transcription proceeds in a manner that differs from subclass transcription in pigs exposed to environmental Ags and TLR ligands. Our data from approximately 12,000 Cgamma clones from > 60 piglets provide the first report on the relative usage of all known porcine Cgamma genes in fetal and young pigs. Studies revealed that among the six Cgamma genes, allelic variants of IgG1 comprised 50-80% of the repertoire, and IgG2 alleles comprised < 10% in nearly all tissues. However, relative transcription of allelic variants of IgG1 randomly deviate from the 1:1 ratio expected in heterozygotes. Most surprising was the finding that IgG3 accounted for half of all Cgamma transcripts in the ileal Peyer's patches (IPPs) and mesenteric lymph nodes but on average only approximately 5% of the clones from the thymus, tonsil, spleen, peripheral blood, and bone marrow of newborns. Lymphoid tissues from late term fetuses revealed a similar expression pattern. Except for IgG3 in the IPPs and mesenteric lymph nodes, no stochastic pattern of Cgamma expression during development was seen in animals from mid-gestation through 5 mo. The age and tissue dependence of IgG3 transcription paralleled the developmental persistence of the IPP, and its near disappearance corresponds to the diversification of the preimmune VDJ repertoire in young piglets. We hypothesize that long-hinged porcine IgG3 may be important in preadaptive responses to T cell-independent Ags similar to those described for its murine namesake.
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- John E Butler
- Department of Microbiology and Interdisciplinary Immunology Program, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA 52242, USA.
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Butler JE, Sinkora M, Wertz N, Holtmeier W, Lemke CD. Development of the neonatal B and T cell repertoire in swine: implications for comparative and veterinary immunology. Vet Res 2006; 37:417-41. [PMID: 16611556 DOI: 10.1051/vetres:2006009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 57] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/29/2005] [Accepted: 10/18/2005] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
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Birth in all higher vertebrates is at the center of the critical window of development in which newborns transition from dependence on innate immunity to dependence on their own adaptive immunity, with passive maternal immunity bridging this transition. Therefore we have studied immunological development through fetal and early neonatal life. In swine, B cells appear earlier in fetal development than T cells. B cell development begins in the yolk sac at the 20th day of gestation (DG20), progresses to fetal liver at DG30 and after DG45 continues in bone marrow. The first wave of developing T cells is gammadelta cells expressing a monomorphic Vdelta rearrangement. Thereafter, alphabeta T cells predominate and at birth, at least 19 TRBV subgroups are expressed, 17 of which appear highly homologous with those in humans. In contrast to the T cell repertoire and unlike humans and mice, the porcine pre-immune VH (IGHV-D-J) repertoire is highly restricted, depending primarily on CDR3 for diversity. The V-KAPPA (IGKV-J) repertoire and apparently also the V-LAMBDA (IGLV-J) repertoire, are also restricted. Diversification of the pre-immune B cell repertoire of swine and the ability to respond to both T-dependent and T-independent antigen depends on colonization of the gut after birth in which colonizing bacteria stimulate with Toll-like receptor ligands, especially bacterial DNA. This may explain the link between repertoire diversification and the anatomical location of primary lymphoid tissue like the ileal Peyers patches. Improper development of adaptive immunity can be caused by infectious agents like the porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome virus that causes immune dysregulation resulting in immunological injury and autoimmunity.
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- John E Butler
- Department of Microbiology and Interdisciplinary Immunology Program, The University of Iowa, Iowa City, 52242, USA.
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Snoeck V, Peters IR, Cox E. The IgA system: a comparison of structure and function in different species. Vet Res 2006; 37:455-67. [PMID: 16611558 DOI: 10.1051/vetres:2006010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 128] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/19/2005] [Accepted: 09/16/2005] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
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The predominant immunoglobulin isotype on most mucosal surfaces is secretory immunoglobulin A (SIgA), a polypeptide complex comprising two IgA monomers, the connecting J chain, and the secretory component. The molecular stability and strong anti-inflammatory properties make SIgA particularly well suited to provide protective immunity to the vulnerable mucosal surfaces by preventing invasion of inhaled and ingested pathogens. In contrast to SIgA, IgA in serum functions as an inflammatory antibody through interaction with FcalphaR on immune effector cells. Although IgA appears to share common features and protective functions in different species, significant variations exist within the IgA systems of different species. This review will give an overview of the basic concepts underlying mucosal IgA defence which will focus on the variations present among species in structure, antibody repertoire development, pIgR-mediated transport, colostral IgA content, hepatobiliary transport, and function with particular emphasis on the IgA system of the pig and dog. These interspecies variations emphasise the importance of elucidating and analysing the IgA system within the immune system of the species of interest rather than inferring roles from conclusions made in human and mouse studies.
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- Veerle Snoeck
- Laboratory of Veterinary Immunology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Ghent University, Salisburylaan 133, 9820 Merelbeke, Belgium.
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Meerts P, Misinzo G, Lefebvre D, Nielsen J, Bøtner A, Kristensen CS, Nauwynck HJ. Correlation between the presence of neutralizing antibodies against porcine circovirus 2 (PCV2) and protection against replication of the virus and development of PCV2-associated disease. BMC Vet Res 2006; 2:6. [PMID: 16445856 PMCID: PMC1386657 DOI: 10.1186/1746-6148-2-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 127] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/19/2005] [Accepted: 01/30/2006] [Indexed: 12/02/2022] Open
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Background In a previous study, it was demonstrated that high replication of Porcine circovirus 2 (PCV2) in a gnotobiotic pig was correlated with the absence of PCV2-neutralizing antibodies. The aim of the present study was to investigate if this correlation could also be found in SPF pigs in which PMWS was experimentally reproduced and in naturally PMWS-affected pigs. Results When looking at the total anti-PCV2 antibody titres, PMWS-affected and healthy animals seroconverted at the same time point, and titres in PMWS-affected animals were only slightly lower compared to those in healthy animals. In healthy animals, the evolution of PCV2-neutralizing antibodies coincided with that of total antibodies. In PMWS-affected animals, neutralizing antibodies could either not be found (sera from field studies) or were detected in low titres between 7 and 14 DPI only (sera from experimentally inoculated SPF pigs). Differences were also found in the evolution of specific antibody isotypes titres against PCV2. In healthy pigs, IgM antibodies persisted until the end of the study, whereas in PMWS-affected pigs they quickly decreased or remained present at low titres. The mean titres of other antibody isotypes (IgG1, IgG2 and IgA), were slightly lower in PMWS-affected pigs compared to their healthy group mates at the end of each study. Conclusion This study describes important differences in the development of the humoral immune response between pigs that get subclinically infected with PCV2 and pigs that experience a high level of PCV2-replication which in 3 of 4 experiments led to the development of PMWS. These observations may contribute to a better understanding of the pathogenesis of a PCV2-infection.
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- Laboratory of Virology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Ghent University, Belgium
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- Laboratory of Virology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Ghent University, Belgium
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- Laboratory of Virology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Ghent University, Belgium
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- Danish Institute for Food and Veterinary Research, Department of Virology, Lindholm, Denmark
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- Danish Institute for Food and Veterinary Research, Department of Virology, Lindholm, Denmark
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- Laboratory of Virology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Ghent University, Belgium
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Butler JE, Francis DH, Freeling J, Weber P, Krieg AM. Antibody repertoire development in fetal and neonatal piglets. IX. Three pathogen-associated molecular patterns act synergistically to allow germfree piglets to respond to type 2 thymus-independent and thymus-dependent antigens. THE JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY 2006; 175:6772-85. [PMID: 16272334 DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.175.10.6772] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/07/2023]
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Newborn piglets maintained germfree (GF) cannot respond to either thymus-dependent (TD) or type 2 thymus-independent Ags (TI-2) unless colonized with bacteria. We show here that pathogen-associated molecular patterns (PAMPs), including muramyl dipeptide (MDP), LPS, and a B-class CpG oligonucleotide (CpG-B), can substitute for gut flora in the induction of neonatal immunoresponsiveness. These PAMPs alone or in combination had little effect on serum IgG and IgA levels, but CpG-B and CpG-B + MDP elevated total IgM levels 3- to 7-fold above that seen in colonized controls after booster immunization. Although only CpG-B could alone stimulate immunoresponsiveness, co-administration of LPS or MDP resulted in a 5-fold increase in the IgG response to both immunogens. Co-administered MDP did not promote secondary IgG responses to either Ag but instead pronounced secondary IgM responses to the epitopes of both immunogens. LPS co-administered with CpG-B may promote class switch recombination or cause differentiation of previously switched cells that become responsive after exposure to CpG-B. Primary and secondary IgG responses equally recognized the epitopes of the TI-2 and TD immunogens, whereas IgM responses favored the TI-2 epitope. Because PAMPs alone can result in Abs to 2,4,6-triitrophenyl and FLU without immunization, it suggests they alone cause differentiation of B cells of the preimmune repertoire. The finding that both bacterial PAMPs and colonization are capable of stimulating Ab responses in both immunized and nonimmunized piglets suggests that PAMPs derived from host flora may play a major role in awakening adaptive immunity in neonates.
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- John E Butler
- Department of Microbiology and Interdisciplinary Immunology Program, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA 52242, USA.
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Butler JE, Sun J, Wertz N, Sinkora M. Antibody repertoire development in swine. DEVELOPMENTAL AND COMPARATIVE IMMUNOLOGY 2006; 30:199-221. [PMID: 16168480 DOI: 10.1016/j.dci.2005.06.025] [Citation(s) in RCA: 66] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/04/2023]
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Swine belong to the Order Artiodactyla and like mice and humans, express IgM, IgD, IgG, IgE and IgA antibodies but a larger number of IgG subclasses. Like rabbits and chickens, expressed V(H) genes belong to the ancestral V(H)3 family and only 5 comprise >80% of the pre-immune repertoire. Since they use primarily two D(H) segments and have a single J(H) like chickens, junctional diversity plays a relatively greater role in repertoire formation than in humans and mice. Proportional light chain usage surprisingly resembles that in humans and is therefore distinctly different from the predominant kappa chain usage (>90%) of lab rodents and predominant lambda chain usage in other ungulates (>90%). The pre-immune V(kappa) repertoire also appears restricted since >95% of V(kappa)J(kappa) rearrangements use only a few members of the IGKV2 family and only J(kappa)2. Two V(lambda) families (IGLV3 and IGLV8) are used in forming the pre-immune repertoire. Antibodies that do not utilize light chains as in camelids, or the lengthy CDR3 regions seen in cattle that use V(H)4 family genes, have not been reported in swine. B cell lymphogenesis first occurs in the yolk sac but early VDJ rearrangements differ from mice and humans in that nearly 100% are in-frame and N-region additions are already present. Swine possess ileal Peyers patches like sheep which may be important for antigen-independent B cell repertoire diversification. The presence of pro B-like cells in interlobular areas of thymus and mature B cells in the thymic medulla that have switched to especially IgA in early gestation, is so far unique among mammals. The offspring of swine are believed to receive no passive immunity in utero and are precosial. Thus, they are a useful model for studies on fetal-neonatal immunological development. The model has already shown that: (a) colonization of the gut is required for responsiveness to TD and TI-2 antigens, (b) responsiveness due to colonization depends on bacterial PAMPs and (c) some viral pathogens can interfere with the establishment of immune homeostasis in neonates. Studies on swine reinforce concerns that caution be used when paradigms arising from studies in one mammal are extrapolated to other mammals, even when similarities are predicted by taxonomy and phylogeny. Swine exemplify a situation in which evolutionary diversification of the immune system is not characteristic of an entire order or even of other related systems in the same species.
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- John E Butler
- Department of Microbiology, The University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA 52242, USA.
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Butler JE, Wertz N, Sun J, Wang H, Lemke C, Chardon P, Piumi F, Wells K. The pre-immune variable kappa repertoire of swine is selectively generated from certain subfamilies of Vkappa2 and one Jkappa gene. Vet Immunol Immunopathol 2005; 108:127-37. [PMID: 16112743 DOI: 10.1016/j.vetimm.2005.07.016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/23/2022]
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Combinatorial diversity is highly restricted during formation of the pre-immune heavy chain repertoire of swine, raising the question of whether the same is true for the pre-immune light chain repertoire. Before addressing this question, we first used competitive PCR to show that kappa and lambda light chains in swine are equally expressed in mature B cells similar to the situation in humans but alike that in other studied Ungulates. This justified efforts to examine the repertoire of both light chain types. These studies also revealed that lambda is preferentially expressed at sites of B cells lymphogenesis, perhaps because of the use of a surrogate light chain containing lambda5. Data are presented here on >100 VkappaJkappa-containing transcripts and approximately 180 genomic Vkappa genes to show that >90% of the pre-immune repertoire is generated from three subfamilies of IGKV2 genes and one of five Jkappa segments. The kappa locus contains >or=50 IGKV2 genes belonging to at least five subfamilies and an undetermined but perhaps equal number of IGKV1 genes. The porcine IGKV1 and IGKV2 genes share 87% sequence similarity with their human counterparts and Jkappa1 through Jkappa5 share sequence and organizational homology with those in sheep, horse, human and mouse. Swine have a single Ckappa gene. These findings contrast with those from rodents and primates but are reminiscent of those on the pre-immune heavy chain repertoire of swine in that it is generated using a relatively restricted number of gene segments. These restricted pre-immune repertoires may reflect the minimal exposure of the fetus to maternal factors and environmental antigens. The significance for swine immunology of characterizing the pre-immune repertoire is discussed.
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- J E Butler
- The University of Iowa, Department of Microbiology and Interdisciplinary Immunology Program, Iowa City, IA 52242, USA.
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Sinkora M, Butler JE, Holtmeier W, Sinkorova J. Lymphocyte development in fetal piglets: Facts and surprises. Vet Immunol Immunopathol 2005; 108:177-84. [PMID: 16144714 DOI: 10.1016/j.vetimm.2005.08.013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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The developing porcine fetus offers an excellent opportunity for the study of lymphocyte development. Studies on B cell, alphabeta T cells and gammadelta T cells in the last decade have expanded our knowledge of lymphocyte development in pigs. These studies have revealed several interesting differences between swine, mice and humans. For example, porcine peripheral lymphocytes include CD4+CD8+ alphabeta T cells and an abundance of gammadelta T cells that may even prevail over the alphabeta population. There are numerous CD2- gammadelta T cells in the blood and a large number of CD8alphaalpha-bearing cells that include NK cells, conventional gammadelta and alphabeta T cells. All porcine B lymphocytes are CD25(lo) and sIgM+ B cells may differ in the expression of CD2 antigen. Unlike mice, porcine B cells appear approximately 2 weeks before T cells and progenitors undergo VDJH rearrangement at 20th day of gestation (DG20) in the yolk sac and DG30 in the fetal liver before consummating high level lymphogenesis in the bone marrow after DG45. Early B cells show an unexpectedly high proportion of in-frame rearrangements, undergo switch recombination in thymus on DG60 and use N-region insertion from the time of the earliest VDJ rearrangement. The genomic repertoire of VH, DH and JH genes is small compared to mice and humans and swine appear to depend on junctional diversity for the majority of their repertoire. The limited VH repertoire of swine contrasts sharply with the porcine TCRbeta repertoire, which is extensive, extraordinarily conserved and nearly identical to that in humans. Therefore, swine present an example of two highly related receptor systems that have diverged in the same species.
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- Marek Sinkora
- Department of Immunology and Gnotobiology, Institute of Microbiology, Czech Academy of Sciences, Doly 183, 549 22 Nový Hrádek, Czech Republic.
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McAleer J, Weber P, Sun J, Butler JE. Antibody repertoire development in fetal and neonatal piglets. XI. The thymic B-cell repertoire develops independently from that in blood and mesenteric lymph nodes. Immunology 2005; 114:171-83. [PMID: 15667562 PMCID: PMC1782081 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2567.2004.02101.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/06/2004] [Revised: 10/15/2004] [Accepted: 10/15/2004] [Indexed: 12/01/2022] Open
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The origin and function of thymic B cells is currently unresolved. In the present study we compared V(H) gene repertoire diversification in >3500 cloned VDJs (from 11 animals at three time-points, using three to five animals per time-point) that were expressed with immunoglobulin (Ig)M, IgD, IgG, IgA and IgE in thymus, mesenteric lymph nodes (MLN) and peripheral blood B cells (PBB) of newborn piglets and 5-week-old isolator piglets maintained germfree (GF) or colonized with Escherichia coli. The results showed that the repertoire expressed with IgM, IgD, IgG and IgA in PBB and MLN remained polyclonal, undiversified and unselected in piglets maintained GF for 5 weeks, that age and colonization resulted in significant repertoire diversification of IgG and IgA in the MLN and of IgG in blood, that the thymic B-cell repertoire was polyclonal, unaffected by colonization and showed no clonal selection in any isotype, and that the thymic IgA and IgE repertoires were more diverse at birth than the repertoire of any isotype in MLN or PBB. IgD was seldom recovered from the PBB of newborn piglets or at any time-point in thymus, but was recovered in the MLN of all 11 animals examined. The IgD and IgM repertoires in all tissues remained polyclonal and unselected, although V(H) usage by IgD transcripts did not always parallel that of IgM in the same tissue. Therefore, isotype-switched B cells in the thymic medulla cannot be accounted for by immigration of B cells diversified by colonization of the gut, and thymic B cells undergo switch recombination and repertoire diversification before birth without clonal selection.
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- Jeremy McAleer
- Department of Microbiology, The University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA 52242-1109, USA.
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Butler JE, Wertz N, Sun J, Wang H, Chardon P, Piumi F, Wells K. Antibody repertoire development in fetal and neonatal pigs. VII. Characterization of the preimmune kappa light chain repertoire. THE JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY 2005; 173:6794-805. [PMID: 15557173 DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.173.11.6794] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Combinatorial diversity is highly restricted in the preimmune porcine H chain repertoire compared with that in humans and mice. This raised the question of whether similar restriction characterized the preimmune L chain repertoire. In this study we present evidence that >90% of all expressed Vkappa genes in the porcine preimmune repertoire belong to three subfamilies of Vkappa genes that share 87% sequence similarity with human IGKV2. This porcine Vkappa family also shares sequence similarity with some, but not all, Vkappa genes from sheep. Hybridization with sperm DNA and sequence analyses of polynucleotides from overlapping bacterial artificial chromosome clones suggest swine possess approximately 60 IGVK2 genes. The latter method also revealed that certain IGKV2 subfamilies are not expressed in the preimmune repertoire. Six members of an IGVK1 family were also expressed as part of the preimmune repertoire, and these shared 87% sequence similarity with human IGVK1. Five Jkappa segments, complete with recombination signal sequences and separated by approximately 300 nt, were identified approximately 3 kb upstream of a single Ckappa. Surprisingly, Jkappa2 accounted for >90% of all framework region 4 sequences in the preimmune repertoire. These findings show that swine use approximately 10 IGVK2 genes from three of six subfamilies and preferentially one Jkappa segment to generate their preimmune kappa repertoire. These studies, like those of porcine Ig constant regions and MHC genes, also indicate unexpected high sequence similarity with their human counterparts despite differences in phylogeny and the mechanism of repertoire diversification.
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MESH Headings
- Amino Acid Motifs/genetics
- Amino Acid Motifs/immunology
- Amino Acid Sequence
- Animals
- Animals, Newborn/genetics
- Animals, Newborn/immunology
- Antibody Diversity/genetics
- Base Sequence
- Chromosomes, Artificial, Bacterial
- Cloning, Molecular/methods
- Fetal Development/genetics
- Fetal Development/immunology
- Gene Expression Regulation, Developmental/immunology
- Gene Rearrangement, B-Lymphocyte, Light Chain
- Genes, Overlapping
- Genome
- Humans
- Immunoglobulin J-Chains/biosynthesis
- Immunoglobulin J-Chains/chemistry
- Immunoglobulin J-Chains/genetics
- Immunoglobulin Variable Region/biosynthesis
- Immunoglobulin Variable Region/chemistry
- Immunoglobulin Variable Region/genetics
- Immunoglobulin kappa-Chains/biosynthesis
- Immunoglobulin kappa-Chains/chemistry
- Immunoglobulin kappa-Chains/genetics
- Male
- Molecular Sequence Data
- Multigene Family/immunology
- Sequence Alignment
- Sequence Homology, Nucleic Acid
- Swine
- Terminology as Topic
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- John E Butler
- Department of Microbiology and Interdisciplinary Immunology Program, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA 52242, USA.
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Sun J, Sinkora J, Wertz N, Moravkova A, Butler JE. Characterization of porcine CD19 and anti-CD19 monoclonal antibodies. Mol Immunol 2004; 41:929-38. [PMID: 15261465 DOI: 10.1016/j.molimm.2004.03.021] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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CD19 is an important pan B cell marker and co-stimulatory protein in humans and mice. Efforts to further characterize B cell ontogeny in swine have been hampered by the lack of monoclonal antibodies (mAb) to valuable surface markers like Vpre-B, CD19, CD34 and CD43. We report here on the complete nucleotide and deduced amino acid sequence of porcine CD19, the cross-reactivity of anti-human CD19 monoclonals and efforts to prepare anti-porcine CD19 mAb to bacterially-expressed products. Porcine CD19 is highly homologous to those in the few other species studied, i.e. human, mouse and guinea pig, but only in certain domains. Among the 14 CD19 exons, homology approaches 90% to human CD19 in exons 6, 9, 11 and 12 and is approximately 80% with other species in this region. The highly homologous C-terminal cytoplasmic region contains nine tyrosines including the YEND/E motif that binds the SH2 domain of Fyn. Two different porcine CD19 isoforms that differ in their 3' UTRs were identified just as in human CD19. Thus, the signaling properties of CD19 may be similar to those in humans. On the other hand, only 60% sequence similarity was seen in exons 1-5 that encode the N-terminal extracellullar region that is involved in ligand binding and is the target of CD19-specific mAb. This probably explains why only 1 of the 17 anti-human CD19 mAb tested recognized swine B cells. Furthermore, when the extracellular domains of CD19 were expressed in E. coli, mAbs to the bacterially-expressed product did not recognize CD19 on porcine B cells suggesting that carbohydrate-dependent conformation may determine antigenicity.
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- Jishan Sun
- Department of Microbiology, The University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA 52242-1109, USA
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Lemke CD, Haynes JS, Spaete R, Adolphson D, Vorwald A, Lager K, Butler JE. Lymphoid Hyperplasia Resulting in Immune Dysregulation Is Caused by Porcine Reproductive and Respiratory Syndrome Virus Infection in Neonatal Pigs. THE JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY 2004; 172:1916-25. [PMID: 14734777 DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.172.3.1916] [Citation(s) in RCA: 57] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/22/2023]
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Amid growing evidence that numerous viral infections can produce immunopathology, including nonspecific polyclonal lymphocyte activation, the need to test the direct impact of an infecting virus on the immune system of the host is crucial. This can best be tested in the isolator piglet model in which maternal and other extrinsic influences can be excluded. Therefore, neonatal isolator piglets were colonized with a benign Escherichia coli, or kept germfree, and then inoculated with wild-type porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome virus (PRRSV) or sham medium. Two weeks after inoculation, serum IgM, IgG, and IgA levels were 30- to 50-, 20- to 80-, and 10- to 20-fold higher, respectively, in animals receiving virus vs sham controls, although <1% was virus specific. PRRSV-infected piglets also had bronchial tree-associated lymph nodes and submandibular lymph nodes that were 5-10 times larger than colonized, sham-inoculated animals. Size-exclusion fast performance liquid chromatography revealed that PRRSV-infected sera contained high-molecular-mass fractions that contained IgG, suggesting the presence of immune complexes. Lesions, inflammatory cell infiltration, glomerular deposits of IgG, IgM, and IgA, and Abs of all three isotypes to basement membrane and vascular endothelium were observed in the kidneys of PRRSV-infected piglets. Furthermore, autoantibodies specific for Golgi Ags and dsDNA could be detected 3-4 wk after viral inoculation. These data demonstrate that PRRSV induces B cell hyperplasia in isolator piglets that leads to immunologic injury and suggests that the isolator piglet model could serve as a useful model to determine the mechanisms of virus-induced immunopathology in this species.
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- Caitlin D Lemke
- Interdisciplinary Graduate Program in Immunology, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA 52242, USA.
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In pigs, protection against the toxigenic extra-cellular bacterium Actinobacillus pleuropneumoniae was correlated with an increased IgG(1):IgG(2) ratio of haemolytic toxin-specific antibodies. In all species so far studied, IgG isotype expression is controlled by Type 1 (IFN-gamma, IL-12) and Type 2 (IL-4, IL-10) cytokines which dictate immune response polarization to cell-mediated (CMI) or antibody-mediated immunity (AMI), respectively. Thus, immunoglobulin (Ig) isotypes reflect Type 1 or Type 2 immune responses. Immunoglobulin isotype production by porcine B-cells cultured in the presence of recombinant porcine (rp) cytokines varies by individual, however pigs tend to generate a high IgG(1):IgG(2) ratio in response to rp IL-10 and the inverse in response to rp IFN-gamma or rp IL-12. Differential Ig isotype production should favor an isotype with a functional advantage to control the inciting infection and disease. However, functions of porcine Ig isotypes have not been described. To compare function of porcine IgM, IgG(1) and IgG(2) of defined specificity for hen eggwhite lysozyme (HEWL), Ig isotypes were affinity purified from serum by HEWL specificity and by isotype-specific mouse monoclonal antibodies. Their ability to activate complement (C') and to opsonize was tested in vitro. Porcine IgG(2) had greater guinea pig C' activating ability than did IgG(1). Neither isotype opsonized HEWL-conjugated sheep erythrocytes in vitro. Amino acid sequence analysis of IgG isotypes revealed that all subclasses have putative C' binding sites but that IgG(2a), IgG(2b) and IgG(4) were more flexible in the middle hinge region than IgG(1) and IgG(3) and would likely activate C' more efficiently. Thus, porcine IgG isotypes associated with resistance and susceptibility to disease also differ in their actual and predicted biological functions.
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- A Crawley
- Department of Pathobiology, University of Guelph, Guelph, Ont., Canada N1G 2W1.
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