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Balena V, Pradhan SS, Bera BC, Anand T, Sansanwal R, Khetmalis R, Madhwal A, Bernela M, Supriya K, Pavulraj S, Tripathi BN, Virmani N. Double and quadruple deletion mutant of EHV-1 is highly attenuated and induces optimal immune response. Vaccine 2023; 41:1081-1093. [PMID: 36604218 DOI: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2022.12.044] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/09/2022] [Revised: 12/13/2022] [Accepted: 12/19/2022] [Indexed: 01/06/2023]
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Equid alphaherpesvirus 1 (EHV-1) infection causes significant health problems in equines. The EHV-1 infection leads to abortion storm in mares, respiratory disease and myeloencephalopathy. Despite the wide use of vaccines, the outbreaks of EHV-1 infections keep occurring globally, suggesting the need for the development of improved vaccines. Gene deletion attenuated mutant viruses could be a good candidate for the development of modified live vaccines. Here, we report the generation of mutant EHV-1 by deleting virulence (glycoprotein E & internal repeat 6; IR6) and immune evasive (pUL43 & pUL56) associated genes either individually or in combinations; and comprehensive evaluation of mutants through in vitro characterization followed by in vivo study in murine model to adjudge the attenuation of the virus and immune responses generated by mutants vis-à-vis wild type (wt) virus. The EHV-1 mutants with deletion of IR6 and gE genes (vToH-DMV) and four genes (i.e., gE, IR6, pUL43 and pUL56) (vToH-QMV) revealed a significant reduction in plaque size with minimal loss in replication efficiency in comparison to the wt virus. Further, in vivo studies showed virus attenuation adjudged through significant reduction in clinical signs, weight loss, gross and histopathological lesions in comparison to wt virus also revealed improved immune responses estimated through serum neutralization and flow cytometric analysis of CD4 + and CD8 + cell populations. Thus it can be concluded that EHV-1 mutants viz. vToH-DMV and vToH-QMV (novel combination) are promising vaccine candidates and qualify to be studied for adjudging the protective efficacy with wt virus challenge.
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- Venkataramireddy Balena
- ICAR-National Research Centre on Equines, Sirsa Road, Hisar 125 001, Haryana, India; Division of Pathology, ICAR-Indian Veterinary Research Institute, Bareilly 243122, UP, India
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- ICAR-National Research Centre on Equines, Sirsa Road, Hisar 125 001, Haryana, India; Division of Pathology, ICAR-Indian Veterinary Research Institute, Bareilly 243122, UP, India
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- ICAR-National Research Centre on Equines, Sirsa Road, Hisar 125 001, Haryana, India
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- ICAR-National Research Centre on Equines, Sirsa Road, Hisar 125 001, Haryana, India
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- ICAR-National Research Centre on Equines, Sirsa Road, Hisar 125 001, Haryana, India
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- ICAR-National Research Centre on Equines, Sirsa Road, Hisar 125 001, Haryana, India; Division of Pathology, ICAR-Indian Veterinary Research Institute, Bareilly 243122, UP, India
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- ICAR-National Research Centre on Equines, Sirsa Road, Hisar 125 001, Haryana, India; Division of Pathology, ICAR-Indian Veterinary Research Institute, Bareilly 243122, UP, India
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- ICAR-National Research Centre on Equines, Sirsa Road, Hisar 125 001, Haryana, India
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- ICAR-National Research Centre on Equines, Sirsa Road, Hisar 125 001, Haryana, India; Division of Pathology, ICAR-Indian Veterinary Research Institute, Bareilly 243122, UP, India
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- Department of Pathobiological Sciences, School of Veterinary Medicine, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA 70803, USA
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- Indian Council of Agricultural Research, Krishi Bhawan, New Delhi 110012, India.
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- ICAR-National Research Centre on Equines, Sirsa Road, Hisar 125 001, Haryana, India.
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Kang HW, Lee EY, Lee KK, Ko MK, Park JY, Kim YH, Lee K, Choi EJ, Kim J, So B, Park CK, Jeoung HY. Evaluation of the Variability of the ORF34, ORF68, and MLST Genes in EHV-1 from South Korea. Pathogens 2021; 10:425. [PMID: 33918404 DOI: 10.3390/pathogens10040425] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/03/2021] [Revised: 03/24/2021] [Accepted: 03/30/2021] [Indexed: 12/16/2022] Open
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Equine herpesvirus-1 (EHV-1) is an important pathogen in horses. It affects horses worldwide and causes substantial economic losses. In this study, for the first time, we characterized EHV-1 isolates from South Korea at the molecular level. We then aimed to determine the genetic divergences of these isolates by comparing them to sequences in databases. In total, 338 horse samples were collected, and 12 EHV-1 were isolated. We performed ORF30, ORF33, ORF68, and ORF34 genetic analysis and carried out multi-locus sequence typing (MLST) of 12 isolated EHV-1. All isolated viruses were confirmed as non-neuropathogenic type, showing N752 of ORF30 and highly conserved ORF33 (99.7–100%). Isolates were unclassified using ORF68 analysis because of a 118 bp deletion in nucleotide sequence 701–818. Seven EHV-1 isolates (16Q4, 19R166-1, 19R166-6, 19/10/15-2, 19/10/15-4, 19/10/18-2, 19/10/22-1) belonged to group 1, clade 10, based on ORF34 and MLST analysis. The remaining 5 EHV-1 isolates (15Q25-1, 15D59, 16Q5, 16Q40, 18D99) belonged to group 7, clade 6, based on ORF34 and MLST analysis.
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Minato E, Kobayashi A, Aoshima K, Fukushi H, Kimura T. Susceptibility of rat immortalized neuronal cell line Rn33B expressing equine major histocompatibility class 1 to equine herpesvirus-1 infection is differentiation dependent. Microbiol Immunol 2020; 64:123-132. [PMID: 31758567 DOI: 10.1111/1348-0421.12761] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/28/2019] [Revised: 10/31/2019] [Accepted: 11/11/2019] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Equine herpesvirus-1 (EHV-1), which causes encephalomyelitis in horses, shows endotheliotropism in the central nervous system of horses, and generally does not infect neurons. However, little is known about the mechanism underlying the resistance of neuron to EHV-1, due to the lack of convenient cell culture systems. In this study, we examined EHV-1 infection in immortalized Rn33B rat neuronal cells, which differentiate into neurons when cultured under nonpermissive conditions. Because murine cell lines are resistant to EHV-1 infections due to the lack of functional entry receptors for EHV-1, we used an Rn33B-derived cell line that stably expresses the equine MHC class 1 molecule, which acts as EHV-1 entry receptor (Rn33B-A68B2M cells). EHV-1 infected undifferentiated Rn33B-A68B2M cells more efficiently than differentiated cells, resulting in the production of progeny virus in the former but not in the latter. By contrast, both differentiated and undifferentiated cells infected with herpes simplex virus-1 produced infectious viral progeny. While EHV-1 infection induced stronger expression of IFN alpha gene in differentiated cells than in undifferentiated cells, downstream IFN responses, including phosphorylation of STAT1 (signal transducer and activator of transcription 1) and expression of IFN-stimulated genes, were not activated regardless of whether cells were differentiated or not. These results suggest that neuronal differentiation of RN33B-A68B2M cells reduced their susceptibility to EHV-1, which is not due to different IFN responses. This culture system may be useful as an in vitro model for studying neuron-specific resistance to EHV-1, by investigating viral and host factors responsible for the difference in susceptibility between differentiated and undifferentiated cells.
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- Erina Minato
- Laboratory of Comparative Pathology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan
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- Laboratory of Comparative Pathology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan
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- Laboratory of Comparative Pathology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan
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- Laboratory of Veterinary Microbiology, Faculty of Applied Biological Sciences, Gifu University, Gifu, Japan
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- Laboratory of Comparative Pathology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan
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Ferreira CGT, Campos MG, Felix DM, Santos MR, Carvalho OVD, Diaz MAN, Fietto JLR, Bressan GC, Silva-Júnior A, Almeida MRD. Evaluation of the antiviral activities of Bacharis dracunculifolia and quercetin on Equid herpesvirus 1 in a murine model. Res Vet Sci 2018; 120:70-77. [PMID: 30267998 DOI: 10.1016/j.rvsc.2018.09.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/24/2017] [Revised: 08/26/2018] [Accepted: 09/17/2018] [Indexed: 01/31/2023]
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Equid herpesvirus 1 (EHV-1) is a pathogen of high economic importance in equine breeding operations around the world. EHV-1 infection causes respiratory, neurologic and reproductive disease. The absence of an efficient therapy has caught the attention of the scientific community and the therapeutic activities of natural products with its antivirals effects might be effective for the disease's treatment. Herein it was evaluated the prophylactic and therapeutic potential of quercetin and ethanolic extracts of Bacharis dracunculifolia formulations compared to Penciclovir® in an in vivo EHV-1 infection model. Six to seven-week-old female C57BL/6 mice were randomly organized into fifteen groups with six animals each. Ex-1 represents the treatment post-challenge groups to assess morbidity, mortality and weight variation. Ex-2 represents the animals that received treatment for 5 days post-challenge for lesion evaluation. In Ex-3 animals were treated prior to viral challenge to assess morbidity, mortality and weight variation. All mice in the treatment groups were challenged by intranasal inoculation of 3.0 × 105 TCID50 EHV-1. The quercetin and B. dracunculifolia treatment decreased morbimortality in post-challenge treatment (Ex-1) and EHV-1 related lesions (Ex-2). Treatment prior to viral challenge (Ex-3) did not show any significant results. Based on the results of the present study, both tested formulations are promising antiviral agents for the treatment of EHV-1 infection.
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- Departament of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Universidade Federal de Viçosa, Viçosa, MG 36570-700, Brazil
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- Departament of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Universidade Federal de Viçosa, Viçosa, MG 36570-700, Brazil
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- Departament of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Universidade Federal de Viçosa, Viçosa, MG 36570-700, Brazil
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- Departament of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Universidade Federal de Viçosa, Viçosa, MG 36570-700, Brazil
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- Departament of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Universidade Federal de Viçosa, Viçosa, MG 36570-700, Brazil
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- Departament of Veterinary, Universidade Federal de Viçosa, Viçosa, MG 36570-700, Brazil.
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- Departament of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Universidade Federal de Viçosa, Viçosa, MG 36570-700, Brazil.
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Liu SA, Stanfield BA, Chouljenko VN, Naidu S, Langohr I, Del Piero F, Ferracone J, Roy AA, Kousoulas KG. Intramuscular Immunization of Mice with the Live-Attenuated Herpes Simplex Virus 1 Vaccine Strain VC2 Expressing Equine Herpesvirus 1 (EHV-1) Glycoprotein D Generates Anti-EHV-1 Immune Responses in Mice. J Virol 2017; 91:e02445-16. [PMID: 28404844 DOI: 10.1128/JVI.02445-16] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/18/2016] [Accepted: 03/14/2017] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Vaccination remains the best option to combat equine herpesvirus 1 (EHV-1) infection, and several different strategies of vaccination have been investigated and developed over the past few decades. Herein, we report that the live-attenuated herpes simplex virus 1 (HSV-1) VC2 vaccine strain, which has been shown to be unable to enter into neurons and establish latency in mice, can be utilized as a vector for the heterologous expression of EHV-1 glycoprotein D (gD) and that the intramuscular immunization of mice results in strong antiviral humoral and cellular immune responses. The VC2-EHV-1-gD recombinant virus was constructed by inserting an EHV-1 gD expression cassette under the control of the cytomegalovirus immediate early promoter into the VC2 vector in place of the HSV-1 thymidine kinase (UL23) gene. The vaccines were introduced into mice through intramuscular injection. Vaccination with both the VC2-EHV-1-gD vaccine and the commercially available vaccine Vetera EHVXP 1/4 (Vetera; Boehringer Ingelheim Vetmedica) resulted in the production of neutralizing antibodies, the levels of which were significantly higher in comparison to those in VC2- and mock-vaccinated animals (P < 0.01 or P < 0.001). Analysis of EHV-1-reactive IgG subtypes demonstrated that vaccination with the VC2-EHV-1-gD vaccine stimulated robust IgG1 and IgG2a antibodies after three vaccinations (P < 0.001). Interestingly, Vetera-vaccinated mice produced significantly higher levels of IgM than mice in the other groups before and after challenge (P < 0.01 or P < 0.05). Vaccination with VC2-EHV-1-gD stimulated strong cellular immune responses, characterized by the upregulation of both interferon- and tumor necrosis factor-positive CD4+ T cells and CD8+ T cells. Overall, the data suggest that the HSV-1 VC2 vaccine strain may be used as a viral vector for the vaccination of horses as well as, potentially, for the vaccination of other economically important animals.IMPORTANCE A novel virus-vectored VC2-EHV-1-gD vaccine was constructed using the live-attenuated HSV-1 VC2 vaccine strain. This vaccine stimulated strong humoral and cellular immune responses in mice, suggesting that it could protect horses against EHV-1 infection.
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Cymerys J, Słońska A, Tucholska A, Golke A, Chmielewska A, Bańbura MW. Influence of long-term equine herpesvirus type 1 (EHV-1) infection on primary murine neurons-the possible effects of the multiple passages of EHV-1 on its neurovirulence. Folia Microbiol (Praha) 2017; 63:1-11. [PMID: 28409422 PMCID: PMC5733002 DOI: 10.1007/s12223-017-0528-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/05/2016] [Accepted: 04/02/2017] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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Equine herpesvirus 1 (EHV-1), like other members of the Alphaherpesvirinae subfamily, is a neurotropic virus causing latent infections in the nervous system of the natural host. In the present study, we have investigated EHV-1 replication (wild-type Jan-E strain and Rac-H laboratory strain) during long-term infection and during the passages of the virus in cultured neurons. The studies were performed on primary murine neurons, which are an excellent in vitro model for studying neurotropism and neurovirulence of EHV-1. Using real-time cell growth analysis, we have demonstrated for the first time that primary murine neurons are able to survive long-term EHV-1 infection. Positive results of real-time PCR test indicated a high level of virus DNA in cultured neurons, and during long-term infection, these neurons were still able to transmit the virus to the other cells. We also compared the neurovirulence of Rac-H and Jan-E EHV-1 strains after multiple passages of these strains in neuron cell culture. The results showed that multiple passages of EHV-1 in neurons lead to the inhibition of viral replication as early as in the third passage. Interestingly, the inhibition of the EHV-1 replication occurred exclusively in neurons, because the equine dermal (ED) cells co-cultivated with neuroculture medium from the third passage showed the presence of large amount of viral DNA. In conclusion, our results showed that certain balance between EHV-1 and neurons has been established during in vitro infection allowing neurons to survive long-term infection.
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- Joanna Cymerys
- Division of Microbiology, Department of Preclinical Sciences, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Warsaw University of Life Sciences - SGGW, Ciszewskiego 8, 02-786, Warsaw, Poland.
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- Division of Microbiology, Department of Preclinical Sciences, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Warsaw University of Life Sciences - SGGW, Ciszewskiego 8, 02-786, Warsaw, Poland
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- Division of Microbiology, Department of Preclinical Sciences, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Warsaw University of Life Sciences - SGGW, Ciszewskiego 8, 02-786, Warsaw, Poland
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- Division of Microbiology, Department of Preclinical Sciences, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Warsaw University of Life Sciences - SGGW, Ciszewskiego 8, 02-786, Warsaw, Poland
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- Division of Microbiology, Department of Preclinical Sciences, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Warsaw University of Life Sciences - SGGW, Ciszewskiego 8, 02-786, Warsaw, Poland
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- Division of Microbiology, Department of Preclinical Sciences, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Warsaw University of Life Sciences - SGGW, Ciszewskiego 8, 02-786, Warsaw, Poland
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Zanuzzi CN, Bravi ME, Scrochi MR, Nishida F, Fuentealba NA, Diessler ME, Sguazza HG, Muglia CI, Gimeno EJ, Portiansky EL, Barbeito CG, Galosi CM. Microvascular lesions and changes in cell proliferation and death, and cytokine expression in the placentas of mice experimentally infected with Equid Herpesvirus 1. Res Vet Sci 2016; 109:121-128. [PMID: 27892860 DOI: 10.1016/j.rvsc.2016.09.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/05/2016] [Revised: 08/23/2016] [Accepted: 09/12/2016] [Indexed: 02/04/2023]
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This study describes the changes observed in the placentas of mice experimentally infected with an abortigenic strain of EHV-1 at mid-pregnancy and euthanized at days 3 and 4 post-infection. We analyzed microscopic vascular alterations, cell proliferation and death by immunohistochemistry, and the expression of IFN-γ, TNF-α and the IL-10 by qPCR and flow cytometry. Infected mice showed slight respiratory signs and ruffled fur during the first two days post-infection. Virus isolation and DNA detection were positive only in the lungs of the infected mice. Vascular congestion, increase in the labyrinth area, and a significant reduction in fetal capillary endothelium surface of infected placentas were found. Cell proliferation was significantly reduced in the infected placentas, whereas the apoptosis was significantly increased. IL10, TNF and IFN-γ showed different expression in the infected placentas and uteri. The effects of EHV-1 during pregnancy depend on different pathogenic mechanisms in which vascular alterations, and cell death and proliferation and local cytokine changes are compromised.
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- C N Zanuzzi
- Department of Histology and Embryology, School of Veterinary Sciences, National University of La Plata, Argentina; National Research Council (CONICET), Argentina.
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- Department of Virology, School of Veterinary Sciences, National University of La Plata, Argentina; Agency for the Promotion of Science and Technology (ANPCyT), Argentina
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- Department of Virology, School of Veterinary Sciences, National University of La Plata, Argentina; Department of Histology and Embryology, School of Veterinary Sciences, National University of La Plata, Argentina; National Research Council (CONICET), Argentina
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- Image Analysis Laboratory, School of Veterinary Sciences, National University of La Plata, Argentina
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- Department of Virology, School of Veterinary Sciences, National University of La Plata, Argentina; National Research Council (CONICET), Argentina
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- Department of Histology and Embryology, School of Veterinary Sciences, National University of La Plata, Argentina
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- Department of Virology, School of Veterinary Sciences, National University of La Plata, Argentina
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- Department of Immunopathology, Institute of Immunological and Physiopathological Studies (IIFP), Argentina; National Research Council (CONICET), Argentina
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- National Research Council (CONICET), Argentina
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- Image Analysis Laboratory, School of Veterinary Sciences, National University of La Plata, Argentina; National Research Council (CONICET), Argentina
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- Department of Histology and Embryology, School of Veterinary Sciences, National University of La Plata, Argentina; Image Analysis Laboratory, School of Veterinary Sciences, National University of La Plata, Argentina; National Research Council (CONICET), Argentina
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- Department of Virology, School of Veterinary Sciences, National University of La Plata, Argentina; Scientific Research Commission (CIC) of Province of Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina
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Kanitz FA, Cargnelutti JF, Anziliero D, Gonçalves KV, Masuda EK, Weiblen R, Flores EF. Respiratory and neurological disease in rabbits experimentally infected with equid herpesvirus 1. Microb Pathog 2015; 87:45-50. [PMID: 26187161 DOI: 10.1016/j.micpath.2015.07.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/15/2015] [Revised: 05/28/2015] [Accepted: 07/11/2015] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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Equid herpesvirus type 1 (EHV-1) is an important pathogen of horses worldwide, associated with respiratory, reproductive and/or neurological disease. A mouse model for EHV-1 infection has been established but fails to reproduce some important aspects of the viral pathogenesis. Then, we investigated the susceptibility of rabbits to EHV-1 aiming at proposing this species as an alternative model for EHV-1 infection. Weanling rabbits inoculated intranasal with EHV-1 Kentucky D (10(7) TCID50/animal) shed virus in nasal secretions up to day 8-10 post-inoculation (pi), presented viremia up to day 14 pi and seroconverted to EHV-1 (virus neutralizing titers 4 to 64). Most rabbits (75%) developed respiratory disease, characterized by serous to hemorrhagic nasal discharge and mild to severe dyspnea. Some animals (20%) presented neurological signs as circling, bruxism and opisthotonus. Six animals died during acute disease (days 3-6); infectious virus and/or viral DNA were detected in the lungs, trigeminal ganglia (TG), olfactory bulbs (OBs) and cerebral cortex/brain (CC). Histological examination showed necrohemorrhagic, multifocal to coalescent bronchointerstitial pneumonia and diffuse alveolar edema. In two rabbits euthanized at day 50 pi, latent EHV-1 DNA was detected in the OBs. Dexamethasone administration at day 50 pi resulted in virus reactivation, demonstrated by virus shedding, viremia, clinical signs, and increase in VN titers and/or by detection of virus DNA in lungs, OBs, TGs and/or CC. These results demonstrate that rabbits are susceptible to EHV-1 infection and develop respiratory and neurological signs upon experimental inoculation. Thus, rabbits may be used to study selected aspects of EHV-1 biology and pathogenesis, extending and complementing the mouse model.
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- Fábio A Kanitz
- Setor de Virologia, Departamento de Medicina Veterinária Preventiva, Universidade Federal de Santa Maria, Av. Roraima, 1000, prédio 20, sala 4200, Santa Maria, RS, CEP 97105-900, Brazil; 9(a) Supervisão Regional da Secretaria da Agricultura e Pecuária do Rio Grande do Sul, Rua Mário Santo Dani, 100, Osório, RS, CEP 95520-000, Brazil
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- Setor de Virologia, Departamento de Medicina Veterinária Preventiva, Universidade Federal de Santa Maria, Av. Roraima, 1000, prédio 20, sala 4200, Santa Maria, RS, CEP 97105-900, Brazil
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- Setor de Virologia, Departamento de Medicina Veterinária Preventiva, Universidade Federal de Santa Maria, Av. Roraima, 1000, prédio 20, sala 4200, Santa Maria, RS, CEP 97105-900, Brazil; Escola de Medicina, Faculdade Meridional - IMED, Senador Pinheiro, 304, Passo Fundo, RS, CEP 99070-220, Brazil
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- Setor de Virologia, Departamento de Medicina Veterinária Preventiva, Universidade Federal de Santa Maria, Av. Roraima, 1000, prédio 20, sala 4200, Santa Maria, RS, CEP 97105-900, Brazil
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- Axys Análises Laboratório Veterinário e Consultoria Diagnóstica, Rua Pedro Chaves Barcelos, 475, Bairro Montserrat, Porto Alegre, RS, CEP 90450-010, Brazil
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- Setor de Virologia, Departamento de Medicina Veterinária Preventiva, Universidade Federal de Santa Maria, Av. Roraima, 1000, prédio 20, sala 4200, Santa Maria, RS, CEP 97105-900, Brazil
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- Setor de Virologia, Departamento de Medicina Veterinária Preventiva, Universidade Federal de Santa Maria, Av. Roraima, 1000, prédio 20, sala 4200, Santa Maria, RS, CEP 97105-900, Brazil.
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Zanuzzi C, Scrochi M, Fuentealba N, Nishida F, Portiansky E, Muglia C, Gimeno E, Barbeito C, Galosi C. Effects of equid herpesvirus 1 (EHV-1) AR8 and HH1 strains on BALB-c mice. Arch Virol 2013; 159:141-5. [DOI: 10.1007/s00705-013-1782-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/20/2013] [Accepted: 05/31/2013] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Eöry ML, Zanuzzi CN, Fuentealba NA, Sguazza GH, Gimeno EJ, Galosi CM, Barbeito CG. Effects of Different Anesthetics in the Murine Model of EHV-1 Infection. Vet Pathol 2013; 50:849-56. [DOI: 10.1177/0300985813476062] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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Mice are commonly used as an experimental model to investigate the Equid herpesvirus 1 (EHV-1) infection. This model easily reproduces the disease, and the clinical signs are more or less similar to those observed in the horse, the natural host. During natural infection, the acute course of respiratory infection is mandatory for the development of adaptive immune response. Since interactions between EHV-1 and anesthetics are possible, the study investigated whether the early events of murine pulmonary immune response could be affected by different anesthetics. Therefore, mice were experimentally infected with a unique EHV-1 strain under the effects of ether, ketamine/xylazine, or isoflurane. Clinical signs and histopathological lesions in the lungs were described, and the cell death and proliferation rates of sham-inoculated or infected animals were quantified using immunohistochemistry. Clinical signs were more severe in animals anesthetized with ether. Qualitative differences in the recruited inflammatory cells were observed following application of anesthesia. The level of infection between the infected groups was not statistically significant. However, lungs from ketamine/xylazine-anesthetized animals showed the highest cell death rates, whereas those from isoflurane-anesthetized animals showed the highest proliferation rates. It has been emphasized that anesthetics alone or their interactions with EHV-1 modify the response against the infection. An appropriate selection of the anesthetic during experimental studies is relevant to minimize wrong conclusions.
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Kydd JH, Slater J, Osterrieder N, Lunn DP, Antczak DF, Azab W, Balasuriya U, Barnett C, Brosnahan M, Cook C, Damiani A, Elton D, Frampton A, Gilkerson J, Goehring L, Horohov D, Maxwell L, Minke J, Morley P, Nauwynck H, Newton R, Perkins G, Pusterla N, Soboll-Hussey G, Traub-Dargatz J, Townsend H, Van de walle GR, Wagner B. Third International Havemeyer Workshop on Equine Herpesvirus type 1. Equine Vet J 2012; 44:513-7. [DOI: 10.1111/j.2042-3306.2012.00604.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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Malik P, Bálint Á, Dán Á, Pálfi V. Molecular characterisation of the ORF68 region of equine herpesvirus-1 strains isolated from aborted fetuses in Hungary between 1977 and 2008. Acta Vet Hung 2012; 60:175-87. [PMID: 22366142 DOI: 10.1556/avet.2012.015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Equine herpesvirus-1 (EHV-1) can be classified into distinct groups by single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) in their genomes. Only a few of these can be associated with a special attribute of the virus. Differences in the ORF30 region can determine the neuropathogenic potential, while by substitutions in the ORF68 region several strain groups can be made. In previous studies no connection was found between the neuropathogenic potential and the SNPs in ORF68, but the occurrence of members of distinct groups in different outbreaks can facilitate epidemiological investigations because the geographical distribution of a particular group is very often specific. The present study aimed at the molecular examination and grouping of 35 EHV-1 strains isolated from aborted equine fetuses in Hungary between 1977 and 2008. Genotyping was based on the comparison of nucleotide sequences of a polymorphic segment located in the ORF68 region, which had previously been found to be a useful tool for classification. After sequencing this region, the Hungarian EHV-1 isolates could be classified into seven groups. Only 23 of the 35 isolates belonged to the formerly described groups, while the SNPs of 12 isolates diverged, and four new groups could be set up. In addition, phylogenetic analysis was performed to compare the ORF68 sequences of the Hungarian strains with the sequences of isolates from Europe, America and Australia. The number of newly formed groups suggests that the further analysis of unknown EHV-1 isolates would involve the emergence of extended numbers of new groups, which can impair the usability of this grouping method.
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- Péter Malik
- 1 Veterinary Diagnostic Directorate Department of Mammal Virology, Central Agricultural Office Tábornok u. 2 H-1149 Budapest Hungary
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- 1 Veterinary Diagnostic Directorate Department of Mammal Virology, Central Agricultural Office Tábornok u. 2 H-1149 Budapest Hungary
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- 1 Veterinary Diagnostic Directorate Department of Mammal Virology, Central Agricultural Office Tábornok u. 2 H-1149 Budapest Hungary
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- 1 Veterinary Diagnostic Directorate Department of Mammal Virology, Central Agricultural Office Tábornok u. 2 H-1149 Budapest Hungary
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Mori C, Mori E, Favaro L, Santos C, Lara M, Villalobos E, Cunha E, Brandao P, Richtzenhain L, Maiorka P. Equid Herpesvirus Type-1 Exhibits Neurotropism and Neurovirulence in a Mouse Model. J Comp Pathol 2012; 146:202-10. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jcpa.2011.04.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/14/2011] [Revised: 04/01/2011] [Accepted: 04/12/2011] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Carvalho RF, Spilki FR, Cunha EM, Stocco RC, Arns CW. Molecular data of UL24 homolog gene (ORF37) from Brazilian isolates of equine herpesvirus type 1. Res Vet Sci 2011; 93:494-7. [PMID: 21684566 DOI: 10.1016/j.rvsc.2011.05.019] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/26/2009] [Revised: 05/06/2011] [Accepted: 05/23/2011] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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Equine herpesvirus type 1 (EHV-1) is associated with abortions, respiratory distress, and neurological disturbances in horses. The ORF37 of EHV-1 encodes a protein homolog to UL24 gene product of human herpesvirus that has been associated with neurovirulence. In the present work, ORF37 PCR fragments derived from two Brazilian EHV-1 isolates, a German isolate and an American reference strain were sequenced and characterized by molecular phylogenetic analysis. This genomic region is highly conserved an allowed to infer genetic distances between EHV-1 strains and other animal herpesvirus.
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- R F Carvalho
- Laboratório de Genética, Instituto Butantan, São Paulo, SP, CEP 05503-900, Brazil.
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Vandekerckhove AP, Glorieux S, Gryspeerdt AC, Steukers L, Van Doorsselaere J, Osterrieder N, Van de Walle GR, Nauwynck HJ. Equine alphaherpesviruses (EHV-1 and EHV-4) differ in their efficiency to infect mononuclear cells during early steps of infection in nasal mucosal explants. Vet Microbiol 2011; 152:21-8. [PMID: 21536394 DOI: 10.1016/j.vetmic.2011.03.038] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/14/2011] [Revised: 03/29/2011] [Accepted: 03/31/2011] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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Equine herpesvirus type 1 (EHV-1) replicates extensively in the epithelium of the upper respiratory tract, after which it can spread throughout the body via a cell-associated viremia in mononuclear leukocytes reaching the pregnant uterus and central nervous system. In a previous study, we were able to mimic the in vivo situation in an in vitro respiratory mucosal explant system. A plaquewise spread of EHV-1 was observed in the epithelial cells, whereas in the connective tissue below the basement membrane (BM), EHV-1-infected mononuclear leukocytes were noticed. Equine herpesvirus type 4 (EHV-4), a close relative of EHV-1, can also cause mild respiratory disease, but a cell-associated viremia in leukocytes is scarce and secondary symptoms are rarely observed. Based on this striking difference in pathogenicity, we aimed to evaluate how EHV-4 behaves in equine mucosal explants. Upon inoculation of equine mucosal explants with the EHV-4 strains VLS 829, EQ(1) 012 and V01-3-13, replication of EHV-4 in epithelial cells was evidenced by the presence of viral plaques in the epithelium. Interestingly, EHV-4-infected mononuclear leukocytes in the connective tissue below the BM were extremely rare and were only present for one of the three strains. The inefficient capacity of EHV-4 to infect mononuclear cells explains in part the rarity of EHV-4-induced viremia, and subsequently, the rarity of EHV-4-induced abortion or EHM.
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- Annelies P Vandekerckhove
- Department of Virology, Parasitology and Immunology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Ghent University, Salisburylaan 133, B-9820 Merelbeke, Belgium.
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Malik P, Pálfi V, Bálint A. Development of a new primer-probe energy transfer method for the differentiation of neuropathogenic and non-neuropathogenic strains of equine herpesvirus-1. J Virol Methods 2010; 169:425-7. [PMID: 20709107 DOI: 10.1016/j.jviromet.2010.08.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/22/2010] [Revised: 08/03/2010] [Accepted: 08/05/2010] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Equine herpesvirus-1 (EHV-1) is a major pathogen of horses with worldwide distribution that can cause various clinical signs ranged from mild respiratory disease to neurological symptoms. Comparison of neuropathogenic and non-neuropathogenic EHV-1 strains revealed that a single non-synonymous nucleotide substitution (A/G2254) in the ORF30 region is associated with the altered functions of the viral DNA polymerase and therefore the neuropathogenicity of EHV-1 virus strains. The aim of the present study was the development of a new differentiation method of this particular single nucleotide polymorphism on the basis of the primer-probe energy transfer (PriProET) technique that has been successfully applied for the detection and classification of various DNA and RNA viruses. The results of melting temperature analysis showed an exact correlation with the sequence variations of the targeted region of ORF30, and the two genotypes (A/G2254) could be easily identified by the different peaks of melting temperatures. The new method is simple, fast, specific and robust as well as more flexible than the previous tests.
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- Péter Malik
- Department of Virology, Central Agricultural Office, Veterinary Diagnostic Directorate, Tábornok u. 2, H-1149 Budapest, Hungary.
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Vandekerckhove AP, Glorieux S, Gryspeerdt AC, Steukers L, Duchateau L, Osterrieder N, Van de Walle GR, Nauwynck HJ. Replication kinetics of neurovirulent versus non-neurovirulent equine herpesvirus type 1 strains in equine nasal mucosal explants. J Gen Virol 2010; 91:2019-2028. [PMID: 20427565 DOI: 10.1099/vir.0.019257-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 50] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Equine herpesvirus type 1 (EHV-1) is the causative agent of equine herpes myeloencephalopathy, of which outbreaks are reported with increasing frequency throughout North America and Europe. This has resulted in its classification as a potentially emerging disease by the US Department of Agriculture. Recently, it was found that a single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) in the viral DNA polymerase gene (ORF30) at aa 752 (N-->D) is associated with the neurovirulent potential of EHV-1. In the present study, equine respiratory mucosal explants were inoculated with several Belgian isolates typed in their ORF30 as D(752) or N(752), to evaluate a possible difference in replication in the upper respiratory tract. In addition, to evaluate whether any observed differences could be attributed to the SNP associated with neurovirulence, the experiments were repeated with parental Ab4 (reference neurovirulent strain), parental NY03 (reference non-neurovirulent strain) and their N/D revertant recombinant viruses. The salient findings were that EHV-1 spreads plaquewise in the epithelium, but plaques never cross the basement membrane (BM). However, single EHV-1-infected cells could be observed below the BM at 36 h post-inoculation (p.i.) for all N(752) isolates and at 24 h p.i. for all D(752) isolates, and were identified as monocytic cells and T lymphocytes. Interestingly, the number of infected cells was two to five times higher for D(752) isolates compared with N(752) isolates at every time point analysed. Finally, this study showed that equine respiratory explants are a valuable and reproducible model to study EHV-1 neurovirulence in vitro, thereby reducing the need for horses as experimental animals.
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- Annelies P Vandekerckhove
- Department of Virology, Parasitology and Immunology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Ghent University, Salisburylaan 133, B-9820 Merelbeke, Belgium
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- Department of Virology, Parasitology and Immunology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Ghent University, Salisburylaan 133, B-9820 Merelbeke, Belgium
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- Department of Virology, Parasitology and Immunology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Ghent University, Salisburylaan 133, B-9820 Merelbeke, Belgium
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- Department of Virology, Parasitology and Immunology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Ghent University, Salisburylaan 133, B-9820 Merelbeke, Belgium
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- Department of Physiology and Biometrics, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Ghent University, Salisburylaan 133, B-9820 Merelbeke, Belgium
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- Institut für Virologie, Freie Universitaet Berlin, Philippstrasse 13, 10115 Berlin, Germany
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- Department of Physiology and Biometrics, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Ghent University, Salisburylaan 133, B-9820 Merelbeke, Belgium.,Department of Virology, Parasitology and Immunology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Ghent University, Salisburylaan 133, B-9820 Merelbeke, Belgium
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- Department of Virology, Parasitology and Immunology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Ghent University, Salisburylaan 133, B-9820 Merelbeke, Belgium
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Yu MHH, Kasem SGA, Tsujimura K, Matsumura T, Yanai T, Yamaguchi T, Ohya K, Fukushi H. Diverse pathogenicity of equine herpesvirus 1 (EHV-1) isolates in CBA mouse model. J Vet Med Sci 2009; 72:301-6. [PMID: 19959887 DOI: 10.1292/jvms.09-0337] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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The pathogenicity of equine herpesvirus 1 (EHV-1) isolates of Japan were evaluated by using the CBA mouse model. CBA mice were inoculated with eight Japanese EHV-1 strains (89c1, 90c16, 90c18, 97c11, 98c12, 00c19, 01c1 and HH-1) and one British strain (Ab4p). 89c1 caused slight body weight loss and nervous signs in mice at 8 days post infection (dpi). Severe weight loss and nervous signs were observed in mice inoculated with Ab4p at 6 dpi. The other strains did not cause apparent clinical signs. Infectious viruses were recovered from the lungs of all groups at 2 dpi. Histopathological analysis revealed interstitial pneumonia in the lungs of all mice inoculated with EHV-1. Encephalitis or meningoencephalitis was observed in the brains of mice inoculated with 89c1, 90c18, 97c11, 98c12, 01c1 and Ab4p. Japanese EHV-1 strains showed low pathogenicity in CBA mice, whereas the sequential affects of infection are similar to those of the highly pathogenic strain Ab4p. These results suggest that field isolates of EHV-1 have varying degrees of pathogenicity in CBA mice.
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- Mi Htay Htay Yu
- Department of Applied Veterinary Sciences, United Graduate School of Veterinary Sciences, Gifu University, 1-1 Yanagido, Gifu 501-1193, Japan
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Goodman LB, Loregian A, Perkins GA, Nugent J, Buckles EL, Mercorelli B, Kydd JH, Palù G, Smith KC, Osterrieder N, Davis-Poynter N. A point mutation in a herpesvirus polymerase determines neuropathogenicity. PLoS Pathog 2008; 3:e160. [PMID: 17997600 PMCID: PMC2065875 DOI: 10.1371/journal.ppat.0030160] [Citation(s) in RCA: 155] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/11/2007] [Accepted: 09/17/2007] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Infection with equid herpesvirus type 1 (EHV-1) leads to respiratory disease, abortion, and neurologic disorders in horses. Molecular epidemiology studies have demonstrated that a single nucleotide polymorphism resulting in an amino acid variation of the EHV-1 DNA polymerase (N752/D752) is significantly associated with the neuropathogenic potential of naturally occurring strains. To test the hypothesis that this single amino acid exchange by itself influences neuropathogenicity, we generated recombinant viruses with differing polymerase sequences. Here we show that the N752 mutant virus caused no neurologic signs in the natural host, while the D752 virus was able to cause inflammation of the central nervous system and ataxia. Neurologic disease induced by the D752 virus was concomitant with significantly increased levels of viremia (p = 0.01), but the magnitude of virus shedding from the nasal mucosa was similar between the N752 and D752 viruses. Both viruses replicated with similar kinetics in fibroblasts and epithelial cells, but exhibited differences in leukocyte tropism. Last, we observed a significant increase (p < 0.001) in sensitivity of the N752 mutant to aphidicolin, a drug targeting the viral polymerase. Our results demonstrate that a single amino acid variation in a herpesvirus enzyme can influence neuropathogenic potential without having a major effect on virus shedding from infected animals, which is important for horizontal spread in a population. This observation is very interesting from an evolutionary standpoint and is consistent with data indicating that the N752 DNA pol genotype is predominant in the EHV-1 population, suggesting that decreased viral pathogenicity in the natural host might not be at the expense of less efficient inter-individual transmission.
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- Laura B Goodman
- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, United States of America
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- Department of Histology, Microbiology and Medical Biotechnologies, University of Padua, Padua, Italy
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- Department of Clinical Sciences, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, United States of America
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- Centre for Preventive Medicine, Animal Health Trust, Newmarket, United Kingdom
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- Department of Biomedical Sciences, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, United States of America
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- Department of Histology, Microbiology and Medical Biotechnologies, University of Padua, Padua, Italy
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- Centre for Preventive Medicine, Animal Health Trust, Newmarket, United Kingdom
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- Department of Histology, Microbiology and Medical Biotechnologies, University of Padua, Padua, Italy
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- Centre for Preventive Medicine, Animal Health Trust, Newmarket, United Kingdom
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, United States of America
- * To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail:
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Van de Walle GR, Sakamoto K, Osterrieder N. CCL3 and viral chemokine-binding protein gg modulate pulmonary inflammation and virus replication during equine herpesvirus 1 infection. J Virol 2008; 82:1714-22. [PMID: 18077722 DOI: 10.1128/JVI.02137-07] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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CCL3 is a proinflammatory chemokine that mediates many of the cellular changes occurring in pulmonary disease. Here, CCL3(-/-) mice were used to investigate the role of this chemokine during respiratory herpesvirus infection. Compared to wild-type mice, CCL3(-/-) mice infected with the alphaherpesvirus equine herpesvirus 1 (EHV-1) displayed reduced body weight loss but had higher pulmonary viral loads. Lungs from infected CCL3(-/-) mice suffered a milder interstitial pneumonia, and fewer immune cells were recovered from the pulmonary airways after infection. We could also demonstrate that herpesvirus-encoded chemokine-binding glycoprotein G (gG) was capable of inhibiting the chemotactic functions of CCL3. This CCL3-mediated chemotaxis, however, was restored in the presence of gG-specific antibodies, which puts into question the advertised use of gG deletion mutants as marker vaccines. In summary, we concluded that CCL3 is a major player in controlling herpesvirus replication in the target organ, the lung, and does so by evoking a strong inflammatory response. The immunomodulatory activity of CCL3 is balanced by the expression of viral gG, whose chemokine-binding activity is mitigated in secondary infections by the production of anti-gG antibodies.
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Galosi CM, Barbeito CG, Martin Ocampos GP, Martinez JP, Ayala MA, Corva SG, Fuentealba NA, Gimeno EJ. An Argentine equine herpesvirus strain with special restriction patterns protect mice challenged with a pathogenic strain. J Vet Med B Infect Dis Vet Public Health 2006; 53:412-7. [PMID: 17062117 DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0450.2006.00975.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Equine herpesvirus 1 (EHV-1) was first isolated in Argentina in 1979. This strain SPv has special restriction patterns, but a previous study demonstrated that SPv did not modify its growth in cell culture. In addition, it showed low virulence in the mouse respiratory model consistently with results found in female BALB/C at different state of gestation. This study evaluates in a mouse respiratory model, if primary infection with SPv strain protects animals from subsequent challenge with a pathogenic strain. Body weight loss was not observed in mice intranasally inoculated with SPv strain and challenged with HH1 Japanese strain. The SPv primary infection does not completely prevent clinical presentation by HH1 infection but the SPv inoculated animals recovered more quickly, with less intense and less persistent histological lesions. The challenge infection caused a rapid and prolonged increase in anti-EHV-1 antibodies in the mice previously infected with SPv, along with a more rapid reduction of viral titres in lungs. In this work it was demonstrated that this EHV-1 strain constitute a good immunogen. These results show that this SPv strain could be considered to produce an EHV-1 vaccine.
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- C M Galosi
- Department of Virology, Faculty of Veterinary Sciences, National University of La Plata, La Plata, Buenos Aries, Argentina.
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Weerasinghe CU, Learmonth GS, Gilkerson JR, Foote CE, Wellington JE, Whalley JM. Equine herpesvirus 1 glycoprotein D expressed in E. coli provides partial protection against equine herpesvirus infection in mice and elicits virus-neutralizing antibodies in the horse. Vet Immunol Immunopathol 2006; 111:59-66. [PMID: 16473414 DOI: 10.1016/j.vetimm.2006.01.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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The envelope glycoprotein D of EHV-1 (EHV-1 gD) is essential for virus infectivity and entry of virus into cells and is a potent inducer of virus-neutralizing antibody. In this study, truncated EHV-1 gD (gDt) was expressed with a C-terminal hexahistidine tag in E. coli using a pET vector. Western blot analysis using an anti-gD monoclonal antibody demonstrated the presence of gDt bands at 37.5, 36, 29.5 and 28 kDa. The immunogenicity and protective efficacy of partially purified gDt was compared with gD expressed in insect cells by a recombinant baculovirus (Bac gD) using a BALB/c mouse model of EHV-1 respiratory infection. The proteins were also compared in a prime-boost protocol following an initial inoculation with gD DNA. gDt elicited similar levels of gD-specific antibody and neutralizing antibody compared with Bac gD and also provided a similar level of protection against EHV-1 challenge in mice. Inoculation of horses with gDt elicited EHV-1 gD-specific antibodies including virus-neutralizing antibody, suggesting that despite the lack of glycosylation, E. coli may be a useful vehicle for large scale production of EHV-1 gD for vaccine studies.
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- C U Weerasinghe
- Department of Biological Sciences, Macquarie University, Sydney, NSW 2109, Australia
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Galosi CM, Barbeito CG, Vila Roza MV, Cid de la Paz V, Ayala MA, Corva SG, Etcheverrigaray ME, Gimeno EJ. Argentine strain of equine herpesvirus 1 isolated from an aborted foetus shows low virulence in mouse respiratory and abortion models. Vet Microbiol 2004; 103:1-12. [PMID: 15381260 DOI: 10.1016/j.vetmic.2004.07.015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/12/2003] [Revised: 06/24/2004] [Accepted: 07/18/2004] [Indexed: 12/01/2022]
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The equine herpesvirus 1 (EHV-1) was isolated in Argentina from an aborted equine foetus in 1979. This virus (SPv) has special restriction patterns (RP) in comparison with other Argentine isolates. In addition, SPv could be distinguished on the basis of its pathogenicity in baby mice inoculated intracerebrally. We studied the growth properties of the SPv in cell culture and its effects in a mouse respiratory and abortion model. We observed that SPv did not modify its capacity to grow in cell culture with respect to reference HH1 strain. Nevertheless, we found significant differences between the titres of the two strains at 8-14 h post-infection (PI). In this work we demonstrated that SPv showed low virulence in female at different stages of gestation, consistently, with results found in the mouse respiratory model. We considered that this low virulence of SPv could be related to its RP because the RP of HH1 strain are similar to those of the HVS25A strain and both showed effect on pregnant mice. More specific studies about genomic alterations to the SPv are necessary for identifying, more clearly, if the intra-strain variations have relation with the low virulence in the mouse respiratory and abortion model.
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- C M Galosi
- Department of Virology, Faculty of Veterinary Sciences, National University of La Plata, 60 and 118, P.O. Box 296, 1900 La Plata, Bs. As., Argentina.
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Kondo T, McGregor M, Chu Q, Chen D, Horimoto T, Kawaoka Y. A protective effect of epidermal powder immunization in a mouse model of equine herpesvirus-1 infection. Virology 2004; 318:414-9. [PMID: 14972566 DOI: 10.1016/j.virol.2003.09.031] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/18/2003] [Revised: 09/22/2003] [Accepted: 09/25/2003] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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To evaluate the protective effect of epidermal powder immunization (EPI) against equine herpesvirus-1 (EHV-1) infection, we prepared a powder vaccine in which formalin-inactivated virions were embedded in water-soluble, sugar-based particles. A PowderJect device was used to immunize mice with the powder vaccine via their abdominal skin. We found that twice-immunized mice were protected against challenge with the wild-type virus. This protective effect was equivalent to or better than that observed in mice immunized with other types of vaccines, including a gene gun-mediated DNA vaccine containing the glycoprotein D (gD) gene or conventional inactivated virus vaccines introduced via intramuscular or intranasal injections. These findings indicate that the powder vaccine is a promising approach for the immunological control of EHV-1 infection, either alone or as a part of prime-boost vaccination strategies.
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- Takashi Kondo
- Department of Pathobiological Sciences, School of Veterinary Medicine, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI 53706, USA
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Reed SM, Bayly WM, Sellon DC. Mechanisms of Infectious Disease. EQUINE INTERNAL MEDICINE 2004. [PMCID: PMC7278211 DOI: 10.1016/b0-72-169777-1/50004-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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The EICP0 gene (gene 63) of equine herpesvirus 1 (EHV-1) encodes an early regulatory protein that is a promiscuous trans-activator of all classes of viral genes. Bacterial artificial chromosome (BAC) technology and RecE/T cloning were employed to delete the EICP0 gene from EHV-1 strain KyA. Polymerase chain reaction, Southern blot analysis, and DNA sequencing confirmed the deletion of the EICP0 gene and its replacement with a kanamycin resistance gene in mutant KyA. Transfection of rabbit kidney cells with the EICP0 mutant genome produced infectious virus, indicating that the EICP0 gene is not essential for KyA replication in cell culture. Experiments to assess the effect of the EICP0 deletion on EHV-1 gene programming revealed that mRNA expression of the immediate-early gene and representative early and late genes as well as the synthesis of these viral proteins were reduced as compared to the kinetics of viral mRNA and protein synthesis observed for the wild type virus. However, the transition from early to late viral gene expression was not prevented or delayed, suggesting that the absence of the EICP0 gene did not disrupt the temporal aspects of EHV-1 gene regulation. The extracellular virus titer and plaque areas of the EICP0 mutant virus KyADeltaEICP0, in which the gp2-encoding gene 71 gene that is absent in the KyA BAC was restored, were reduced by 10-fold and 19%, respectively, when compared to parental KyA virus; while the titer and plaque areas of mutant KyADeltaEICP0Deltagp2 that lacks both the EICP0 gene and gene 71 were reduced more than 50-fold and 67%, respectively. The above results show that the EICP0 gene is dispensable for EHV-1 replication in cell culture, and that the switch from early to late viral gene expression for the representative genes examined does not require the EICP0 protein, but that the EICP0 protein may be structurally required for virus egress and cell-to-cell spread.
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- Haijun Yao
- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, 1501 Kings Highway, P.O. Box 33932, Shreveport, LA 71130-3932, USA
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Walker C, Ruitenberg KM, Love DN, Millar Whalley J. Immunization of BALB/c mice with DNA encoding equine herpesvirus 1 (EHV-1) glycoprotein D affords partial protection in a model of EHV-1-induced abortion. Vet Microbiol 2000; 76:211-20. [PMID: 10973696 DOI: 10.1016/s0378-1135(00)00262-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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DNA-mediated immunization was assessed in a murine model of equine herpesvirus 1 (EHV-1) abortion. Whilst there are differences between the model and natural infection in the horse, literature suggests that EHV-1 infection of pregnant mice can be used to assess the potential ability of vaccine candidates to protect against abortion. Female BALB/c mice were inoculated twice, 4 weeks apart, with an expression vector encoding EHV-1 glycoprotein D (gD DNA). They were mated 15 days after the second inoculation, challenged at day 15 of pregnancy and killed 3 days later. The gD DNA-inoculated mice had fewer foetuses which were damaged or had died in utero (6% in gD DNA, 21% vector DNA and 28% in nil inoculated groups challenged with EHV-1), a reduction in the stunting effect of EHV-1 infection on foetuses (gD DNA: 0.40g+/-0.06, vector DNA: 0.34g+/-0.10), reduced placental and herpesvirus-specific lung histopathology and a lower titre of virus (TCID(50)+/-SEM/lung) in maternal lung than control groups (gD DNA 4.7+/-0.3, vector 5.3+/-0.2, nil 5.6+/-0.2). Maternal antibody to EHV-1 gD was demonstrated in pups born to a dam inoculated 123 days earlier with gD DNA. Although protection from abortion was incomplete, immunization of mice with gD DNA demonstrated encouragingly the potential of this vaccine strategy.
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- C Walker
- Department of Biological Sciences, Division of Environmental and Life Sciences, Macquarie University, Sydney, NSW 2109, Australia
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Ruitenberg KM, Walker C, Love DN, Wellington JE, Whalley JM. A prime-boost immunization strategy with DNA and recombinant baculovirus-expressed protein enhances protective immunogenicity of glycoprotein D of equine herpesvirus 1 in naïve and infection-primed mice. Vaccine 2000; 18:1367-73. [PMID: 10618534 DOI: 10.1016/s0264-410x(99)00400-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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The immunogenicity and protective efficacy afforded by intramuscular inoculation of plasmid DNA encoding equine herpesvirus 1 (EHV-1) glycoprotein D (gD) followed by EHV-1 gD expressed by a recombinant baculovirus was assessed in a murine model of EHV-1 respiratory infection. Compared with mice inoculated with DNA or protein only, mice inoculated with the combination of gD DNA and protein had enhanced ELISA and neutralizing antibody titres to EHV-1 and had accelerated clearance of virus from lungs following challenge infection. The enhanced protective effects of this consecutive immunization were also evident in mice which had a previous infection with EHV-1 and had pre-existing antibodies. The T-helper 1 (Th1) type of immune response induced by EHV-1 gD DNA was maintained after the protein boost, despite the gD protein alone appearing to direct a Th2 response.
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- K M Ruitenberg
- Department of Biological Sciences, Division of Environmental and Life Sciences, Macquarie University, Sydney, Australia
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