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Omatsu T Watanabe S Akashi H Yoshikawa Y 《Comparative immunology, microbiology and infectious diseases》2007,30(5-6):357-374
Many investigators focused on bats (Chiroptera) for their specific character, i.e. echolocation system, phylogenic tree, food practice and unique reproduction. However, most of basic information about the vital functions related to anti-viral activity has been unclear. For evaluating some animals as a natural reservoir or host of infectious pathogens, it is necessary that not only their immune system but also their biology, the environment of their living, food habits and physiological features should be clarified and they should be analyzed from these multi-view points. The majority of current studies on infectious diseases have been conducted for the elucidation of viral virulence using experimental animals or viral gene function in vitro, but in a few case, researchers focused on wild animal itself. In this paper, we described basic information about bats as follows; genetic background, character of the immunological factors, histological character of immune organs, the physiological function and sensitivity of bat cells to viral infection. 相似文献
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The anatomy of the avian gastrointestinal (GI) tract is unique and significantly different from that of other animals. The characteristics of the avian GI tract allow the different species to adapt and thrive in their habitats. Infectious diseases of bacterial, viral, fungal, and parasitic origin commonly affect avian species. The significance and the nature of these pathologies vary with species and if they live in the wild or a captive environment. This review compiles information available in the literature on specific infectious processes that were considered relevant and clinically significant by the authors. Clinicians should be knowledgeable and aware of the infectious agents, clinical signs associated with disease, diagnostic techniques, and treatment methodologies currently available regarding diseases that affect the avian GI tract. Recent information that provides new insight to these infectious processes is the focus of this article. 相似文献
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新城疫(Newcastle disease,ND)是由新城疫病毒(Newcastle disease virus,NDV)引起的一种急性、高度接触性禽类烈性传染病,以呼吸道、消化道及神经系统症状为主要特征,在易感家禽中死亡率高达100%,给中国及世界养禽业和贸易往来带来了严重的经济损失。病毒样颗粒(virus-like particles,VLPs)是由病毒蛋白在感染过程中体外表达或自发组装而形成的不含病毒基因组、不能复制、不具有感染能力的病毒样蛋白颗粒。VLPs适宜的大小及独特的表面结构可被天然免疫细胞和分子有效识别,诱导良好的先天性免疫应答和适应性免疫应答,且VLPs不含病毒的感染性核酸,安全性较高,近年来成为疫苗领域中的研究热点。树突状细胞(dendritic cells,DCs)作为专职抗原递呈细胞,在连接天然免疫与适应性免疫之间具有独特功能,是目前抗原递呈能力最强的专职免疫细胞。成熟DCs (mature DCs,mDCs)迁移至次级淋巴组织能刺激初始型T细胞活化和增殖,被认为是特异性免疫应答的始动者,体外培养的不成熟DCs (immature DCs,imDCs) 也可辅助增强抗原递呈能力。NDV-VLPs主要是以NDV-M蛋白为骨架,来装配HN、F和NP蛋白,可表现出与活的NDV颗粒相似的外观和免疫原性。可见通过NDV-VLPs制成的疫苗同样具备安全、稳定、可刺激体液和细胞免疫应答、作为载体表达其他抗原及可设计成区分自然感染与免疫接种等诸多优点。文章主要就NDV-VLPs的相关内容展开探讨,以期为后续研究提供参考。 相似文献
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Vaccination continues to be the main approach to protect animals from infectious diseases. Until recently, all licensed vaccines were developed using conventional technologies. Subunit vaccines are, however, gaining attention from researchers in the field of veterinary vaccinology, and among these, virus-like particles (VLPs) represent one of the most appealing approaches. VLPs are robust protein cages in the nanometer range that mimic the overall structure of the native virions but lack the viral genome. They are often antigenically indistinguishable from the virus from which they were derived and present important advantages in terms of safety. VLPs can stimulate strong humoral and cellular immune responses and have been shown to exhibit self-adjuvanting abilities. In addition to their suitability as a vaccine for the homologous virus from which they are derived, VLPs can also be used as vectors for the multimeric presentation of foreign antigens. VLPs have therefore shown dramatic effectiveness as candidate vaccines. Here, we review the current status of VLPs as a vaccine technology in the veterinary field, and discuss the potential advantages and challenges of this technology. 相似文献
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Infection with virulent biotypes of feline coronavirus (FCoV) can result in the development of feline infectious peritonitis (FIP), a typically fatal immune mediated disease for which there is currently no effective antiviral treatment. In this study we demonstrate the ability of small interfering RNA (siRNA) mediated RNA interference (RNAi) to inhibit the replication of virulent FCoV strain FIPV WSU 79-1146 in an immortalised feline cell line. A panel of eight synthetic siRNAs targeting four different regions of the FCoV genome were tested for antiviral effects. Efficacy was determined by qRT-PCR of intracellular viral genomic and messenger RNA, TCID50 infectivity assay of extracellular virus, and direct IFA for viral protein expression. All siRNAs demonstrated an inhibitory effect on viral replication in vitro. The two most effective siRNAs, targeting the untranslated 5' leader sequence (L2) and the nucleocapsid gene (N1), resulted in a >95% reduction in extracellular viral titre. Further characterisation of these two siRNAs demonstrated their efficacy when used at low concentrations and in cells challenged with high viral loads. Taken together these findings provide important information for the potential therapeutic application of RNAi in treating FIP. 相似文献
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O. L. Nielsen J. C. Jensenius P. H. Jrgensen S. B. Laursen 《Veterinary immunology and immunopathology》1999,70(3-4):309-316
Mannan-binding lectin (MBL) is a serum collectin which is believed to be an opsonin of the innate immune defence against various microorganisms. MBL is a minor acute phase reactant in man. We investigated the concentration of serum MBL in chickens infected with infectious bronchitis virus (IBV) and infectious laryngotracheitis virus (ILTV). The concentration of serum MBL increased about twofold (from approximately 6 to 12 μg/ml) due to these viral infections. The concentration peaked 3–7 days after infection with IBV, and 3–5 days after ILTV infection, depending on the ILTV strain used. The increased levels returned to normal values 6–10 days after infection. The results indicated that MBL is a minor acute phase reactant in chickens. 相似文献
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Immunosuppressive viral diseases threaten the poultry industry by causing heavy mortality and economic loss of production, often as a result of the chickens' increased susceptibility to secondary infections and sub-optimal response to vaccinations. This paper aimed to present an up-to-date review of three specific economically important non-oncogenic immunosuppressive viral diseases of chickens, viz. chicken infectious anaemia (CIA), infectious bursal disease (IBD) and hydropericardium syndrome (HPS), with emphasis on their immunosuppressive effects. CIA and IBD causes immunosuppression in chickens and the socio-economic significance of these diseases is considerable worldwide. CIA occurs following transovarian transmission of chicken anaemia virus and has potential for inducing immunosuppression alone or in combination with other infectious agents, and is characterized by generalized lymphoid atrophy, increased mortality and severe anemia. The virus replicates in erythroid and lymphoid progenitor cells, causing inapparent, sub-clinical infections that lead to depletion of these cells with consequent immunosuppressive effects. The IBD virus replicates extensively in IgM(+) cells of the bursa and chickens may die during the acute phase of the disease, although IBD virus-induced mortality is highly variable and depends, among other factors, upon the virulence of the virus strain. The sub-clinical form is more common than clinical IBD because of regular vaccination on breeding farms. Infection at an early age significantly compromises the humoral and local immune responses of chickens because of the direct effect of B cells or their precursors. HPS is a recently emerged immunosuppressive disease of 3-6-weeked broilers, characterized by sudden onset, high mortality, typical hydropericardium and enlarged mottled and friable livers, with intranuclear inclusion bodies in the hepatocytes. The agent, fowl adenovirus-4, causes immunosuppression by damaging lymphoid tissues; the presence of IBD and CIA viruses may predispose for HPS or HPS may predispose for other viral infections. Synergism with CIA or other virus infections or prior immunosuppression is necessary to produce IBH-HPS in chickens and the susceptibility of chickens infected with fowl adenovirus varies throughout the course of CIA infection. The mechanism of immunosuppression has been studied in detail for certain chicken viruses at molecular levels, which will provides new opportunities to control these diseases by vaccination. 相似文献
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Pankuweit S Ruppert V Eckhardt H Strache D Maisch B 《Journal of veterinary medicine. B, Infectious diseases and veterinary public health》2005,52(7-8):344-347
Inflammatory processes induced by viral or bacterial infections are believed to be one of the major pathogenetic mechanisms in myocardial diseases. Although the reason for progression to myocardial failure is not fully understood, postulated mechanisms include persistent viral infection alone or in combination with autoimmune processes. A variety of cardiotropic viruses have been identified to elicit myocarditis, with enteroviruses and adenoviruses as the most frequent causative agents in children and adolescents. However, parvovirus B19 (PVB19) has recently emerged as another potential pathogen in adult patients associated with inflammatory heart disease. Many dimensions of inflammatory heart disease coexist while different phases of the disease progress simultaneously: phase 1 is dominated by viral infection, phase 2 by the onset of (probably) multiple autoimmune reactions, and phase 3 by the progression to cardiac dilatation without the role of an infectious agent and cardiac inflammation. Taking these mechanisms into account, screening for viral and bacterial genome by polymerase chain reaction (PCR) and detection of inflammatory infiltrates by immunohistochemistry are considered crucial for establishing an aetiological diagnosis, thereby allowing initiation of specific therapeutic strategies. In a large cohort of 3345 consecutive patients with left ventricular dysfunction evaluated over a period of 10 years, prevalence of PVB19, coxsackievirus (CVB), human cytomegalovirus (HCMV), influenza A virus and adenovirus (ADV) genome was assessed by PCR. Inflammatory infiltrates within the myocardium were detected by immunohistochemistry according to the WHF criteria and by histopathology according to the Dallas criteria of myocarditis. For control, endomyocardial samples of patients with arterial hypertension were studied. Parvovirus B19 was the most often detected virus in all patient subgroups, with positivity ranging from 17% to 33%. Except for PVB19, CVB RNA (3%), ADV (2%) and CMV (3.9%) were the most frequently detected viral genomes. Interestingly, detection of PVB19 genome was significantly correlated with inflammatory heart disease and reduced ejection fraction. Importantly, an aetiological diagnosis requires the immunohistochemical and molecular biological investigation of endomyocardial biopsies. Such an approach may change the management of these diseases in the future. One of the aims of the study was to reveal the underlying dominant pathophysiological mechanisms in a for deciding on the most approriate therapy. 相似文献
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鸡传染性支气管炎病毒免疫机制和免疫预防研究进展 总被引：1，自引：0，他引：1
由鸡传染性支气管炎病毒（Infectious bronchitis virus,IBV）引起的鸡传染性支气管炎（Infectious bronchitis,IB）是高度传染的全球性鸡病之一,严重危害养鸡业。IBV众多的血清型及其基因组的不断变异,给IB的免疫防控带来很大的困难。IBV主要侵害鸡的呼吸系统、泌尿生殖系统和消化系统,病鸡出现呼吸困难、产蛋下降、肾炎和腺胃炎等症状和病变。IBV的特点是变异频繁,血清型复杂,所致疾病的临床表现差异很大。因此,IB已成为养禽业最难控制的疫病之一。鸡对IBV的免疫机制是国内外研究的热点之一。传统疫苗已不能完全保护免疫鸡群,开发IBV基因工程疫苗,从主要免疫原性蛋白的良好表达到免疫策略的不断完善,已成为未来预防IB的趋势。 相似文献
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通过对鸡传染性支气管炎病毒(IBV)分离株SD060311和GD080122(肾型)的基因组进行RT-PCR扩增和基因序列测定,结果表明其基因组大小分别为27 788 nt和27 407 nt,与已报道的IBV全基因组序列大小不完全一致,但基因组编码基因的顺序与已报道的IBV一致,均为5′cap-Replicase-S-3a-3b-3c-M-5a-5b-N-poly (A)3 ′.与已报道的IBV毒株和火鸡冠状病毒进行比较,绘制系统进化树,结果显示,SD060311和GD080122(肾型)分离株自成一支,与中国分离株BJ株和A2株的亲缘关系最近.本研究不仅丰富了冠状病毒的生物信息数据库,且为进一步研究IBV致病机理和变异机制等奠定了基础. 相似文献
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New approaches in vaccine development 总被引：4，自引：0，他引：4
Leclerc C 《Comparative immunology, microbiology and infectious diseases》2003,26(5-6):329-341
In the last century, vaccines have been one of the most powerful tools for preventing infectious diseases. Smallpox has been eradicated and other diseases such as poliomyelitis or measles have been reduced to very low levels in many regions of the world. However, infectious diseases remain the leading cause of death worldwide. Thus, the development of vaccines to prevent diseases for which no vaccine currently exists such as AIDS or malaria as well as the improvement of efficacy and safety of existing vaccines remains a high priority. Achieving such ambitious goals in a near future will certainly require a strong modification of the methods that have been used so far to identify vaccine candidates. In particular, modern vaccinology could strongly benefit of the latest developments of molecular biology and immunology. Here, we will discuss some potential applications of the increasing knowledge of pathogen genomes as well as the immune system for the discovery of new antigenic targets and the development of new strategies of vaccination. 相似文献
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R.D. Jolly B.V.Sc. Ph.D. M.A.C.V.Sc. H.W. Leipold Dr.med.vet. M.S. Ph.D. 《New Zealand veterinary journal》2013,61(7):147-155
Extract Genetic variation, whether due to the fortuitous recombination of genes at meiosis and fertilization, or to mutation, is the means of evolution and the tool of the animal breeder. Along with favourable variations of the genome, there may be unfavourable variations, some so unfavourable as to result in clinically apparent disease. Therefore, it is biologically normal for genetically induced diseases to occur in all species, races or breeds. Such disease may be caused by structural or functional defects of many kinds and it is important to differentiate these from similar diseases induced by environmental agents. Although the cost of inherited diseases to the national economy may be lower than that caused by diseases of infectious or nutritional origin, inherited diseases may be economically important, particularly to individual breeders. Certain genetically caused diseases may spread insidiously through a breed until they are difficult to control economically. It is therefore highly desirable that diseases with a genetic basis be recognized at an early stage and control measures instigated. Apart from the economic aspects of inherited diseases, they may be important as experimental models for the study of similar diseases in man. 相似文献
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DNA vaccinations against fish viral diseases as IHNV at commercial level in Canada against VHSV at experimental level are both success stories. DNA vaccination strategies against many other viral diseases have, however, not yet yielded sufficient results in terms of protection. There is an obvious need to combat many other viral diseases within aquaculture where inactivated vaccines fail. There are many explanations to why DNA vaccine strategies against other viral diseases fail to induce protective immune responses in fish. These obstacles include: 1) too low immunogenicity of the transgene, 2) too low expression of the transgene that is supposed to induce protection, 3) suboptimal immune responses, and 4) too high degradation rate of the delivered plasmid DNA. There are also uncertainties with regard distribution and degradation of DNA vaccines that may have implications for safety and regulatory requirements that need to be clarified. By combining plasmid DNA with different kind of adjuvants one can increase the immunogenicity of the transgene antigen – and perhaps increase the vaccine efficacy. By using molecular adjuvants with or without in combination with targeting assemblies one may expect different responses compared with naked DNA. This includes targeting of DNA vaccines to antigen presenting cells as a central factor in improving their potencies and efficacies by means of encapsulating the DNA vaccine in certain carriers systems that may increase transgene and MHC expression. This review will focus on DNA vaccine delivery, by the use of biodegradable PLGA particles as vehicles for plasmid DNA mainly in fish. 相似文献
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D Strauch 《DTW. Deutsche tier?rztliche Wochenschrift》1991,98(7):265-268
The causative agents of nearly all bacterial and viral infectious diseases are either directly excreted by the infected animals or they reach the floor via other ways and thus end-up also in the fecal and urinary excretions of the animals. Occasionally pathogens also can be found in slurries of clinically unsuspected livestock for a short period of time while they pass through the gut of individual animals without colonization or invasion of the tissues (e.g. salmonellas). Consequently the manures are a potential for spreading infectious diseases. But their real significance as a vector for infectious agents is to a large extent still unsolved, because in the literature only very few and sometimes doubtful cases are described. During storage of manures the numbers of pathogens are reduced. This effect can be intensified by prolongation of the storage time. To assess the real epidemiological significance of the animal manures as vectors for infectious diseases further research work is urgently needed. After disinfection of animal manures in accordance with the regulations during eradication of notifiable diseases no cases of spread of disease became known in the Federal Republic of Germany. The problems of agricultural utilization of manures in water protection areas are discussed from a microbiological point of view. 相似文献
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J.P Revillard S Rivera M Robert 《Comparative immunology, microbiology and infectious diseases》1980,3(3):261-275
Antilymphocyte auto-antibodies (ALAA) are defined as antibodies specific for lymphocyte surface determinants and produced in the absence of deliberate immunization with their specific antigen. ALAA are usually detected by the microlymphocytotoxicity test performed at 15°C, but they are also demonstrable by indirect immunofluorescence. ALAA are produced by genetically selected auto-immune mice (NZB, B/W, Swan). Defective thymus immunoregulatory function represents the main factor accounting for ALAA production. Conversely, ALAA may bind preferentially to subsets of T cells responsible for the suppression of various immune responses and therefore contribute to the deficiency of suppressor T cells in auto-immune mice.ALAA have been reported to occur in a wide variety of human diseases including auto-immune (systemic lupus erythematosus, rheumatoid arthritis), inflammatory or neoplastic diseases, viral bacterial or parasitic infections. Low titres of ALAA were reported in healthy aging subjects. Most of the antigens recognized by human ALAA are expressed on thymocytes, cord blood lymphocytes or peripheral T cells. Exceptional sera display a restricted specificity for a lymphocyte subset. Production of ALAA may result from immunization with cross-reacting antigens (microbial, parasitic or viral) or from alteration or unmasking of self-antigenic structures or it may represent a regulatory process of the immune response. 相似文献