Canine pneumovirus replicates in mouse lung tissue and elicits inflammatory pathology.
Summary of "Canine pneumovirus replicates in mouse lung tissue and elicits inflammatory pathology."
Canine pneumovirus (CnPnV) was recently isolated from the respiratory tracts of shelter dogs and shares sequence similarity with the rodent pathogen, pneumonia virus of mice (PVM). We show here that CnPnV replicates in and can elicit local proinflammatory cytokine production and neutrophil recruitment to lung tissue and the airways. In contrast to PVM J3666 infection, fatal CnPnV infections are observed only in response to high titer intranasal inocula (>67 TCID(50) units). Sera from mice that recover from CnPnV infection contain antibodies that cross-react with PVM antigens; these mice are protected against lethal PVM infection. Given these findings, it will be intriguing to determine the relative role(s) of CnPnV and PVM in eliciting respiratory symptoms in susceptible canine species.
Affiliation
Laboratory of Allergic Diseases, NIAID, NIH, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA.
Journal Details
This article was published in the following journal.
Name: Virology
ISSN: 1096-0341
Pages: 26-31
Links
- PubMed Source: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21600624
- DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.virol.2011.04.010
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Plasma Cell Granuloma, Pulmonary
A tumor-like inflammatory lesion of the lung that is composed of PLASMA CELLS and fibrous tissue. It is also known as an inflammatory pseudotumor, often with calcification and measuring between 2 and 5 cm in diameter.
Carcinoma, Lewis Lung
A carcinoma discovered by Dr. Margaret R. Lewis of the Wistar Institute in 1951. This tumor originated spontaneously as a carcinoma of the lung of a C57BL mouse. The tumor does not appear to be grossly hemorrhagic and the majority of the tumor tissue is a semifirm homogeneous mass. (From Cancer Chemother Rep 2 1972 Nov;(3)1:325) It is also called 3LL and LLC and is used as a transplantable malignancy.
Lung Injury
Damage to any compartment of the lung caused by physical, chemical, or biological agents which characteristically elicit inflammatory reaction. These inflammatory reactions can either be acute and dominated by NEUTROPHILS, or chronic and dominated by LYMPHOCYTES and MACROPHAGES.
Hepatitis, Infectious Canine
A contagious disease caused by canine adenovirus (ADENOVIRUSES, CANINE) infecting the LIVER, the EYE, the KIDNEY, and other organs in dogs, other canids, and bears. Symptoms include FEVER; EDEMA; VOMITING; and DIARRHEA.
Distemper
A name for several highly contagious viral diseases of animals, especially canine distemper. In dogs, it is caused by the canine distemper virus (DISTEMPER VIRUS, CANINE). It is characterized by a diphasic fever, leukopenia, gastrointestinal and respiratory inflammation and sometimes, neurologic complications. In cats it is known as FELINE PANLEUKOPENIA.
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