Abstract |
This study investigated the potentiation of porcine circovirus 2 (PCV2)-induced postweaning multisystemic wasting syndrome by porcine parvovirus (PPV) and found it was associated with excessive production of tumor necrosis factor-alpha ( TNF-alpha). Colostrum-deprived conventional pigs were inoculated intranasally with PCV2 or PPV alone or in combination (PCV2 and PPV). In vitro assay of TNF-alpha, obtained from alveolar macrophages coinfected with PCV2 and PPV, showed a significant increase in TNF-alpha compared to single infection of macrophages with either PCV2 or PPV alone (P < 0.05). All pigs inoculated with PCV2 and PPV developed severe postweaning wasting syndrome, whereas clinical signs (e.g., weight loss) were present but perhaps less severe in either PCV2- or PPV-inoculated pigs. Compared to the pigs inoculated with PCV2 or PPV alone, pigs inoculated dually with PCV2 and PPV showed significantly (P < 0.05) increased levels of TNF-alpha. Levels of TNF-alpha in the sera were reversely correlated with the body weight in pigs experimentally infected with dual inoculation of PCV2 and PPV (r(s) = -0.92, P < 0.001). These data suggest that a potentiation of PPV in PCV2-induced PMWS is associated with the excessive production of TNF-alpha.
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Authors | J Kim, Y Ha, C Chae |
Journal | Veterinary pathology
(Vet Pathol)
Vol. 43
Issue 5
Pg. 718-25
(Sep 2006)
ISSN: 0300-9858 [Print] United States |
PMID | 16966450
(Publication Type: Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't)
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Chemical References |
- Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha
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Topics |
- Animals
- Body Weight
- Circoviridae Infections
(metabolism, veterinary)
- Circovirus
(physiology)
- Lymph Nodes
(virology)
- Parvoviridae Infections
(metabolism, veterinary)
- Parvovirus, Porcine
(physiology)
- Swine
- Swine Diseases
(metabolism, virology)
- Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha
(metabolism)
- Wasting Syndrome
(metabolism, veterinary, virology)
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