Expression of IL-1β, IL-2, IL-10, TNF-β and GM-CSF in peripheral blood leukocytes of rabbits experimentally infected with rabbit haemorrhagic disease virus

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• 作者：Alicja Trzeciak-Ryczek^a ; ^c ; ^{alicja.ryczek@gmail.com" class="auth_mail" title="E-mail the corresponding author} ; ^{alicjatrz@interia.pl" class="auth_mail" title="E-mail the corresponding author} ; Beata Tokarz-Deptuła^a ; ^c ; Wiesław Deptuła^b ; ^c
• 关键词：RHDV (rabbit haemorrhagic disease virus) ; Cytokines
• 刊名：Veterinary Microbiology
• 出版年：2016
• 出版时间：15 April 2016
• 年：2016
• 卷：186
• 期：Complete
• 页码：71-81
• 全文大小：1368 K

文摘

Rabbit haemorrhagic disease (RHD) is a highly morbid and mortal viral infection of European rabbits. This disease is one of the main causes of death in wild rabbits, and results in large economic losses in farms of rabbits worldwide. Although the first outbreak of this disease was noted in 1984, the pathogenesis of RHD and mechanisms of RHDV (rabbit haemorrhagic disease virus) pathogenecity have still not been fully elucidated. Recent studies indicate a role of the immune response, especially peripheral blood leukocytes (PBL), in the pathogenesis of this disease. Thus, in the present study we investigated the expression of IL-1β, IL-2, IL-10, TNF-β and GM-CSF genes in PBL of RHDV-infected rabbits. We also compared the expression of genes encoding these cytokines in rabbits with different course of RHDV infection (in animals that died 36 h postinfection or survived until 60th h after infection). The study revealed that three (IL-10, TNF-β and GM-CSF) out of five investigated genes encoding cytokines showed increased expression in PBL of RHDV-infected rabbits, and the level of expression depended on the course of RHD. The results indicate the potential role of these cytokines in RHDV infection and their influence on the survival time of infected rabbits.