PMID- 15358650 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20050503 LR - 20181113 IS - 1071-412X (Print) IS - 1098-6588 (Electronic) IS - 1071-412X (Linking) VI - 11 IP - 5 DP - 2004 Sep TI - Increased production of proinflammatory cytokines following infection with porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome virus and Mycoplasma hyopneumoniae. PG - 901-8 AB - Induction of the proinflammatory cytokines interleukin-1 (IL-1) (alpha and beta), IL-6, IL-8, IL-10, IL-12, and tumor necrosis factor alpha (TNF-alpha) in pulmonary alveolar macrophages (PAMs) was assessed following experimental infection with porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome virus (PRRSV) and/or Mycoplasma hyopneumoniae by using in vivo and in vitro models. The in vivo model consisted of pigs infected with PRRSV and/or M. hyopneumoniae and necropsied at 10, 28, or 42 days postinfection. Pigs infected with both pathogens had a greater percentage of macroscopic lung lesions, increased clinical disease, and slower viral clearance than pigs infected with either pathogen alone. The pigs infected with both PRRSV and M. hyopneumoniae had significantly increased levels of mRNA for many proinflammatory cytokines in PAMs collected by bronchoalveolar lavage (BAL) at all necropsy dates compared to those in uninfected control pigs. Increased levels of IL-1beta, IL-8, IL-10, and TNF-alpha proteins in BAL fluid, as measured by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay, confirmed the increased cytokine induction induced by the pathogens. An in vitro model consisted of M. hyopneumoniae-inoculated tracheal ring explants cultured with PRRSV-infected PAMs. PAMs were harvested at 6 or 15 h postinfection with either or both pathogens. The in vitro study detected increased IL-10 and IL-12 mRNA levels in PAMs infected with PRRSV at all time periods. In addition, IL-10 protein levels were significantly elevated in the culture supernatants in the presence of M. hyopneumoniae-inoculated tracheal ring explants. The increased production of proinflammatory cytokines in vivo and in vitro associated with concurrent M. hyopneumoniae and PRRSV infection may play a role in the increased rates of pneumonia associated with PRRSV infection. The increased levels of IL-10 may be a possible mechanism that PRRSV and M. hyopneumoniae use to exacerbate the severity and duration of pneumonia induced by PRRSV and modulate the respiratory immune response. FAU - Thanawongnuwech, Roongroje AU - Thanawongnuwech R AD - Veterinary Microbiology and Preventive Medicine, Iowa State University, Ames, IA 50011, USA. FAU - Thacker, Brad AU - Thacker B FAU - Halbur, Patrick AU - Halbur P FAU - Thacker, Eileen L AU - Thacker EL LA - eng PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S. PL - United States TA - Clin Diagn Lab Immunol JT - Clinical and diagnostic laboratory immunology JID - 9421292 RN - 0 (Cytokines) RN - 0 (Interleukins) RN - 0 (RNA, Messenger) RN - 0 (Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha) SB - IM MH - Animals MH - Cytokines/*biosynthesis MH - Inflammation/metabolism MH - Interleukins/biosynthesis/genetics MH - Macrophages, Alveolar/metabolism/microbiology MH - Mycoplasma hyopneumoniae MH - Pneumonia/etiology MH - Pneumonia of Swine, Mycoplasmal/*immunology MH - Porcine Reproductive and Respiratory Syndrome/*immunology MH - Porcine respiratory and reproductive syndrome virus MH - RNA, Messenger/analysis MH - Swine MH - Trachea/metabolism/microbiology/pathology MH - Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha/biosynthesis/genetics PMC - PMC515260 EDAT- 2004/09/11 05:00 MHDA- 2005/05/04 09:00 PMCR- 2004/09/01 CRDT- 2004/09/11 05:00 PHST- 2004/09/11 05:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2005/05/04 09:00 [medline] PHST- 2004/09/11 05:00 [entrez] PHST- 2004/09/01 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - 11/5/901 [pii] AID - 0013-04 [pii] AID - 10.1128/CDLI.11.5.901-908.2004 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Clin Diagn Lab Immunol. 2004 Sep;11(5):901-8. doi: 10.1128/CDLI.11.5.901-908.2004.