PMID- 15507313 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20041229 LR - 20240328 IS - 0165-2427 (Print) IS - 1873-2534 (Electronic) IS - 0165-2427 (Linking) VI - 102 IP - 3 DP - 2004 Dec 8 TI - Cytokines and synthetic double-stranded RNA augment the T helper 1 immune response of swine to porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome virus. PG - 299-314 AB - Immunization of pigs with a modified live porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome virus (PRRSV) vaccine initially elicits a weak interferon (IFN)-gamma response. To improve the immune response, an adjuvant consisting of plasmid encoding either porcine interleukin (IL)-12 or IFN-alpha was co-administered during vaccination. In the presence of either adjuvant, at least a three-fold increase in the primary virus-specific IFN-gamma response was observed. While this enhancement was only transient (1 week) when the IL-12 expressing plasmid was used, the effect was not only still apparent at 6 weeks after vaccination in the presence of the IFN-alpha expressing plasmid but even after challenge with a virulent genetically divergent PRRSV. In contrast, no effect of either adjuvant on the production of anti-virus antibodies was noticed throughout the study. Despite the apparent augmentation of a T helper (Th) 1 type response by the inclusion of IFN-alpha or IL-12 during vaccination, this modulation did not necessarily correlate with a reduction in viremia. Since a similar increase in the degree of the IFN-gamma response to the PRRSV vaccine could be achieved by substituting polyinosinic-polycytidylic acid in lieu of either cytokine, exposure to PRRSV in the presence of a variety of Th 1 polarizing molecules can positively influence the development of the cell-mediated immune response of swine to this pathogen. Conceivably, such intervention could be applied to improve the formulation of anti-PRRSV vaccines. FAU - Meier, William A AU - Meier WA AD - Department of Veterinary Pathobiology, College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Illinois, Urbana, IL 61802, USA. FAU - Husmann, Robert J AU - Husmann RJ FAU - Schnitzlein, William M AU - Schnitzlein WM FAU - Osorio, Fernando A AU - Osorio FA FAU - Lunney, Joan K AU - Lunney JK FAU - Zuckermann, Federico A AU - Zuckermann FA LA - eng PT - Clinical Trial PT - Journal Article PT - Randomized Controlled Trial PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't PT - Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S. PL - Netherlands TA - Vet Immunol Immunopathol JT - Veterinary immunology and immunopathology JID - 8002006 RN - 0 (Interferon-alpha) RN - 0 (RNA, Double-Stranded) RN - 0 (Viral Vaccines) RN - 187348-17-0 (Interleukin-12) SB - IM MH - Animals MH - Interferon-alpha/*immunology MH - Interleukin-12/*immunology MH - Porcine Reproductive and Respiratory Syndrome/immunology/virology MH - Porcine respiratory and reproductive syndrome virus/*immunology MH - RNA, Double-Stranded/*immunology MH - Swine/*immunology MH - Th1 Cells/*immunology MH - Time Factors MH - Viral Vaccines/immunology PMC - PMC7112576 EDAT- 2004/10/28 09:00 MHDA- 2004/12/30 09:00 PMCR- 2004/10/18 CRDT- 2004/10/28 09:00 PHST- 2004/10/28 09:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2004/12/30 09:00 [medline] PHST- 2004/10/28 09:00 [entrez] PHST- 2004/10/18 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - S0165-2427(04)00263-6 [pii] AID - 10.1016/j.vetimm.2004.09.012 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Vet Immunol Immunopathol. 2004 Dec 8;102(3):299-314. doi: 10.1016/j.vetimm.2004.09.012.