PMID- 17201660 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20070228 LR - 20081121 IS - 0882-8245 (Print) IS - 0882-8245 (Linking) VI - 19 IP - 4 DP - 2006 Winter TI - Effects of porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome virus-infected antigen-presenting cells on T cell activation and antiviral cytokine production. PG - 646-61 AB - The ability of porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome virus (PRRSV) to suppress T cell expression of CD25 (alpha chain of interleukin [IL]-2 receptor), interferon-gamma (IFN-gamma), and tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-alpha) was determined by flow cytometry in naive porcine T cells in response to mitogen (concanavalin A) and cytokine inducers (phorbol 12-myristate 13-acetate plus ionomycin [PMA/I]). Four PRRSV isolates of varying clinical virulence and three different types of porcine myeloid antigen-presenting cells (APCs) were used. T cells cultured with monocytes infected with virulent PRRSV (VR-2385, SDSU-73, and VR-2332), but not with a vaccine strain (Ingelvac PRRS MLV; Boehringer Ingelheim Vetmedica, St. Joseph, MO), demonstrated significantly reduced CD25 expression (%CD25(+)) and IFN-gamma expression (%IFN-gamma (+)) compared with T cells incubated with uninoculated monocyte cultures. T cells cultured with monocytes infected with all four PRRSV isolates demonstrated significantly reduced %TNF-alpha (+). The significant reduction of %CD25(+), %IFN-gamma (+), and %TNF-alpha (+) was not detected in T cells cultured with monocyte-derived macrophages (MDMs) and immature monocyte-derived dendritic cells (MDCs) infected with any PRRSV isolates. Heat-inactivated PRRSV did not induce significantly reduced T cell responses in any APC cultures. The reduction of T cell response in monocyte cultures was not due to PRRSV-induced T cell death. Gene expression of IL-10 detected by semiquantitative reverse transcriptase-polymerase chain reaction was significantly increased in virulent PRRSV-infected monocyte cultures after PMA/I, but not concanavalin A, stimulation compared with IL-10 gene expression from uninoculated monocyte cultures. Increased IL-10 gene expression contributed to significantly reduced %IFN-gamma (+) and %TNF-alpha (+), but not %CD25(+), as determined by IL-10 neutralization assay. This study reports that PRRSV has the ability to suppress T cell responses. The suppressive ability of PRRSV is associated with viral virulence and is mediated by virus-infected monocytes, but not by virus-infected MDMs and immature MDCs. FAU - Charerntantanakul, Wasin AU - Charerntantanakul W AD - Department of Veterinary Microbiology and Preventive Medicine, College of Veterinary Medicine, Iowa State University, Ames, IA 50011-1250, USA. FAU - Platt, Ratree AU - Platt R FAU - Roth, James A AU - Roth JA LA - eng PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't PL - United States TA - Viral Immunol JT - Viral immunology JID - 8801552 RN - 0 (Interleukin-2 Receptor alpha Subunit) RN - 0 (Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha) RN - 130068-27-8 (Interleukin-10) RN - 82115-62-6 (Interferon-gamma) SB - IM MH - Animals MH - Antigen-Presenting Cells/immunology MH - Cells, Cultured MH - Coculture Techniques MH - Dendritic Cells/virology MH - Down-Regulation MH - Gene Expression MH - Interferon-gamma/biosynthesis/metabolism MH - Interleukin-10/genetics MH - Interleukin-2 Receptor alpha Subunit/metabolism MH - Macrophages/virology MH - Monocytes/physiology/virology MH - Porcine Reproductive and Respiratory Syndrome/*immunology MH - Porcine respiratory and reproductive syndrome virus/pathogenicity/*physiology MH - Swine MH - T-Lymphocytes/*immunology MH - Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha/biosynthesis MH - Virulence EDAT- 2007/01/05 09:00 MHDA- 2007/03/01 09:00 CRDT- 2007/01/05 09:00 PHST- 2007/01/05 09:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2007/03/01 09:00 [medline] PHST- 2007/01/05 09:00 [entrez] AID - 10.1089/vim.2006.19.646 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Viral Immunol. 2006 Winter;19(4):646-61. doi: 10.1089/vim.2006.19.646.