PMID- 20706023 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20101130 LR - 20211020 IS - 1976-555X (Electronic) IS - 1229-845X (Print) IS - 1229-845X (Linking) VI - 11 IP - 3 DP - 2010 Sep TI - Distribution and characterization of IL-10-secreting cells in lymphoid tissues of PCV2-infected pigs. PG - 177-83 AB - Distribution and characterization of interlukin-10 (IL-10)-secreting cells in lymphoid tissues of pigs naturally infected with porcine circovirus type 2 (PCV2) were evaluated in accordance with PCV2 antigen detection. After screening a total of 56 pigs showing the symptoms of postweaning multisystemic wasting syndrome (PMWS), 15 pigs were PCV2 positive and 5 pigs, which showed stronger positive signals over multiples tissues were further investigated. This study showed that in PCV2-infected lymphoid tissues, particularly mandibular lymph node, spleen and tonsil, IL-10 expression was mainly localized in T-cell rich areas but rarely in B cell rich areas. IL-10 was highly expressed in bystander cells but rarely in PCV2-infected cells. Elevated IL-10 expression was predominantly associated with T cells, but rarely with B cells or with macrophages. The results of this study provide evidence for the role of IL-10 in chronic PCV2 infection and its relation to PCV2 antigen in affected tissues. Constantly elevated levels of IL-10 lead to immunosuppression in persistent and chronic viral infections. The increased IL-10 expression observed in PCV2 infection in this study suggests that IL-10-mediated immunosuppression may play an important role in the pathogenesis and maintenance of naturally occurring PCV2 infection. FAU - Doster, Alan R AU - Doster AR AD - School of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, Nebraska 68583, USA. FAU - Subramaniam, Sakthivel AU - Subramaniam S FAU - Yhee, Ji Young AU - Yhee JY FAU - Kwon, Byung Joon AU - Kwon BJ FAU - Yu, Chi Ho AU - Yu CH FAU - Kwon, So Young AU - Kwon SY FAU - Osorio, Fernando A AU - Osorio FA FAU - Sur, Jung Hyang AU - Sur JH LA - eng PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't PL - Korea (South) TA - J Vet Sci JT - Journal of veterinary science JID - 100964185 RN - 130068-27-8 (Interleukin-10) SB - IM MH - Animals MH - Circoviridae Infections/immunology/pathology/*veterinary MH - Circovirus/*immunology MH - Gene Expression Regulation/*immunology MH - Immunohistochemistry/veterinary MH - Interleukin-10/immunology/*metabolism MH - Lymphoid Tissue/immunology/metabolism/*pathology MH - Porcine Postweaning Multisystemic Wasting Syndrome/*immunology/pathology MH - Republic of Korea MH - Swine MH - T-Lymphocytes/immunology PMC - PMC2924477 EDAT- 2010/08/14 06:00 MHDA- 2010/12/14 06:00 PMCR- 2010/09/01 CRDT- 2010/08/14 06:00 PHST- 2010/08/14 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2010/08/14 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2010/12/14 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2010/09/01 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - 201009177 [pii] AID - 10.4142/jvs.2010.11.3.177 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - J Vet Sci. 2010 Sep;11(3):177-83. doi: 10.4142/jvs.2010.11.3.177.