PMID- 21272944 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20110708 LR - 20110307 IS - 1873-2534 (Electronic) IS - 0165-2427 (Linking) VI - 140 IP - 3-4 DP - 2011 Apr 15 TI - A modified live PRRSV vaccine and the pathogenic parent strain induce regulatory T cells in pigs naturally infected with Mycoplasma hyopneumoniae. PG - 312-6 LID - 10.1016/j.vetimm.2010.12.011 [doi] AB - The lack of heterologous protection by porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome virus (PRRSV) vaccines is currently a major problem in the field. Heterologous protection by PRRS vaccines depends on the ability of the vaccine to induce an interferon gamma (IFN-gamma) response. One mechanism by which the virus evades the immune system is by activating regulatory T cells (T(regs)), resulting in induction of interleukin 10 rather than IFN-gamma. Our hypothesis that current PRRS vaccines do not differ from pathogenic strains in the ability to induce T(regs) was tested by inoculating three groups of pigs with two pathogenic viruses and an attenuated vaccine strain and evaluating the number of T(regs) in peripheral blood mononuclear cells. Before inoculation, the pigs, although vaccinated became infected naturally with Mycoplasma hyopneumoniae before shipment to our research facility. Our results show that the PRRSV vaccine strain and parent strain are equally able to induce T(regs) in pigs naturally infected with M. hyopneumoniae. Pigs in the vaccine and PRRSV groups had higher lung lesion scores than pigs in the control groups. The results suggest that the exacerbation M. hyopneumoniae respiratory disease may be due to the ability of PRRSV vaccination and viral infection to induce regulatory T cells. CI - Copyright (c) 2011 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved. FAU - LeRoith, T AU - LeRoith T AD - Department of Biomedical Sciences and Pathobiology, Center for Molecular Medicine and Infectious Diseases, Virginia-Maryland Regional College of Veterinary Medicine, Blacksburg, VA 24060, USA. tleroith@vt.edu FAU - Hammond, S AU - Hammond S FAU - Todd, S M AU - Todd SM FAU - Ni, Y AU - Ni Y FAU - Cecere, T AU - Cecere T FAU - Pelzer, K D AU - Pelzer KD LA - eng PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't DEP - 20110108 PL - Netherlands TA - Vet Immunol Immunopathol JT - Veterinary immunology and immunopathology JID - 8002006 RN - 0 (Viral Vaccines) RN - 130068-27-8 (Interleukin-10) RN - 82115-62-6 (Interferon-gamma) SB - IM MH - Animals MH - Interferon-gamma/biosynthesis MH - Interleukin-10/biosynthesis MH - Pneumonia of Swine, Mycoplasmal/*immunology/pathology MH - Porcine Reproductive and Respiratory Syndrome/immunology/prevention & control MH - Porcine respiratory and reproductive syndrome virus/*immunology/*pathogenicity MH - Sus scrofa MH - Swine MH - T-Lymphocytes, Regulatory/*immunology MH - Viral Vaccines/*pharmacology EDAT- 2011/01/29 06:00 MHDA- 2011/07/09 06:00 CRDT- 2011/01/29 06:00 PHST- 2010/10/20 00:00 [received] PHST- 2010/12/10 00:00 [revised] PHST- 2010/12/29 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2011/01/29 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2011/01/29 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2011/07/09 06:00 [medline] AID - S0165-2427(11)00008-0 [pii] AID - 10.1016/j.vetimm.2010.12.011 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Vet Immunol Immunopathol. 2011 Apr 15;140(3-4):312-6. doi: 10.1016/j.vetimm.2010.12.011. Epub 2011 Jan 8.