PMID- 22633482 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20131209 LR - 20220316 IS - 1873-2542 (Electronic) IS - 0378-1135 (Print) IS - 0378-1135 (Linking) VI - 160 IP - 1-2 DP - 2012 Nov 9 TI - Co-infection of porcine dendritic cells with porcine circovirus type 2a (PCV2a) and genotype II porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome virus (PRRSV) induces CD4(+)CD25(+)FoxP3(+) T cells in vitro. PG - 233-9 LID - S0378-1135(12)00289-1 [pii] LID - 10.1016/j.vetmic.2012.04.040 [doi] AB - Porcine circovirus associated disease (PCVAD) is currently one of the most economically important diseases in the global swine industry. Porcine circovirus type 2 (PCV2) is the primary causative agent, however co-infection with other swine pathogens such as porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome virus (PRRSV) is often required to induce the full spectrum of clinical PCVAD. While the specific mechanisms of viral co-infection that lead to clinical disease are not fully understood, immune modulation by the co-infecting viruses likely plays a critical role. We evaluated the ability of dendritic cells (DC) infected with PRRSV, PCV2, or both to induce regulatory T cells (T(regs)) in vitro. DCs infected with PCV2 significantly increased CD4(+)CD25(+)FoxP3(+) T(regs) (p<0.05) and DCs co-infected with PRRSV and PCV2 induced significantly higher numbers of T(regs) than with PCV2 alone (p<0.05). Cytokine analysis indicated that the induction of T(regs) by co-infected DCs may be dependent on TGF-beta and not IL-10. Our data support the immunomodulatory role of PCV2/PRRSV co-infection in the pathogenesis of PCVAD, specifically via T(reg)-mediated immunosuppression. CI - Copyright (c) 2012 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved. FAU - Cecere, T E AU - Cecere TE AD - Department of Biomedical Sciences and Pathobiology, Virginia-Maryland Regional College of Veterinary Medicine, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA 24061, USA. tcecere@vt.edu FAU - Meng, X J AU - Meng XJ FAU - Pelzer, K AU - Pelzer K FAU - Todd, S M AU - Todd SM FAU - Beach, N M AU - Beach NM FAU - Ni, Y Y AU - Ni YY FAU - Leroith, T AU - Leroith T LA - eng GR - T32 RR021819/RR/NCRR NIH HHS/United States GR - 5T32RR021819/RR/NCRR NIH HHS/United States PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural DEP - 20120508 PL - Netherlands TA - Vet Microbiol JT - Veterinary microbiology JID - 7705469 RN - 0 (Cytokines) RN - 0 (Transforming Growth Factor beta) RN - 130068-27-8 (Interleukin-10) SB - IM MH - Animals MH - Circovirus/*immunology MH - Coinfection MH - Cytokines/immunology MH - Dendritic Cells/immunology/pathology/*virology MH - Genotype MH - Interleukin-10/genetics MH - Porcine Postweaning Multisystemic Wasting Syndrome/*immunology/*virology MH - Porcine Reproductive and Respiratory Syndrome/*immunology/*virology MH - Porcine respiratory and reproductive syndrome virus/*immunology MH - Swine MH - T-Lymphocytes, Regulatory/immunology/pathology MH - Transforming Growth Factor beta/genetics PMC - PMC3443269 MID - NIHMS380922 EDAT- 2012/05/29 06:00 MHDA- 2013/12/16 06:00 PMCR- 2012/05/08 CRDT- 2012/05/29 06:00 PHST- 2011/10/12 00:00 [received] PHST- 2012/04/23 00:00 [revised] PHST- 2012/04/30 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2012/05/29 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2012/05/29 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2013/12/16 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2012/05/08 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - S0378-1135(12)00289-1 [pii] AID - 10.1016/j.vetmic.2012.04.040 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Vet Microbiol. 2012 Nov 9;160(1-2):233-9. doi: 10.1016/j.vetmic.2012.04.040. Epub 2012 May 8.