PMID- 23306092 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20130726 LR - 20130218 IS - 1095-9947 (Electronic) IS - 1050-4648 (Linking) VI - 34 IP - 3 DP - 2013 Mar TI - Immune parameters correlating with reduced susceptibility to pancreas disease in experimentally challenged Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar). PG - 789-98 LID - S1050-4648(12)00481-0 [pii] LID - 10.1016/j.fsi.2012.12.014 [doi] AB - Two strains of Atlantic salmon (Salmon salar) with different susceptibility to infectious salmon anaemia (ISA) were challenged with salmon pancreas disease virus (SPDV), the etiological agent of salmon pancreas disease (PD), by cohabitation. Serum and tissues were sampled at 0, 1, 3, 6 and 8 weeks post-challenge. Experimental challenge with SAV did not cause mortality, but virus loads and assessment of histopathology indicated that the fish more resistant to ISAV (ISAHi) also was more resistant to PD. Eight weeks post-challenge, the ISAHi strain had higher titres of SAV-neutralising antibodies than the less resistant strain (ISALo). Transcript levels of four adaptive and six innate immune parameters were analysed by real-time RT-PCR in heart, head kidney (HK) and gills of both strains. Secretory IgM (sIgM) and CD8 levels differed most between the two salmon strains. The ISAHi strain had significantly higher levels of sIgM in HK at all samplings, and significantly higher CD8 levels in gills at most samplings. In heart, both sIgM and CD8 levels increased significantly during the challenge, but the increase appeared earlier for the ISALo strain. By hierarchical clustering analysis of mRNA levels, a clear segregation was observed between the two strains prior to the virus challenge. As the viral infection developed, the clustering divide between fish strains disappeared, first for innate and later for adaptive parameters. At eight weeks post-challenge, the divide had however reformed for adaptive parameters. Possible pair-wise correlation between transcript levels of immune parameters was evaluated by a non-parametric statistical test. For innate parameters, the extent of correlation peaked at 3 wpc in all tissues; this came rapidly for ISALo and more gradual for ISAHi. The ISAHi strain tended to show higher correlation for innate parameters in heart and gill than ISALo at early sampling times. For adaptive immune parameters, little correlation was observed in general, except for ISAHi in heart at 6 wpc. Overall, the observed differences in immune parameters may provide important clues to the causes underlying the observed difference in susceptibility to PD. CI - Copyright (c) 2013 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved. FAU - Grove, Soren AU - Grove S AD - Section for Immunology, Norwegian Veterinary Institute, Oslo, Norway. FAU - Austbo, Lars AU - Austbo L FAU - Hodneland, Kjartan AU - Hodneland K FAU - Frost, Petter AU - Frost P FAU - Lovoll, Marie AU - Lovoll M FAU - McLoughlin, Marian AU - McLoughlin M FAU - Thim, Hanna L AU - Thim HL FAU - Braaen, Stine AU - Braaen S FAU - Konig, Melanie AU - Konig M FAU - Syed, Mohasina AU - Syed M FAU - Jorgensen, Jorunn B AU - Jorgensen JB FAU - Rimstad, Espen AU - Rimstad E LA - eng PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't DEP - 20130107 PL - England TA - Fish Shellfish Immunol JT - Fish & shellfish immunology JID - 9505220 SB - IM MH - Adaptive Immunity MH - Alphavirus/*immunology/isolation & purification MH - Alphavirus Infections/genetics/immunology/*veterinary/virology MH - Animals MH - Disease Susceptibility/immunology/*veterinary/virology MH - Fish Diseases/genetics/*immunology/virology MH - Immunity, Innate MH - Isavirus/immunology/isolation & purification MH - Norway MH - Orthomyxoviridae Infections/genetics/immunology/veterinary/virology MH - Pancreatic Diseases/genetics/immunology/*veterinary/virology MH - Polymerase Chain Reaction/veterinary MH - *Salmo salar EDAT- 2013/01/12 06:00 MHDA- 2013/07/28 06:00 CRDT- 2013/01/12 06:00 PHST- 2011/12/21 00:00 [received] PHST- 2012/11/23 00:00 [revised] PHST- 2012/12/10 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2013/01/12 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2013/01/12 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2013/07/28 06:00 [medline] AID - S1050-4648(12)00481-0 [pii] AID - 10.1016/j.fsi.2012.12.014 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Fish Shellfish Immunol. 2013 Mar;34(3):789-98. doi: 10.1016/j.fsi.2012.12.014. Epub 2013 Jan 7.