PMID- 24507659 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20140922 LR - 20211021 IS - 1746-6148 (Electronic) IS - 1746-6148 (Linking) VI - 10 DP - 2014 Feb 8 TI - Anti-idiotypic antibodies reduce efficacy of the attenuated vaccine against highly pathogenic PRRSV challenge. PG - 39 LID - 10.1186/1746-6148-10-39 [doi] AB - BACKGROUND: The inability of current vaccines to provide effective protection against porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome virus (PRRSV) infection is not fully understood. One of the reasons might be the presence of anti-idiotypic antibodies (Ab2s) to the envelope glycoprotein GP5 induced by PRRSV infection since our previous studies demonstrated the presence of auto-Ab2s (aAb2s) in pigs infected with PRRSV. To test this hypothesis, PRRSV negative piglets were injected with a monoclonal Ab2 (Mab2-5G2) and aAb2s that are specific for anti-GP5 antibody, vaccinated with the attenuated PRRSV vaccine CH-1R and then challenged with the highly pathogenic PRRSV HuN4 strain. The animals were evaluated for clinical signs, pathological changes of the thymus and lungs, viremia, levels of serum antibodies and cytokines. RESULTS: The piglets injected with Mab2-5G2 or aAb2, and who received the attenuated PRRSV vaccine CH-1R before challenge, produced high levels of anti-N antibodies, IL-2 and IL-4, but low levels of neutralizing antibodies. After PRRSV HuN4 challenge, the animals showed obvious clinical signs, including lung lesions, severe thymus atrophy and decreased production of IL-4 and higher level of viremia. CONCLUSION: When anti-GP5 Ab2s are present, the use of attenuated PRRSV vaccine CH-1R against HP-PRRSV infection is not recommended. It can result in poor health status with pneumonia and thymus atrophy. FAU - Yu, Ying AU - Yu Y FAU - Cai, Xuehui AU - Cai X FAU - Wang, Gang AU - Wang G FAU - Kong, Ning AU - Kong N FAU - Liu, Yonggang AU - Liu Y FAU - Xiao, Yihong AU - Xiao Y FAU - Zhang, Chong AU - Zhang C FAU - Mu, Yang AU - Mu Y FAU - Xiao, Shuqi AU - Xiao S FAU - Zhao, Qin AU - Zhao Q FAU - Wang, Chengbao AU - Wang C FAU - Zhang, Gaiping AU - Zhang G FAU - Hiscox, Julian A AU - Hiscox JA FAU - Zhou, En-Min AU - Zhou EM AD - Department of Preventive Veterinary Medicine, College of Veterinary Medicine, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, Shaanxi 712100, China. zhouem@nwsuaf.edu.cn. LA - eng PT - Journal Article PT - Randomized Controlled Trial PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't DEP - 20140208 PL - England TA - BMC Vet Res JT - BMC veterinary research JID - 101249759 RN - 0 (Antibodies, Anti-Idiotypic) RN - 0 (Vaccines, Attenuated) RN - 0 (Viral Vaccines) SB - IM MH - Animals MH - Antibodies, Anti-Idiotypic/*immunology MH - Porcine Reproductive and Respiratory Syndrome/*prevention & control MH - Porcine respiratory and reproductive syndrome virus/*immunology MH - Swine MH - Vaccines, Attenuated/immunology MH - Viral Vaccines/*immunology PMC - PMC3921987 EDAT- 2014/02/11 06:00 MHDA- 2014/09/23 06:00 PMCR- 2014/02/08 CRDT- 2014/02/11 06:00 PHST- 2013/10/14 00:00 [received] PHST- 2014/01/29 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2014/02/11 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2014/02/11 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2014/09/23 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2014/02/08 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - 1746-6148-10-39 [pii] AID - 10.1186/1746-6148-10-39 [doi] PST - epublish SO - BMC Vet Res. 2014 Feb 8;10:39. doi: 10.1186/1746-6148-10-39.