PMID- 25479904 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20160204 LR - 20181113 IS - 1297-9716 (Electronic) IS - 0928-4249 (Print) IS - 0928-4249 (Linking) VI - 45 DP - 2014 Dec 6 TI - Cytokine profiles in pregnant gilts experimentally infected with porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome virus and relationships with viral load and fetal outcome. PG - 113 LID - 10.1186/s13567-014-0113-8 [doi] LID - 113 AB - In spite of extensive research, immunologic control mechanisms against Porcine Reproductive and Respiratory Syndrome virus (PRRSv) remain poorly understood. Cytokine responses have been exhaustively studied in nursery pigs and show contradictory results. Since no detailed reports on cytokine responses to PRRSv in pregnant females exist, the objectives of this study were to compare host cytokine responses between PRRSv-infected and non-infected pregnant gilts, and to investigate relationships between cytokine levels in infected gilts and viral load or fetal mortality rate. Serum samples and supernatants of peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMC) either stimulated with PRRSv or phorbol myristate acetate/Ionomycin (PMA/Iono) were analyzed for cytokines/chemokines: interleukins (IL) 1-beta (IL1beta), IL4, IL8, IL10, IL12, chemokine ligand 2 (CCL2), interferon alpha (IFNalpha) and interferon gamma (IFNgamma). Three cytokines (IFNalpha, CCL2, IFNgamma) in gilt serum differed significantly in inoculated versus control gilts over time. In supernatants of PRRSv stimulated PBMC from PRRSv-infected gilts, levels of IFNalpha were significantly decreased, while IL8 secretion was significantly increased. PRRSv infection altered the secretion of all measured cytokines, with the exception of IFNalpha, from PBMC after mitogen stimulation, indicating a possible immunomodulatory effect of PRRSv. IFNalpha, CCL2, and IFNgamma in serum, and IFNgamma in supernatants of PMA/Iono stimulated PBMC were significantly associated with viral load in tissues, serum or both. However, only IFNalpha in supernatants of PRRSv stimulated PBMC was significantly associated with fetal mortality rate. We conclude that of the eight cytokines tested in this study IFNalpha was the best indicator of viral load and severity of reproductive PRRSv infection. FAU - Ladinig, Andrea AU - Ladinig A AD - Department of Large Animal Clinical Sciences, Western College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, SK, Canada. andrea.ladinig@usask.ca. FAU - Lunney, Joan K AU - Lunney JK AD - U.S. Department of Agriculture, Animal Parasitic Diseases Laboratory, Beltsville Agricultural Research Center, Agricultural Research Service, Beltsville, MD, USA. joan.lunney@ars.usda.gov. FAU - Souza, Carlos J H AU - Souza CJ AD - U.S. Department of Agriculture, Animal Parasitic Diseases Laboratory, Beltsville Agricultural Research Center, Agricultural Research Service, Beltsville, MD, USA. carlos.hoff-souza@embrapa.br. AD - EMBRAPA Pesca e Aquicultura, Palmas, TO, Brazil. carlos.hoff-souza@embrapa.br. FAU - Ashley, Carolyn AU - Ashley C AD - Department of Large Animal Clinical Sciences, Western College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, SK, Canada. carolyn.ashley@usask.ca. FAU - Plastow, Graham AU - Plastow G AD - Department of Agricultural, Food, and Nutritional Science, Faculty of Agricultural, Life and Environmental Sciences, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada. graham.plastow@ales.ualberta.ca. FAU - Harding, John C S AU - Harding JC AD - Department of Large Animal Clinical Sciences, Western College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, SK, Canada. john.harding@usask.ca. LA - eng PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't DEP - 20141206 PL - England TA - Vet Res JT - Veterinary research JID - 9309551 RN - 0 (Cytokines) RN - 56092-81-0 (Ionomycin) RN - NI40JAQ945 (Tetradecanoylphorbol Acetate) SB - IM MH - Animals MH - Cytokines/*blood MH - Female MH - Ionomycin/*pharmacology MH - Porcine Reproductive and Respiratory Syndrome/blood/*immunology/virology MH - Porcine respiratory and reproductive syndrome virus/immunology/*physiology MH - Pregnancy MH - Swine MH - Tetradecanoylphorbol Acetate/*pharmacology MH - *Viral Load PMC - PMC4333882 EDAT- 2014/12/07 06:00 MHDA- 2016/02/05 06:00 PMCR- 2014/12/06 CRDT- 2014/12/07 06:00 PHST- 2014/04/03 00:00 [received] PHST- 2014/10/20 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2014/12/07 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2014/12/07 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2016/02/05 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2014/12/06 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - s13567-014-0113-8 [pii] AID - 113 [pii] AID - 10.1186/s13567-014-0113-8 [doi] PST - epublish SO - Vet Res. 2014 Dec 6;45:113. doi: 10.1186/s13567-014-0113-8.