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Title: TYPE 1 AND TYPE 2 CYTOKINE GENE EXPRESSION BY VIRAL GP135 SU ACTIVATED T LYMPHOCYTES IN CAE LENTIVIRUS INFECTION

Author
item CHEEVERS, WILLIAM - WASHINGTON STATE UNIV
item BEYER, JOSEPH - WASHINGTON STATE UNIV
item Knowles Jr, Donald

Submitted to: Journal of Virology
Publication Type: Peer Reviewed Journal
Publication Acceptance Date: 4/1/1997
Publication Date: N/A
Citation: N/A

Interpretive Summary: A major problem of retrovirus infections of sheep and goats is the lack of an effective vaccine. This manuscript is the result of a study to determine the characteristics of the immune response of goats infected with CAEV and disease free and goats infected with CAEV and diseased. The long-term goal is to understand protective immune responses and mimic those responses through vaccination.

Technical Abstract: Peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMC) from Saanes goats experimentally infected with caprine arthritis-encephalitis lentivirus (CAEV) were evaluated by semi quantitative reverse transcriptase polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) for interferon gamma (IFN-gamma), interleukin-4 (IL-4) and IL-2 gene expression following in vitro stimulation with purified CAEV gp 135 surface protein (SU). Studies examined three goats with chronic arthritis and four age matched clinically asymptomatic goats a 5 years postinfection (pi). IFN-gamma and IL-4 mRNAs were increased in CAEV SU stimulated PBMC from infected goats compared to unstimulated PBMC. SU responsive IFN-gamma+ cells ere dominant in PBMC from asymptomatic goats, whereas SU responsive IL-4+ cells were dominant in PBMC from goats with arthritis. In contrast to IFN-gamma and IL-4, IL-2 mRNA was not increased in SU stimulated PBMC compared to unstimulated PBMC. Lymphokine mRNA profiles in SU stimulated PBMC were dependent on the presence of CD4+ T lymphocytes. Results indicate that asymptomatic goats have a dominant population of CAEV SU reactive T helper 1 (Th1)- like lymphocytes in PBMC, whereas goats with clinical arthritis have a dominant population of SU reactive TH2-like lymphocytes.