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ArticleVirus research2011

In vivo tropisms and kinetics of rat theilovirus infection in immunocompetent and immunodeficient rats.

Michael T Drake, Cindy Besch-Williford, Matthew H Myles, Justin W Davis, Robert S Livingston

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Article in Virus research, 2011. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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5 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Michael T DrakeResearch Animal Diagnostic Laboratory, 4011 Discovery Drive, Columbia, MO 65201, USA. drakem@missouri.edu
Cindy Besch-Williford
Matthew H Myles
Justin W Davis
Robert S Livingston
Missouri College · USUniversity of Missouri · USGalena Biopharma (United States) · US

Funding

POSTDOCTORAL TRAINING IN LABORATORY ANIMAL MEDICINET32RR007004 · NCRR · UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI-COLUMBIA · PI BRYDA, ELIZABETH C, FRANKLIN, CRAIG L · 1985 to 2011
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NCRR NIH HHS T32 RR007004NCRR NIH HHS T32-RR07004
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Rat theilovirus (RTV) is a cardiovirus related to Theiler's murine encephalomyelitis virus. While RTV is a prevalent viral pathogen of rats used in biomedical research, the pathogenesis and characterization of RTV infections is not well understood. In the studies reported herein, we used immunohistochemistry to identify viral antigens in enterocytes of the small intestines of Sprague-Dawley (SD) rats. Fecal viral shedding in immunocompromised and immunocompetent rats following oral gavage with RTV1 was high for the first 2 weeks of infection with persistent shedding of high viral loads being observed in immunocompromised nude rats but not in immunocompetent rats. RTV was also detected in mesenteric lymph nodes and spleen of immunocompromised rats but not immunocompetent rats. In addition, the magnitude of serum antibody responses differed between immunocompetent rat strains with Brown Norway and SD rats having a significantly higher antibody response than CD or Fischer 344 rats. These data suggest that RTV1 has a tropism for the epithelial cells of the small intestine, immunocompetent rats have differing serum antibody responses to RTV infection, and sustained fecal shedding and extraintestinal dissemination of RTV1 occurs in rats deficient in T cell-dependent adaptive immunity. RTV infection in immunocompromised and immunocompetent rats has merit as a model for further studies of theilovirus pathogenesis following oral viral exposure.

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Viral TropismAnimalsAntibodies, ViralAntigens, ViralCardiovirus InfectionsDisease Models, AnimalEnterocytesFecesFemaleImmunocompromised HostImmunohistochemistryIntestine, SmallLymph NodesMaleRatsRats, Inbred F344Antibodies, ViralAntigens, Viral

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