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ArticlePoultry science2020

Effects of avian infectious bronchitis with Newcastle disease and Marek's disease vaccinations on the expression of toll-like receptors and avian β-defensins in the kidneys of broiler chicks.

Masahiro Shimizu, Takahiro Nii, Naoki Isobe, Yukinori Yoshimura

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Article in Poultry science, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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4 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Masahiro ShimizuGraduate School of Integrated Sciences for Life, Hiroshima University, Higashi-Hiroshima 739-8528, Japan.
Takahiro NiiGraduate School of Integrated Sciences for Life, Hiroshima University, Higashi-Hiroshima 739-8528, Japan.
Naoki IsobeGraduate School of Integrated Sciences for Life, Hiroshima University, Higashi-Hiroshima 739-8528, Japan.
Yukinori YoshimuraGraduate School of Integrated Sciences for Life, Hiroshima University, Higashi-Hiroshima 739-8528, Japan. Electronic address: yyosimu@hiroshima-u.ac.jp.
Hiroshima University · JP

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The aim of this study was to determine the effect of vaccinations for avian infectious bronchitis with Newcastle disease (IB/ND) and Marek's disease (MD) on the expression of toll-like receptors (TLR) that recognize viral RNA and microbial DNA, and AvBD in chick kidneys. Day-old chicks were vaccinated with MD or IB/ND vaccines or received no treatment (control group). The gene expression of TLR and AvBD in the kidneys of 3-day-old chicks and 10-day-old chicks was examined using real-time PCR. The localization of AvBD2 and AvBD4 was examined by immunohistochemistry at day three only. At 3 days of age, the expression of TLR7 and TLR21 was significantly higher in the IB/ND group (but not in the MD group) than in the control group. Conversely, at 10 days of age there was no significant difference in the expression of the three TLR between groups. In the 3-day-old chicks the expression levels of AvBD4, 5, 6, and 7 were higher in the MD group than in the control group. Furthermore, at this age, the expression levels of other AvBD were not significantly different between the control and vaccination (MD and IB/ND) groups. At 10 days of age, no AvBD expression was affected by MD and IB/ND vaccinations. Immunohistochemistry results localized AvBD2 in the leukocytes in the interstitial tissue and AvBD4 in the surface of microvillus epithelial cells of renal tubules, and in the epithelial cells of the collecting ducts and ureter. The localization of AvBD2 and AvBD4 was identified in all chicks. We suggest that the expression of innate immune molecules (including TLR and AvBD) in kidneys could be modulated by MD and IB/ND vaccination when performed at the day-old stage. Although the effects of both vaccinations may subside within 10 days, the enhanced expression of those innate immune molecules may support the innate immunodefense function in the kidneys of young chicks.

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beta-DefensinsBronchitisGene Expression RegulationKidneyToll-Like ReceptorsViral VaccinesAnimalsChickensMarek DiseaseNewcastle DiseasePoultry DiseasesVaccinationbeta-DefensinsToll-Like ReceptorsViral VaccinesAvBDbroiler chick kidneytoll-like receptorsvaccination

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PMID33248626
PMCPMC7486820
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