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Feline panleukopenia virus in cerebral neurons of young and adult cats.
Garigliany, Mutien-Marie; Gilliaux, Gautier; Jolly, Sandra et al.
2016In BMC Veterinary Research, 12 (1), p. 28
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[en] BACKGROUND: Perinatal infections with feline panleukopenia virus (FPV) have long been known to be associated with cerebellar hypoplasia in kittens due to productive infection of dividing neuroblasts. FPV, like other parvoviruses, requires dividing cells to replicate which explains the usual tropism of the virus for the digestive tract, lymphoid tissues and bone marrow in older animals. RESULTS: In this study, the necropsy and histopathological analyses of a series of 28 cats which died from parvovirus infection in 2013 were performed. Infections were confirmed by real time PCR and immunohistochemistry in several organs. Strikingly, while none of these cats showed cerebellar atrophy or cerebellar positive immunostaining, some of them, including one adult, showed a bright positive immunostaining for viral antigens in cerebral neurons (diencephalon). Furthermore, infected neurons were negative by immunostaining for p27(Kip1), a cell cycle regulatory protein, while neighboring, uninfected, neurons were positive, suggesting a possible re-entry of infected neurons into the mitotic cycle. Next-Generation Sequencing and PCR analyses showed that the virus infecting cat brains was FPV and presented a unique substitution in NS1 protein sequence. Given the role played by this protein in the control of cell cycle and apoptosis in other parvoviral species, it is tempting to hypothesize that a cause-to-effect between this NS1 mutation and the capacity of this FPV strain to infect neurons in adult cats might exist. CONCLUSIONS: This study provides the first evidence of infection of cerebral neurons by feline panleukopenia virus in cats, including an adult. A possible re-entry into the cell cycle by infected neurons has been observed. A mutation in the NS1 protein sequence of the FPV strain involved could be related to its unusual cellular tropism. Further research is needed to clarify this point.
Disciplines :
Veterinary medicine & animal health
Author, co-author :
Garigliany, Mutien-Marie  ;  Université de Liège - ULiège
Gilliaux, Gautier ;  Université de Liège > Département de morphologie et pathologie (DMP) > Département de morphologie et pathologie (DMP)
Jolly, Sandra
Casanova, Tomas
Bayrou, Calixte ;  Université de Liège > Département de morphologie et pathologie (DMP) > Pathologie spéciale et autopsies
Gommeren, Kris  ;  Université de Liège > Dép. clinique des animaux de compagnie et des équidés (DCA) > Pathologie médicale des petits animaux
Fett, Thomas ;  Université de Liège > Département des maladies infectieuses et parasitaires (DMI) > Santé et pathologies de la faune sauvage
Mauroy, Axel ;  Université de Liège > Département des maladies infectieuses et parasitaires (DMI) > Virologie vétérinaire et maladies virales animales
Levy, Etienne ;  Université de Liège > Département de morphologie et pathologie (DMP) > Pathologie spéciale et autopsies
Cassart, Dominique ;  Université de Liège > Département de morphologie et pathologie (DMP) > Département de morphologie et pathologie (DMP)
Peeters, Dominique ;  Université de Liège > Dép. clinique des animaux de compagnie et des équidés (DCA) > Médecine interne des animaux de compagnie
Poncelet, Luc
Desmecht, Daniel ;  Université de Liège > Département de morphologie et pathologie (DMP) > Pathologie spéciale et autopsies
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Language :
English
Title :
Feline panleukopenia virus in cerebral neurons of young and adult cats.
Publication date :
2016
Journal title :
BMC Veterinary Research
eISSN :
1746-6148
Publisher :
BioMed Central, United Kingdom
Volume :
12
Issue :
1
Pages :
28
Peer reviewed :
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