猪圆环病毒2型细胞培养适应毒株的培育和鉴定

从临床表现为仔猪断奶后多系统衰竭综合征（PMWS）淋巴组织病料，经聚合酶链式反应（PCR）证实为猪圆环病毒2型（PCV2）感染，采用无污染的猪肾细胞系（PK15）分离培养，并连续传代培育成一株细胞培养适应毒，命名为PCV2／LG株。分离毒株经细胞培养，于第25代后毒价显著升高，于第35代毒价可达10^5.6TCID 50/mL。采用免疫过氧化物酶单层细胞染色法（IPMA）、免疫电镜技术、分子克隆及核酸序列分析等鉴定表明，分离株感染细胞后病毒抗原主要分布在细胞核及细胞质中；病毒感染的阳性细胞呈散在分布，阳性细胞数可达50％以上；免疫电镜观察到与PCV2特异抗体结合形成的病毒免疫复合物呈实心小颗粒样粒子团，病毒粒子直径约为17nm；病毒抗原基因组由1768个核苷酸组成，与GenBank登录的8个PCV2基因组序列同源性达96．2％以上。用2mL的病毒细胞培养物（10^5.6TCID 50/mL）接种30日龄PCV2抗体阴性仔猪3头，可引起典型PMWS临床症状。本研究为进一步开展该病毒的致病性、疫苗免疫、诊断及分子生物学等研究奠定了基础。     

猪捷申病毒与猪圆环病毒2型双重PCR检测方法的建立及初步应用

为建立可同时检测猪捷申病毒（PTV）与猪圆环病毒2型（PCV2）的双重PCR方法,本研究根据GenBank登录的相关病毒基因序列,选择保守区域设计引物,经过反应条件的优化,建立了可同时检测以上2种病毒的PCR诊断方法,扩增片段长度分别为187bp（PTV）、120bp（PCV2）。通过实验证明该方法具有良好的特异性和较高的敏感性,对PTV、PCV2核酸检测最低浓度分别为2．8×10^-2ng和6．6×10^-3ng。应用该方法对43份临床样品进行检测发现,PTV阳性率为23％,PCV2阳性率为38％,PTV与PCV2共感染率为16％。该方法的成功建立,为快速高效地检测以上2种病毒提供有力手段。     

Immunopathological effects of porcine circovirus type 2 (PCV2) on swine alveolar macrophages by in vitro inoculation

Porcine circovirus type 2 (PCV2) is the primary causative agent of postweaning multisystemic wasting syndrome (PMWS), a multifactorial disease, in pigs. Monocyte/macrophage lineage cells, including alveolar macrophages (AMs), are the major target cells for PCV2. Swine AMs are essential for the pulmonary defense system against various pathogens. Concurrent infection of lung with opportunistic pathogens in pigs suffered from PMWS is speculated as a feature of immunosuppression. The present study was conducted to characterize the effects of PCV2 inoculation on swine AMs in the in vitro system. The parameters selected for evaluation included PCV2 antigen- and nucleic acid-containing rate, viability, TUNEL-positive rate, phagocytosis, microbicidal capability, and capacity for production of reactive oxygen species (superoxide anion, O₂⁻, and hydrogen peroxide, H₂O₂), cytokines, and chemokines. High intracytoplasmic PCV2 antigen- and nucleic acid-containing rate, absence of intranuclear signals for PCV2 antigen and nucleic acid, and lack of noticeable cell death were seen in PCV2-inoculated AMs. The PCV2-inoculated AMs displayed a transient as well as persistent reduction in the up-take and destruction of Candida albicans, respectively, accompanied by decrease in the production of O₂⁻ and H₂O₂. In PCV2-inoculated AMs, the levels of tumor necrosis- (TNF-) and interleukin-8 (IL-8) were significantly increased; the mRNA expression levels of alveolar macrophage-derived neutrophil chemotactic factors-II (AMCF-II), granulocyte colony-stimulating factor (G-CSF), monocyte chemotactic protein-1 (MCP-1), and IL-8 were strongly up-regulated. The reduced phagocytosis and microbicidal capability in conjunction with decreased production of reactive oxygen species in PCV2-inoculated AMs suggest that PCV2-containing AMs may favor the survival and spread of PCV2. It is speculated that the functional alterations observed in PCV2-containing AMs may be potentially harmful to the lung tissue and local pulmonary defense system, especially in those PCV2-infected pigs conditioned by various PMWS development-dependent co-factors.     

Porcine circovirus type 2 (PCV2) vaccination reduces PCV2 in a PCV2 and Salmonella enterica serovar Choleraesuis coinfection model

We previously reported that prior porcine circovirus type 2 (PCV2) infection potentiates the severity of clinical signs, lung lesions, and fecal shedding and tissue dissemination of Salmonella enterica serovar Choleraesuis in infected pigs. Here, we evaluated whether PCV2 vaccination is effective in reducing fecal shedding and tissue dissemination of S. Choleraesuis and improving clinical signs associated with PCV2 and S. Choleraesuis infection in 15 Cesarean-derived, colostrum-deprived pigs randomly assigned to 3 groups (n = 5/group). The vaccinated and co-infected (VAC-COINF) group received 2 ml of a commercial PCV2 vaccine at age 3 weeks. The VAC-COINF and co-infected (COINF) groups were inoculated intranasally with PCV2 and S. Choleraesuis at 5 and 7 weeks of age, respectively. The CONTROL group pigs received a similar volume of PBS for sham-vaccination and sham-inoculation. PCV2 vaccination clearly reduced PCV2 DNA load in the serum and postmortem tissue samples and decreased PCV2 antigen levels in tissue samples of the VAC-COINF group. After S. Choleraesuis infection, the incidence of several clinical signs increased in the VAC-COINF group compared to that in the COINF group. The microscopic lung lesions and weight gain, fecal shedding and tissue dissemination of S. Choleraesuis except in the spleen were not significantly different in the VAC-COINF and COINF groups. Thus, PCV2 vaccination reduced PCV2 in the S. Choleraesuis and PCV2 coinfection model and the effects on S. Choleraesuis were minimal.     

Characterization of porcine circovirus type 2 (PCV2) infection in swine lymphocytes using mitogen-stimulated peripheral blood lymphocytes from healthy PCV2-carrier pigs

Information regarding the susceptibility of swine lymphocytes to PCV2 is rather limited. To further explore and characterize the PCV2 infection in swine lymphocytes, an in vitro model using concanavalin A (Con A)-stimulated peripheral blood lymphocytes (PBLs) obtained from clinically healthy PCV2-carrier pigs was introduced. It was found that the PCV2 antigen-containing rate was below 2% in PBLs from healthy PCV2-free pigs following treated simultaneously with Con A and PCV2. However, significantly higher PCV2 antigen- and nucleic acid-containing rates could be seen in Con A-stimulated PBLs from clinically healthy PCV2-carrier pigs. Prior to Con A treatment, both of the PCV2 antigen- and nucleic acid-containing rates in PBLs from healthy PCV2-carrier pigs were less than 1%; however, they reached 22.1+/-5.7% by flow cytometry and 27.1+/-6.5% by in situ hybridization, respectively, at 4-day post-incubation with Con A. Phenotyping of PCV2 antigen-containing cells revealed that PCV2-positive cells could be detected in both T and B lymphocyte populations within which IgM-positive B lymphocytes appeared to have a relatively higher positive rate. The Con A-stimulated PBLs also displayed a significantly higher viral load by the measurement of either PCV2 DNA copy number or viral titer when compared with the non-treated PBLs from healthy PCV2-carrier pigs. The results indicate that PBLs, especially IgM-bearing B lymphocytes, are indeed susceptible to PCV2 infection and PCV2 is capable of replicating in dividing lymphocytes. This activation-induced replication may explain in part the pathogenesis of lymphoid depletion in PMWS-affected pigs.     

Reproduction in porcine circovirus type 2 (PCV2) seropositive gilts inseminated with PCV2b spiked semen

Background

Since 1999, field evidence of transplacental infection by porcine circovirus type 2 (PCV2) and reproductive failure has been reported in pigs. The objective of this study was to evaluate the clinical and pathological consequences of PCV2 infection in conventional PCV2-seropositive gilts by insemination with PCV2b-spiked semen.

Results

Six PCV2 seropositive gilts were inseminated with PCV2b-supplemented semen (infected) and three animals with semen and cell culture medium (controls). Only three out of the six infected animals were pregnant by ultrasonography on day 29 after insemination, while two out of the three controls were pregnant. One control gilt aborted on day 23 after insemination but not due to PVC2. Viraemia was demonstrated in four out of six infected and in one control gilt that became infected with PCV2a. Anti-PCV2 antibody titres showed dynamic variations in the infected group throughout the study. Among infected gilts, the animal with the lowest anti-PCV2 titre (1/100) at the beginning of the experiment and another that reached a similar low value during the experiment showed evident seroconversion over time and had also PCV2 positive foetuses. One placenta displayed mild focal necrosis of the chorionic epithelium positively stained by immunohistochemistry for PCV2 antigen.

Conclusions

PCV2-seropositive gilts can be infected with PCV2 after intrauterine exposure and low maternal antibody titre may increase the probability of a foetal infection.     

Detection and genetic characterization of porcine circovirus type 2 (PCV2) in pigs from Croatia

Porcine circovirus type 2 (PCV2) from the Circoviridae family has recently been associated with two serious diseases of swine, post-weaning multisystemic wasting syndrome (PMWS) and porcine dermatitis and nephropathy syndrome (PDNS). During 2002, several outbreaks of clinical disease in pigs with weights ranging from 10 to 70 kg occurred on four farms in different locations in Croatia. The signs were consistent with PMWS and PDNS. Apart from progressive weight loss, pneumonia and/or diarrhoea, multifocal erythematous skin lesions and dermal necrosis were also observed. The PCR results obtained from PCV2 specific oligonucleotide primers confirmed a PCV2 infection. In addition, archive samples that were classical swine fever virus positive and derived from domestic pigs during an outbreak in 1997 were included in this study and one out of the three isolates was found to be positive for PCV2. For a better epizootiological understanding, genetic typing of representative isolates was carried out and compared with available isolates reported in the GenBank databases.     

Porcine circovirus type 2 decreases the infection and replication of attenuated classical swine fever virus in porcine alveolar macrophages

Recently, it has been noted that porcine circovirus type 2 (PCV2) infection adversely affects the protective efficacy of Lapinized Philippines Coronel (LPC) vaccine, an attenuated strain of classical swine fever virus (CSFV), in pigs. In order to investigate the possible mechanisms of the PCV2-derived interference, an in vitro model was established to study the interaction of LPC virus (LPCV) and PCV2 in porcine alveolar macrophages (AMs). The results showed that PCV2 reduced the LPCV infection in AMs and the levels of PCV2-derived interference were dose-dependent. The PCV2-derived interference also reduced the replication level of LPCV in AMs. The full-length PCV2 DNA and its fragment DNA C9 CpG-ODN were involved in the reduction of LPCV infection in AMs, whereas UV-inactivated PCV2 was not. In addition, a moderate negative correlation between the LPCV antigen-containing rate and IFN-γ production was observed, and had a dose-dependent trend with the level of PCV2-inoculation. The results of the present study may partially explain how PCV2 infection interferes with the efficacy of LPC vaccine.     

PCV2感染对猪MCP-1和IL-8mRNA表达的影响

将猪圆环病毒2型（PCV2）BF株经口、鼻接种40日龄健康普通仔猪，于接种后不同时间宰杀，收集肺泡巨噬细胞（PAM），同时设立对照。用竞争PCR技术测定趋化性细胞因子IL-8和MCP-1 mRNA水平，分析PCV2感染对其mRNA表达的影响。结果显示，与对照组相比，在PCV2感染后第7d，IL-8mRNA水平下降至最低，随后迅速上升，至第14d时达到高峰，而后快速下降，但仍维持较高水平；MCP-1 mRNA水平在攻毒后第3d下降至最低，之后逐渐上升，至第14d时达到高峰，而后下降，第21d以后恢复正常。结果表明，PCV2感染初期可导致PAM趋化性细胞因子IL-8和MCP-1基因的转录明显下调。     

猪圆环病毒2型的分离与鉴定

利用PCR方法,从疑似断奶猪多系统衰竭综合征(PMWS)的自然病例的淋巴结和脾脏中扩增出了预期长度的猪圆环病毒2型(Porcine Circovirus type 2,PCV2)的DNA片段,并用限制性内切酶对PCR产物进行了酶切鉴定。将经PCR扩增和酶切鉴定为PCV2阳性的组织样品匀浆液接种到无PCV污染的PK15细胞中传代,经间接免疫荧光检查,在接毒细胞内观察到了特异性免疫荧光;用接毒细胞制备超薄切片,在电镜下观察到了直径大约为17nm的圆形病毒样粒子和大量不同形态的胞浆内包涵体。由此表明分离出的病毒为猪圆环病毒2型。     

猪圆环病毒2型多表位串联体诱导表达及其免疫活性

为了获得体外诱导表达的具有良好免疫原性的PCV2多表位串联体。本试验筛选PCV2主要抗原表位,顺序组成多表位串联体,人工合成其cDNA序列,通过BamHⅠ和SalⅠ定向克隆至原核表达载体pEGX-4T-1多克隆位点,转化BL21感受态细胞,筛选阳性克隆,进行IPTG诱导表达。使用SDS-PAGE对目的基因表达情况进行分析,提取与纯化融合蛋白多肽,Western blot鉴定表达多表位串联蛋白免疫活性。融合蛋白多肽免疫BALB/c小鼠,ELISA测定其抗体,评价其免疫原性。结果显示,成功构建了含7个PCV2抗原表位串联体的表达重组质粒pEGX-4T-1-ep,SDS-PAGE分析显示,融合蛋白多肽在大肠杆菌中获得了有效表达,其分子量约35ku,主要以可溶性形式存在。Western blot结果显示,提取与纯化融合蛋白多肽与PCV2阳性血清具有良好的反应原性。ELISA检测结果显示,纯化的融合蛋白多肽可有效刺激机体产生PCV2特异性抗体,具有良好的免疫原性。结果表明,构建的PCV2多表位串联体表达重组体具有良好的体外表达特性,表达蛋白具有良好的免疫原性。该研究为PCV2表位筛选,功能鉴定及多表位疫苗研究奠定了一定基础。     

猪圆环病毒2型辽宁株全基因组克隆与序列分析

本试验从辽宁地区某猪场疑似患有断奶仔猪多系统衰竭综合征(PMWS)的猪群中采集病料,采用PCR方法进行猪圆环病毒2型(porcine circovirus type 2,PCV2)的检测,在此基础上对阳性病料进行PCV2全基因组克隆和序列分析。结果表明,PCV2辽宁分离株基因组全长为1768 bp,与国内外PCV2分离株的同源性为95.9%~99.5%,其中与丹麦分离株(EF565365)、澳大利亚分离株(AY424405)和江苏分离株(FJ158606)同源性最高,均为99.5%;与广东分离株(JX912915)同源性最低,为95.9%。     

融合表达猪圆环病毒2型ORF1和ORF2基因真核质粒的构建及对小鼠的免疫原性

用PCR法扩增出猪圆环病毒2型的Rep蛋白基因（933bp）和Cap蛋白基因（705bp）,将其定向克隆于真核表达载体pcDNA3.1（＋）的多克隆位点上,构建真核表达质粒pcDNA-ORF1-ORF2。将构建好的重组质粒pcD-NA-ORF1-ORF2按100μg/只腿部肌肉注射BALB/c小白鼠,同时设pcDNA-ORF1、pcDNA-ORF2、pcDNA3.1-（＋）、PCV2全毒疫苗和PBS为对照,共免疫2次,间隔2周。分别于首免后第0、7、14、21、28、42天用MTT法检测小鼠脾淋巴细胞的增殖效应,用ELISA法检测小鼠的抗体水平;并于首免后第0、7、14、21、28天测定脾淋巴细胞中各细胞亚群的比例,对该核酸疫苗的免疫原性进行初步评价。结果显示,重组质粒能诱导鼠体产生较强的细胞免疫和体液免疫,并从免疫后第7天起所测各组数据均显著高于（P〈0.05）或极显著高于（P〈0.01）其他试验组。结果表明,将ORF1和ORF2基因共同用于PCV2核酸疫苗的研发具有很好的前景,为研究新型猪圆环病毒疫苗奠定了基础。     

广西猪圆环病毒2型感染的流行病学调查

结合流行病学、临床症状、病理变化，采用PCR技术，对2004年1月至2005年5月采自广西14个市97个疑似猪圆环病毒2型（PCV2）感染发病猪场的197份组织病料（脾、肺、淋巴结）进行了PCV2检测；同时，对鉴定为PCV2阳性的组织病料和猪场进行了猪生殖与呼吸综合征病毒（PRRSV）、猪瘟病毒（CSFV）、猪流感病毒（SIV）和猪伪狂犬病病毒（PRV）的检测，另外，对6个地（市）11个生猪屠宰场采集的外观健康屠宰猪的295份组织样品（脾、肺、淋巴结）进行了PCV2检测。结果显示，在197份组织样品中检出PCV2阳性病料108份，平均阳性率为54．82％（108／197），阳性猪场62个，平均阳性率为63．92％（62／97）。PCV2与PRRSV、CSFV、SIV、PRV混合感染的组织病料总阳性率为42．13％（83／197），混合感染的猪场总阳性率为57．73%（56／97）。从21头外观健康屠宰猪的组织样品中检测到PCV2，阳性率为7．10％。由此可见，PCV2感染在广西猪群中已普遍存在，混合感染和健康带毒现象使病情更加复杂。     

猪圆环病毒2型感染对猪肺泡巨噬细胞生物学活性的影响

将猪圆环病毒2型（PCV2）BF株经口、鼻接种40日龄健康仔猪，在接种后不同时间宰杀，收集猪肺泡巨噬细胞（PAM），同时设立对照。用FITC—Annexin V／PI双染色流式细胞术和琼脂糖凝胶电泳检测PAM凋亡现象，通过EA花环试验测定Fc受体数目，通过吞噬鸡红细胞试验测定吞噬功能，分析PCV2感染对PAM生物学活性的影响。结果显示，在整个试验期内2种方法均没有检测到PAM凋亡，表明PCV2感染不会诱发PAM凋亡。PAM的Fc受体数和吞噬鸡红细胞数的变化规律一致，与对照组相比，两者数量在接种后第3d明显下降，第7d有所回升，之后基本恢复，表明PCV2感染后PAM吞噬和清除病原的功能出现短暂下降。     

猪圆环病毒2型10JS-2株的分离与全基因组序列分析

本试验从江苏某猪场采集猪血清,进行猪圆环病毒2型(PCV2)的检测和分离,根据GenBank中登录的PCV2全基因组序列,设计1对特异性引物,扩增PCV2全基因组,并且进行序列测定和分析。发现一株PCV2 10JS-2的基因组全长为1779 nt,在病毒复制起始区域含有11个碱基的插入。在GenBank中对含有11个碱基插入的毒株序列进行BLAST发现,有两株PCV2(AY321993和EF565360)也有11个碱基的插入,但是与10JS-2比较,插入的碱基和插入的位置不同。遗传进化分析显示10JS-2属于PCV2a基因型,AY321993和EF565360属于PCV2b基因型,因此推断10JS-2可能是由PCV2a基因型的毒株在复制起始区域发生碱基插入形成的。这是首次发现此类PCV2毒株。     

Coincidental detection of genomes of porcine parvoviruses and porcine circovirus type 2 infecting pigs in Japan

The infection status of 15 viruses in 120 pigs aged about 6 months was investigated based on tonsil specimens collected from a slaughterhouse. Only 5 species of porcine parvoviruses and porcine circovirus type 2 (PCV2) were detected at high frequencies; 67% for porcine parvovirus (PPV) (PPV-Kr or -NADL2 as the new abbreviation), 58% for PPV2 (CnP-PARV4), 39% for PPV3 (P-PARV4), 33% for PPV4 (PPV4), 55% for PBo-likeV (PBoV7) and 80% for PCV2. A phylogenetic analysis of PPV3 suggested that Japanese PPV3s showed a slight variation, and possibly, there were farms harboring homogeneous or heterogeneous PPV3s. Statistical analyses indicated that the detection of PCV2 was significantly coincidental with each detection of PPV, PPV2 and PPV3, and PPV and PPV4 were also coincidentally detected. The concurrent infection with PCV2 and porcine parvoviruses in the subclinically infected pigs may resemble the infection status of pigs with the clinical manifestations of porcine circovirus associated disease which occurs in 3–5 months old pigs and is thought to be primarily caused by the PCV2 infection.     

猪圆环病毒2型ORF3编码蛋白的体外表达

设计特异引物,以猪圆环病毒2型(PCV-2)杭州株HZ0201的基因组DNA为模板,PCR扩增出ORF3基因,构建了pGEX-4T-1-ORF3原核表达载体和pEGFP-C2-ORF3真核表达载体。ORF3基因全长315 bp,编码105个氨基酸。SDS-PAGE、Western blot分析及真核PK15细胞转染结果显示:ORF3蛋白在大肠杆菌中以包涵体形式存在,分子量大小约为37.7 ku;ORF3重组蛋白在真核PK15细胞的细胞核和细胞浆都有表达,尤其在细胞核中表达量较高,且对细胞有一定的毒性。     

猪圆环病毒2型多抗原表位串联在大肠杆菌中表达与反应原性分析

为将猪圆环病毒2型(PCV2)的多个抗原表位串联,并在大肠杆菌中表达,本研究人工合成PCV2多抗原表位串联的编码序列并与pET32a(+)载体连接构建重组表达质粒。将其转化到BL21感受态细胞,经IPTG诱导表达。检测结果显示,多抗原表位串联基因在大肠杆菌中获得表达并以包涵体形式存在;表达的融合蛋白分子量约为27 ku。将包涵体溶解并经Ni-His柱纯化得到纯化的目的蛋白,western blot和ELISA结果显示,该表达产物具有较好的反应原性。     

猪圆环病毒2型、猪巨细胞病毒和TTV-2混合感染的流行病学调查

本研究根据猪圆环病毒2型（PCV2）ORF2、猪巨细胞病毒（PCMV）gB基因和TTV2非编码区序列合成引物,利用PCR方法对2009年来自江苏、浙江、上海、广东和广西等5个省市76个患病猪群的仔猪病料进行了病原学检测。结果显示,PCV2阳性率64.5%（49/76）,TTV2阳性率47.4%（36/76）,PCMV阳...