Recopilación de los trabajos de investigación presentados al Simposio 'Tendencias e innovación en la empresa periodística' del II Congreso Internacional 'Comunicación y Pensamiento' celebrado en abril de 2017 en la Facultad de... more
Recopilación de los trabajos de investigación presentados al Simposio 'Tendencias e innovación en la empresa periodística' del II Congreso Internacional 'Comunicación y Pensamiento' celebrado en abril de 2017 en la Facultad de Comunicación de la Universidad de Sevilla.
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Interferon-alpha (IFNα) can effectively inhibit or abort a viral infection within the host. It has been reported that IFN induction and production is hindered during classical swine fever virus (CSFV) infection. Most of those studies have... more
Interferon-alpha (IFNα) can effectively inhibit or abort a viral infection within the host. It has been reported that IFN induction and production is hindered during classical swine fever virus (CSFV) infection. Most of those studies have been performed in vitro, making it difficult to elucidate the actual role of IFNs during CSFV infection in swine. Here, we report the effect of IFNα treatment (delivered by a replication defective recombinant human adenovirus type 5, Ad5) in swine experimentally infected with highly virulent CSFV strain Brescia. Treatment with two different subtypes of IFNα delayed the appearance of CSF-related clinical signs and virus replication although it did not prevent lethal disease. This is the first report describing the effect of IFNα treatment during CSFV infection in swine.
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Several studies have demonstrated that the delivery of type I, II, or III interferons (IFNs) by inoculation of a replication-defective human adenovirus 5 (Ad5) vector expressing IFNs can effectively control foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) in... more
Several studies have demonstrated that the delivery of type I, II, or III interferons (IFNs) by inoculation of a replication-defective human adenovirus 5 (Ad5) vector expressing IFNs can effectively control foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) in cattle and swine during experimental infections. However, relatively high doses are required to achieve protection. In this study, we identified the functional properties of a porcine fusion protein, poIRF7/3(5D), as a biotherapeutic and enhancer of IFN activity against FMD virus (FMDV). We showed that poIRF7/3(5D) is a potent inducer of type I IFNs, including alpha IFN (IFN-α), IFN-β, and IFN-ω but not type III IFN (interleukin-28B), without inducing cytotoxicity. Expression of poIRF7/3(5D) significantly and steadily reduced FMDV titers by up to 6 log10 units in swine and bovine cell lines. Treatment with an IFN receptor inhibitor (B18R) combined with an anti-IFN-α antibody neutralized the antiviral activity in the supernatants of cells transduced...
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Foot-and-mouth disease virus (FMDV) is one of the most contagious animal viruses, causing a devastating disease in cloven-hoofed animals with enormous economic consequences. Identification of the different parameters involved in the... more
Foot-and-mouth disease virus (FMDV) is one of the most contagious animal viruses, causing a devastating disease in cloven-hoofed animals with enormous economic consequences. Identification of the different parameters involved in the immune response elicited against FMDV remains unclear, and it is fundamental the understanding of such parameters before effective control measures can be put in place. In the present study, we show that interleukin-10 (IL-10) production by dendritic cells (DCs) is drastically increased during acute infection with FMDV in swine. In vitro blockade of IL-10 with a neutralizing antibody against porcine IL-10 restores T cell activation by DCs. Additionally, we describe that FMDV infects DC precursors and interferes with DC maturation and antigen presentation capacity. Thus, we propose a new mechanism of virus immunity in which a non-persistent virus, FMDV, induces immunosuppression by an increment in the production of IL-10, which in turn, reduces T cell fun...
Research Interests: Immune response, Multidisciplinary, Dendritic Cells, Cell Differentiation, Female, and 16 moreAnimals, Antigen Presentation, Dendritic cell, Foot and Mouth Disease, PLoS one, T lymphocytes, Monocytes, Swine, Viral Infection, T cell activation, Swine Diseases, Cell Proliferation, Immune Tolerance, Neutralizing antibodies, Interleukin, and Acute Disease
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Foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) is one of the most serious threats to the livestock industry. Despite the availability of a vaccine, recent outbreaks in disease-free countries have demonstrated that development of novel FMD control... more
Foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) is one of the most serious threats to the livestock industry. Despite the availability of a vaccine, recent outbreaks in disease-free countries have demonstrated that development of novel FMD control strategies is imperative. Here we report the identification and characterization of bovine (bo) interferon lambda 3 (IFN-λ3), a member of the type III IFN family. Expression of boIFN-λ3 using a replication-defective human adenovirus type 5 vector (Ad5-boIFN-λ3) yielded a glycosylated secreted protein with antiviral activity against FMD virus (FMDV) and vesicular stomatitis virus in bovine cell culture. Inoculation of cattle with Ad5-boIFN-λ3 induced systemic antiviral activity and up-regulation of IFN stimulated gene expression in multiple tissues susceptible to FMDV infection. Our results demonstrate that the type III IFN family is conserved in bovines and boIFN-λ3 has potential for further development as a biotherapeutic candidate to inhibit FMDV or other viruses in cattle.
Research Interests: Virology, Cell Culture, Biological Sciences, Cell line, Humans, and 13 moreAnimals, Male, Vesicular Stomatitis Virus, Foot and Mouth Disease, Cattle, Molecular cloning, Control Strategy, Amino Acid Sequence, Base Sequence, Antiviral Activity, Antiviral Agents, Gene Expression Regulation, and Molecular Sequence Data
Research Interests: Zoology, Flow Cytometry, Immunohistochemistry, Dendritic Cells, Prion Diseases, and 16 moreMice, Animals, Central Nervous System, Dendritic cell, Immune system, Homeostasis, Prion disease, Transforming Growth Factor Beta, Disease Progression, Veterinary Sciences, Lymphocytes, Lymph Node, Transgenic Mouse Technology, Lymphoid Tissue, Gene Expression Regulation, and Prion Protein
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Research Interests: Genetics, Virology, Survival Analysis, Genetic Diversity, Biological Sciences, and 20 moreSpleen, Virulence, Mice, Pancreas, Female, Animals, Bit Error Rate, Disease Control, Lung, In Vivo, Spectrum, Genome sequence, SERUM, Amino Acid Substitution Rates, Virulence Factors, RNA Virus, Quasispecies, Nucleotides, Virus isolation, and Viral Load
Research Interests: Virology, Cytokines, Innate immunity, Gene expression, Veterinary, and 15 moreBiological Sciences, In Vitro, Humans, Natural Killer cells, Virus, Animals, Male, Foot and Mouth Disease, Swine, Swine Diseases, Langerhans cells, Recombinant Proteins, Sus Scrofa, Tissue Specificity, and Interferon gamma
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Research Interests: Fluorescence Microscopy, Virology, Localization, Veterinary, Cell Culture, and 17 moreBiological Sciences, Cell line, Sequence alignment, Virus, Animals, NF-kappa B, Subcellular Localization, Cattle, Swine, Amino Acid Profile, Amino Acid Sequence, Virus infection, Site-directed Mutagenesis, Catalytic Activity, Translation initiation, Protein Transport, and Molecular Sequence Data
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In this work we show evidence of mother-to-offspring transmission in a transgenic mouse line expressing bovine PrP (boTg) experimentally infected by intracerebral administration of bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) prions. PrP(res)... more
In this work we show evidence of mother-to-offspring transmission in a transgenic mouse line expressing bovine PrP (boTg) experimentally infected by intracerebral administration of bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) prions. PrP(res) was detected in brains of newborns from infected mothers only when mating was allowed near to the clinical stage of disease, when brain PrP(res) deposition could be detected by Western blot analysis. Attempts to detect infectivity in milk after intracerebral inoculation in boTg mice were unsuccessful, suggesting the involvement of other tissues as carriers of prion dissemination. The results shown here prove the ability of BSE prions to spread centrifugally from the central nervous system to peripheral tissues and to offspring in a mouse model. Also, these results may complement previous epidemiological data supporting the occurrence of vertical BSE transmission in cattle.
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Research Interests: Virology, Immunohistochemistry, Veterinary, Western blotting, Transgenic Mice, and 16 moreBiological Sciences, Virulence, Brain, Mice, Sheep, Animals, Experimental Infection, Cattle, Human health, Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy, Prions, Species Specificity, Amino Acid Sequence, Clinical Signs, Scrapie, and Molecular Sequence Data
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In the present report, the selective detection of sheep PrP haplotypes by monoclonal antibody 2A11 is described. It is showed that the substitution of glutamine by arginine but not by histidine at ovine PrP position 171 abolishes... more
In the present report, the selective detection of sheep PrP haplotypes by monoclonal antibody 2A11 is described. It is showed that the substitution of glutamine by arginine but not by histidine at ovine PrP position 171 abolishes completely the recognition of either PrP(c) or PrP(d) by mAb 2A11, in such a way that the application of this antibody allows the unambiguous discrimination of R(171) homozygotes. On the basis of the high resistance to classical scrapie and bovine spongiform encephalophaty (BSE) infection associated to the R(171) PrP haplotype, animals bearing the ARR allele are currently selected within the scrapie national plan initiated in Great Britain. A 2A11-based immuno enzymatic test have been developed and evaluated using a panel of plasma and sera from sheep of different PrP genotypes and breeds. The test allows the efficient discrimination of R(171) homozygotes, R(171) heterozygotes and non-R(171) carriers, therefore offering a rapid, cheap and easy to use alternative method to select sheep for their resistance to scrapie.
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Transgenic (Tg) mice carrying four extra octapeptide repeats (OR) in the bovine PrP gene (10OR instead of 6) have been generated. In these mice, neuropathological changes were observed depending upon the level of transgene expression.... more
Transgenic (Tg) mice carrying four extra octapeptide repeats (OR) in the bovine PrP gene (10OR instead of 6) have been generated. In these mice, neuropathological changes were observed depending upon the level of transgene expression. These changes primarily involved a slowly advancing neurological disorder, characterized clinically by ataxia, and neuropathologically, by vacuolization in different brain areas, gliosis, and loss of cerebellar granule cells. Accumulation of insoluble bovine 10OR-PrP (bo10OR-PrP) was observed depending on the level of expression but no infectivity was found associated with this insoluble form. We also compared the behavior of bo6OR-PrP and bo10OR-PrP Tg mouse lines in response to BSE infection. BSE-inoculated bo10ORTg mice showed an altered course of BSE infection, reflected by reduced incubation times when compared to bo6ORTg mice expressing similar levels of the wild type 6OR-PrP. In BSE-inoculated mice, it was possible to detect PrP(res) in 100% of the animals. While insoluble bo10OR-PrP from non-inoculated bo10ORTg mice was non-infectious, brain homogenates from BSE-inoculated bo10ORTg mice were highly infectious in all the Tg mouse lines tested. This Tg mouse model constitutes a new way of understanding the pathobiology of bovine transmissible spongiform encephalopathy. Its potential applications include the assessment of new therapies against prion diseases.