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. 2014 Jul;78(3):237-40.

Cells infected with Jaagsiekte sheep retrovirus are detected in the bone marrow of asymptomatic sheep

Marta Borobia  1 , Aurora Ortín  1 , Luis M Ferrer  1 , Juán J Ramos  1 , Delia Lacasta  1 , Marcelo De Las Heras  1
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Cells infected with Jaagsiekte sheep retrovirus are detected in the bone marrow of asymptomatic sheep

Marta Borobia et al. Can J Vet Res. 2014 Jul.

Abstract
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Ovine pulmonary adenocarcinoma (OPA) is a transmissible lung cancer caused by Jaggsiekte sheep retrovirus (JSRV). It is difficult to identify animals infected with JSRV but are clinically healthy. The virus does not induce a specific antibody response and, although proviral DNA sequences of JSRV can be found in mononuclear blood cells, the detection is inconsistent. The aim of this study was to investigate the presence of JSRV in the bone marrow of infected sheep and develop a more consistent screening method. Immunohistochemical examination of bone marrow samples from 8 asymptomatic JSRV-infected sheep revealed the presence of positively labelled cells. However, JSRV could not be detected by a highly sensitive polymerase chain reaction (PCR) in bone marrow aspirates periodically collected from these animals. Results suggest that JSRV-infected cells may be present in the bone marrow of symptomless animals, but the number is below the detectable level for PCR. Therefore, this technique does not seem to be helpful for preclinical diagnosis of OPA.

L’adénocarcinome pulmonaire ovin (OPA) est un cancer pulmonaire transmissible causé par le rétrovirus ovin de Jaggsiekte (JSRV). Il est difficile d’identifier les animaux infectés par le JSRV mais qui sont cliniquement en santé. Le virus n’entraine pas la production d’anticorps spécifiques et, bien que des séquences d’ADN provirales de JSRV peuvent être retrouvées dans les mononucléaires du sang, la détection est inconstante. L’objectif de la présente étude était d’examiner la présence de JSRV dans la moelle osseuse de moutons infectés et de développer une méthode de tamisage plus constante. L’examen par immunohistochime d’échantillons de la moelle osseuse de huit moutons asymptomatiques mais infectés par JSRV a révélé la présence de cellules positivement marquées. Toutefois, le JSRV ne put être révélé par une épreuve d’amplification en chaine par la polymérase (PCR) très sensible à partir d’aspirations de la moelle osseuse récolées périodiquement à partir de ces animaux. Les résultats suggèrent que les cellules infectées par JSRV peuvent être présentes dans la moelle osseuse d’animaux asymptomatiques, mais le nombre se situe sous le seuil détectable pas PCR. Ainsi, cette technique ne semble pas utile pour le diagnostic préclinique d’OPA.(Traduit par Docteur Serge Messier).

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Figure 1
Immunohistochemistry of a bone marrow section from a Jaggsiekte sheep retrovirus (JSRV)-infected sheep, showing a single positive cell with labelled cytoplasm (arrows). A rabbit polyclonal antibody against JSRV gag proteins was used. Bar: 25 μm.
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