Abstract:
:Feline immunodeficiency virus (FIV) infection is a naturally occurring lentiviral infection of cats which progresses to immunodeficiency in a manner strikingly similar to that observed in HIV infection in man. The rectal and cervico-vaginal mucosae are common routes of transmission of HIV and it has been shown that the gastrointestinal tract is an important site of HIV infection and primary pathology. Although biting is the principle mode of transmission for FIV, we have shown that it is possible to reliably infect cats via both the rectal and vaginal routes. Using a biotin-streptavidin linked immunoperoxidase technique we have detected FIV core and envelope proteins in the colonic follicle associated epithelial cells, cells within the lymphoid follice and occasional cells in the lamina propria. Further, in the intestine we have detected FIV RNA and proviral DNA in epithelial cells, colonic lymphoid aggregates and isolated lamina propria cells. We have studied a group of asymptotic cats which have been rectally infected with FIV for 1 year or longer and shown an increase in the number of lamina propria CD8+ cells and greater levels of IL-2, IL-6, IL-10 and gamma-IFN mRNA. Since these cats remained clinically healthy these results might suggest that both local antibody and class I restricted cytotoxic lymphocytes (CTLs) may play a role in control of viral replication. We have investigated a range of vaccination regimes for their ability to generate responses which would protect from rectal challenge with virulent virus. Cats have been immunized with whole virus (FIV-pet, FIV-GLA-8), V3, V3MAP or C2 with cholera toxin (CT), or Quil A based adjuvants via rectal, intra-nasal, parenteral or targeted lymph node routes, and challenged rectally with ten mucosal cat infectious doses (MCID) of FIV-GLA-8. We have shown that the adjuvant effects of cholera toxin and Quil A are not influenced by the route of delivery (intraperitoneal (i.p.) versus rectal) with CT more effective in stimulating humoral and Quil A more effective in stimulating cellular responses to FIV antigens. However we have shown that, quantitatively, CT is more effective when used as an adjuvant via the intra-nasal than the rectal route. Recently, we have begun to investigate if the promising results obtained with targeted lymph node (TLN) vaccination in monkeys could be reproduced in the cat. We have shown that TLN was more effective than rectal immunisation in stimulating both humoral and proliferative responses. In a preliminary study we have also been able to detect FIV specific CTLs and have observed protection from rectal challenge in four out of four cats.
journal_name
J Biotechnoljournal_title
Journal of biotechnologyauthors
Stokes CR,Finerty S,Gruffydd-Jones TJ,Sturgess CP,Harbour DAdoi
10.1016/s0168-1656(99)00139-xsubject
Has Abstractpub_date
1999-08-20 00:00:00pages
213-21issue
2-3eissn
0168-1656issn
1873-4863pii
S0168-1656(99)00139-Xjournal_volume
73pub_type
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