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Journal of Virology, December 1998, p. 9436-9440, Vol. 72, No. 12
0022-538X/98/$04.00+0
Copyright © 1998, American Society for Microbiology. All rights reserved.

Cytokine Response in Multiple Lymphoid Tissues during the Primary Phase of Feline Immunodeficiency Virus Infection

Gregg A. Dean1,* and Niels C. Pedersen2

Department of Microbiology, Pathology, and Parasitology, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina 27606,1 and Department of Medicine and Epidemiology, School of Veterinary Medicine, University of California, Davis, California 956162

Received 27 May 1998/Accepted 20 August 1998

Type 1 and 2 cytokine mRNA responses were measured at various time periods and in various lymphoid compartments during the acute stage (first 4 months) of feline immunodeficiency virus (FIV) infection in laboratory cats. Cytokine responses were correlated with virus replication. Virus was detected in plasma and tissue from day 14 postinfection (p.i.) onward, peaked at 56 to 70 days, and declined greatly by 70 days. Virus replication was highest in the thymus, followed by spleen, mesenteric lymph nodes, and cervical lymph nodes. Baseline cytokine levels were highest in the mesenteric lymph nodes and lowest in the cervical lymph nodes. Cytokine upregulation after FIV infection was most dramatic in the cervical lymph nodes, with the greatest increase in interleukin-10 (IL-10) and gamma interferon (IFN-gamma ). Cytokine transcription in the mesenteric lymph node increased above baseline by day 14 p.i. for IFN-gamma , IL-12p40, IL-4, and IL-10, while elevations in the spleen were mainly for IFN-gamma , IL-12p40 and IL-10. An increase in IFN-gamma , IL-10, and IL-12p40 occurred in the thymus at day 56 p.i., concomitant with the onset of thymitis. In general, type 2 cytokines (IL-4 and IL-10) were increased greater than 1 log over baseline, while the elevations in type 1 cytokines were less than 1 log. In the tissues tested, CD4+ cells were the primary source of IL-2, IL-4, and IL-10. Both CD4+ and CD8+ cells produced IFN-gamma , while no cytokine mRNA was detected in B cells. These results demonstrate the presence of a heterogeneous cytokine response in lymphoid tissues during the primary stage of FIV infection. The nature and intensity of the response differed from one compartment to the other and, in the case of the thymus, also with inflammatory changes. Although limited in scope, the present study confirms the usefulness of the FIV infection model in studying early cytokine events that lead to the secondary subclinical carrier state typical of most lentivirus infections.

* Corresponding author. Mailing address: Gregg A. Dean, Department of Microbiology, Pathology, and Parasitology, College of Veterinary Medicine, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC 27606. Phone: (919) 829-4488. Fax: (919) 829-4455. E-mail: Gregg_Dean{at}ncsu.edu.

Journal of Virology, December 1998, p. 9436-9440, Vol. 72, No. 12
0022-538X/98/$04.00+0
Copyright © 1998, American Society for Microbiology. All rights reserved.


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