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VIROLOGY
Volume 524, Issue -, Pages 78-89Publisher
ACADEMIC PRESS INC ELSEVIER SCIENCE
DOI: 10.1016/j.virol.2018.08.006
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- Agriculture and Food Research Initiative Competitive Grant from the USDA National Institute of Food and Agriculture [2013-07173]
- Kansas State University research startup fund
- College of Veterinary Medicine at Kansas State University
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In order to study the mechanism of PRRSV persistence, an in vitro model of persistence was developed by serially passaging PRRSV-infected MARC-145 cells 109 times. Viral persistence was detected to be associated with increased double-stranded (dsRNA) in the infected cells. In PRRSV infected pigs, reduced ratio of plus to minus strands of viral RNA was observed in lymphoid tissues from PRRSV persistent pigs at 52 days post infection. Viral dsRNA was mostly detected in the germinal center during persistent infection compared to the localization of dsRNA in the inter-follicular zones during acute infection. RNA array analysis of antiviral cytokines in persistently infected lymph nodes showed that the presence of dsRNA did not stimulate antiviral immunity. These results suggest that PRRSV dsRNA functions as a mediator for viral persistence. The localization of PRRSV dsRNA in the germinal center of lymphoid tissues reveals a novel mechanism for PRRSV persistence.
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