title: Chicken B lymphoma DT40 cells as a useful tool for in vitro analysis of pathogenic infectious bursal disease virus.
abstract: Susceptibility of DT40 cells to pathogenic field strains of infectious bursal disease virus (IBDV) including very virulent and classical virulent strains were studied. After the first and second passage of the virus in DT40 cells, IBDV-specific antigen was readily detected in DT40 cells inoculated with the pathogenic field strain infected bursal homogenates. Nucleotide sequence analysis in the VP2 hypervariable domain, which is critical for the virulence of IBDV, revealed no common amino acid substitutions among the pathogenic IBDVs in accordance with the propagation in DT40 cells. These results indicate that DT40 cells are a useful tool for rapid isolation of pathogenic field strains and successive in vitro analysis of IBDV.
authors.affiliation: Department of Applied Veterinary Sciences, United Graduate School of Veterinary Sciences, Gifu University, Gifu, Japan.
authors.forename: Kaori
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Terasaki
authors.forename: Haruko
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Hirayama
authors.forename: Christopher J
authors.initials: CJ
authors.lastname: Kasanga
authors.forename: Min Thein
authors.initials: MT
authors.lastname: Maw
authors.forename: Kenji
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Ohya
authors.forename: Tsuyoshi
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Yamaguchi
authors.forename: Hideto
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Fukushi
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D045744:Cell Line, Tumor; D002645:Chickens; D007243:Infectious bursal disease virus / Q000502:physiology*; D008223:Lymphoma; D013997:Time Factors; D014776:Virus Cultivation / Q000662:veterinary*; D014779:Virus Replication / Q000502:physiology