title: Intestinal mucosal immune response against virulent duck enteritis virus infection in ducklings.
abstract: Duck virus enteritis (DVE) is an acute and contagious herpes virus infection of duck, geese and swans with high morbidity and mortality. The development of specific mucosal immune system against duck enteritis virus (DEV) infection for ducks has been hindered by a lack of knowledge concerning the purification of immunoglobulin A (IgA) of duck. In the present work, the method for purification of duck immunoglobulin A was developed, and the induction of intestinal mucosal immune responses against DEV was studied by orally infected ducklings with virulent DEV. The results showed that a continuous increased DEV DNA levels were observed in blood and various organs examined of orally infected ducklings throughout the infection, which was accompanied by the development of infection in ducklings from mild progressed to severe pathological lesions. Furthermore, a marked increased level of DEV-specific IgA and IgG antibodies in bile, serum and the intestinal tract, as well as the density of IgA(+) cells in intestine were detected between 1 and 12days p.i., followed by a drastic reduction of the antibody levels and the density of IgA(+) cells at 15days p.i. The results indicate that the DVE infection can stimulate both IgA-dominated antibody immune responses in the intestinal tract, and IgG-dominated antibody systemic immunity in the serum of ducklings orally inoculated with virulent DEV. The severe lesions of the villus epithelial cells and the lymphoid organs can suppress the intestinal mucosal immune responses.
authors.affiliation: Avian Disease Research Center, College of Veterinary Medicine of Sichuan Agricultural University, Ya'an, Sichuan 625014, China.
authors.forename: Xuefeng
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Qi
authors.forename: Xiaoyan
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Yang
authors.forename: Anchun
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Cheng
authors.forename: Mingshu
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Dekang
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Zhu
authors.forename: Renyong
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Jia
authors.forename: Qihui
authors.initials: Q
authors.lastname: Luo
authors.forename: Xiaoyue
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Chen
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001769:Blood / Q000821:virology; D002681:China; D003332:Coronaviridae / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000472:pathogenicity; D018352:Coronavirus Infections / Q000276:immunology* / Q000401:mortality / Q000473:pathology / Q000662:veterinary*; D017931:DNA Primers; D004279:DNA, Viral / Q000302:isolation & purification; D004372:Ducks / Q000276:immunology* / Q000821:virology; D004797:Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay / Q000379:methods; D005777:Geese / Q000276:immunology; D007070:Immunoglobulin A / Q000032:analysis; D007150:Immunohistochemistry; D009055:Mouth / Q000821:virology; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction / Q000379:methods; D011201:Poultry Diseases / Q000276:immunology / Q000401:mortality / Q000473:pathology
chemical_list: D017931:DNA Primers; D004279:DNA, Viral; D007070:Immunoglobulin A