title: Different immune response of pigs to Mycobacterium avium subsp. avium and Mycobacterium avium subsp. hominissuis infection.
abstract: Mycobacterium avium subsp. avium (MAA) and Mycobacterium avium subsp. hominissuis (MAH) are the most common mycobacterial species isolated from granulomatous lesions in swine in countries with controlled bovine tuberculosis. This study is focused on the immunological aspect of MAA and MAH infection in pigs. We detected induction of humoral and cell-mediated immunity in experimentally infected pigs. Specific antibodies were analyzed in serum by ELISA and the IFN-γ release assay was used for evaluation of cell-mediated immunity. While MAA induced a significant increase of both types of immune responses, MAH-infected pigs had an unvarying level of specific antibodies and showed low cell-mediated immunity with high individual variability. The subsequent in vitro experiment confirmed the lower immunogenicity of the MAH strain in comparison to MAA. MAH-infected porcine monocyte-derived macrophages showed a weaker induction of pro-inflammatory mediators in comparison to MAA, which included mRNA for IL-1β, TNF-α, IL-23p19, IL-18 and chemokines CCL-3, CCL-5, CXCL-8 and CXCL-10. Additionally, qualitative proteomic analysis revealed 28 proteins exclusively in MAA and 7 proteins unique to MAH. In conclusion, closely related M. avium subspecies MAA and MAH showed different capacities to stimulate the porcine immune system. From a diagnostic point of view, the IFN-γ release assay showed higher sensitivity than the detection of specific antibodies by ELISA and seems to be an effective tool for discrimination of MAA-infected pigs. In the case of MAH infection, the IFN-γ release assay could fail because of the low immunogenic capacity of the MAH strain.
authors.affiliation: Veterinary Research Institute, Hudcova 70, 621 00 Brno, Czech Republic.
authors.forename: Hana
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Stepanova
authors.forename: Barbora
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Pavlova
authors.forename: Nikola
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Stromerova
authors.forename: Petra
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Ondrackova
authors.forename: Karel
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Stejskal
authors.forename: Iva
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Slana
authors.forename: Zbynek
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Zdrahal
authors.forename: Ivo
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Pavlik
authors.forename: Martin
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Faldyna
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D007111:Immunity, Cellular; D018836:Inflammation Mediators / Q000276:immunology; D020382:Interleukin-18 / Q000235:genetics / Q000276:immunology / Q000378:metabolism; D053760:Interleukin-23 Subunit p19 / Q000235:genetics / Q000276:immunology; D008264:Macrophages / Q000276:immunology; D009162:Mycobacterium avium / Q000145:classification* / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000502:physiology*; D013552:Swine; D013553:Swine Diseases / Q000235:genetics / Q000276:immunology* / Q000382:microbiology; D014376:Tuberculosis / Q000276:immunology / Q000662:veterinary*; D014409:Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha / Q000235:genetics / Q000276:immunology
chemical_list: D018836:Inflammation Mediators; D020382:Interleukin-18; D053760:Interleukin-23 Subunit p19; D014409:Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha