Publication: Low viral loads and lymphoid organ spheroids are associated with yellow head virus (YHV) tolerance in whiteleg shrimp Penaeus vannamei
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2008-02-08
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0145305X
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Mahidol University
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Developmental and Comparative Immunology. Vol.32, No.6 (2008), 613-626
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Gun Anantasomboon, Raksawan Poonkhum, Nusara Sittidilokratna, Timothy W. Flegel, Boonsirm Withyachumnarnkul Low viral loads and lymphoid organ spheroids are associated with yellow head virus (YHV) tolerance in whiteleg shrimp Penaeus vannamei. Developmental and Comparative Immunology. Vol.32, No.6 (2008), 613-626. doi:10.1016/j.dci.2007.10.002 Retrieved from: https://repository.li.mahidol.ac.th/handle/20.500.14594/18971
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Low viral loads and lymphoid organ spheroids are associated with yellow head virus (YHV) tolerance in whiteleg shrimp Penaeus vannamei
Abstract
Yellow head virus (YHV) is an invertebrate nidovirus that has caused mass mortality in penaeid shrimp since 1990. Several YHV types are known, but only the original type (YHV-type 1 or YHV-1) is highly virulent. Most studies have focused on acute YHV-1 infections and there is limited work on YHV-1 survivors. We compared moribund and surviving (14%) whiteleg shrimp Penaeus (Litopenaeus) vannamei from an experimental challenge with YHV-1. Although grossly normal, all survivors were positive for YHV-1 by specific, reverse transcriptase polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) assays, histological analysis or transmission electron microscopy (TEM), indicating that they were not resistant but tolerant to YHV-1. On the other hand, real-time PCR analysis revealed that mean YHV-1 copies/ng total RNA for survivors (2.8×104±6.9×104) were approximately 40 times lower (P<0.05) than those in moribund shrimp (1.2×106±6.7×105copies/ng total RNA). This was confirmed by strong positive immunohistochemical and in situ hybridization (ISH) reactions for YHV-1 in lymphoid organ tubules (LOT) of moribund shrimp and weak positive reaction only in lymphoid organ spheroids (LOS) of survivors. TEM revealed morphologically complete YHV virions in both groups. Furthermore, immuno-TEM and Western blot analysis revealed that YHV-1 structural proteins gp116 and p20 were present at comparable reactive levels in each group. Thus, YHV-1 tolerance was not associated with absence of gp116 as previously reported for palaemonid shrimp. Instead, it was associated with the presence of YHV-positive LOS and a relatively low viral load. © 2007 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.