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BMC Genomics
2008 Oct 20;9:493. doi: 10.1186/1471-2164-9-493.
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Transcriptional response of Mexican axolotls to Ambystoma tigrinum virus (ATV) infection.
Cotter JD
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Storfer A
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Page RB
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Beachy CK
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Voss SR
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BACKGROUND: Very little is known about the immunological responses of amphibians to pathogens that are causing global population declines. We used a custom microarray gene chip to characterize gene expression responses of axolotls (Ambystoma mexicanum) to an emerging viral pathogen, Ambystoma tigrinum virus (ATV).
RESULT: At 0, 24, 72, and 144 hours post-infection, spleen and lung samples were removed for estimation of host mRNA abundance and viral load. A total of 158 up-regulated and 105 down-regulated genes were identified across all time points using statistical and fold level criteria. The presumptive functions of these genes suggest a robust innate immune and antiviral gene expression response is initiated by A. mexicanum as early as 24 hours after ATV infection. At 24 hours, we observed transcript abundance changes for genes that are associated with phagocytosis and cytokine signaling, complement, and other general immune and defense responses. By 144 hours, we observed gene expression changes indicating host-mediated cell death, inflammation, and cytotoxicity.
CONCLUSION: Although A. mexicanum appears to mount a robust innate immune response, we did not observe gene expression changes indicative of lymphocyte proliferation in the spleen, which is associated with clearance of Frog 3 iridovirus in adult Xenopus. We speculate that ATV may be especially lethal to A. mexicanum and related tiger salamanders because they lack proliferative lymphocyte responses that are needed to clear highly virulent iridoviruses. Genes identified from this study provide important new resources to investigate ATV disease pathology and host-pathogen dynamics in natural populations.
Figure 1. Log values of viral particles quantified with quantitative real-time PCR across all time points.
Figure 2. Expression profiles for cluster 1. Each row represents an individual gene, and each column a post-infection time point. Red coloration indicates increased expression of a gene relative to uninfected animals, and green indicates decreased expression. Genes (Cluster 1, n = 158) identified to be significantly up-regulated in response to ATV infection.
Figure 3. Expression profiles for cluster 2. Each row represents an individual gene, and each column a post-infection time point. Red coloration indicates increased expression of a gene relative to uninfected animals, and green indicates decreased expression. Genes (Cluster 2, n = 105) identified to be significantly down-regulated in response to ATV infection.
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