Project description:Infectious laryngotracheitis (ILT) is an acute, contagious, upper respiratory disease, which is caused by gallid herpesvirus 1 (GaHV-1). Due to the mortality rates up to 70% depending on the virulence of the virus, it is of economic importance of the disease to explore the etiology of the ILT in the poultry industry. In this study, 15-day-old SPF white leghorn chickens were used to transcriptome analysis in chicken trachea immunized with infectious laryngotracheitis virus vaccine. In conclusion, chicken embryo origin (CEO) vaccine activation of the MHC-I and MHC-II pathways provides insight into the molecular mechanism of immune response in chickens, and holds potential for evaluation and design of new ILT vaccines in a manner adapted to the host immune response to the virus.
Project description:Infectious laryngotracheitis (ILT) is an acute, contagious, upper respiratory disease, which is caused by gallid herpesvirus 1 (GaHV-1). Due to the mortality rates up to 70% depending on the virulence of the virus, it is of economic importance of the disease to explore the etiology of the ILT in the poultry industry. In this study, 15-day-old SPF white leghorn chickens were used to transcriptome analysis in chicken trachea immunized with infectious laryngotracheitis virus vaccine. In conclusion, chicken embryo origin (CEO) vaccine activation of the MHC-I and MHC-II pathways provides insight into the molecular mechanism of immune response in chickens, and holds potential for evaluation and design of new ILT vaccines in a manner adapted to the host immune response to the virus. Ten vaccine inoculated birds were randomly divided in two groups. Each group represents one replication of five pooled tissues, for inoculated birds. Control group consists of five birds that received sterile vaccine diluent.
Project description:In this study we investigated the methylome of chickens immunized with Infectious laryngotracheitis (ILT) vaccine derived from chicken embryos. Methyl-CpG binding domain protein-enriched genome sequencing (MBD-Seq) method was employed in the detection of the 1,155 differentially methylated regions (DMRs) across the entire genome. After validation, we ascertained the genomic DMRs distribution and annotated them regarding genes, transcription start sites (TSS) and CpG islands. We found that global DNA methylation decreased in vaccinated birds, presenting 704 hypomethylated and 451 hypermethylated DMRs, respectively. Additionally, we performed an enrichment analysis detecting gene networks, in which cancer and RNA post-transcriptional modification appeared in the first place, followed by humoral immune response, immunological disease and inflammatory disease. The top four identified canonical pathways were EIF2 signaling, regulation of EIF4 and p70S6K signaling, axonal guidance signaling and mTOR signaling, providing new insight regarding the mechanisms of ILT etiology. Lastly, the association between DNA methylation and differentially expressed genes was examined, and detected negative correlation in seventeen of the eighteen genes. DNA methylation analysis employing MBD-Seq with 3 salt concentrations, in vaccinated and control group of chickens with 2 biological replications
Project description:Transcriptome analysis reveals an activation of MHC-I and MHC-II pathways in chicken trachea immunized with infectious laryngotracheitis virus vaccine
Project description:In this study we investigated the methylome of chickens immunized with Infectious laryngotracheitis (ILT) vaccine derived from chicken embryos. Methyl-CpG binding domain protein-enriched genome sequencing (MBD-Seq) method was employed in the detection of the 1,155 differentially methylated regions (DMRs) across the entire genome. After validation, we ascertained the genomic DMRs distribution and annotated them regarding genes, transcription start sites (TSS) and CpG islands. We found that global DNA methylation decreased in vaccinated birds, presenting 704 hypomethylated and 451 hypermethylated DMRs, respectively. Additionally, we performed an enrichment analysis detecting gene networks, in which cancer and RNA post-transcriptional modification appeared in the first place, followed by humoral immune response, immunological disease and inflammatory disease. The top four identified canonical pathways were EIF2 signaling, regulation of EIF4 and p70S6K signaling, axonal guidance signaling and mTOR signaling, providing new insight regarding the mechanisms of ILT etiology. Lastly, the association between DNA methylation and differentially expressed genes was examined, and detected negative correlation in seventeen of the eighteen genes.
Project description:Host gene expression of chicken embryo lung cells infected an infectious laryngotracheitis virus (ILTV) vaccine strain comparing control uninfected lung cells. Goal was to identify the changes of host gene expression by ILTV vaccine infection.
Project description:White Leghorn SPF chickens were immunized with two doses of DNA vaccine, based on the hemagglutinin (HA) DNA from H5N1 virus, in comparison to the control group, which was administered an empty vector (pCI). Gene expression changes in the spleens of chickens were investigated at 7 day post booster dose.
