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Proceedings of the 10th International Colloquium on Paratuberculosis

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#163 Immunohistochemical expressi<strong>on</strong> <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> iNOS in different types or paratuberculosis<br />

granulomatous lesi<strong>on</strong>s<br />

Maria Muñoz, Laetitia Delgado, Andrea Verna, Carlos Garcia-Pariente, M Carmen Ferreras,<br />

J Francisco Garcia-Marin, Valentin Perez<br />

Universidad de Le<strong>on</strong>, Spain<br />

Objective: To assess <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> immunohistochemical expressi<strong>on</strong> <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> “inducible nitric oxide synthase” (iNOS), an<br />

enzyme which catalyzes <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> syn<str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g>sis <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> NO -a radical produced by macrophages and toxic for intracellular<br />

bacteria-, in different types <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> lesi<strong>on</strong>s associated with Map infecti<strong>on</strong>.<br />

Materials and Methods: iNOS expressi<strong>on</strong> was evaluated in 69 samples <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> intestine (ileum and jejunum<br />

with and without lymphoid tissue, and ileocaecal valve) and lymph nodes, from natural an experimental cases<br />

<str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> ovine and bovine paratuberculosis. Lesi<strong>on</strong>s were categorized as focal (located in <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> intestinal lymphoid<br />

tissue or lymph nodes,with n<strong>on</strong>e <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> scant bacteria), multifocal (focal granulomas in <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> lamina propria) and<br />

diffuse with abundant mycobacteria (multibacillary) or scant (paucibacillary). Immunohistochemical staining<br />

was performed using a polycl<strong>on</strong>al antibody raised against iNOS (Upstate) and intensity subjectively scored and<br />

compared with <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> presence <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> Map in <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> lesi<strong>on</strong>s, dem<strong>on</strong>strated by Ziehl-Neelsen.<br />

Results: The most comm<strong>on</strong> pattern <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> staining observed, both in bovine and ovine samples and regardless<br />

<str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> tissue sample, c<strong>on</strong>sisted <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> a marked immunolabelling <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> macrophages and giant cells forming <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g><br />

granulomas found in focal and multifocal lesi<strong>on</strong>s, associated with small amounts <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> bacteria, whereas in diffuse<br />

multibacillary lesi<strong>on</strong>s <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> staining was weak <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> negative.<br />

C<strong>on</strong>clusi<strong>on</strong>s: These results suggest that iNOS may play an important role in <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> pathogenesis <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> paratuberculosis.<br />

The expressi<strong>on</strong> <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> high levels <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> iNOS in lesi<strong>on</strong>s with small amounts <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> mycobacteria, would suggest<br />

a higher ability <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> macrophages to c<strong>on</strong>trol Map multiplicati<strong>on</strong>.<br />

#171 Phagocytosis <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> M. paratuberculosis by human m<strong>on</strong>ocytic THP-1 cells<br />

Peter Willemsen, Ruth Bossers-de Vries, Arie Kant, Diane Houben, Douwe Bakker<br />

Central Veterinary Institute <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> Wageningen UR, The Ne<str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g>rlands; The Ne<str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g>rlands Cancer Institute, The<br />

Ne<str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g>rlands<br />

Thus far c<strong>on</strong>flicting experimental data originating from different experimental approaches to prove or to disprove<br />

<str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> existence <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> a causative link between M. paratuberculosis (MAP) and Crohn’s disease in humans,<br />

have led to a lack <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> clarity <strong>on</strong> <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> role <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> MAP in <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> etiology <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> Crohn’s disease. To be able to assess <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g><br />

possible causal role <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> MAP a better understanding <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> interacti<strong>on</strong> between MAP and <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> human host will be<br />

essential. Whereas <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> interacti<strong>on</strong> <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> M. tuberculosis and M. bovis, both proliferating in macrophages, with <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g>ir<br />

respective hosts have been well studied, <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> interacti<strong>on</strong> <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> MAP with human macrophages is less well characterized.<br />

In this present study this interacti<strong>on</strong> is studied by comparing <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> interacti<strong>on</strong> <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> M. bovis and MAP with<br />

<str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> human macrophage using in vitro infecti<strong>on</strong> by both strains <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> human m<strong>on</strong>ocytic cell line THP-1. Within a<br />

96-hour time frame this infecti<strong>on</strong> is m<strong>on</strong>itored using in parallel immun<str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g>luorescent microscopy, electr<strong>on</strong>microscopy<br />

as well as microarray-assisted mRNA pr<str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g>iling <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> host. The obtained data showed that in c<strong>on</strong>trast to<br />

<str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> less efficient phagocytosis <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> MAP, <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> infecti<strong>on</strong> by MAP elicited a much str<strong>on</strong>ger and more complex host<br />

resp<strong>on</strong>se than infecti<strong>on</strong> by M. bovis. Fur<str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g>rmore, whereas M. bovis was able to proliferate in <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> human macrophages<br />

MAP <strong>on</strong>ly showed a limited proliferati<strong>on</strong> and was more susceptible to degradati<strong>on</strong>.<br />

These results indicate that MAP shows a human macrophage interacti<strong>on</strong> remarkably different from M.<br />

bovis and support <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> need for fur<str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g>r study <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> interacti<strong>on</strong> <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> MAP with <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> (human) macrophage.<br />

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