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Proceedings of the 10th International Colloquium on Paratuberculosis

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#89<br />

Mycobacterium avium subspecies paratuberculosis isolates recovered from infected goats<br />

in <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> central Spain c<strong>on</strong>tain deleti<strong>on</strong>s <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> mce genes and an increased capacity for persistence<br />

in macrophages<br />

Elena Castellanos, Alicia Aranaz, Lucas Dominguez, Lucia de Juan, Ana Mateos, Richard Linedale, Tim John Bull<br />

Animal Health Surveillance Center (VISAVET). Complutense University <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> Madrid (UCM). Animal Health<br />

Department. Veterinary School.UCM, Spain; Divisi<strong>on</strong> <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> Cellular and Molecular Medicine. St. George’s University <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g><br />

L<strong>on</strong>d<strong>on</strong>, United Kingdom<br />

This study used <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> ParaTBtools MAPAC microarray to perform comparative genomic hybridizati<strong>on</strong> (CGH) <strong>on</strong><br />

MAP isolates recovered from a goat herd in Spain. These animals presented unusual features <strong>on</strong> histopathological<br />

investigati<strong>on</strong> including moderate to severe diffuse lymphocytic infiltrati<strong>on</strong> with a heavy macrophage load<br />

but a very low cytoplasmic bacterial load as determined by Ziehl-Neelsen staining.<br />

CGH analysis revealed a novel deleti<strong>on</strong>, c<strong>on</strong>sisting <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> 19 c<strong>on</strong>secutive ORFs which including a complete<br />

mce gene oper<strong>on</strong>, PE/PPE family genes, a transcripti<strong>on</strong>al regulator and several o<str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g>r genes with ei<str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g>r<br />

putative or unknown functi<strong>on</strong>. Findings were c<strong>on</strong>firmed by a PCR-based approach and sequencing. A panel <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g><br />

97 Spanish MAP isolates was also screened using this PCR-based approach revealing 53 isolates c<strong>on</strong>taining<br />

<str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> same deleted regi<strong>on</strong>. Epidemiological analysis correlated mce negative MAP isolates with herds having a<br />

history <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> animal transfer.<br />

Parallel infecti<strong>on</strong>s <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> a representative mce negative isolate (MAP 464) and a reference isolate (MAP K-10)<br />

into a macrophage cell line showed a significant increase in intracellular persistence associated with MAP 464.<br />

Fur<str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g>r studies <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> differential mce expressi<strong>on</strong> between MAP 464 and MAP K-10 will also be presented.<br />

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