Project description:Porcine alveolar macrophages (PAMs) play an important role in innate immunity. Streptococcus suis serotype 2 is a pathogen responsible for several diseases in both pigs and humans. We used microarrays to study the transcriptome of PAMs infected with SS2.
Project description:Expression data from Porcine alveolar macrophages of piglets experimentally infected with Haemophilus parasuis serotype 4 (HPS4) for 28 days
Project description:Porcine alveolar macrophages (PAMs) play an important role in innate immunity. Streptococcus suis serotype 2 is a pathogen responsible for several diseases in both pigs and humans. We used microarrays to study the transcriptome of PAMs infected with SS2. Healthy pigs were inoculated intranasally with 2 ml of 4.84×10^6 colony-forming units of SS2 strain SC19. The PAMs were isolated at 7 dpi. RNA was extracted from PAMs obtained from infected pigs and control pigs, and hybridized on Affymetrix microarrays.
Project description:Streptococcus suis serotype 2 (SS2), a major swine pathogen and an emerging zoonotic agent, has greatly challenged global public health. Systematical information about host immune response to the infection is important for understanding the molecular mechanism of diseases. Here, we investigated the global expression changes in spleen following SS2 infection using the Affymetrix Porcine Genechip. Our findings indicate previously unrecognized gene transcription changes in case of SS infection in vivo. Our data should provide new clues for immune response in mammals and identification of candidate genes related to SS resistance. All animal tissue collection procedures were performed according to protocols approved by The Hubei Province, PR China for Biological Studies Animal Care and Use Committee. Piglets at 35 days old were determined to be S.suis 2-free by antibody-based ELISA before artificial bacterial challenges. Each piglet was intranasally challenged with 2×106 colony-forming units (CFU) per millilitre of SS2 strain 05ZY or ΔHP0197. A total of 4 piglets were challenged with 05ZY, 4 were challenged with ΔHP0197, and 4 pigs were used as controls. These three groups were raised in isolated facilities. Nine microarrays were used in the experiment, corresponding to the RNAs from spleen tissues of piglets with arthritis after SS2 infection and spleen tissues of piglets with no clinical signs and three controls.
Project description:Swine H1N1 influenza virus and streptococcus suis serotype 2 (SS2) are two important contributors to the porcine respiratory disease complex, which have significant economic impacts. Clinically, swine influenza virus and swine streptococcus suis co-infection is common, which will increase the mortality. However, the pathogenesis of the co-infection remains largely unkown. To explore it, gene expression profiling was to performed to detect comprehensive analysis of the global host response induced by H1N1 virus infection alone, SS2 infection alone, H1N1-SS2 co-infection and PBS control.
Project description:Streptococcus suis serotype 2 (SS2), an important zoonotic agent, is notorious for causing contagious porcine diseases and human infection. The two outbreaks in China (in 1998 and in 2005) have caused serious economic losses in the pig industry and posed public health for its new toxin shock symptoms (TSS). However, the molecular mechanism of SS2 pathogenicity is still poorly understood. In order to get insights into pathogenecity of SS2, eighteen SS2 strains of different virulence and sources have been subjected to whole genome comparison by NimbleGen CGS arrays
Project description:Streptococcus suis serotype 2 (SS2), an important zoonotic agent, is notorious for causing contagious porcine diseases and human infection. The two outbreaks in China (in 1998 and in 2005) have caused serious economic losses in the pig industry and posed public health for its new toxin shock symptoms (TSS). However, the molecular mechanism of SS2 pathogenicity is still poorly understood. In order to get insights into pathogenecity of SS2, eighteen SS2 strains of different virulence and sources have been subjected to whole genome comparison by NimbleGen CGS arrays Comparative genomic analysis of 18 SS2 strains with 05ZYH33 as reference
Project description:Streptococcus suis serotype 2 (SS2), a major swine pathogen and an emerging zoonotic agent, has greatly challenged global public health. Systematical information about host immune response to the infection is important for understanding the molecular mechanism of diseases. Here, we investigated the global expression changes in spleen following SS2 infection using the Affymetrix Porcine Genechip. Our findings indicate previously unrecognized gene transcription changes in case of SS infection in vivo. Our data should provide new clues for immune response in mammals and identification of candidate genes related to SS resistance.