Early embryonic cells from in vivo-produced goat embryos transmit the caprine arthritis–encephalitis virus (CAEV)

Autor: Yahia Chebloune, Gérard Chatagnon, A. Lamara, Claudie Fornazero, Laila Mselli-Lakhal, Daniel Tainturier, J.F. Bruyas, I. Battut, Francis Fieni
Přispěvatelé: Institut National de Recherche pour l’Agriculture, l’Alimentation et l’Environnement (INRAE)
Rok vydání: 2002
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Zdroj: Theriogenology
Theriogenology, 2002, 58 (6), pp.1153-1163. ⟨10.1016/s0093-691x(02)00950-0⟩
ISSN: 0093-691X
DOI: 10.1016/s0093-691x(02)00950-0
Popis: The aim of this study was to investigate whether cells of early goat embryos isolated from in vivo-fertilized goats interact with the caprine arthritis–encephalitis virus (CAEV) in vitro and whether the embryonic zona pellucida (ZP) protects early embryo cells from CAEV infection. ZP-free and ZP-intact 8–16 cell embryos were inoculated for 2 h with CAEV at the 10 4 tissue culture infectious dose 50 (TCID 50 )/ml. Infected embryos were incubated for 72 h over feeder monolayer containing caprine oviduct epithelial cells (COECs) and CAEV indicator goat synovial membrane (GSM) cells. Noninoculated ZP-free and ZP-intact embryos were submitted to similar treatments and used as controls. Six days postinoculation, infectious virus assay of the wash fluids of inoculated early goat embryos showed typical CAEV-induced cytopathic effects (CPE) on indicator GSM monolayers, with fluids of the first two washes only. The mixed cell monolayer (COEC+GSM) used as feeder cells for CAEV inoculated ZP-free embryos showed CPE. In contrast, none of the feeder monolayers, used for culture of CAEV inoculated ZP-intact embryos or the noninoculated controls, developed any CPE. CAEV exposure apparently did not interfere with development of ZP-free embryos in vitro during the 72 h study period when compared with untreated controls (34.6 and 36% blastocysts, respectively, P >0.05). From these results one can conclude that the transmission of infectious molecularly cloned CAEV–pBSCA (plasmid binding site CAEV) by embryonic cells from in vivo-produced embryos at the 8–16 cell stages is possible with ZP-free embryos. The absence of interactions between ZP-intact embryos and CAEV in vitro suggests that the ZP is an efficient protective embryo barrier.
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