Evaluation of porcine GM-CSF during PRRSV infection in vitro and in vivo indicating a protective role of GM-CSF related with M1 biased activation in alveolar macrophage during PRRSV infection

Granulocyte-macrophage colony stimulating factor (GM-CSF), participates in diverse biological processes associated with innate and adaptive immunity, has unknown effects during PRRSV infection. Here, a double-antibody sandwich ELISA for pGM-CSF was developed in-house for evaluation of pGM-CSF level...

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Main Authors: Qi Ji, Guanggang Qu, Bing Liu, Yang Bai, Guihua Wang, Rui Chen, Xu Zheng, Zhigang Zhang, Yonglin Yang, Chunyan Wu
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Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fimmu.2022.967338/full
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author Qi Ji
Guanggang Qu
Bing Liu
Yang Bai
Guihua Wang
Rui Chen
Rui Chen
Xu Zheng
Zhigang Zhang
Yonglin Yang
Chunyan Wu
author_facet Qi Ji
Guanggang Qu
Bing Liu
Yang Bai
Guihua Wang
Rui Chen
Rui Chen
Xu Zheng
Zhigang Zhang
Yonglin Yang
Chunyan Wu
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description Granulocyte-macrophage colony stimulating factor (GM-CSF), participates in diverse biological processes associated with innate and adaptive immunity, has unknown effects during PRRSV infection. Here, a double-antibody sandwich ELISA for pGM-CSF was developed in-house for evaluation of pGM-CSF level during PRRSV infection both in vitro and in vivo. In in vitro assay, it was notable that PRRSV-infected porcine alveolar macrophages (PAMs) yielded inconsistent pGM-CSF protein- and mRNA-level, suggesting a post-transcriptional inhibition of pGM-CSF mRNA was employed by PRRSV. Meanwhile, concurrent analysis of pGM-CSF levels in serum samples from PRRSV-infected piglets suggested that effect of PRRSV infection demonstrated minimum effect on pGM-CSF levels regardless of PRRSV virulence phenotypes. Moreover, in vitro treatment of PAMs with pGM-CSF prior PRRSV inoculation did not inhibit PRRSV replication in PAMs although genes downstream of pGM-CSF in PAMs could be upregulated by pGM-CSF treatment. Meanwhile, knockdown of pGM-CSF using siRNA did not enhance PRRSV replication as well. Intriguingly, therapeutic antibody treatment of HP-PRRSV-infected piglets led to significantly increased serum pGM-CSF levels, thus aligning with low pneumonia incidence and low intracellular PRRSV-RNA levels in PAMs of therapeutic antibody treated piglets. Furthermore, transcriptome analysis of PAMs from infected piglets revealed increased serum pGM-CSF levels correlated with activation of downstream signal of pGM-CSF in PAMs as evidenced by a M1-like phenotypes of gene expression pattern, implying a potential host-protective role played by pGM-CSF for PRRSV infection in vivo. In conclusion, our results demonstrated developments of a highly sensitive and specific ELISA for pGM-CSF and revealed a potential protective role conferred by pGM-CSF during PRRSV infection.
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spelling doaj.art-99bdc548b5a64a2b97baa5f3be5147942022-12-22T04:36:57ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Immunology1664-32242022-10-011310.3389/fimmu.2022.967338967338Evaluation of porcine GM-CSF during PRRSV infection in vitro and in vivo indicating a protective role of GM-CSF related with M1 biased activation in alveolar macrophage during PRRSV infectionQi Ji0Guanggang Qu1Bing Liu2Yang Bai3Guihua Wang4Rui Chen5Rui Chen6Xu Zheng7Zhigang Zhang8Yonglin Yang9Chunyan Wu10Department of Preventive Veterinary Medicine, College of Veterinary Medicine, Northwest Agriculture & Forestry (A&F) University, Yangling, ChinaShandong Binzhou Animal Science and Veterinary Medicine Academy, Binzhou, ChinaDepartment of Preventive Veterinary Medicine, College of Veterinary Medicine, Northwest Agriculture & Forestry (A&F) University, Yangling, ChinaCollege of Life Science, Northwest Agriculture & Forestry (A&F) University, Yangling, ChinaWeinan Animal Disease Prevention and Control Center, Weinan, ChinaDepartment of Preventive Veterinary Medicine, College of Veterinary Medicine, Northwest Agriculture & Forestry (A&F) University, Yangling, ChinaShaanxi Innolever Biotechnology Co., Ltd., Yangling, ChinaDepartment of Preventive Veterinary Medicine, College of Veterinary Medicine, Northwest Agriculture & Forestry (A&F) University, Yangling, ChinaDepartment of Preventive Veterinary Medicine, College of Veterinary Medicine, Northwest Agriculture & Forestry (A&F) University, Yangling, ChinaDepartment of Infectious Diseases, The Affiliated Taizhou People’s Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Taizhou, ChinaDepartment of Preventive Veterinary Medicine, College of Veterinary Medicine, Northwest Agriculture & Forestry (A&F) University, Yangling, ChinaGranulocyte-macrophage colony stimulating factor (GM-CSF), participates in diverse biological processes associated with innate and adaptive immunity, has unknown effects during PRRSV infection. Here, a double-antibody sandwich ELISA for pGM-CSF was developed in-house for evaluation of pGM-CSF level during PRRSV infection both in vitro and in vivo. In in vitro assay, it was notable that PRRSV-infected porcine alveolar macrophages (PAMs) yielded inconsistent pGM-CSF protein- and mRNA-level, suggesting a post-transcriptional inhibition of pGM-CSF mRNA was employed by PRRSV. Meanwhile, concurrent analysis of pGM-CSF levels in serum samples from PRRSV-infected piglets suggested that effect of PRRSV infection demonstrated minimum effect on pGM-CSF levels regardless of PRRSV virulence phenotypes. Moreover, in vitro treatment of PAMs with pGM-CSF prior PRRSV inoculation did not inhibit PRRSV replication in PAMs although genes downstream of pGM-CSF in PAMs could be upregulated by pGM-CSF treatment. Meanwhile, knockdown of pGM-CSF using siRNA did not enhance PRRSV replication as well. Intriguingly, therapeutic antibody treatment of HP-PRRSV-infected piglets led to significantly increased serum pGM-CSF levels, thus aligning with low pneumonia incidence and low intracellular PRRSV-RNA levels in PAMs of therapeutic antibody treated piglets. Furthermore, transcriptome analysis of PAMs from infected piglets revealed increased serum pGM-CSF levels correlated with activation of downstream signal of pGM-CSF in PAMs as evidenced by a M1-like phenotypes of gene expression pattern, implying a potential host-protective role played by pGM-CSF for PRRSV infection in vivo. In conclusion, our results demonstrated developments of a highly sensitive and specific ELISA for pGM-CSF and revealed a potential protective role conferred by pGM-CSF during PRRSV infection.https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fimmu.2022.967338/fullPRRSVGM-CSFmacrophage activationimmune responseELISA
spellingShingle Qi Ji
Guanggang Qu
Bing Liu
Yang Bai
Guihua Wang
Rui Chen
Rui Chen
Xu Zheng
Zhigang Zhang
Yonglin Yang
Chunyan Wu
Evaluation of porcine GM-CSF during PRRSV infection in vitro and in vivo indicating a protective role of GM-CSF related with M1 biased activation in alveolar macrophage during PRRSV infection
Frontiers in Immunology
PRRSV
GM-CSF
macrophage activation
immune response
ELISA
title Evaluation of porcine GM-CSF during PRRSV infection in vitro and in vivo indicating a protective role of GM-CSF related with M1 biased activation in alveolar macrophage during PRRSV infection
title_full Evaluation of porcine GM-CSF during PRRSV infection in vitro and in vivo indicating a protective role of GM-CSF related with M1 biased activation in alveolar macrophage during PRRSV infection
title_fullStr Evaluation of porcine GM-CSF during PRRSV infection in vitro and in vivo indicating a protective role of GM-CSF related with M1 biased activation in alveolar macrophage during PRRSV infection
title_full_unstemmed Evaluation of porcine GM-CSF during PRRSV infection in vitro and in vivo indicating a protective role of GM-CSF related with M1 biased activation in alveolar macrophage during PRRSV infection
title_short Evaluation of porcine GM-CSF during PRRSV infection in vitro and in vivo indicating a protective role of GM-CSF related with M1 biased activation in alveolar macrophage during PRRSV infection
title_sort evaluation of porcine gm csf during prrsv infection in vitro and in vivo indicating a protective role of gm csf related with m1 biased activation in alveolar macrophage during prrsv infection
topic PRRSV
GM-CSF
macrophage activation
immune response
ELISA
url https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fimmu.2022.967338/full
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