Marek's disease virus prolongs survival of primary chicken B-cells by inducing a senescence-like phenotype.

Marek's disease virus (MDV) is an alphaherpesvirus that causes immunosuppression and deadly lymphoma in chickens. Lymphoid organs play a central role in MDV infection in animals. B-cells in the bursa of Fabricius facilitate high levels of MDV replication and contribute to dissemination at early...

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Autores principales: Laëtitia Trapp-Fragnet, Julia Schermuly, Marina Kohn, Luca D Bertzbach, Florian Pfaff, Caroline Denesvre, Benedikt B Kaufer, Sonja Härtle
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spelling oai:doaj.org-article:8a68d4424bbf46c2967747934bbdafb52021-12-02T19:59:59ZMarek's disease virus prolongs survival of primary chicken B-cells by inducing a senescence-like phenotype.1553-73661553-737410.1371/journal.ppat.1010006https://doaj.org/article/8a68d4424bbf46c2967747934bbdafb52021-10-01T00:00:00Zhttps://doi.org/10.1371/journal.ppat.1010006https://doaj.org/toc/1553-7366https://doaj.org/toc/1553-7374Marek's disease virus (MDV) is an alphaherpesvirus that causes immunosuppression and deadly lymphoma in chickens. Lymphoid organs play a central role in MDV infection in animals. B-cells in the bursa of Fabricius facilitate high levels of MDV replication and contribute to dissemination at early stages of infection. Several studies investigated host responses in bursal tissue of MDV-infected chickens; however, the cellular responses specifically in bursal B-cells has never been investigated. We took advantage of our recently established in vitro infection system to decipher the cellular responses of bursal B-cells to infection with a very virulent MDV strain. Here, we demonstrate that MDV infection extends the survival of bursal B-cells in culture. Microarray analyses revealed that most cytokine/cytokine-receptor-, cell cycle- and apoptosis-associated genes are significantly down-regulated in these cells. Further functional assays validated these strong effects of MDV infections on cell cycle progression and thus, B-cell proliferation. In addition, we confirmed that MDV infections protect B-cells from apoptosis and trigger an accumulation of the autophagy marker Lc3-II. Taken together, our data indicate that MDV-infected bursal B-cells show hallmarks of a senescence-like phenotype, leading to a prolonged B-cell survival. This study provides an in-depth analysis of bursal B-cell responses to MDV infection and important insights into how the virus extends the survival of these cells.Laëtitia Trapp-FragnetJulia SchermulyMarina KohnLuca D BertzbachFlorian PfaffCaroline DenesvreBenedikt B KauferSonja HärtlePublic Library of Science (PLoS)articleImmunologic diseases. AllergyRC581-607Biology (General)QH301-705.5ENPLoS Pathogens, Vol 17, Iss 10, p e1010006 (2021)
institution DOAJ
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topic Immunologic diseases. Allergy
RC581-607
Biology (General)
QH301-705.5
spellingShingle Immunologic diseases. Allergy
RC581-607
Biology (General)
QH301-705.5
Laëtitia Trapp-Fragnet
Julia Schermuly
Marina Kohn
Luca D Bertzbach
Florian Pfaff
Caroline Denesvre
Benedikt B Kaufer
Sonja Härtle
Marek's disease virus prolongs survival of primary chicken B-cells by inducing a senescence-like phenotype.
description Marek's disease virus (MDV) is an alphaherpesvirus that causes immunosuppression and deadly lymphoma in chickens. Lymphoid organs play a central role in MDV infection in animals. B-cells in the bursa of Fabricius facilitate high levels of MDV replication and contribute to dissemination at early stages of infection. Several studies investigated host responses in bursal tissue of MDV-infected chickens; however, the cellular responses specifically in bursal B-cells has never been investigated. We took advantage of our recently established in vitro infection system to decipher the cellular responses of bursal B-cells to infection with a very virulent MDV strain. Here, we demonstrate that MDV infection extends the survival of bursal B-cells in culture. Microarray analyses revealed that most cytokine/cytokine-receptor-, cell cycle- and apoptosis-associated genes are significantly down-regulated in these cells. Further functional assays validated these strong effects of MDV infections on cell cycle progression and thus, B-cell proliferation. In addition, we confirmed that MDV infections protect B-cells from apoptosis and trigger an accumulation of the autophagy marker Lc3-II. Taken together, our data indicate that MDV-infected bursal B-cells show hallmarks of a senescence-like phenotype, leading to a prolonged B-cell survival. This study provides an in-depth analysis of bursal B-cell responses to MDV infection and important insights into how the virus extends the survival of these cells.
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author Laëtitia Trapp-Fragnet
Julia Schermuly
Marina Kohn
Luca D Bertzbach
Florian Pfaff
Caroline Denesvre
Benedikt B Kaufer
Sonja Härtle
author_facet Laëtitia Trapp-Fragnet
Julia Schermuly
Marina Kohn
Luca D Bertzbach
Florian Pfaff
Caroline Denesvre
Benedikt B Kaufer
Sonja Härtle
author_sort Laëtitia Trapp-Fragnet
title Marek's disease virus prolongs survival of primary chicken B-cells by inducing a senescence-like phenotype.
title_short Marek's disease virus prolongs survival of primary chicken B-cells by inducing a senescence-like phenotype.
title_full Marek's disease virus prolongs survival of primary chicken B-cells by inducing a senescence-like phenotype.
title_fullStr Marek's disease virus prolongs survival of primary chicken B-cells by inducing a senescence-like phenotype.
title_full_unstemmed Marek's disease virus prolongs survival of primary chicken B-cells by inducing a senescence-like phenotype.
title_sort marek's disease virus prolongs survival of primary chicken b-cells by inducing a senescence-like phenotype.
publisher Public Library of Science (PLoS)
publishDate 2021
url https://doaj.org/article/8a68d4424bbf46c2967747934bbdafb5
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