Pathogenesis of Demyelinating Encephalopathy in Dogs with Spontaneous Acute Canine Distemper

作     者：PAN Yao-qian LIU Xing-you MENG Li-ping ZHU Guang-rui XIA Yin-ke CHEN Jin-shan Yoshikawa Takashi 

作者机构：Department of Veterinary Pathology College of Animal Sciences Henan Institute of Science and Technology Department of Microbiology and Immunology Northwestern University Feinberg Medical School Department of Veterinary Pathology School of Veterinary Medicine and Animal Science Kitasato University 

出 版 物：《Journal of Integrative Agriculture》 (农业科学学报（英文版）)

年 卷 期：2013年第12卷第2期

页      面：334-343页

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学科分类：090603[农学-临床兽医学] 09[农学] 0906[农学-兽医学] 

基　　金：Supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(30771601) 

主　　题：acute canine distemper demyelinating encephalopathy oligodendrocyte astrocyte apoptosis 

摘      要：So far, the pathogenesis of demyelination caused by canine distemper virus （CDV） in the central nervous system has remained unclear, although a lot of studies have been done extensively. To further investigate the relation of variety cells in brain to demyelination, this study was performed on 15 dogs with spontaneous acute canine distemper and 2 controls. According to anatomical relation, the brain was divided into cerebrum, cerebral stem and cerebellum. The sections with no, mild, moderate, or severe demyelinating lesions were selected respectively and stained by HE and immunohistochemistry. Immuno-localisation of CDV antigen was used to conftrm CDV infection. The brain was examined for co-localisation of the CDV antigen with either an astrocyte-specific marker, glial fibrillary acidic protein （GFAP）, or an oligodendrocyte-specific marker, galactocerebroside （GalC）. Apoptotic cell was detected by TdT-mediated nick end-labeling assay （TUNEL）. The results demonstrated that the local disturbance of blood circulation mainly included congestion, edema, thrombosis, and disseminated intravascular coagulation （DIC）. The CDV neucleocapsid protein positive reaction, metabolic disorder and apoptosis of oligodendrocytes were observed in demyelinating areas. Lots of astrocytes displayed CDV antigen-positive, especially in their process. Some of them became apoptotic cell confirmed by TUNEL staining. Fibrous astrocytes showed more intense GFAP-positive in mild and moderate demyelinating area. Some of nervous cells located in pyramidal cell layers and nucleus nervi were in degeneration, necrosis. Satellitosis, neuronophagia and apoptotic neurons were examined by hematoxylin and eosin （HE） and TUNEL staining. The results suggested that the demyelinating changes in brain tissues infected with CDV mainly related to the metabolic disorder and apoptosis of ogliodendrocytes and astrocytes; also involved with the local disturbance of blood circulation and some neuron lost.