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Res Vet Sci ; 97(2): 333-40, 2014 Oct.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-25128417

ABSTRACT

Feline infectious peritonitis (FIP) is the most frequent lethal infectious disease in cats. However, understanding of FIP pathogenesis is still incomplete. Mutations in the ORF 3c/ORF 7b genes are proposed to play a role in the occurrence of the fatal FIPV biotype. Here, we investigated 282 tissue specimens from 28 cats that succumbed to FIP. Within one cat, viral sequences from different organs were similar or identical, whereas greater discrepancies were found comparing sequences from various cats. Eleven of the cats exhibited deletions in the 3c gene, resulting in truncated amino acid sequences. The 7b gene was affected by deletions only in one cat. In three of the FIP cats, coronavirus isolates with both intact 3c genes as well as 7b genes of full length could also be detected. Thus, deletions or stop codons in the 3c sequence seem to be a frequent but not compelling feature of FIPVs.


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Coronavirus, Feline/genetics , Feline Infectious Peritonitis/genetics , Feline Infectious Peritonitis/virology , Mutation/genetics , Amino Acid Sequence , Animals , Cats , Codon, Terminator/genetics , DNA, Viral/genetics , Gene Deletion , Retrospective Studies , Sequence Analysis, DNA
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Vet Pathol ; 49(5): 766-70, 2012 Sep.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-22194355

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Epileptic seizures can lead to various reactions in the brain, ranging from neuronal necrosis and glial cell activation to focal structural disorganization. Furthermore, increased hippocampal neurogenesis has been documented in rodent models of acute convulsions. This is a report of hippocampal neurogenesis in a dog with spontaneous epileptic seizures. A 16-week-old epileptic German Shepherd Dog had marked neuronal cell proliferation (up to 5 mitotic figures per high-power field and increased immunohistochemical expression of proliferative cell nuclear antigen) in the dentate gyrus accompanied by microglial and astroglial activation. Some granule cells expressed doublecortin, a marker of immature neurons; mitotically active cells expressed neuronal nuclear antigen. No mitotic figures were found in the brain of age-matched control dogs. Whether increased neurogenesis represents a general reaction pattern of young epileptic dogs should be investigated.


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Dentate Gyrus/pathology , Dog Diseases/pathology , Epilepsy/veterinary , Hippocampus/pathology , Neurogenesis , Administration, Oral , Animals , Anticonvulsants/therapeutic use , Autopsy/veterinary , Case-Control Studies , Cell Differentiation , Cell Proliferation , Dog Diseases/diagnosis , Dog Diseases/drug therapy , Dogs , Epilepsy/diagnosis , Epilepsy/drug therapy , Epilepsy/pathology , Fatal Outcome , Female , Immunohistochemistry/veterinary , Neurons/physiology , Phenobarbital/therapeutic use
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