Newcastle Disease Virus Induced Pathologies Severely Affect the Exocrine and Endocrine Functions of the Pancreas in Chickens

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第一作者： Rehman, Zaib Ur

作者： Rehman, Zaib Ur;Ren, Shanhui;Anwar, Muhammad Naveed;Sun, Yingjie;Qiu, Xusheng;Tan, Lei;Liao, Ying;Song, Cuiping;Liu, Weiwei;Meng, Chunchun;Ding, Chan;Rehman, Zaib Ur;Manzoor, Zahid;Butt, Salman Latif;Iqbal, Javid;Ding, Chan

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关键词： Newcastle disease virus; chicken; pancreas; hormone; enzymes; histopathology

期刊名称：GENES （ 影响因子：3.759； 五年影响因子：3.822 ）

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年卷期： 2021 年 12 卷 4 期

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收录情况： SCI

摘要： Newcastle disease virus (NDV) causes a highly contagious and devastating disease in poultry. ND causes heavy economic losses to the global poultry industry by decreasing the growth rate, decrease in egg production high morbidity and mortality. Although significant advances have been made in the vaccine development, outbreaks are reported in vaccinated birds. In this study, we report the damage caused by NDV infection in the pancreatic tissues of vaccinated and specific-pathogen-free chickens. The histopathological examination of the pancreas showed severe damage in the form of partial depletion of zymogen granules, acinar cell vacuolization, necrosis, apoptosis, congestion in the large and small vessels, sloughing of epithelial cells of the pancreatic duct, and mild perivascular edema. Increased plasma levels of corticosterone and somatostatin were observed in NDV-infected chicken at three- and five- days post infection (DPI). A slight decrease in the plasma concentrations of insulin was noticed at 5 DPI. Significant changes were not observed in the plasma levels of glucagon. Furthermore, NDV infection decreased the activity and mRNA expression of amylase, lipase, and trypsin from the pancreas. Taken together, our findings highlight that NDV induces extensive tissue damage in the pancreas, decreases the activity and expression of pancreatic enzymes, and increases plasma corticosterone and somatostatin. These findings provide new insights that a defective pancreas may be one of the reasons for decreased growth performance after NDV infection in chickens.

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