Newcastle disease virus induces testicular damage and disrupts steroidogenesis in specific pathogen free roosters

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第一作者： Rehman, Zaib Ur

作者： Rehman, Zaib Ur;Ren, Shanhui;Yang, Bin;Yang, Xiaofeng;Malik, Muhammad Irfan;Sun, Yingjie;Yu, Shengqing;Meng, Chunchun;Ding, Chan;Rehman, Zaib Ur;Butt, Salman Latif;Afzal, Alia;Meng, Chunchun;Ding, Chan

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期刊名称：VETERINARY RESEARCH （ 影响因子：3.683； 五年影响因子：4.106 ）

ISSN： 0928-4249

年卷期： 2020 年 51 卷 1 期

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收录情况： SCI

摘要： Newcastle disease (ND), which is caused by Newcastle disease virus (NDV), can cause heavy economic losses to the poultry industry worldwide. It is characterised by extensive pathologies of the digestive, respiratory, and nervous systems and can cause severe damage to the reproductive system of egg-laying hens. However, it is unknown whether NDV replicates in the male reproductive system of chickens and induces any pathologies. In this study, we selected a representative strain (i.e. ZJ1) of the most common genotype (i.e. VII) of NDV to investigate whether NDV can induce histological, hormonal, and inflammatory responses in the testes of specific pathogen free (SPF) roosters. NDV infection increased the expression of toll like receptor TLR3, TLR7, MDA5, IFN-alpha, IFN-beta, IFN-gamma, IL-8, and CXCLi1 in the testes of NDV-infected roosters at 5 days post-infection (dpi). Severe histological changes, including decrease in the number of Sertoli cells and individualized, shrunken spermatogonia with pyknotic nuclei, were observed at 3 dpi. At 5 dpi, the spermatogenic columns were disorganized, and there were fewer cells, which were replaced by necrotic cells, lipid vacuoles, and proteinaceous homogenous material. A significant decrease in the plasma concentrations of testosterone and luteinizing hormone (LH) and the mRNA expression of their receptors in the testes, steroidogenic acute regulatory protein, cytochrome P450 side-chain cleavage enzyme, and 3 beta-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase in the NDV-infected group was observed relative to those in the control group (P < 0.05). Collectively, these results indicate that NDV infection induces a severe inflammatory response and histological changes, which decrease the steroidogenesis.

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