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Yuya Tsuruta1, Shusaku Shibutani1, Rie Watanabe1,2
1Laboratory of Veterinary Hygiene, Joint Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Yamaguchi University, 1677-1 Yoshida, Yamaguchi 753-8515, Japan.
Abstract:
Ibaraki virus (IBAV) is an arbovirus that is transmitted by biting midges and causes Ibaraki disease in cattle. IBAV induces apoptosis in several mammalian cell lines, and apoptosis in turn facilitates IBAV replication. In addition, virus-induced apoptosis may contribute to mammalian-specific pathogenicity considering that some arboviruses induce apoptosis in mammalian cells but not in insect cells. In this study, we found that when hamster lung cells (HmLu-1) are used as a virus host, IBAV causes severe cytopathic effects with little induction of apoptosis. Furthermore, pharmacological inhibition of apoptosis did not affect IBAV-induced cytotoxicity. These results indicate the existence of an apoptosis-independent pathway in which IBAV replicates and exerts cytotoxicity in mammalian cells.
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