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Demand for nonhuman primates in research has increased over the past several years, while nonhuman primate supply remains a challenge in the United States. Global nonhuman primate supply issues make it increasingly important to maximize domestic colony production. To explore how housing conditions across primate breeding colonies impact infant survival and animal production more broadly, we collected medical records from 7959 rhesus macaques (Macaca mulatta) and 492 pigtail macaques (Macaca nemestrina) across seven breeding facilities and used generalized mixed-effect modeling to determine prenatal and infant survival odds by housing type and group size. Infant survival odds for each housing type and group size varied for prenatal, neonatal, early infant, and late infant age groups. Odds of prenatal survival were lowest in paired indoor housing and small and medium outdoor groups. No housing type performed better than large outdoor groups for neonatal survival. Odds of early infant survival was greatest in indoor and mixed indoor/outdoor housing compared to large outdoor enclosures. Large outdoor housing was associated with higher survival odds for late infant survival compared to small and medium outdoor housing. These results may influence housing choices at macaque breeding facilities hoping to maximize infant success, although there are relative care costs, the promotion of species-typical behaviors, and infrastructure factors to also consider. Our study used an interinstitutional collaboration that allowed for the analysis of more infant macaque medical records than ever before and used the broad variations across the seven national primate research centers to make the results applicable to many other facilities housing macaques.
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Cruzamiento , Vivienda para Animales , Humanos , Embarazo , Femenino , Animales , Macaca mulatta , Macaca nemestrinaRESUMEN
Omicron SARS-CoV-2 variants escape vaccine-induced neutralizing antibodies and cause nearly all current COVID-19 cases. Here, we compared the efficacy of three booster vaccines against Omicron BA.5 challenge in rhesus macaques: mRNA-1273, the Novavax ancestral spike protein vaccine (NVX-CoV2373), or Omicron BA.1 spike protein version (NVX-CoV2515). All three booster vaccines induced a strong BA.1 cross-reactive binding antibody and changed immunoglobulin G (Ig) dominance from IgG1 to IgG4 in the serum. All three booster vaccines also induced strong and comparable neutralizing antibody responses against multiple variants of concern, including BA.5 and BQ.1.1, along with long-lived plasma cells in the bone marrow. The ratio of BA.1 to WA-1 spike-specific antibody-secreting cells in the blood was higher in NVX-CoV2515 animals compared with NVX-CoV2373 animals, suggesting a better recall of BA.1-specific memory B cells by the BA.1 spike-specific vaccine compared with the ancestral spike-specific vaccine. Further, all three booster vaccines induced low levels of spike-specific CD4 but not CD8 T cell responses in the blood. After challenge with SARS-CoV-2 BA.5 variant, all three vaccines showed strong protection in the lungs and controlled virus replication in the nasopharynx. In addition, both Novavax vaccines blunted viral replication in nasopharynx at day 2. The protection against SARS-CoV-2 BA.5 infection in the upper respiratory airways correlated with binding, neutralizing, and ADNP activities of the serum antibody. These data have important implications for COVID-19 vaccine development, because vaccines that lower nasopharyngeal virus may help to reduce transmission.
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Vacuna nCoV-2019 mRNA-1273 , COVID-19 , Animales , Humanos , Vacunas contra la COVID-19 , COVID-19/prevención & control , Macaca mulatta , SARS-CoV-2 , Glicoproteína de la Espiga del Coronavirus/genética , Inmunoglobulina GRESUMEN
BACKGROUND: Compatible pair housing of macaques in research settings increases species-typical behaviors and facilitates beneficial social buffering. It is not yet established whether these benefits are maintained after intrafacility transfer and domestic quarantine, which are two stressors that can lead to behavioral and clinical abnormalities. METHODS: We evaluated 40 adolescent male rhesus macaques who were single- or pair-housed immediately following an intrafacility transfer. We measured behavior, fecal cortisol, body weight, and diarrhea occurrence. Body weight and diarrhea occurrence were also retrospectively analyzed in an additional 120 adolescent rhesus who underwent a similar transfer. RESULTS AND CONCLUSIONS: Pair-housed macaques exhibited less of some undesirable behaviors (e.g., self-clasping) and experienced less diarrhea than single-housed subjects; however, no significant differences in cortisol levels or alopecia measures were found. The demonstrated beneficial effects of pair housing for rhesus macaques following intrafacility transfer and adjustment suggest pairing upon arrival at a new facility will bolster animal welfare.
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Hidrocortisona , Cuarentena , Animales , Masculino , Macaca mulatta , Cuarentena/veterinaria , Estudios Retrospectivos , Vivienda para Animales , Conducta Social , Conducta AnimalRESUMEN
Ongoing SARS-CoV-2 vaccine development is focused on identifying stable, cost-effective, and accessible candidates for global use, specifically in low and middle-income countries. Here, we report the efficacy of a rapidly scalable, novel yeast expressed SARS-CoV-2 specific receptor-binding domain (RBD) based vaccine in rhesus macaques. We formulated the RBD immunogen in alum, a licensed and an emerging alum adsorbed TLR-7/8 targeted, 3M-052-alum adjuvants. The RBD+3M-052-alum adjuvanted vaccine promoted better RBD binding and effector antibodies, higher CoV-2 neutralizing antibodies, improved Th1 biased CD4+T cell reactions, and increased CD8+ T cell responses when compared to the alum-alone adjuvanted vaccine. RBD+3M-052-alum induced a significant reduction of SARS-CoV-2 virus in respiratory tract upon challenge, accompanied by reduced lung inflammation when compared with unvaccinated controls. Anti-RBD antibody responses in vaccinated animals inversely correlated with viral load in nasal secretions and BAL. RBD+3M-052-alum blocked a post SARS-CoV-2 challenge increase in CD14+CD16++ intermediate blood monocytes, and Fractalkine, MCP-1, and TRAIL in the plasma. Decreased plasma analytes and intermediate monocyte frequencies correlated with reduced nasal and BAL viral loads. Lastly, RBD-specific plasma cells accumulated in the draining lymph nodes and not in the bone marrow, contrary to previous findings. Together, these data show that a yeast expressed, RBD-based vaccine+3M-052-alum provides robust immune responses and protection against SARS-CoV-2, making it a strong and scalable vaccine candidate.
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Adyuvantes Inmunológicos/administración & dosificación , Compuestos de Alumbre/administración & dosificación , Vacunas contra la COVID-19 , COVID-19/prevención & control , SARS-CoV-2 , Saccharomycetales/genética , Glicoproteína de la Espiga del Coronavirus/genética , Administración por Inhalación , Administración Intranasal , Animales , Anticuerpos Neutralizantes/inmunología , Anticuerpos Antivirales/inmunología , Linfocitos T CD4-Positivos/inmunología , Linfocitos T CD8-positivos/inmunología , COVID-19/inmunología , COVID-19/patología , COVID-19/virología , Línea Celular , Citocinas/inmunología , Humanos , Inmunoglobulina G/inmunología , Pulmón/patología , Macaca mulatta , Masculino , Unión Proteica , Dominios Proteicos , Glicoproteína de la Espiga del Coronavirus/inmunología , Carga ViralRESUMEN
A combination of vaccination approaches will likely be necessary to fully control the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) pandemic. Here, we show that modified vaccinia Ankara (MVA) vectors expressing membrane-anchored pre-fusion stabilized spike (MVA/S) but not secreted S1 induced strong neutralizing antibody responses against SARS-CoV-2 in mice. In macaques, the MVA/S vaccination induced strong neutralizing antibodies and CD8+ T cell responses, and conferred protection from SARS-CoV-2 infection and virus replication in the lungs as early as day 2 following intranasal and intratracheal challenge. Single-cell RNA sequencing analysis of lung cells on day 4 after infection revealed that MVA/S vaccination also protected macaques from infection-induced inflammation and B cell abnormalities and lowered induction of interferon-stimulated genes. These results demonstrate that MVA/S vaccination induces neutralizing antibodies and CD8+ T cells in the blood and lungs and is a potential vaccine candidate for SARS-CoV-2.
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Vacunas contra la COVID-19/inmunología , COVID-19/prevención & control , Vectores Genéticos/genética , SARS-CoV-2/inmunología , Vacunas de ADN/inmunología , Virus Vaccinia/genética , Animales , Anticuerpos Neutralizantes/inmunología , Anticuerpos Antivirales/inmunología , Antígenos Virales/genética , Antígenos Virales/inmunología , COVID-19/inmunología , COVID-19/patología , COVID-19/virología , Vacunas contra la COVID-19/genética , Modelos Animales de Enfermedad , Expresión Génica , Orden Génico , Inmunofenotipificación , Pulmón/inmunología , Pulmón/patología , Pulmón/virología , Macaca , Macrófagos Alveolares/inmunología , Macrófagos Alveolares/metabolismo , Macrófagos Alveolares/patología , Ratones , Glicoproteína de la Espiga del Coronavirus/genética , Glicoproteína de la Espiga del Coronavirus/inmunología , Subgrupos de Linfocitos T/inmunología , Subgrupos de Linfocitos T/metabolismo , Vacunación/métodos , Vacunas de ADN/genéticaRESUMEN
SARS-CoV-2-induced hypercytokinemia and inflammation are critically associated with COVID-19 severity. Baricitinib, a clinically approved JAK1/JAK2 inhibitor, is currently being investigated in COVID-19 clinical trials. Here, we investigated the immunologic and virologic efficacy of baricitinib in a rhesus macaque model of SARS-CoV-2 infection. Viral shedding measured from nasal and throat swabs, bronchoalveolar lavages, and tissues was not reduced with baricitinib. Type I interferon (IFN) antiviral responses and SARS-CoV-2-specific T cell responses remained similar between the two groups. Animals treated with baricitinib showed reduced inflammation, decreased lung infiltration of inflammatory cells, reduced NETosis activity, and more limited lung pathology. Importantly, baricitinib-treated animals had a rapid and remarkably potent suppression of lung macrophage production of cytokines and chemokines responsible for inflammation and neutrophil recruitment. These data support a beneficial role for, and elucidate the immunological mechanisms underlying, the use of baricitinib as a frontline treatment for inflammation induced by SARS-CoV-2 infection.
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Antiinflamatorios/administración & dosificación , Azetidinas/administración & dosificación , Tratamiento Farmacológico de COVID-19 , COVID-19/inmunología , Macaca mulatta , Infiltración Neutrófila/efectos de los fármacos , Purinas/administración & dosificación , Pirazoles/administración & dosificación , Sulfonamidas/administración & dosificación , Animales , COVID-19/fisiopatología , Muerte Celular/efectos de los fármacos , Degranulación de la Célula/efectos de los fármacos , Modelos Animales de Enfermedad , Inflamación/tratamiento farmacológico , Inflamación/genética , Inflamación/inmunología , Quinasas Janus/antagonistas & inhibidores , Pulmón/efectos de los fármacos , Pulmón/inmunología , Pulmón/patología , Activación de Linfocitos/efectos de los fármacos , Macrófagos Alveolares/inmunología , SARS-CoV-2/fisiología , Índice de Severidad de la Enfermedad , Linfocitos T/inmunología , Replicación Viral/efectos de los fármacosRESUMEN
Effective therapeutics aimed at mitigating COVID-19 symptoms are urgently needed. SARS-CoV-2 induced hypercytokinemia and systemic inflammation are associated with disease severity. Baricitinib, a clinically approved JAK1/2 inhibitor with potent anti-inflammatory properties is currently being investigated in COVID-19 human clinical trials. Recent reports suggest that baricitinib may also have antiviral activity in limiting viral endocytosis. Here, we investigated the immunologic and virologic efficacy of baricitinib in a rhesus macaque model of SARS-CoV-2 infection. Viral shedding measured from nasal and throat swabs, bronchoalveolar lavages and tissues was not reduced with baricitinib. Type I IFN antiviral responses and SARS-CoV-2 specific T cell responses remained similar between the two groups. Importantly, however, animals treated with baricitinib showed reduced immune activation, decreased infiltration of neutrophils into the lung, reduced NETosis activity, and more limited lung pathology. Moreover, baricitinib treated animals had a rapid and remarkably potent suppression of alveolar macrophage derived production of cytokines and chemokines responsible for inflammation and neutrophil recruitment. These data support a beneficial role for, and elucidate the immunological mechanisms underlying, the use of baricitinib as a frontline treatment for severe inflammation induced by SARS-CoV-2 infection.
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Zika virus (ZIKV) infection has a profound impact on the fetal nervous system. The postnatal period is also a time of rapid brain growth, and it is important to understand the potential neurobehavioral consequences of ZIKV infection during infancy. Here we show that postnatal ZIKV infection in a rhesus macaque model resulted in long-term behavioral, motor, and cognitive changes, including increased emotional reactivity, decreased social contact, loss of balance, and deficits in visual recognition memory at one year of age. Structural and functional MRI showed that ZIKV-infected infant rhesus macaques had persistent enlargement of lateral ventricles, smaller volumes and altered functional connectivity between brain areas important for socioemotional behavior, cognitive, and motor function (e.g. amygdala, hippocampus, cerebellum). Neuropathological changes corresponded with neuroimaging results and were consistent with the behavioral and memory deficits. Overall, this study demonstrates that postnatal ZIKV infection in this model may have long-lasting neurodevelopmental consequences.
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Encéfalo/patología , Infección por el Virus Zika/patología , Infección por el Virus Zika/psicología , Animales , Encéfalo/diagnóstico por imagen , Encéfalo/fisiopatología , Cognición/fisiología , Modelos Animales de Enfermedad , Femenino , Macaca mulatta , Memoria/fisiología , Red Nerviosa/diagnóstico por imagen , Red Nerviosa/patología , Red Nerviosa/fisiopatología , Neuroimagen , Conducta Social , Virus Zika/fisiología , Infección por el Virus Zika/diagnóstico por imagen , Infección por el Virus Zika/fisiopatologíaRESUMEN
Some captive breeding colonies of rhesus macaques live in large outdoor multimale, multifemale social groups. These groups are composed of several matrilineal families, governed by a clear female dominance hierarchy. Aggression within the same or between different matrilineal families due to social instability can result in trauma and mortality. Therefore, a primary management goal is to detect emerging social unrest before the onset of significant fighting and wounding. Accordingly, groups are monitored routinely for changes in dominance and alliance relations as well as for increases in trauma frequency and severity. Decreased food intake is a normal physiologic response to acute stress; therefore, inappetence in key animals or groups of monkeys might be used as an indicator of increased social stress and emerging instability. An incident of intrafamily aggression occurred recently in a breeding group at our facility and resulted in considerable fighting. Because this compound was equipped with an automated feeding system that tracks the caloric intake of individual animals, we retrospectively analyzed feeding data to determine whether significant reduction in caloric consumption occurred prior to the onset of aggression, compared with baseline values. Neither the entire group nor individual families showed any significant differences in total caloric intake between baseline and previous 24 h values; however, the affected family exhibited a 20% reduction in total caloric during the 24 h prior to the aggression. Most notably, the deposed subfamily showed a marked 58% reduction in caloric intake during the prior 24 h, whereas remaining subfamilies showed no significant changes in intake. High-ranking animals of the group, including the α female, ß female, and α male, similarly exhibited marked decreases in caloric intake during that period. These findings indicate that automated feeders can assist management staff with monitoring social stability in breeding colonies of rhesus macaque.
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Agresión , Crianza de Animales Domésticos/métodos , Automatización , Macaca mulatta/fisiología , Predominio Social , Animales , Conducta Alimentaria , Femenino , Masculino , Estudios RetrospectivosRESUMEN
Worldwide, nearly two million children are infected with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), with breastfeeding accounting for the majority of contemporary HIV transmissions. Antiretroviral therapy (ART) has reduced HIV-related morbidity and mortality but is not curative. The main barrier to a cure is persistence of latent HIV in long-lived reservoirs. However, our understanding of the cellular and anatomic sources of the HIV reservoir during infancy and childhood is limited. Here, we developed a pediatric model of ART suppression in orally simian immunodeficiency virus (SIV)-infected rhesus macaque (RM) infants, with measurement of virus persistence in blood and tissues after 6 to 9 months of ART. Cross-sectional analyses were conducted to compare SIV RNA and DNA levels in adult and infant RMs naive to treatment and on ART. We demonstrate efficient viral suppression following ART initiation in SIV-infected RM infants with sustained undetectable plasma viral loads in the setting of heterogeneous penetration of ART into lymphoid and gastrointestinal tissues and low drug levels in the brain. We further show reduction in SIV RNA and DNA on ART in lymphoid tissues of both infant and adult RMs but stable (albeit low) levels of SIV RNA and DNA in the brains of viremic and ART-suppressed infants. Finally, we report a large contribution of naive CD4+ T cells to the total CD4 reservoir of SIV in blood and lymph nodes of ART-suppressed RM infants that differs from what we show in adults. These results reveal important aspects of HIV/SIV persistence in infants and provide insight into strategic targets for cure interventions in a pediatric population.IMPORTANCE While antiretroviral therapy (ART) can reduce HIV replication, the virus cannot be eradicated from an infected individual, and our incomplete understanding of HIV persistence in reservoirs greatly complicates the generation of a cure for HIV infection. Given the immaturity of the infant immune system, it is critically important to study HIV reservoirs specifically in this population. Here, we established a pediatric animal model to simulate breastfeeding transmission and study SIV reservoirs in rhesus macaque (RM) infants. Our study demonstrates that ART can be safely administered to infant RMs for prolonged periods and that it efficiently controls viral replication in this model. SIV persistence was shown in blood and tissues, with similar anatomic distributions of SIV reservoirs in infant and adult RMs. However, in the peripheral blood and lymph nodes, a greater contribution of the naive CD4+ T cells to the SIV reservoir was observed in infants than in adults.
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Terapia Antirretroviral Altamente Activa/efectos adversos , Transmisión Vertical de Enfermedad Infecciosa/veterinaria , Síndrome de Inmunodeficiencia Adquirida del Simio/sangre , Virus de la Inmunodeficiencia de los Simios/aislamiento & purificación , Carga Viral/efectos de los fármacos , Animales , Recuento de Linfocito CD4 , Estudios Transversales , Reservorios de Enfermedades , Ganglios Linfáticos/inmunología , Ganglios Linfáticos/virología , Macaca mulatta , Síndrome de Inmunodeficiencia Adquirida del Simio/inmunología , Síndrome de Inmunodeficiencia Adquirida del Simio/transmisión , Síndrome de Inmunodeficiencia Adquirida del Simio/virología , Virus de la Inmunodeficiencia de los Simios/inmunología , Virus de la Inmunodeficiencia de los Simios/fisiologíaRESUMEN
Because tetanus can cause significant morbidity and mortality in NHP, colonywide vaccination with tetanus toxoid is recommended for outdoor breeding colonies of rhesus macaques, with primary immunizations commonly given to infants at 6 mo of age followed by booster vaccines every 10 y. Maternal antibodies are thought to offer protective immunity to infants younger than 6 mo. However, historical colony data from the Yerkes National Primate Research Center show a higher incidence of tetanus among infants (≤ 6 mo old) born to subordinate dams. Whether this higher incidence of infantile tetanus is due to a higher incidence of trauma among subordinate animals or is a stress-induced impairment of maternal antibody protection is unknown. Studies in other NHP species suggest that chronic exposure to social stressors interferes with the receptor-mediated transplacental transfer of IgG. Therefore, the primary aim of this study was to determine whether chronic stress associated with social subordination impairs prenatal transfer of antitetanus immunity in breeding female rhesus macaques. Subjects included 26 high- and 26 low-ranking adult female rhesus macaques that were nearly 5 or 10 y after their initial immunization and their nonimmunized infants. We hypothesized that infants born to subordinate dams that were nearly 10 y after immunization would have the lowest infant-to-dam antibody ratios and thus would be at greatest risk for infection. Results revealed no significant intergroup differences in infant antitetanus IgG levels. However, infant-to-dam IgG ratios against tetanus were significantly lower among subordinate animals compared with dominant macaques, after accounting for the number of years since the dam's initial vaccination. In addition, higher maternal hair cortisol levels predicted lower infantto-dam tetanus toxoid IgG ratios. Together, these findings suggest that chronic social stress in female rhesus macaques may hamper the prenatal transfer of antitetanus immunity to offspring.
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Anticuerpos Antibacterianos/sangre , Inmunidad Materno-Adquirida , Macaca mulatta/fisiología , Estrés Fisiológico/fisiología , Toxoide Tetánico/administración & dosificación , Animales , Femenino , Humanos , Macaca mulatta/inmunología , Masculino , Embarazo , Conducta Social , VacunaciónRESUMEN
The Zika virus (ZIKV) epidemic is associated with fetal brain lesions and other serious birth defects classified as congenital ZIKV syndrome. Postnatal ZIKV infection in infants and children has been reported; however, data on brain anatomy, function, and behavioral outcomes following infection are absent. We show that postnatal ZIKV infection of infant rhesus macaques (RMs) results in persistent structural and functional alterations of the central nervous system compared to age-matched controls. We demonstrate ZIKV lymphoid tropism and neurotropism in infant RMs and histopathologic abnormalities in the peripheral and central nervous systems including inflammatory infiltrates, astrogliosis, and Wallerian degeneration. Structural and resting-state functional magnetic resonance imaging (MRI/rs-fMRI) show persistent enlargement of lateral ventricles, maturational changes in specific brain regions, and altered functional connectivity (FC) between brain areas involved in emotional behavior and arousal functions, including weakened amygdala-hippocampal connectivity in two of two ZIKV-infected infant RMs several months after clearance of ZIKV RNA from peripheral blood. ZIKV infection also results in distinct alterations in the species-typical emotional reactivity to acute stress, which were predicted by the weak amygdala-hippocampal FC. We demonstrate that postnatal ZIKV infection of infants in this model affects neurodevelopment, suggesting that long-term clinical monitoring of pediatric cases is warranted.
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Encéfalo/patología , Encéfalo/virología , Infección por el Virus Zika/complicaciones , Infección por el Virus Zika/patología , Animales , Animales Recién Nacidos , Encéfalo/diagnóstico por imagen , Encéfalo/fisiopatología , Femenino , Macaca mulatta , Imagen por Resonancia Magnética , Masculino , Embarazo , ARN Viral/genética , Infección por el Virus Zika/diagnóstico por imagen , Infección por el Virus Zika/fisiopatologíaRESUMEN
BACKGROUND: Of all human cancers, gastric carcinoma is the one of the leading causes of death. Helicobacter pylori is considered a major etiologic agent of this disease. Spontaneously occurring gastric carcinoma is a rare diagnosis in nonhuman primates. A 2011 case report documented a high incidence of gastric adenocarcinoma in a closed colony of captive sooty mangabeys (Cercebus atys). However, H. pylori infection was not detected in these animals. MATERIALS AND METHODS: In this study, using archived formalin-fixed, paraffin-embedded stomach sections of these animals alternative methodologies were used to identify H. pylori and other non-H. pylori Helicobacter species. In addition, two additional cases of sooty mangabeys with metastatic gastric carcinoma are characterized. RESULTS: Using fluorescent in situ hybridization, we identified gastric H. suis in 75% of archived and new gastric carcinoma cases. In the two newly reported cases, H. suis and a novel Helicobacter species were detected via PCR and sequence analysis of the 16S rRNA gene. H. pylori was not identified in any of the gastric carcinoma cases via FISH and/or PCR and sequence analysis of Helicobacter spp. in DNA from of available tissues. CONCLUSIONS: This report is the first to characterize Helicobacter species infection in spontaneous gastric carcinoma with metastatic potential in nonhuman primates.
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Adenocarcinoma/veterinaria , Cercocebus atys/microbiología , Infecciones por Helicobacter/veterinaria , Helicobacter/aislamiento & purificación , Enfermedades de los Monos/diagnóstico , Neoplasias Gástricas/veterinaria , Adenocarcinoma/microbiología , Adenocarcinoma/patología , Animales , Femenino , Helicobacter/clasificación , Helicobacter/genética , Infecciones por Helicobacter/diagnóstico , Infecciones por Helicobacter/microbiología , Hibridación Fluorescente in Situ/veterinaria , Masculino , Enfermedades de los Monos/microbiología , Enfermedades de los Monos/patología , Filogenia , Reacción en Cadena de la Polimerasa/veterinaria , Análisis de Secuencia de ADN/veterinaria , Estómago/microbiología , Estómago/patología , Neoplasias Gástricas/microbiología , Neoplasias Gástricas/patologíaRESUMEN
In 2008, clinical observations in our colony of sooty mangabeys (Cercocebus atys) suggested a high frequency of type 2 diabetes. Postmortem studies of diabetic animals revealed dense amyloid deposits in pancreatic islets. To investigate these findings, we screened our colony (97 male mangabeys; 99 female mangabeys) for the disease from 2008 to 2012. The overall prevalence of diabetes was 11% and of prediabetes was 7%, which is nearly double that reported for other primate species (less than 6%). Fructosamine and triglyceride levels were the best indicators of diabetes; total cholesterol and glycated hemoglobin were not associated with disease. Increasing age was a significant risk factor: prevalence increased from 0% in infants, juveniles, and young adults to 11% in adults and 19% in geriatric mangabeys. Sex, medroxyprogesterone acetate exposure, and SIV status were unrelated to disease. Weight was marginally higher in prediabetics, but body condition did not indicate obesity. Of the 49 mangabeys that were necropsied after clinical euthanasia or death from natural causes, 22 were diabetic; all 22 animals demonstrated pancreatic amyloid, and most had more than 75% of islets replaced with amyloid. We conclude that type 2 diabetes is more common in mangabeys than in other primate species. Diabetes in mangabeys has some unusual pathologic characteristics, including the absence of altered cholesterol levels and glycated hemoglobin but a robust association of pancreatic insular amyloidosis with clinical diabetes. Future research will examine the genetic basis of mangabey diabetes and evaluate additional diagnostic tools using imaging and serum markers.
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Animales de Laboratorio , Biomarcadores/metabolismo , Cercocebus atys , Diabetes Mellitus Tipo 2/veterinaria , Enfermedades de los Monos/epidemiología , Enfermedades de los Monos/patología , Estado Prediabético/veterinaria , Animales , Biomarcadores/sangre , Peso Corporal/fisiología , Colesterol/sangre , Diabetes Mellitus Tipo 2/epidemiología , Diabetes Mellitus Tipo 2/patología , Femenino , Fructosamina/sangre , Hemoglobina Glucada/metabolismo , Polipéptido Amiloide de los Islotes Pancreáticos/metabolismo , Masculino , Estado Prediabético/epidemiología , Prevalencia , Factores de Riesgo , Triglicéridos/sangreRESUMEN
Mother-to-infant transmission (MTIT) of HIV is a serious global health concern, with over 300,000 children newly infected in 2011. SIV infection of rhesus macaques (RMs) results in similar rates of MTIT to that of HIV in humans. In contrast, SIV infection of sooty mangabeys (SMs) rarely results in MTIT. The mechanisms underlying protection from MTIT in SMs are unknown. In this study we tested the hypotheses that breast milk factors and/or target cell availability dictate the rate of MTIT in RMs (transmitters) and SMs (non-transmitters). We measured viral loads (cell-free and cell-associated), levels of immune mediators, and the ability to inhibit SIV infection in vitro in milk obtained from lactating RMs and SMs. In addition, we assessed the levels of target cells (CD4+CCR5+ T cells) in gastrointestinal and lymphoid tissues, including those relevant to breastfeeding transmission, as well as peripheral blood from uninfected RM and SM infants. We found that frequently-transmitting RMs did not have higher levels of cell-free or cell-associated viral loads in milk compared to rarely-transmitting SMs. Milk from both RMs and SMs moderately inhibited in vitro SIV infection, and presence of the examined immune mediators in these two species did not readily explain the differential rates of transmission. Importantly, we found that the percentage of CD4+CCR5+ T cells was significantly lower in all tissues in infant SMs as compared to infant RMs despite robust levels of CD4+ T cell proliferation in both species. The difference between the frequently-transmitting RMs and rarely-transmitting SMs was most pronounced in CD4+ memory T cells in the spleen, jejunum, and colon as well as in central and effector memory CD4+ T cells in the peripheral blood. We propose that limited availability of SIV target cells in infant SMs represents a key evolutionary adaptation to reduce the risk of MTIT in SIV-infected SMs.
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Linfocitos T CD4-Positivos/inmunología , Cercocebus atys/inmunología , Macaca mulatta/inmunología , Leche/virología , Síndrome de Inmunodeficiencia Adquirida del Simio/transmisión , Animales , Cercocebus atys/virología , Femenino , Lactancia , Macaca mulatta/virología , Embarazo , Reacción en Cadena de la Polimerasa de Transcriptasa Inversa , Síndrome de Inmunodeficiencia Adquirida del Simio/inmunologíaRESUMEN
Sooty mangabeys (Cercocebus atys) are native to West Africa and are a natural host of SIV, which is implicated in the origin of HIV2. They have been used in studies of AIDS pathogenesis, leprosy, immune responses, reproductive biology, and behavior. Spontaneous tumors have rarely been reported in this species. However, we noted spontaneous gastric carcinomas in 8 sooty mangabeys. Four male and 4 female mangabeys had mild to severe chronic weight loss, with abdominal distention in 5 of 8 animals. At necropsy, 7 of the 8 mangabeys had prominent large ulcerated masses with severe, diffuse thickening of the pyloric wall at or near the gastric-duodenal junction, which often partially occluded the gastric lumen. Early carcinoma was an incidental finding in one mangabey. Histologically, all of the tumors were classified as adenocarcinomas. Adenocarcinomas were noncircumscribed with infiltrates of neoplastic epithelial cells, often arranged in acini. In 3 mangabeys, these infiltrates were transmural and invaded surrounding tissue locally. The adenocarcinomas were locally invasive, with metastasis to regional lymph nodes in 2 animals, but widespread metastasis was not seen. Anisocytosis, anisokaryosis, and high mitotic rates were seen in all 8 tumors. In the samples available, serology and Steiner stain did not detect Helicobacter, and immunohistochemistry failed to reveal Helicobacter or Epstein-Barr virus, 2 potential causes for human gastric carcinomas.