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BACKGROUND: Dietary hypersensitivity and inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) are important causes of chronic vomiting and diarrhea in cats. IL-23 has been recently found to be a key factor in the immunopathogenesis of IBD in humans but the involvement in IBD has not been investigated in cats. HYPOTHESIS/OBJECTIVES: Expression of genes encoding Il-12p35 and p40, IL-23p19, and IFN-γ may be up-regulated in duodenal biopsy specimens taken from cats with histologic evidence of inflammation. ANIMALS AND METHODS: Duodenal biopsy specimens were collected from control cats (n = 21) and cats with inflammatory enteropathy (n = 13). Routine histopathology, immunohistochemistry (IHC), and qRT-PCR were used to assess expression of MHC class II and to measure gene transcripts encoding the p35, p40, and p19 subunits of the IL-12 family of cytokines and IFN-γ. RESULTS: There were significant differences in expression of mRNA encoding IL-12p35 and IL-23p19 between healthy cats and cats with inflammatory enteropathy. IL-12p35 mRNA was lower in the duodenal mucosa of cats with inflammatory enteropathy compared with the mucosa of healthy cats (P = .001). In contrast, IL-23p19 mRNA expression was higher in duodenal biopsy specimens from cats with inflammatory enteropathy than in those from healthy controls (P = .001). There was no difference in expression of IL-12p40 and IFN-γ mRNA (P > .05). The majority of cats with inflammatory enteropathy had histologic evidence of moderate to severe colitis (score 2). CONCLUSIONS AND CLINICAL IMPORTANCE: The results of this preliminary study suggest that IL-23 plays a role in the pathogenesis of feline inflammatory enteropathy.
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Enfermedades de los Gatos/inmunología , Regulación de la Expresión Génica/inmunología , Enfermedades Inflamatorias del Intestino/veterinaria , Animales , Biopsia/veterinaria , Enfermedades de los Gatos/genética , Enfermedades de los Gatos/patología , Gatos , Inmunohistoquímica/veterinaria , Enfermedades Inflamatorias del Intestino/genética , Enfermedades Inflamatorias del Intestino/inmunología , Enfermedades Inflamatorias del Intestino/patología , Interferón gamma/genética , Interferón gamma/inmunología , Subunidad p35 de la Interleucina-12/genética , Subunidad p35 de la Interleucina-12/inmunología , Subunidad p40 de la Interleucina-12/genética , Subunidad p40 de la Interleucina-12/inmunología , Subunidad p19 de la Interleucina-23/genética , Subunidad p19 de la Interleucina-23/inmunología , ARN/química , ARN/genética , Reacción en Cadena de la Polimerasa de Transcriptasa Inversa/veterinaria , Estadísticas no ParamétricasRESUMEN
The domestic cat is the one of the most popular pets throughout the world. A by-product of owning, interacting with, or being in a household with a cat is the transfer of shed fur to clothing or personal objects. As trace evidence, transferred cat fur is a relatively untapped resource for forensic scientists. Both phenotypic and genotypic characteristics can be obtained from cat fur, but databases for neither aspect exist. Because cats incessantly groom, cat fur may have nucleated cells, not only in the hair bulb, but also as epithelial cells on the hair shaft deposited during the grooming process, thereby generally providing material for DNA profiling. To effectively exploit cat hair as a resource, representative databases must be established. The current study evaluates 402 bp of the mtDNA control region (CR) from 1394 cats, including cats from 25 distinct worldwide populations and 26 breeds. Eighty-three percent of the cats are represented by 12 major mitotypes. An additional 8.0% are clearly derived from the major mitotypes. Unique sequences are found in 7.5% of the cats. The overall genetic diversity for this data set is 0.8813±0.0046 with a random match probability of 11.8%. This region of the cat mtDNA has discriminatory power suitable for forensic application worldwide.
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Gatos/genética , ADN Mitocondrial/genética , Bases de Datos de Ácidos Nucleicos , Medicina Legal/métodos , Animales , Secuencia de Bases , Dermatoglifia del ADN/métodos , Variación Genética , Genotipo , Cabello/química , Región de Control de Posición/genética , Mitocondrias/genética , Secuencias Repetitivas de Ácidos Nucleicos , Análisis de Secuencia de ADNRESUMEN
Intestinal tissue samples were examined from 32 cats in which a histopathological diagnosis of alimentary lymphoma or multicentric lymphoma affecting the gastrointestinal tract had been made. These samples were re-evaluated histopathologically and serial sections were examined immunohistochemically with antisera specific for the lymphoid markers CD3, CD79a and BLA-36 and for class II molecules of the major histocompatability complex. The cats ranged in age from 4-16 years (median 10.5 years). The main presenting clinical signs were vomiting, diarrhoea and weight loss. The majority of alimentary lymphomas were of the B-cell type (n=15), whereas cases of T-cell lymphoma were fewer in number (n=8). Four cats had lymphoma of a mixed T-and B-cell phenotype. In five of the cats, immunohistochemistry suggested an inflammatory process, in contradiction to the original histopathological diagnosis of lymphoma. Immunolabelling would appear to be a useful adjunct to histopathology in classifying cases of feline alimentary lymphoma, and may help in distinguishing lymphoma from severe intestinal inflammation.