Rasalingam Pamini, Rossiter John P, Jackson Alan C
Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario.
Can J Vet Res. 2005 Apr;69(2):100-5.
Seven-day-old ICR mice were infected by intracerebral inoculation with recombinant rabies virus vaccine strain SAD-L16. Infected mice developed severe and fatal encephalitis with rabies virus-infected neurons in widespread regions of the brain. There was extensive neuronal death with predominant features of apoptosis, as assessed by light and electron microscopy, terminal deoxynucleotidyl transferase-mediated dUTP-biotin nick end labeling (TUNEL) staining, and immunohistochemical staining for activated caspase-3. Although SAD-L16 is a neuroattenuated rabies virus, it is fully capable of spreading efficiently and inducing widespread neuronal apoptosis in the immature mouse brain.
7日龄的ICR小鼠通过脑内接种重组狂犬病病毒疫苗株SAD-L16进行感染。受感染的小鼠发生了严重的致命性脑炎,大脑广泛区域出现狂犬病病毒感染的神经元。通过光学显微镜和电子显微镜、末端脱氧核苷酸转移酶介导的dUTP-生物素缺口末端标记(TUNEL)染色以及活化的半胱天冬酶-3的免疫组织化学染色评估,存在广泛的神经元死亡,主要特征为凋亡。尽管SAD-L16是一种神经减毒狂犬病病毒,但它完全能够在未成熟的小鼠大脑中有效传播并诱导广泛的神经元凋亡。