LEC 15 - Retrovirals I Flashcards
Retroviral Characteristics
Enveloped
diploid
+ sense ssRNA
What are the two components of enveloped glycoproteins?
Surface
Transmembrane
What is the function of the surface glycoproteins?
Bind to the host cell receptors
What is the function of the transmembrane glycoproteins?
Mediates membrane function
What are the three common enzymes present in retrovirals?
Reverse transcriptase
Integrase
Protease
What are the steps to a retrovirus entering a host cell?
Attachment + Fusion
Reverse transcription of ssRNA to DNA
DNA into host cell chromosome
Viral replication + protein synthesis
Assembly of nucleocapsid + insertion of glycoprotein
Budding
FeLV: Envelope proteins
gp70 + p15E
FeLV - Capsid proteins
p27
FeLV - Enzymes
RT
Ingegrase
Protease
What are the four subtypes of FeLV?
A
B
C
T
What subtype of FeLV do cats acquire?
subtype A
How do the other FeLV subtypes form?
Via mutation + recombination events
FeLV Subtype A Characteristics -
Contagious
Mildly pathogenic
Immune suppression
FeLV Subtype B Characteristivs -
Neoplastic
FeLV subtype C characteristics -
Erythroid hypoplasia + Anemia
FeLV subtype T characteristics -
Infect/destroy T cells
Who is most susceptible to a FeLV infection?
Kittens
What is the most common mode of transmission for FeLV?
Saliva
via grooming + feeding + biting
What is the pathogenesis of FeLV?
Virus replicates in the local lymphoid tissue
Spreads via the lymphatics
Goes to bone marrow + epithelial lining in the GI tract
Amplification of the virus occurs
Integration of provirus in RBC’s
Spreads to epithelial + glandular tissue
Shedding
Once again, basic stages of the FeLV virus?
Oral cavity
Lymphatics
Bone marrow/Intestinal lining
Blood
Multi-systemic infection
What does the FeLV virus infect in bone marrow?
Perioperal blood leukocytes
Platlets
What are the two ways that FeLV can lead to tumor development?
Random incorporation of provirus DNA into host genome
– or –
Mutations in virus leading to FeSV
What cancer is most commonly seen when the virus becomes a part of the host genome?
Thymic lymphoma
How does FeSV cause cancer to occur?
Genetic exchange between FeLV and FeSV results in recombinant FeSV becoming ocogenic
What are the four stages of FeLV infections?
Abortive
Regressive
Progressive
Focal
What occurs in the abortive stage of an FeLV infection?
Effective immune response
Local replication then does not progress
No viral antigen or DNA detected
NO VIREMIA
What happens in the regressive stage of an FeLV infection?
Effective immune response
Systemic spread then virus becomes contained
Generally aviremic (no shedding, no disease)
Remains latent - reactivate with decline in immune system
Carriers
What happens in the progressive stage of a FeLV infection?
Ineffective immune response
Persistant viremia
Clinical disease
Fatal
What occurs in the focal stage of a FeLV infection?
Atypical local viral replication