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Prions and Tumor Viruses Flashcards

1
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What are prions?

A

infectious proteinaceous particles without nucleic acid

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2
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What is the incubation period associated with prions?

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long

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What are the neuropathological changes associated with prions?

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vacuolation of neurons

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4
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Prions are abnormal ________ of normal _________

A

folding
glycoprotein

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5
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What is the native protein of a prion and what is its structure

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PrPc
a-helical structure

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6
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What cells are prions present in?

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normal cells including lymphocytes and neurons

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7
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When PrPc interacts with PrPsc what is its conformation?

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B-sheet

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8
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PrPsc accumulates where? What does this accumulation lead to?

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neurons
leads to vacuolation and development of neurologic signs

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9
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What are the 3 ways in which transmissible spongiform encephalopathy can arise?

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Transmissible in external sources
sporadic conversion
familial mutation

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10
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What is scrapie and what species does it affect?

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fatal neurologic disease of adult sheep and goats

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Why is scrapie usually seen in breeding aged sheep?

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due to long incubation period

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What are the typical clinical signs of scrapie?

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restlessness/nervousness
pruritis leading to loss of wool
emaciation
death within 6 months

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13
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What would you see histologically in a scrapie case?

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no inflammation only vacuolation of neurons

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14
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True or false: Bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) is not considered species specific

A

TRUE

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15
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What was the BSE epidemic attributed to?

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feeding meat and bone meal of sheep to cattle

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16
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What led to a decline in BSE? What are the control measures in the US?

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banning of ruminant-derived meat and bone meal
control measures include incarceration of small ruminant carcasses and brains and spinal cords of cattle older than 30 months

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What are the clinical signs of BSE?

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ataxia, hypermetria, tendency to fall

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18
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Is there horizontal transmission of BSE?

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NO

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19
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What is chronic wasting disease (CWD)

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TSE of elk, mule, deer, and moose

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What are clinical signs of CWD?

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chronic weight loss, behavioral changes, ataxia, tremors

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21
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What is the transmission of CWD thought to be caused by?

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contamination of grass or in utero

22
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What is BSE thought to have developed from?

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Sheep scrapie

23
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Which TSE variant can infect humans? Which cannot?

A

BSE can infect humans but sheep and deer variants cannot

24
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Which TSE can be transmitted via infected pasture?

A

scrapie and CWD

25
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What is BSE transmitted by?

A

ingesting brains and spinal cords

26
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What do retroviruses contain?

A

reverse transcriptase

27
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Are retroviruses labile or stable? RNA or DNA? enveloped or non-enveloped?

A

Labile, enveloped RNA viruses

28
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What is the dsDNA of retroviruses integrated as in the host?

29
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What is the insertion of a retrovirus determined by?

A

random - chance

30
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Retroviruses can be endogenous or exogenous. Explain the difference

A

endogenous is widespread, can constitute 10% of genome, transmitted by vertical transmission, and usually silent but can recombine with exogenous retroviruses

exogenous can be horizontal transmission

31
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What do oncogenic retroviruses induce in the cells they infect?

A

neoplastic transformation

32
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What type of retrovirus is Feline Leukemia Virus

A

gamma retrovirus

33
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What do most clinical FeLV infections manifest as?

A

anemia or immunosuppression

34
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What are the subgroups of FeLV?

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A, B, C, T

35
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What subgroup of FeLV do all positive cats have? How would they acquire the others?

A

ALL HAVE A
can have others through mutation

36
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What do cats infected with FeLV A and B have a higher risk of?

A

developing tumors

37
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What does FeLV A and C result in?

A

fatal anemia

38
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What is FeLV T associated with?

A

T-cell tropic –> immune deficiency

39
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What cats are more at risk or more likely to be infected with FeLV?

A

domestic
outdoor
purebred
multi-cat household
Young cats

40
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What are common ways of transmission of FeLV?

A

direct contact with saliva
fleas
iatrogenic
vertical transmission
nursing, milk

41
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What are the virus target cells of FeLV?

A

mitotically active cells

42
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FeLV infected cells are more likely to develop _______ or _________ with ________ being the most common

A

leukemia or lymphoma
lymphoma is most common

43
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What is enzootic bovine leukosis?

A

retroviral disease of adult cattle

44
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What is enzootic bovine leukosis characterized by?

A

persistent lymphocytosis and B-cell lymphoma

45
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What is enzootic bovine leukosis transmitted by?

A

blood or secretions, milk, iatrogenic

46
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What is the primary target cell of enzootic bovine leukosis?

A

B lyymphocyte

47
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What is the infection time of enzootic bovine leukosis?

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lifelong with most sub-clinically infected

48
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What are common sites of enzootic bovine leukosis?

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lymph nodes, heart, GIT (abomasum), liver, spleen, uterus, kidney

49
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If you saw a lymphoma in a calve or a thymic lymphoma what would you say its relation is to BLV?

A

no association

50
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Which retrovirus is associated with T cell lymphoma? B cell lymphoma?

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