| publication name | P ARTIAL BL V RNAs ARE PRESENT IN PLASMA EXOSOMES OF BL V INFECTED ANIMALS |
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| Authors | Marawan A Marawan 1,2,* , Abdel-moneim M Moustafa 1 , Faysal K Arnaout 1 and El Sayed M Galila |
| year | 2016 |
| keywords | Exosomes, BL V , R T -PCR, sequence analysis, Western-blot |
| journal | Ruminant science |
| volume | 5 |
| issue | 2 |
| pages | 133-142 |
| publisher | Not Available |
| Local/International | International |
| Paper Link | Not Available |
| Full paper | download |
| Supplementary materials | Not Available |
Abstract
Exosomes are membranous nano-vesicles of endocytic origin that are released by almost all cell types and play an important role in cell-to-cell communication. Many researches have been carried out to illustrate the role of exosomes in the life cycle and pathogenesis of RNA viruses, however , information regarding their role in Bovine leukemia virus (BL V) is meagre. Herein we tried to investigate the role of exosomes isolated from plasma in BL V life cycle. Exosomal fractions were isolated from 18 fresh BL V-positive plasma samples by size exclusion chromatography (SEC) and then were tested using western blotting, RT -PCR and sequence analysis.Our results showed that absence of BL V enveloped protein (env) in all tested exosomal fractions, on the other hand around 22% of samples showed the presence of partial BL V RNA in their exosomes. From this approach, it was emphasized that the exosomes may incriminate in BL V pathogenesis through transfer of viral RNA from infected to uninfected B cells.