Objective: To better understand the host inflammatory responses, in particular inflammatory cytokines responses of Vesicular Stomatitis virus (VSV) infection, and the host-VSV interaction.
Methods: We used VSV Indian strain to infect the Intestinal Pig Epithelial Cell Jejenum (IPEC-J2) cell. Then we measured and analyzed the viral RNA by using real-time PCR. The transcript level of cytokines (IL-2, 6, 8, 10,12, IFN-alpha, IFN-gamma, TNF-alpha, TGF-beta and TLR3) were detected by real-time PCR.
Results: We found that the transcript levels of IL-6, IL-8, IL-12, TNF-alpha and TLR3 were increased obviously whereas TGF-beta showed no significant difference. TPEC-J2 cell did not secrete IL-2, IL-10, IFN-alpha and IFN-gamma.
Conclusion: The level of inflammatory response was increased when VSV infected TPEC-J2 cell.