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Vet Pathol 40:25-31 (2003)
© 2003 American College of Veterinary Pathologists

Expression of Cyclooxygenase-2 in Swine Naturally Infected with Actinobacillus pleuropneumoniae

W.-S. Cho and C. Chae

Department of Veterinary Pathology, College of Veterinary Medicine and School of Agricultural Biotechnology, Seoul National University, Suwon, Republic of Korea

Cyclooxygenase-2 (COX-2) was detected and localized in 15 pigs with naturally occurring pleuropneumonia using a 437–base pair digoxigenin-labeled cDNA probe in an in situ hybridization protocol. Histopathologic changes in the acute stage were characterized by coagulative necrosis of lung parenchyma, hemorrhage, vascular thrombosis, edema, fibrin deposition, and infiltration of lung parenchyma by neutrophils and alveolar macrophages in nine pigs. In chronic lesions, a thick layer of granulation tissue surrounded foci of pulmonary necrosis in six pigs. All 15 pigs infected with Actinobacillus pleuropneumoniae, confirmed by bacterial isolation, had distinct positive hybridization signals for COX-2 in bronchial, bronchiolar epithelial cells, alveolar macrophages, neutrophils, and type I pneumocytes. COX-2 expression was detected primarily in neutrophils from pigs with acute lesions and primarily in alveolar macrophages from pigs with chronic lesions. The results suggest that a prostanoid product of COX-2 is an important component of the inflammatory response to acute and chronic A. pleuropneumoniae infection.

Key words: Actinobacillus pleuropneumoniae; cyclooxygenase-2; inflammation mediator; in situ hybridization; molecular pathology; pigs; pneumonia.

Request reprints from Dr. C. Chae, Department of Veterinary Pathology, College of Veterinary Medicine, Seoul National University, Suwon 441-744, Kyounggi-Do (Republic of Korea). E-mail: swine{at}plaza.snu.ac.kr.




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