<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><xml><records><record><source-app name="Biblio" version="7.x">Drupal-Biblio</source-app><ref-type>17</ref-type><contributors><authors><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Vandaele, Leen</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Wesselingh, Wendy</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Kris De Clercq</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Ilse De Leeuw</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Favoreel, Herman</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Van Soom, Ann</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Nauwynck, Hans</style></author></authors></contributors><titles><title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Susceptibility of in vitro produced hatched bovine blastocysts to infection with bluetongue virus serotype 8.</style></title><secondary-title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Vet Res</style></secondary-title><alt-title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Vet Res</style></alt-title></titles><keywords><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Animals</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Antigens, Viral</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Apoptosis</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Blastocyst</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Bluetongue</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Bluetongue virus</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Cattle</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Cattle Diseases</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Fluorescent Antibody Technique, Indirect</style></keyword></keywords><dates><year><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">2011</style></year><pub-dates><date><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">2011 Jan 24</style></date></pub-dates></dates><volume><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">42</style></volume><pages><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">14</style></pages><language><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">eng</style></language><abstract><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">&lt;p&gt;Bluetongue virus serotype 8 (BTV-8), which caused an epidemic in ruminants in central Western Europe in 2006 and 2007, seems to differ from other bluetongue serotypes in that it can spread transplacentally and has been associated with an increased incidence of abortion and other reproductive problems. For these reasons, and also because BTV-8 is threatening to spread to other parts of the world, there is a need for more information on the consequences of infection during pregnancy. The aim of the present study was to investigate whether hatched (i.e. zona pellucida-free) in vitro produced bovine blastocysts at 8-9 days post insemination are susceptible to BTV-8 and whether such infection induces cell death as indicated by apoptosis. Exposure of hatched in vitro produced bovine blastocysts for 1 h to a medium containing 10(3.8) or 10(4.9) TCID50 of the virus resulted in active viral replication in between 25 and 100% of the cells at 72 h post exposure. The infected blastocysts also showed growth arrest as evidenced by lower total cell numbers and a significant level of cellular apoptosis. We conclude from this in vitro study that some of the reproductive problems that are reported when cattle herds are infected with BTV-8 may be attributed to direct infection of blastocysts and other early-stage embryos in utero.&lt;/p&gt;</style></abstract><issue><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">1</style></issue><custom1><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21314973?dopt=Abstract</style></custom1></record></records></xml>