Research Article

In-Depth Global Analysis of Transcript Abundance Levels in Porcine Alveolar Macrophages Following Infection with Porcine Reproductive and Respiratory Syndrome Virus

Table 2

(a) Changes in chemokine transcript abundance in PRRSV-infected PAMs

TranscriptFunctionRT-PCRNormalized SAGE tag counts (per million tags)
Mock6121624

CCL3 (MIP1α)Chemotaxis 191213021
CCL4 (MIP1β)Chemotaxis 41968251916
CCL5 (RANTES)Chemotaxisnd77172313
MIFInhibits macrophage migrationnd81253532
CCL20 (MIP3α)Chemotaxisnd19678141911
CCL2 (MCP-1)Chemotaxisnd111431
CCL7 (MCP-3)Chemotaxisnd004122
CXCL2 (GROβ)Chemotaxis 1596659335215155
CXCL8 (AMCF-1/IL-8)*Chemotaxis6 hr 353
8
807
172
370
121
202
55
449
17
CXCL5 (AMCF-2)Chemotaxis6 hr 088311380

(b) Changes in cytokine transcript abundance in PRRSV-infected PAMs

TranscriptFunctionRT-PCRNormalized SAGE tag counts (per million tags)
Mock6121624

IL-6Acute phase response, T- and B-cell growth & differentiation No tag in transcript
GM-CSFDendritic cell growth & differentiationnd43104
TNF-αLocal inflammation, endothelial activationnd493100
IL-1αT-cell activation, macrophage activation 15231231640
Il-1βT-cell activation, macrophage activation 2831033152163

(c) Changes in Immediate Early-Response Transcript Abundance in PRRSV-infected PAMs

TranscriptFunctionRT-PCRNormalized SAGE tag counts (per million tags)
Mock6121624

AP-1Transcription factornd10000
C-junTranscription factor for AP-1nd83015
C-fosTransactivating regulator of gene expressionnd134911189
JunBTranscription factor for AP-1nd1016111733
JunDTranscription factor for AP-1nd131049
NFκBTranscription factornd21300
IκBαNFκB inhibitornd20572421126
IκKαDissociates inhibitor from NFκBnd47321
A20Inhibits activation of transcription factorsnd1112614
TLR4Activation of transcription factor NFκBnd242214415
Arginase*Regulator of nitric oxide synthesis6 hr 227
37
1
14
915
131
88
84
169
21
17
31
141
18
4
5
103
24
1
3

*Alternative spliced transcripts.