Mystery of fatal 'staggering disease' unravelled: novel rustrela virus causes severe meningoencephalomyelitis in domestic cats.


Journal

Nature communications
ISSN: 2041-1723
Titre abrégé: Nat Commun
Pays: England
ID NLM: 101528555

Informations de publication

Date de publication:
04 02 2023
Historique:
received: 01 06 2022
accepted: 20 01 2023
pubmed: 5 2 2023
medline: 8 2 2023
entrez: 4 2 2023
Statut: epublish

Résumé

'Staggering disease' is a neurological disease entity considered a threat to European domestic cats (Felis catus) for almost five decades. However, its aetiology has remained obscure. Rustrela virus (RusV), a relative of rubella virus, has recently been shown to be associated with encephalitis in a broad range of mammalian hosts. Here, we report the detection of RusV RNA and antigen by metagenomic sequencing, RT-qPCR, in-situ hybridization and immunohistochemistry in brain tissues of 27 out of 29 cats with non-suppurative meningoencephalomyelitis and clinical signs compatible with'staggering disease' from Sweden, Austria, and Germany, but not in non-affected control cats. Screening of possible reservoir hosts in Sweden revealed RusV infection in wood mice (Apodemus sylvaticus). Our work indicates that RusV is the long-sought cause of feline 'staggering disease'. Given its reported broad host spectrum and considerable geographic range, RusV may be the aetiological agent of neuropathologies in further mammals, possibly even including humans.

Identifiants

pubmed: 36739288
doi: 10.1038/s41467-023-36204-w
pii: 10.1038/s41467-023-36204-w
pmc: PMC9899117
doi:

Types de publication

Journal Article Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

Langues

eng

Sous-ensembles de citation

IM

Pagination

624

Informations de copyright

© 2023. The Author(s).

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Auteurs

Kaspar Matiasek (K)

Section of Clinical & Comparative Neuropathology, Institute of Veterinary Pathology, Centre for Clinical Veterinary Medicine, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universitaet-Muenchen, Munich, Germany.

Florian Pfaff (F)

Institute of Diagnostic Virology, Friedrich-Loeffler-Institut, Greifswald-Insel Riems, Germany.

Herbert Weissenböck (H)

Institute of Pathology, University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna, Vienna, Austria.

Claudia Wylezich (C)

Institute of Diagnostic Virology, Friedrich-Loeffler-Institut, Greifswald-Insel Riems, Germany.

Jolanta Kolodziejek (J)

Institute of Virology, University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna, Vienna, Austria.

Sofia Tengstrand (S)

Department of Biomedical Sciences and Veterinary Public Health, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (SLU), Uppsala, Sweden.

Frauke Ecke (F)

Department of Wildlife, Fish, and Environmental Studies, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (SLU), Umeå, Sweden.
Organismal and Evolutionary Biology Research Programme, Faculty of Biological and Environmental Sciences, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland.

Sina Nippert (S)

Institute of Novel and Emerging Infectious Diseases, Friedrich-Loeffler-Institut, Greifswald-Insel Riems, Germany.

Philip Starcky (P)

Institute of Diagnostic Virology, Friedrich-Loeffler-Institut, Greifswald-Insel Riems, Germany.

Benedikt Litz (B)

Institute of Diagnostic Virology, Friedrich-Loeffler-Institut, Greifswald-Insel Riems, Germany.

Jasmin Nessler (J)

Department of Small Animal Medicine and Surgery, University of Veterinary Medicine Hannover, Hannover, Germany.

Peter Wohlsein (P)

Department of Pathology, University of Veterinary Medicine Hannover, Hannover, Germany.

Christina Baumbach (C)

State Office for Agriculture, Food Safety and Fisheries, Rostock, Germany.

Lars Mundhenk (L)

Institute of Veterinary Pathology, Freie Universität Berlin, Berlin, Germany.

Andrea Aebischer (A)

Department of Experimental Animal Facilities and Biorisk Management, Friedrich-Loeffler-Institut, Greifswald-Insel Riems, Germany.

Sven Reiche (S)

Department of Experimental Animal Facilities and Biorisk Management, Friedrich-Loeffler-Institut, Greifswald-Insel Riems, Germany.

Pia Weidinger (P)

Institute of Virology, University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna, Vienna, Austria.

Karin M Olofsson (KM)

Department of Pathology and Wildlife Diseases, National Veterinary Institute (SVA), Uppsala, Sweden.

Cecilia Rohdin (C)

Department of Clinical Sciences, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (SLU), Uppsala, Sweden.
Anicura, Albano Small Animal Hospital, Danderyd, Sweden.

Christiane Weissenbacher-Lang (C)

Institute of Pathology, University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna, Vienna, Austria.

Julia Matt (J)

Institute of Pathology, University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna, Vienna, Austria.

Marco Rosati (M)

Section of Clinical & Comparative Neuropathology, Institute of Veterinary Pathology, Centre for Clinical Veterinary Medicine, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universitaet-Muenchen, Munich, Germany.

Thomas Flegel (T)

Department of Small Animal Medicine, Leipzig University, Leipzig, Germany.

Birger Hörnfeldt (B)

Department of Wildlife, Fish, and Environmental Studies, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (SLU), Umeå, Sweden.

Dirk Höper (D)

Institute of Diagnostic Virology, Friedrich-Loeffler-Institut, Greifswald-Insel Riems, Germany.

Rainer G Ulrich (RG)

Institute of Novel and Emerging Infectious Diseases, Friedrich-Loeffler-Institut, Greifswald-Insel Riems, Germany.
German Centre for Infection Research (DZIF), Partner site Hamburg-Lübeck-Borstel-Riems, Greifswald-Insel Riems, Germany.

Norbert Nowotny (N)

Institute of Virology, University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna, Vienna, Austria.
College of Medicine, Mohammed Bin Rashid University of Medicine and Health Sciences, Dubai, United Arab Emirates.

Martin Beer (M)

Institute of Diagnostic Virology, Friedrich-Loeffler-Institut, Greifswald-Insel Riems, Germany.

Cecilia Ley (C)

Department of Biomedical Sciences and Veterinary Public Health, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (SLU), Uppsala, Sweden.
Department of Pathology and Wildlife Diseases, National Veterinary Institute (SVA), Uppsala, Sweden.

Dennis Rubbenstroth (D)

Institute of Diagnostic Virology, Friedrich-Loeffler-Institut, Greifswald-Insel Riems, Germany. Dennis.Rubbenstroth@fli.de.

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