R. A novel and efficient regimen for producing chronic relapsing experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis (CR-EAE) in SJL mice. APMIS 1999; 107:800-6.We report that SJL mice developed chronic relapsing experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis (CR-EAE) when injected with a mixture of mouse spinal cord homogenate (MSCH), killed mycobacteria tuberculosis (M. tb), and mycobacteria butyricum (M. b) in PBS 2 months before a conventional acute experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis (EAE) induction injection. The altered progression of the disease involved an accelerated but less severe acute attack and development of a chronic course with relapsing-remitting episodes. Histological examination revealed inflammatory cell infiltration and demyelination in the brain. The dose of neuroantigen as well as the anatomical sites of injections were found to be crucial for the development of the disease.
Host‐specialist parasites of endangered large vertebrates are in many cases more endangered than their hosts. In particular, low host population densities and reduced among‐host transmission rates are expected to lead to inbreeding within parasite infrapopulations living on single host individuals. Furthermore, spatial population structures of directly‐transmitted parasites should be concordant with those of their hosts. Using population genomic approaches, we investigated inbreeding and population structure in a host‐specialist seal louse (Echinophthirius horridus) infesting the Saimaa ringed seal (Phoca hispida saimensis), which is endemic to Lake Saimaa in Finland, and is one of the most endangered pinnipeds in the world. We conducted genome resequencing of pairs of lice collected from 18 individual Saimaa ringed seals throughout the Lake Saimaa complex. Our analyses showed high genetic similarity and inbreeding between lice inhabiting the same individual seal host, indicating low among‐host transmission rates. Across the lake, genetic differentiation among individual lice was correlated with their geographic distance, and assignment analyses revealed a marked break in the genetic variation of the lice in the middle of the lake, indicating substantial population structure. These findings indicate that movements of Saimaa ringed seals across the main breeding areas of the fragmented Lake Saimaa complex may in fact be more restricted than suggested by previous population‐genetic analyses of the seals themselves.
Host-specialist parasites of endangered large vertebrates are in many
cases more endangered than their hosts. In particular, low population
densities and reduced among-host transmission rates are expected to lead
to inbreeding within parasite infrapopulations living on single host
individuals. Furthermore, spatial population structures of
directly-transmitted parasites should be concordant with those of their
hosts. Using population genomic approaches, we investigated inbreeding
and population structure in a host-specialist seal louse
(Echinophthirius horridus) infesting the Saimaa ringed seal (Phoca
hispida saimensis), which is endemic to Lake Saimaa in Finland, and is
one of the most endangered pinnipeds in the world. We conducted genome
resequencing of pairs of lice collected from 18 individual Saimaa ringed
seals throughout the Lake Saimaa complex. Our analyses showed high
genetic similarity and inbreeding between lice inhabiting the same
individual seal host, indicating low among-host transmission rates.
Across the lake, genetic differentiation among individual lice was
correlated with their geographic distance, and assignment analyses
revealed a marked break in the genetic variation of the lice in the
middle of the lake, indicating substantial population structure. These
findings indicate that movements of Saimaa ringed seals across the main
breeding areas of the fragmented Lake Saimaa complex may in fact be more
restricted than suggested by previous population-genetic analyses of the
seals themselves.
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