The family Callitrichidae encompasses the marmosets and tamarins, the smallest of the anthropoid primates and one of the most species-rich of platyrrhine families. Seven new species of Amazonian marmosets (Callithrix, Callitrichidae) have been discovered in recent years, as well as the exceptional dwarf marmoset Callibella humilis. Most of these species were described on the basis of their pelage and presumed separation by major rivers. I performed analyses of craniometric variables by taxa and by river basins, in order to determine if there are significant cranial distinctions between taxa separated by rivers. I analyzed quantitative cranial and mandibular characters of Callibella humilis to determine if it could be distinguished from other callitrichids. I found that Callibella is clearly distinct from all other genera of marmosets and tamarins, in particular in the morphology of the lower jaw. I also analyzed representative species of Amazonian Callithrix and found support for the theory of separation by river-barriers. In my analyses the Amazonian marmosets were divided into three separate species groups, with the easternmost species (Callithrix argentata and C. leucippe) strongly distinct and separated from the others by the broad Rio Tapajos. Two additional species, C. chrysoleuca and C. saterei, formed a discrete group in the central Amazon, and the westernmost species - C. melanura, C. nigriceps and the Rondonia marmoset - formed a third distinct group. These results from cranial morphology align with recent genetic studies indicating that the Amazonian marmosets are strongly divided by the Rio Tapajos, and offer additional support to the theory of river-barriers. Although these species are typically considered to be of low conservation priority, many of them are found in areas experiencing accelerated deforestation. An initial analysis of protected-area coverage for the Amazonian marmosets demonstrates that while some species may be found in a number of protected areas, others are virtually uncovered, and the lack of comprehensive information on their distributions may preclude an effective conservation strategy. The dwarf marmoset Callibella is known from an exceptionally restricted range, with almost no protected areas, and this unique species should be a conservation priority.

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No / Recreational use of 3,4-methylenedioxymethamphetamine (MDMA; "ecstasy") poses worldwide potential health problems. Clinical studies show that repeated exposure to low oral doses of MDMA has toxic effects on the brain, altering cognitive and psychosocial behavior. Functional magnetic resonance imaging in conscious marmoset monkeys was used to evaluate the sensitivity of the brain to an oral dose of MDMA (1 mg/kg). Following MDMA administration, the midbrain raphe nuclei and substantia nigra, major sources of serotonin and dopamine, were activated as were the hippocampus, hypothalamus and amygdala. The corticostriatal circuit of dorsal thalamus, sensorimotor cortex and basal ganglia showed a robust, coherent activation pattern. Two key reward areas, the nucleus accumbens and prefrontal cortex, and most other cortical regions showed little activation. The visual cortex, however, showed intense activation without applied visual stimuli. These data identify brain areas and functional circuits sensitive to a recreational dose of MDMA, some of which may be vulnerable to long-term intermittent exposure to this drug.

Weißbüschelaffen (WBA) sind wissenschaftlich häufig genutzte Modelltiere für diverse Humanerkrankungen. Zur Gesunderhaltung dieser Primaten sind grundlegende diagnostische Blutparameter unverzichtbar. Bisher erhobene Daten zeichneten sich jedoch durch große Divergenz aus. Ob Veränderungen in Haltungsbedingungen einen Einfluss auf diese Blutparameter nehmen, ist bis heute unklar. Somit war ein Ziel dieser Arbeit die Erhebung aktueller hämatologischer und klinisch-chemischer Blutparameter von WBA. Zudem wurde der Einfluss der routinemäßigen Umsetzung in eine neue Behausung auf die erhobenen Parameter sowie den Kortisolspiegel im Kot untersucht. Des Weiteren leiden WBA in menschlicher Obhut rezidivierend an gastrointestinalen Erkrankungen, die mittels klinischer Standardparameter allein nicht diagnostizierbar sind. Dabei spielt vor allem die Sensitivität gegenüber Futtermittelinhaltsstoffen (z. B. Gluten) eine Rolle, welche ursächlich im Zusammenhang mit dem Wasting Marmoset Syndrome (WMS) diskutiert wird. Im zweiten Teil der vorliegenden Arbeit sollten deshalb die gastrointestinalen Erkrankungen von in menschlicher Obhut lebenden WBA ätiologisch beleuchtet werden, vor allem hinsichtlich einer möglichen Sensitivität gegenüber Gluten. Im ersten Teil dieser Studie wurden von 54 WBA hämatologische und klinischchemische Richtwerte erhoben. Die ermittelten hämatologischen Blutrichtwerte ähneln denen aus den achtziger Jahren, die Daten der klinischen Chemie nur bedingt: Die Richtwertbereiche von Laktatdehydrogenase, Alaninaminotransferase, Lipase sowie Alkalische Phosphatase und Gesamtbilirubin weichen von den ehemals erhobenen Daten ab. Zudem wurden in der vorliegenden Arbeit geschlechtsabhängige Unterschiede ermittelt: Weibliche Tiere wiesen signifikant höheres mittleres Erythrozytenvolumen und mittleren Hämoglobingehalt des Einzelerythrozyten auf als männliche Tiere, wohingegen bei diesen ein signifikant höheres Gesamt- und Low density lipoprotein- Cholesterol im Vergleich zu weiblichen Affen messbar war. Des Weiteren wurden 16 Tiere über einen vierwöchigen Zeitraum in eine neue Umgebung verbracht, bevor sie in ihre Heimatbehausung zurückkehrten. Durch diese Umsetzung war bei den untersuchten Tieren die Leuko- und Lymphozytenzahl auch vier Wochen nach der Umsetzung erniedrigt. Zeitgleich lag ein erhöhter Kortisolspiegel vor, der im Kot bestimmt wurde. Im zweiten Teil der Studie wurden anhand humandiagnostischer Standards IgAAntikörper (AK) gegen Gliadin (AGA), Gewebstransglutaminase (tTG), deamidiertes Gliadin (ADGA) sowie Glykoprotein 2 (AGP2A) im Plasma von 24 WBA mittels eines ELISAs während glutenhaltiger (Diät 1) und glutenfreier Ernährung (Diät 2) bestimmt. Dabei wurden die klinische Symptomatik von WMS und das Körpergewicht der Tiere ebenfalls untersucht. Zudem erfolgte die Analyse von Kotproben antikörperpositiver Tiere hinsichtlich Qualität und Trockenmassegehalt während Diät 2 und einer darauf folgenden glutenhaltigen Provokationsdiät. Die serologische Diagnostik ergab einen signifikanten Rückgang von AGA, AK gegen tTG und AGP2A während Diät 2 bei Tieren, die nach Diät 1 erhöhte Werte aufwiesen. Diät 2 führte zu einem Rückgang der klinischen Symptome und einer signifikanten Gewichtszunahme bei antikörperpositiven WBA. Die glutenhaltige Provokationsdiät ergab eine verminderte Kotqualität mit einem niedrigeren Trockenmassegehalt. Es wurden im Rahmen dieser Arbeit aktuelle, hämatologische und klinisch-chemische Blutrichtwerte des WBA erhoben. Der durch Umsetzung in eine neue Behausung bedingte Stress ist bei WBA bis vier Wochen lang nachweisbar. Es ist sinnvoll, dies in der zeitlichen Planung wissenschaftlicher Studien zu berücksichtigen, um das Wohlbefinden der Tiere vor Versuchsbeginn sicherzustellen und den Einfluss von Stress auf experimentelle Ergebnisse zu minimieren. Der Nachweis grundlegender, an der Pathogenese der Zöliakie beteiligter Antikörper, in Kombination mit den klinischen Symptomen, deutet auf Glutensensitivität mit ätiologischer Beteiligung an WMS bei WBA hin. Die glutenfreie Ernährung von WBA in menschlicher Obhut ist daher sinnvoll und empfehlenswert. / Common marmosets are often used as animal models for human diseases. For their health maintenance, diagnostic blood values are absolutely essential. Previously obtained reference values are characterized by great value-specific differences. Moreover, the influence of routine measures on these blood parameters, e. g. changes in housing conditions, has not been examined yet. Therefore, the first aim of the present study was to update haematological and clinical chemical blood parameters of common marmosets. Further, the influence of stress, caused by relocation to a new housing, on these parameters and the cortisol level in feces was examined. In addition to that, common marmosets under human management are often affected by gastrointestinal diseases, which are difficult to diagnose with basic standard blood values. In this context, sensitivity to nutritional elements, e. g. gluten, plays an important role and is discussed as a potential cause of wasting marmoset syndrome (WMS). In the second part of this study, the recurrent gastrointestinal diseases of common marmosets under human management were aetiologically investigated, with special regard to possible gluten sensitivity. In the first part of this study, blood samples were obtained from 54 female and male common marmosets to evaluate standard values of haematology and clinical chemistry. The determined haematological parameters are similar to the already obtained data, the clinical chemistry values differ somewhat: The enzyme activities of lactate dehydrogenase, alanine aminotransferase and lipase in addition to the ranges of alkaline phosphatase and total bilirubin diverge from the data ascertained in this study. Moreover, female animals presented significantly higher mean corpuscular volume and mean corpuscular haemoglobin than males, whereas male common marmosets showed significantly higher total- and low density lipoprotein-cholesterol, compared to females. Further, 16 animals were relocated to a new environment for a time period of four weeks, before they returned to their home cages. The change of housing caused a decreased leuko- and lymphocyte count in all examined animals that was still measurable four weeks after the relocation. At the same time, an increased fecal cortisol level was determined. The aim of the second study was to investigate the modification of plasma antibodies to gliadin (AGA), tissue transglutaminase (tTG), deamidated gliadin (ADGA) and glycoprotein 2 (AGP2A) during two successive diets in 24 animals: A gluten-containing diet (diet 1) and a gluten-free diet (diet 2). Further, clinical symptoms of WMS and the animals’ body weight were also examined. An analysis of the feces of antibody-positive animals regarding changes in quality and dry matter content was carried out with samples collected during diet 2 and a successive gluten challenge diet of two months duration. The serological diagnostics resulted in a significant decline of AGA, antibodies to tTG and AGP2A during diet 2 in animals that had shown increased antibody concentrations during diet 1. Diet 2 also caused an amelioration of clinical symptoms and an increased body weight in antibody-positive animals. The gluten challenge resulted in a decreased feces quality and a lower fecal dry matter, compared to fecal samples of diet 2. In the context of this dissertation, parameters of haematology and clinical chemistry of the common marmoset were updated. Stress caused by relocation to a new housing was still measurable for a period of four weeks. It is therefore essential to consider this time span in the design of scientific studies to secure animal welfare prior to the study and to reduce the influence of stress on experimental results. In combination with the clinical symptoms, the detection of antibodies that are part of the pathogenesis of coeliac disease in humans strongly suggests gluten sensitivity with an aetiological connection to WMS in common marmosets. Therefore, gluten-free nutrition of common marmosets under human management is highly recommendable.

Weißbüschelaffen (WBA) sind wissenschaftlich häufig genutzte Modelltiere für diverse Humanerkrankungen. Zur Gesunderhaltung dieser Primaten sind grundlegende diagnostische Blutparameter unverzichtbar. Bisher erhobene Daten zeichneten sich jedoch durch große Divergenz aus. Ob Veränderungen in Haltungsbedingungen einen Einfluss auf diese Blutparameter nehmen, ist bis heute unklar. Somit war ein Ziel dieser Arbeit die Erhebung aktueller hämatologischer und klinisch-chemischer Blutparameter von WBA. Zudem wurde der Einfluss der routinemäßigen Umsetzung in eine neue Behausung auf die erhobenen Parameter sowie den Kortisolspiegel im Kot untersucht. Des Weiteren leiden WBA in menschlicher Obhut rezidivierend an gastrointestinalen Erkrankungen, die mittels klinischer Standardparameter allein nicht diagnostizierbar sind. Dabei spielt vor allem die Sensitivität gegenüber Futtermittelinhaltsstoffen (z. B. Gluten) eine Rolle, welche ursächlich im Zusammenhang mit dem Wasting Marmoset Syndrome (WMS) diskutiert wird. Im zweiten Teil der vorliegenden Arbeit sollten deshalb die gastrointestinalen Erkrankungen von in menschlicher Obhut lebenden WBA ätiologisch beleuchtet werden, vor allem hinsichtlich einer möglichen Sensitivität gegenüber Gluten. Im ersten Teil dieser Studie wurden von 54 WBA hämatologische und klinischchemische Richtwerte erhoben. Die ermittelten hämatologischen Blutrichtwerte ähneln denen aus den achtziger Jahren, die Daten der klinischen Chemie nur bedingt: Die Richtwertbereiche von Laktatdehydrogenase, Alaninaminotransferase, Lipase sowie Alkalische Phosphatase und Gesamtbilirubin weichen von den ehemals erhobenen Daten ab. Zudem wurden in der vorliegenden Arbeit geschlechtsabhängige Unterschiede ermittelt: Weibliche Tiere wiesen signifikant höheres mittleres Erythrozytenvolumen und mittleren Hämoglobingehalt des Einzelerythrozyten auf als männliche Tiere, wohingegen bei diesen ein signifikant höheres Gesamt- und Low density lipoprotein- Cholesterol im Vergleich zu weiblichen Affen messbar war. Des Weiteren wurden 16 Tiere über einen vierwöchigen Zeitraum in eine neue Umgebung verbracht, bevor sie in ihre Heimatbehausung zurückkehrten. Durch diese Umsetzung war bei den untersuchten Tieren die Leuko- und Lymphozytenzahl auch vier Wochen nach der Umsetzung erniedrigt. Zeitgleich lag ein erhöhter Kortisolspiegel vor, der im Kot bestimmt wurde. Im zweiten Teil der Studie wurden anhand humandiagnostischer Standards IgAAntikörper (AK) gegen Gliadin (AGA), Gewebstransglutaminase (tTG), deamidiertes Gliadin (ADGA) sowie Glykoprotein 2 (AGP2A) im Plasma von 24 WBA mittels eines ELISAs während glutenhaltiger (Diät 1) und glutenfreier Ernährung (Diät 2) bestimmt. Dabei wurden die klinische Symptomatik von WMS und das Körpergewicht der Tiere ebenfalls untersucht. Zudem erfolgte die Analyse von Kotproben antikörperpositiver Tiere hinsichtlich Qualität und Trockenmassegehalt während Diät 2 und einer darauf folgenden glutenhaltigen Provokationsdiät. Die serologische Diagnostik ergab einen signifikanten Rückgang von AGA, AK gegen tTG und AGP2A während Diät 2 bei Tieren, die nach Diät 1 erhöhte Werte aufwiesen. Diät 2 führte zu einem Rückgang der klinischen Symptome und einer signifikanten Gewichtszunahme bei antikörperpositiven WBA. Die glutenhaltige Provokationsdiät ergab eine verminderte Kotqualität mit einem niedrigeren Trockenmassegehalt. Es wurden im Rahmen dieser Arbeit aktuelle, hämatologische und klinisch-chemische Blutrichtwerte des WBA erhoben. Der durch Umsetzung in eine neue Behausung bedingte Stress ist bei WBA bis vier Wochen lang nachweisbar. Es ist sinnvoll, dies in der zeitlichen Planung wissenschaftlicher Studien zu berücksichtigen, um das Wohlbefinden der Tiere vor Versuchsbeginn sicherzustellen und den Einfluss von Stress auf experimentelle Ergebnisse zu minimieren. Der Nachweis grundlegender, an der Pathogenese der Zöliakie beteiligter Antikörper, in Kombination mit den klinischen Symptomen, deutet auf Glutensensitivität mit ätiologischer Beteiligung an WMS bei WBA hin. Die glutenfreie Ernährung von WBA in menschlicher Obhut ist daher sinnvoll und empfehlenswert. / Common marmosets are often used as animal models for human diseases. For their health maintenance, diagnostic blood values are absolutely essential. Previously obtained reference values are characterized by great value-specific differences. Moreover, the influence of routine measures on these blood parameters, e. g. changes in housing conditions, has not been examined yet. Therefore, the first aim of the present study was to update haematological and clinical chemical blood parameters of common marmosets. Further, the influence of stress, caused by relocation to a new housing, on these parameters and the cortisol level in feces was examined. In addition to that, common marmosets under human management are often affected by gastrointestinal diseases, which are difficult to diagnose with basic standard blood values. In this context, sensitivity to nutritional elements, e. g. gluten, plays an important role and is discussed as a potential cause of wasting marmoset syndrome (WMS). In the second part of this study, the recurrent gastrointestinal diseases of common marmosets under human management were aetiologically investigated, with special regard to possible gluten sensitivity. In the first part of this study, blood samples were obtained from 54 female and male common marmosets to evaluate standard values of haematology and clinical chemistry. The determined haematological parameters are similar to the already obtained data, the clinical chemistry values differ somewhat: The enzyme activities of lactate dehydrogenase, alanine aminotransferase and lipase in addition to the ranges of alkaline phosphatase and total bilirubin diverge from the data ascertained in this study. Moreover, female animals presented significantly higher mean corpuscular volume and mean corpuscular haemoglobin than males, whereas male common marmosets showed significantly higher total- and low density lipoprotein-cholesterol, compared to females. Further, 16 animals were relocated to a new environment for a time period of four weeks, before they returned to their home cages. The change of housing caused a decreased leuko- and lymphocyte count in all examined animals that was still measurable four weeks after the relocation. At the same time, an increased fecal cortisol level was determined. The aim of the second study was to investigate the modification of plasma antibodies to gliadin (AGA), tissue transglutaminase (tTG), deamidated gliadin (ADGA) and glycoprotein 2 (AGP2A) during two successive diets in 24 animals: A gluten-containing diet (diet 1) and a gluten-free diet (diet 2). Further, clinical symptoms of WMS and the animals’ body weight were also examined. An analysis of the feces of antibody-positive animals regarding changes in quality and dry matter content was carried out with samples collected during diet 2 and a successive gluten challenge diet of two months duration. The serological diagnostics resulted in a significant decline of AGA, antibodies to tTG and AGP2A during diet 2 in animals that had shown increased antibody concentrations during diet 1. Diet 2 also caused an amelioration of clinical symptoms and an increased body weight in antibody-positive animals. The gluten challenge resulted in a decreased feces quality and a lower fecal dry matter, compared to fecal samples of diet 2. In the context of this dissertation, parameters of haematology and clinical chemistry of the common marmoset were updated. Stress caused by relocation to a new housing was still measurable for a period of four weeks. It is therefore essential to consider this time span in the design of scientific studies to secure animal welfare prior to the study and to reduce the influence of stress on experimental results. In combination with the clinical symptoms, the detection of antibodies that are part of the pathogenesis of coeliac disease in humans strongly suggests gluten sensitivity with an aetiological connection to WMS in common marmosets. Therefore, gluten-free nutrition of common marmosets under human management is highly recommendable.

Normal germ cell development in the human testis is crucial for subsequent fertility and reproductive health. Disruption of testis development in fetal life can result in deleterious health consequences such as testicular dysgenesis syndrome (TDS), which includes disorders, such as cryptorchidism, hypospadias, infertility and testicular germ cell tumours (TGCT). A rat model of TDS in which rats are exposed to phthalates in utero has been validated, but does result in the development of TGCT. In humans, TGCTs result from transformation of pre-neoplastic carcinoma in-situ (CIS) cells and these CIS cells are believed to arise from human fetal germ cells during their transition from gonocyte to spermatogonia, based on their morphology and protein expression profile. It has been proposed asynchronous differentiation of germ cells in the human fetal testis may predispose fetal germ cells to become CIS cells. Studying the development of these tumours in humans is difficult because of their fetal origins and prolonged duration from initiation of impaired development to invasive disease. For this reason the use of relevant animal models that can mimic normal and abnormal germ cell development may provide new insight into how TGCT develop. The Common Marmoset monkey, a New World primate exhibits many similarities to the human in terms of reproductive biology and could represent such a model. This thesis aimed to further characterise the origins of CIS cells in the human testis by investigating the protein expression profile of CIS cells in patients with TGCT and comparing them to established markers of human fetal germ cell types using immunohistochemistry and immunofluorescence. Quantification of the various subpopulations of CIS and proliferation within these populations was performed. The thesis also investigated the Common Marmoset monkey as a potential model of normal testis and germ cell development by comparing the differentiation and proliferation profile of germ cells with those of the human during fetal and early postnatal life. During the present studies methods were successfully developed that enabled us to use testicular xenografts to recapitulate normal development of immature testes from marmoset and human. This involved grafting pieces of testis tissue subcutaneously under the dorsal skin of immunodeficient mice and retrieving them several weeks later to investigate their development during the grafting period. Xenografts using tissue from fetal, neonatal and juvenile marmosets were performed in addition to testes from first and second trimester human fetuses. Finally the present studies aimed to use the marmoset and the xenografting approach as systems in which to examine the effects of gonadotrophin suppression and phthalate treatment on germ cell differentiation and proliferation, with particular attention to the potential for development of CIS and TGCT. Heterogeneous phenotypes of CIS cells were identified, mostly consistent with those seen in the normal human fetal testis, however some of these CIS cells did not exhibit the same phenotype as germ cells identified in normal fetal testes. In addition it was shown that some of the proteins considered to be ‘classical’ markers of CIS cells, such as the pluripotent transcription factor OCT4, were not expressed in a proportion of the CIS cells. The proliferation index of CIS cells is also significantly higher in those subpopulations with the most ‘undifferentiated’ phenotype (i.e. OCT4+/VASA-). The present studies have generated novel data showing that the marmoset is a good model of fetal and neonatal germ cell development, with similarities to the human in terms of an asynchronous and prolonged period of differentiation and proliferation of germ cells from gonocyte to spermatogonia. This feature is also common to the human, but not a characteristic of the rodent. Fetal, neonatal and pre-pubertal germ cell development can be re-capitulated by xenografting tissue from marmoset and human testes into nude mouse hosts. Human fetal testis grafts produced testosterone and were responsive to hCG stimulation. First trimester human testis xenografts that have not developed fully formed seminiferous cords prior to grafting can complete the process of cord formation whilst grafted in host mice. In addition, germ cells in fetal human and marmoset xenografts can differentiate and proliferate in a similar manner to that seen in the intact non-grafted testis. In the intact neonatal marmoset, suppression of gonadotrophins resulted in a 30% decrease in proliferation, however differentiation of gonocytes is not affected. In-utero treatment of neonatal marmosets with mono-n-butyl phthalate was associated with unusual ‘gonocyte’ clusters, however, di-n-butyl phthalate treatment of mice carrying fetal marmoset xenografts resulted in no visible effects on germ cell differentiation or proliferation and did not result in the development of CIS or TGCT. In conclusion, this thesis has shown that there are many subpopulations of CIS cells of which many have not been previously described. These subpopulations have different characteristics, such as variable proliferation rates and this may indicate the potential for progression or invasiveness. These subpopulations have similar protein expression phenotypes to normal human fetal germ cells although the present studies have identified some CIS cells with phenotypes that are not found in the normal human testis. This thesis has demonstrated that the marmoset is a comparable model to the human in terms of asynchronous fetal germ cell development, which may predispose this species to the development of CIS/TGCT. In addition to the use of intact marmosets, these studies have also demonstrated for the first time that testis xenografting provides a comparable system for testis cord formation, germ cell differentiation and proliferation in fetal/postnatal marmosets and fetal human testis. In addition the marmoset and xenografting models have indicated that phthalates may have minor effects on testis development in the human and marmoset but do not result in CIS or TGCT. These model systems are suitable for further investigation of normal and disrupted testis development.

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The dorsal anterior cingulate cortex (dACC) has been implicated in a broad range of cognitive and emotional functions, including the processing of negative emotion. Furthermore, abnormalities in dACC activity have been associated with anxiety and depression, disorders in which negative emotion is dysregulated. Thus, a better understanding of the precise contributions of the dACC to negative emotion could give us important insights into the neurobiological mechanisms underlying these debilitating neuropsychiatric disorders. However, despite extensive study of the dACC, its precise role in negative emotion is unclear. Instead there is mounting evidence that rather than being one functionally homogeneous region, subregions of the dACC may have distinct functional roles. This evidence is largely correlational, and interventional studies in experimental animals are required to address this. Accordingly, the work in this thesis causally assessed the contributions of two spatially distinct subregions of the dACC (rostral and caudal) to the regulation of the behavioural and cardiovascular correlates of negative emotion in the common marmoset (Callithrix jacchus). These dACC subregions were targeted with indwelling cannulae to enable pharmacological manipulations to be carried out in a range of tasks, used to assess distinct components of negative emotion, such as conditioned fear and anxiety. The findings suggest that the rostral dACC and the caudal dACC do indeed have distinct contributions to the expression of negative emotion and the regulation of anxiety, respectively. Furthermore, an assessment of the anterograde projections of these subregions provides anatomical support for the observed functional differences.

A introdução de animais selvagens no convívio com humanos representa sério risco à saúde de ambos. O objetivo deste trabalho foi comprovar a hipótese de ser o HSV-1 o agente etiológico das lesões vesiculares e ulcerativas na pele e mucosas, associadas aos quadros neurológicos observados em sagüis no Brasil. Para tal, seis sagüis do tufo branco (Callithrix jacchus), cinco sagüis do tufo preto (C. penicillata) e um híbrido, provenientes de cativeiro com suspeita de infecção herpética foram necropsiados. Dos órgãos colhidos, realizou-se exame histopatológico e imunoistoquímico (IHQ), utilizando-se os anticorpos anti-HSV-1 e anti-HSV-2 policlonais, amplificados pelo sistema estreptavidina-biotina-peroxidase e revelados com diaminobenzidina. Realizou-se tipificação viral pela PCR em fragmentos do encéfalo de nove sagüis. Para tal, fez-se extração do DNA com o Kit Qiagen® e utilizaram-se os primers HSV-U, HSV-1L E HSV-2L, específicos para HSV-1 e HSV-2, os quais amplificam uma seqüência de 503 pb e 435 pb respectivamente. Clinicamente foram observadas convulsões, prostração, hiporexia, hipersalivação e agressividade. Na pele evidenciaram-se ulcerações, mucosa oral e língua com placas pseudomembranosas. Histologicamente, a principal lesão encontrada em todos os sagüis foi meningoencefalite necrotizante não supurativa difusa variando de leve a severa com gliose, manguitos perivasculares, vasculite necrotizante, necrose neuronal e necrose do neurópilo. Órgãos como a pele, mucosa oral, língua, fígado, baço, linfonodos, adrenais e rins também foram severamente afetados. No SNC e em alguns outros órgãos observaram-se inclusões intranucleares (Cowdry Tipo A). A IHQ revelou marcações positivas para HSV no encéfalo de todos sagüis. A mucosa oral, língua, pele, fígado, adrenais, rins, gânglios, nervos dentre outros órgãos também apresentaram marcações. A presença do HSV-1 foi confirmada pela PCR no encéfalo de 8/9 sagüis. Primatas não-humanos não são naturalmente infectados pelo HSV-1, adquirindo a doença através do contato com humanos. Sendo assim, o presente estudo comprova a existência do HSV-1 como causador de infecções fatais em sagüis no Brasil. / The introduction of wild animals in the conviviality with humans represents serious risk to the health of both. The objective of this work was to prove the hypothesis of the HSV-1 is the agent of vesicular and ulcerative lesion in the skin and mucous membranes, associated with neurological signs observed in marmosets in Brazil. Six white-tufted-ear marmosets (Callithrix jacchus), five black-tufted-ear marmosets (C. penicillata) and one hybrid were submitted to a postmortem examination. All of them were captive and their lesions were suggestive of herpetic infection. The immunohistochemistry (IHC) was performed, using streptavidin-biotin peroxidase technique with the use of polyclonal antibodies against HSV-1 and HSV-2. DNA from central nervous system (CNS) of nine marmosets was isolated by using the Qiagen Kit®. Type-specific PCR was performed using the specific primers HSV-U, HSV-1L AND HSV-2L for HSV-1 and HSV-2, which amplify a sequence of 503 pb and 435 pb respectively. Clinical finding were convulsion, weakness, hiporexia, salivation, aggressivity, skin ulcers and pseudomembranous patches in the tongue and in the oral mucosa. The histopathological examination showed in all marmosets a nonsuppurative necrotizing meningoencephalitis diffuse mild to severe with gliosis, perivascular cuffing, necrotizing vasculitis, neuronal and neuropil necrosis. The skin, oral cavity, tongue, liver, spleen, lymph nodes, adrenal glands and kidneys were also severely affected. In the CNS and in other tissues were observed intranuclear inclusion bodies (Cowdry Type A). The IHC showed a specific antigen-antibody reaction in the CNS of all marmosets. It was also found in tissues like the oral mucosa, the tongue, the skin, the liver, the adrenal glands, the kidneys, the lymph nodes and the nerves. The presence of the HSV-1 was confirmed by PCR in the CNS of 8/9 marmosets. Nonhuman Primates are not infected naturally by HSV-1, acquiring the disease through the contact with humans. The present study proves that HSV-1 causes fatal infections in marmosets in Brazil.

A introdução de animais selvagens no convívio com humanos representa sério risco à saúde de ambos. O objetivo deste trabalho foi comprovar a hipótese de ser o HSV-1 o agente etiológico das lesões vesiculares e ulcerativas na pele e mucosas, associadas aos quadros neurológicos observados em sagüis no Brasil. Para tal, seis sagüis do tufo branco (Callithrix jacchus), cinco sagüis do tufo preto (C. penicillata) e um híbrido, provenientes de cativeiro com suspeita de infecção herpética foram necropsiados. Dos órgãos colhidos, realizou-se exame histopatológico e imunoistoquímico (IHQ), utilizando-se os anticorpos anti-HSV-1 e anti-HSV-2 policlonais, amplificados pelo sistema estreptavidina-biotina-peroxidase e revelados com diaminobenzidina. Realizou-se tipificação viral pela PCR em fragmentos do encéfalo de nove sagüis. Para tal, fez-se extração do DNA com o Kit Qiagen® e utilizaram-se os primers HSV-U, HSV-1L E HSV-2L, específicos para HSV-1 e HSV-2, os quais amplificam uma seqüência de 503 pb e 435 pb respectivamente. Clinicamente foram observadas convulsões, prostração, hiporexia, hipersalivação e agressividade. Na pele evidenciaram-se ulcerações, mucosa oral e língua com placas pseudomembranosas. Histologicamente, a principal lesão encontrada em todos os sagüis foi meningoencefalite necrotizante não supurativa difusa variando de leve a severa com gliose, manguitos perivasculares, vasculite necrotizante, necrose neuronal e necrose do neurópilo. Órgãos como a pele, mucosa oral, língua, fígado, baço, linfonodos, adrenais e rins também foram severamente afetados. No SNC e em alguns outros órgãos observaram-se inclusões intranucleares (Cowdry Tipo A). A IHQ revelou marcações positivas para HSV no encéfalo de todos sagüis. A mucosa oral, língua, pele, fígado, adrenais, rins, gânglios, nervos dentre outros órgãos também apresentaram marcações. A presença do HSV-1 foi confirmada pela PCR no encéfalo de 8/9 sagüis. Primatas não-humanos não são naturalmente infectados pelo HSV-1, adquirindo a doença através do contato com humanos. Sendo assim, o presente estudo comprova a existência do HSV-1 como causador de infecções fatais em sagüis no Brasil. / The introduction of wild animals in the conviviality with humans represents serious risk to the health of both. The objective of this work was to prove the hypothesis of the HSV-1 is the agent of vesicular and ulcerative lesion in the skin and mucous membranes, associated with neurological signs observed in marmosets in Brazil. Six white-tufted-ear marmosets (Callithrix jacchus), five black-tufted-ear marmosets (C. penicillata) and one hybrid were submitted to a postmortem examination. All of them were captive and their lesions were suggestive of herpetic infection. The immunohistochemistry (IHC) was performed, using streptavidin-biotin peroxidase technique with the use of polyclonal antibodies against HSV-1 and HSV-2. DNA from central nervous system (CNS) of nine marmosets was isolated by using the Qiagen Kit®. Type-specific PCR was performed using the specific primers HSV-U, HSV-1L AND HSV-2L for HSV-1 and HSV-2, which amplify a sequence of 503 pb and 435 pb respectively. Clinical finding were convulsion, weakness, hiporexia, salivation, aggressivity, skin ulcers and pseudomembranous patches in the tongue and in the oral mucosa. The histopathological examination showed in all marmosets a nonsuppurative necrotizing meningoencephalitis diffuse mild to severe with gliosis, perivascular cuffing, necrotizing vasculitis, neuronal and neuropil necrosis. The skin, oral cavity, tongue, liver, spleen, lymph nodes, adrenal glands and kidneys were also severely affected. In the CNS and in other tissues were observed intranuclear inclusion bodies (Cowdry Type A). The IHC showed a specific antigen-antibody reaction in the CNS of all marmosets. It was also found in tissues like the oral mucosa, the tongue, the skin, the liver, the adrenal glands, the kidneys, the lymph nodes and the nerves. The presence of the HSV-1 was confirmed by PCR in the CNS of 8/9 marmosets. Nonhuman Primates are not infected naturally by HSV-1, acquiring the disease through the contact with humans. The present study proves that HSV-1 causes fatal infections in marmosets in Brazil.