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Grandoni F, Scatà MC, Martucciello A, De Carlo E, De Matteis G, Hussen J. Comprehensive phenotyping of peripheral blood monocytes in healthy bovine. Cytometry A 2021; 101:122-130. [PMID: 34382742 DOI: 10.1002/cyto.a.24492] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/20/2021] [Revised: 07/06/2021] [Accepted: 07/16/2021] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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Monocytes are bone marrow derived innate myeloid cells that circulate in the blood and play important roles in infection and inflammation. As part of the mononuclear phagocytic system, monocytes provide innate effector functions, support the adaptive immune response, and play a role in the maintenance of tissue homeostasis. In addition to their role in sensing pathogen-associated molecular patterns using several pattern recognition receptors, monocytes are characterized by their ability to ingest and kill microbes, to produce cytokines and chemokines, and to present antigens to T cells. For a long time, monocytes have been considered as a homogenous cell population, characterized by the expression of CD14, the receptor of lipopolysaccharide. Studies in several species have shown that the monocyte population consists of phenotypically and functionally different cell subsets. In this review, we report a comprehensive phenotyping of monocyte subsets in cattle. In addition, the most characterizing cell markers and gating strategies for detailed immunophenotyping of bovine monocyte subsets are discussed.
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Affiliation(s)
- Francesco Grandoni
- Centro di ricerca Zootecnia e Acquacoltura (Research Centre for Animal Production and Aquaculture), CREA-Consiglio per la Ricerca in Agricoltura e l'Analisi dell'Economia Agraria, Monterotondo, Rome, Italy
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- Centro di ricerca Zootecnia e Acquacoltura (Research Centre for Animal Production and Aquaculture), CREA-Consiglio per la Ricerca in Agricoltura e l'Analisi dell'Economia Agraria, Monterotondo, Rome, Italy
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- National Reference Centre for Hygiene and Technologies of Water Buffalo Farming and Productions, Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale del Mezzogiorno, Salerno, Italy
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- National Reference Centre for Hygiene and Technologies of Water Buffalo Farming and Productions, Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale del Mezzogiorno, Salerno, Italy
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- Centro di ricerca Zootecnia e Acquacoltura (Research Centre for Animal Production and Aquaculture), CREA-Consiglio per la Ricerca in Agricoltura e l'Analisi dell'Economia Agraria, Monterotondo, Rome, Italy
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- Department of Microbiology, King Faisal University College of Veterinary Medicine, Al-Ahsa, Saudi Arabia
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Methods in isolation and characterization of bovine monocytes and macrophages. Methods 2020; 186:22-41. [PMID: 32622986 DOI: 10.1016/j.ymeth.2020.06.017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/01/2020] [Revised: 05/28/2020] [Accepted: 06/23/2020] [Indexed: 02/07/2023] Open
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Monocytes and macrophages belong to the mononuclear phagocyte system and play important roles in both physiological and pathological processes. The cells belonging to the monocyte/macrophage system are structurally and functionally heterogeneous. Several subsets of monocytes have been previously identified in mammalian blood, generating different subpopulations of macrophages in tissues. Although their distribution and phenotype are similar to their human counterpart, bovine monocytes and macrophages feature differences in both functions and purification procedures. The specific roles that monocytes and macrophages fulfil in several important diseases of bovine species, including among the others tuberculosis and paratuberculosis, brucellosis or the disease related to peripartum, remain still partially elusive. The purpose of this review is to discuss the current knowledge of bovine monocytes and macrophages. We will describe methods for their purification and characterization of their major functions, including chemotaxis, phagocytosis and killing, oxidative burst, apoptosis and necrosis. An overview of the flow cytometry and morphological procedures, including cytology, histology and immunohistochemistry, that are currently utilized to describe monocyte and macrophage main populations and functions is presented as well.
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Kim YH, Toji N, Kizaki K, Takemura K, Kushibiki S, Sato S. Effects of ruminal pH on gene expression in the rumen epithelium, peripheral blood mononuclear cell subpopulations, and blood metabolites from Holstein calves during weaning transition. J Vet Med Sci 2019; 81:808-816. [PMID: 31061249 PMCID: PMC6612501 DOI: 10.1292/jvms.18-0659] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022] Open
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We investigated the relationships between ruminal pH, gene expression in the rumen
epithelium (RE), peripheral blood mononuclear cell subpopulations, and blood metabolites
in Holstein calves during weaning transition. Calves (Weaning group, n=7) were assigned to
one of two groups, and fed calf starter with forage (Forage group, n=3) or without forage
(Starter group, n=4). Ruminal pH was measured continuously. Samples were collected at −1,
0, 1, and 3 weeks (blood and rumen fluid) or 3 weeks (rumen epithelium) after weaning. In
the Weaning group, ruminal pH increased, and several blood metabolites increased (blood
urea nitrogen [BUN], beta-hydroxybutyrate [BHB], and gamma-glutamyl transferase [GGT]) or
decreased (total cholesterol [T-CHO] and phospholipid) after weaning. Ruminal pH was
positively correlated with CD8+CD45R− cell populations and blood
metabolites (BUN, glucose, and BHB) and negatively correlated with GGT activity. The 24 hr
mean ruminal pH was higher in the Forage group during weaning transition, and toll-like
receptor 4 mediated signaling pathway was activated in the Starter group at 3 weeks
post-weaning. The number of CD8+CD45R− cells tended to be higher,
and several blood metabolites (glucose, triglycerides, T-CHO, and phospholipid) were
higher in the Forage group after weaning. Calves with higher ruminal pH also showed a
greater energy metabolism status simultaneously with lesser hepatic disturbance enzymes in
the peripheral blood. The results of our study indicate that serum GGT activity may be a
plausible biomarker for predicting ruminal acidosis in Holstein calves during weaning
transition.
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- Yo-Han Kim
- Cooperative Department of Veterinary Medicine, Faculty of Agriculture, Iwate University, Morioka, Iwate 020-8550, Japan
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Faculty of Science, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Hokkaido 060-0808, Japan
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- Cooperative Department of Veterinary Medicine, Faculty of Agriculture, Iwate University, Morioka, Iwate 020-8550, Japan
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- National Institute of Livestock and Grassland Science, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-0901, Japan
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- National Institute of Livestock and Grassland Science, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-0901, Japan
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- Cooperative Department of Veterinary Medicine, Faculty of Agriculture, Iwate University, Morioka, Iwate 020-8550, Japan
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Karponi G, Kritas S, Petridou E, Papanikolaou E. Efficient Transduction and Expansion of Ovine Macrophages for Gene Therapy Implementations. Vet Sci 2018; 5:vetsci5020057. [PMID: 29912168 PMCID: PMC6024765 DOI: 10.3390/vetsci5020057] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/06/2018] [Revised: 06/05/2018] [Accepted: 06/14/2018] [Indexed: 02/08/2023] Open
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A number of bacteria provoking zoonotic diseases present intracellular survival and a host cell tropism limited to the monocyte/macrophage lineage. Thus, infection is rendered difficult to eradicate, causing chronic inflammatory reactions to the host and widespread prevalence. Although self-inactivating lentiviral vectors have been successfully tested in the clinic against virally-induced human infectious diseases, little is known about the transduction susceptibility of ruminant animal phagocytes that play a critical role in the outbreak of zoonotic diseases such as brucellosis. In view of the development of a lentiviral vector-based platform targeting and inactivating specific genetic features of intracellular bacteria, we have tested the transducibility of ovine macrophages in terms of transgene expression and vector copy number (VCN). We show that ovine macrophages are relatively resistant to transduction even at a high multiplicity of infection with a conventional lentiviral vector expressing the green fluorescence protein and that addition of transduction enhancers, such as polybrene, increases transgene expression even after a one-week culture of the transduced cells in vitro. Overall, we demonstrate that ovine macrophages may be efficiently expanded and transduced in culture, thus providing the benchmark for gene therapy applications for zoonotic diseases.
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- Garyfalia Karponi
- Laboratory of Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki 54124, Greece.
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- Laboratory of Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki 54124, Greece.
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- Laboratory of Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki 54124, Greece.
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- Laboratory of Biology, School of Medicine, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens 11527, Greece.
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Corripio-Miyar Y, Hope J, McInnes CJ, Wattegedera SR, Jensen K, Pang Y, Entrican G, Glass EJ. Phenotypic and functional analysis of monocyte populations in cattle peripheral blood identifies a subset with high endocytic and allogeneic T-cell stimulatory capacity. Vet Res 2015; 46:112. [PMID: 26407849 PMCID: PMC4582714 DOI: 10.1186/s13567-015-0246-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/12/2015] [Accepted: 08/17/2015] [Indexed: 12/22/2022] Open
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Circulating monocytes in several mammalian species can be subdivided into functionally distinct subpopulations based on differential expression of surface molecules. We confirm that bovine monocytes express CD172a and MHC class II with two distinct populations of CD14+CD16low/-CD163+ and CD14−CD16++CD163low- cells, and a more diffuse population of CD14+CD16+CD163+ cells. In contrast, ovine monocytes consisted of only a major CD14+CD16+ subset and a very low percentage of CD14−CD16++cells. The bovine subsets expressed similar levels of CD80, CD40 and CD11c molecules and mRNA encoding CD115. However, further mRNA analyses revealed that the CD14−CD16++ monocytes were CX3CR1highCCR2low whereas the major CD14+ subset was CX3CR1lowCCR2high. The former were positive for CD1b and had lower levels of CD11b and CD86 than the CD14+ monocytes. The more diffuse CD14+CD16+ population generally expressed intermediate levels of these molecules. All three populations responded to stimulation with phenol-extracted lipopolysaccharide (LPS) by producing interleukin (IL)-1β, with the CD16++ subset expressing higher levels of IL-12 and lower levels of IL-10. The CD14−CD16++ cells were more endocytic and induced greater allogeneic T cell responses compared to the other monocyte populations. Taken together the data show both similarities and differences between the classical, intermediate and non-classical definitions of monocytes as described for other mammalian species, with additional potential subpopulations. Further functional analyses of these monocyte populations may help explain inter-animal and inter-species variations to infection, inflammation and vaccination in ruminant livestock.
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- Yolanda Corripio-Miyar
- Division of Infection & Immunity, The Roslin Institute and Royal (Dick) School of Veterinary Studies, University of Edinburgh, Easter Bush, Midlothian, EH25 9RG, UK.
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- Division of Infection & Immunity, The Roslin Institute and Royal (Dick) School of Veterinary Studies, University of Edinburgh, Easter Bush, Midlothian, EH25 9RG, UK.
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- Current address: Moredun Research Institute, Pentlands Science Park, Bush Loan, Midlothian, EH26 0PZ, UK.
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- Current address: Moredun Research Institute, Pentlands Science Park, Bush Loan, Midlothian, EH26 0PZ, UK.
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- Division of Infection & Immunity, The Roslin Institute and Royal (Dick) School of Veterinary Studies, University of Edinburgh, Easter Bush, Midlothian, EH25 9RG, UK.
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- Current address: Moredun Research Institute, Pentlands Science Park, Bush Loan, Midlothian, EH26 0PZ, UK.
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- Division of Infection & Immunity, The Roslin Institute and Royal (Dick) School of Veterinary Studies, University of Edinburgh, Easter Bush, Midlothian, EH25 9RG, UK. .,Current address: Moredun Research Institute, Pentlands Science Park, Bush Loan, Midlothian, EH26 0PZ, UK.
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- Division of Infection & Immunity, The Roslin Institute and Royal (Dick) School of Veterinary Studies, University of Edinburgh, Easter Bush, Midlothian, EH25 9RG, UK.
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Prionemia and leukocyte-platelet-associated infectivity in sheep transmissible spongiform encephalopathy models. J Virol 2011; 86:2056-66. [PMID: 22156536 DOI: 10.1128/jvi.06532-11] [Citation(s) in RCA: 55] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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The dynamics of the circulation and distribution of transmissible spongiform encephalopathy (TSE) agents in the blood of infected individuals remain largely unknown. This clearly limits the understanding of the role of blood in TSE pathogenesis and the development of a reliable TSE blood detection assay. Using two distinct sheep scrapie models and blood transfusion, this work demonstrates the occurrence of a very early and persistent prionemia. This ability to transmit disease by blood transfusion was correlated with the presence of infectivity in white blood cells (WBC) and peripheral blood mononucleated cells (PBMC) as detected by bioassay in mice overexpressing the ovine prion protein PrP (tg338 mice) and with the identification of abnormal PrP in WBC after using protein misfolding cyclic amplification (PMCA). Platelets and a large variety of leukocyte subpopulations also were shown to be infectious. The use of endpoint titration in tg338 mice indicated that the infectivity in WBC (per ml of blood) was 10(6.5)-fold lower than that in 1 g of posterior brainstem sample. In both WBC and brainstem, infectivity displayed similar resistance to PK digestion. The data strongly support the concept that WBC are an accurate target for reliable TSE detection by PMCA. The presence of infectivity in short-life-span blood cellular elements raises the question of the origin of prionemia.
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Schwarz D, Diesterbeck U, König S, Brügemann K, Schlez K, Zschöck M, Wolter W, Czerny CP. Flow cytometric differential cell counts in milk for the evaluation of inflammatory reactions in clinically healthy and subclinically infected bovine mammary glands. J Dairy Sci 2011; 94:5033-44. [DOI: 10.3168/jds.2011-4348] [Citation(s) in RCA: 59] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/07/2011] [Accepted: 06/26/2011] [Indexed: 12/25/2022]
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Crozat K, Guiton R, Contreras V, Feuillet V, Dutertre CA, Ventre E, Vu Manh TP, Baranek T, Storset AK, Marvel J, Boudinot P, Hosmalin A, Schwartz-Cornil I, Dalod M. The XC chemokine receptor 1 is a conserved selective marker of mammalian cells homologous to mouse CD8alpha+ dendritic cells. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2010; 207:1283-92. [PMID: 20479118 PMCID: PMC2882835 DOI: 10.1084/jem.20100223] [Citation(s) in RCA: 486] [Impact Index Per Article: 34.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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Human BDCA3+ dendritic cells (DCs) were suggested to be homologous to mouse CD8α+ DCs. We demonstrate that human BDCA3+ DCs are more efficient than their BDCA1+ counterparts or plasmacytoid DCs (pDCs) in cross-presenting antigen and activating CD8+ T cells, which is similar to mouse CD8α+ DCs as compared with CD11b+ DCs or pDCs, although with more moderate differences between human DC subsets. Yet, no specific marker was known to be shared between homologous DC subsets across species. We found that XC chemokine receptor 1 (XCR1) is specifically expressed and active in mouse CD8α+, human BDCA3+, and sheep CD26+ DCs and is conserved across species. The mRNA encoding the XCR1 ligand chemokine (C motif) ligand 1 (XCL1) is selectively expressed in natural killer (NK) and CD8+ T lymphocytes at steady-state and is enhanced upon activation. Moreover, the Xcl1 mRNA is selectively expressed at high levels in central memory compared with naive CD8+ T lymphocytes. Finally, XCR1−/− mice have decreased early CD8+ T cell responses to Listeria monocytogenes infection, which is associated with higher bacterial loads early in infection. Therefore, XCR1 constitutes the first conserved specific marker for cell subsets homologous to mouse CD8α+ DCs in higher vertebrates and promotes their ability to activate early CD8+ T cell defenses against an intracellular pathogenic bacteria.
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- Karine Crozat
- Centre d'Immunologie de Marseille-Luminy, Université de la Méditerranée, Parc scientifique et technologique de Luminy, 13288 Marseille, France
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Chavatte-Palmer PM, Heyman Y, Richard C, Urien C, Renard JP, Schwartz-Cornil I. The immune status of bovine somatic clones. CLONING AND STEM CELLS 2009; 11:309-18. [PMID: 19508113 DOI: 10.1089/clo.2008.0080] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022]
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Agronomical applications of cloned livestock produced by somatic cell nuclear transfer (SCNT) have been authorized in the United States and the European Food Safety Authority published that there was no evidence of risks associated with the use of cloned animal in the breeding industry. Both assessments, however, underlined that complementary data are needed to update their conclusions. SCNT is associated with a high incidence of perinatal losses. After birth, cloned cattle appear to possibly present subtle immune defects, requiring extensive studies to be properly evidenced. Twenty-five cloned Holstein heifers from five distinct genotypes and their contemporary age- and sex-matched controls were compared. An extensive survey of leukocyte subsets was performed and the humoral and T-cell immune responses to exogenous antigens were studied. Cloned cattle presented a normal representation of leukocyte subsets. Functional immunity was not modified in cloned heifers, as they were able to raise an antibody response and to develop B and T cell-specific responses against the model antigen OVA (ovalbumin) and against a rotavirus vaccine as in controls. Thus, this extensive analysis supports previous data suggesting that cloned cattle have a normal immunity.
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Subclinical mastitis is a costly disease and its diagnosis is difficult. Besides the somatic cell count (SCC) and bacteriology, the differential inflammatory cell count (DICC) is a meaningful tool for mastitis detection. As microscopy is very subjective because of the low number of events to be counted, flow cytometry has often been proposed for the differentiation of milk cells. The objective of this study was to determine whether it is possible to identify subclinical mastitis in cattle at an early stage by a simple and fast flow cytometric method. The aim was to identify the main leucocyte populations in flow cytometric dotplots (polymorphonuclear neutrophils (PMN), lymphocytes and macrophages) and, with these, to elaborate a method of mastitis prognostics. Milk from 15 German Holstein cows was sampled in cross-sectional studies and SCC determined. After preparation, the milk cells were incubated with different specific antibodies that bind to different cell types and also to propidium iodide (PI), which differs between viable and non-viable cells. This procedure made it possible to localize cell types in a flow cytometric dot plot and to differentiate between viable and non-viable PMN. Percentages of viable PMN can be determined by a procedure consisting of a simple centrifugation, incubation with PI, and flow cytometric measurement. So it is possible to quickly determine the stage of the inflammation even in quarters with a low SCC.
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Peterson K, Brinkhof J, Houwers D, Colenbrander B, Gadella B. Presence of pro-lentiviral DNA in male sexual organs and ejaculates of small ruminants. Theriogenology 2008; 69:433-42. [DOI: 10.1016/j.theriogenology.2007.10.013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/08/2007] [Revised: 10/15/2007] [Accepted: 10/18/2007] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Peterson K, Koets A, Rutten V, Colenbrander B, Houwers D. Flowcytometric assessment of circulating peripheral blood monocytes in small ruminants. Small Rumin Res 2006. [DOI: 10.1016/j.smallrumres.2005.05.037] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Soethout EC, Müller KE, van den Belt AJM, Rutten VPMG. Identification and phenotyping of leukocytes in bovine bronchoalveolar lavage fluid. CLINICAL AND DIAGNOSTIC LABORATORY IMMUNOLOGY 2005; 11:795-8. [PMID: 15242961 PMCID: PMC440617 DOI: 10.1128/cdli.11.4.795-798.2004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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A method is proposed to identify leukocyte subpopulations in bovine bronchoalveolar lavage fluid by dual-laser flow cytometry. The technique uses several parameters, i.e., exclusion of highly autofluorescent alveolar macrophages and inclusion of leukocytes on the basis of labeling by specific antibodies and light scatter characteristics.
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- E C Soethout
- Division of Immunology, Department of Infectious Diseases and Immunology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Utrecht University, The Netherlands.
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Nielsen L, Røntved CM, Nielsen MO, Norup LR, Ingvartsen KL. Leukocytes from heifers at different ages express insulin and insulin-like growth factor-1 (IGF-1) receptors. Domest Anim Endocrinol 2003; 25:231-8. [PMID: 12972378 DOI: 10.1016/s0739-7240(03)00065-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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The objectives of this study were to investigate if insulin receptors (IR) and insulin-like growth factor-1 receptors (IGF-1R) could be detected on bovine leukocytes using fluorescence antibodies and flowcytometry, and use this method to investigate whether the amount of receptors differed among heifers at different ages. Twenty Danish Holstein heifers in the following three age groups were included in the investigation: (1) heifers aged 25-45 days (n = 8), (2) heifers aged 185-205 days (n = 7), and (3) heifers aged 780-900 days (approximately one month prepartum; n = 5). Antibodies against human IR and IGF-1R were used for indirect immunofluorescence staining of cells, and were found to cross-react with the bovine receptors. IR were found on lymphocytes, monocytes, and neutrophils in all animals, while IGF-1R were found only on monocytes and neutrophils. The percentage of IR+ lymphocytes was almost doubled from stage 1 to 3 (34% versus 57%) and IR expression on lymphocytes and monocytes increased significantly (P<0.01) from 6.80 and 13.60 to 8.24 and 17.50 in heifers aged 185-205 days and heifers aged 780-900 days, respectively. No differences were observed for neutrophil IR or IGF-1R expression. In conclusion, surface IR and IGF-1R can be detected on bovine leukocytes by flowcytometry. Interestingly, the highest numbers of IR were found in heifers one month prepartum. The regulation of IR and IGF-1R expression on bovine leukocytes, and their role in host immunity, needs further investigation.
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- L Nielsen
- Department of Animal Health and Welfare, Danish Institute of Agricultural Sciences, Research Centre Foulum, P.O. Box 50, DK-8830 Tjele, Denmark.
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Inchaisri C, Waller KP, Johannisson A. Studies on the modulation of leucocyte subpopulations and immunoglobulins following intramammary infusion of beta 1,3-glucan into the bovine udder during the dry period. JOURNAL OF VETERINARY MEDICINE. B, INFECTIOUS DISEASES AND VETERINARY PUBLIC HEALTH 2000; 47:373-86. [PMID: 10900828 DOI: 10.1046/j.1439-0450.2000.00357.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Inflammatory and immunological reactions after intramammary infusion of beta 1,3-glucan were studied during the steady dry period and involution phase of the bovine udder. The effects of a single intramammary infusion of two different doses (100 and 200 mg) of beta 1,3-glucan were evaluated during the steady dry period. In a second study, the effects of beta 1,3-glucan at drying off were studied by using two treatment regimens; a single infusion at drying off, compared with two infusions of the compound, at drying off and again 2 weeks later. Total and differential leucocyte counts were measured in both blood and udder secretions. Additionally, the expression of receptors for CD14 and MHC class II on leucocytes, and the expression of receptors for CD4, CD8, WC1, IL2R and B-cells on lymphocytes was measured in mammary secretions by flow cytometric analyses. The concentrations of immunoglobulins in udder secretions were measured by radial immunodiffusion. The results showed that a single intramammary infusion of beta 1,3-glucan during the steady dry period causes transient enhancement of some aspects of the inflammatory and immune responses. The increases in somatic cell counts, numbers of monocytes/macrophages, and in proportions of CD14+ and MHC class II+ leucocytes in udder secretions were dose-dependent. Infusion of beta 1,3-glucan also slightly increased the proportion of CD4+ lymphocytes and the concentrations of IgG1 and IgG2 in dry secretions. Infusion of beta 1,3-glucan at drying off seemed to accelerate the involution process through an increase in somatic cells, particularly in the numbers of macrophages, in mammary secretions. The numbers of lymphocytes and polymorphonuclear leucocytes, the proportions of IL2R+ lymphocytes, the proportions of CD14+ or MHC class II+ leucocytes and the concentrations of IgG1 and IgG2 also increased in comparison with untreated controls. Moreover, a second infusion of beta 1,3-glucan tended to prolong this response, indicating that this might be an effective means of enhancing the mammary defence against udder infections closer to calving. In conclusion, the results indicate the intramammary infusion of beta 1,3-glucan could be used to enhance the defence mechanisms of the bovine udder against infections, especially during early involution.
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- C Inchaisri
- Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Uppsala, Sweden
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