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Davis WC, Mahmoud AH, Hulubei V, Hasan A, Abdellrazeq GS. Progress in the development and use of monoclonal antibodies to study the evolution and function of the immune systems in the extant lineages of ungulates. Vet Immunol Immunopathol 2024; 270:110730. [PMID: 38422854 DOI: 10.1016/j.vetimm.2024.110730] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/03/2023] [Revised: 02/17/2024] [Accepted: 02/19/2024] [Indexed: 03/02/2024]
Abstract
Details on the origin and function of the immune system are beginning to emerge from genomic studies tracing the origin of B and T cells and the major histocompatibility complex. This is being accomplished through identification of DNA sequences of ancestral genes present in the genomes of lineages of vertebrates that have evolved from a common primordial ancestor. Information on the evolution of the composition and function of the immune system is being obtained through development of monoclonal antibodies (mAbs) specific for the MHC class I and II molecules and differentially expressed on leukocytes differentiation molecules (LDM). The mAbs have provided the tools needed to compare the similarities and differences in the phenotype and function of immune systems that have evolved during speciation. The majority of information currently available on evolution of the composition and function of the immune system is derived from study of the immune systems in humans and mice. As described in the present review, further information is beginning to emerge from comparative studies of the immune systems in the extant lineages of species present in the two orders of ungulates, Perissodactyla and Artiodactyla. Methods have been developed to facilitate comparative research across species on pathogens affecting animal and human health.
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- William C Davis
- Department Veterinary Microbiology, College Veterinary Medicine, Washington State University, Pullman, WA, USA.
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- Department Veterinary Microbiology, College Veterinary Medicine, Washington State University, Pullman, WA, USA
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- Department Veterinary Microbiology, College Veterinary Medicine, Washington State University, Pullman, WA, USA
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- Department Veterinary Microbiology, College Veterinary Medicine, Washington State University, Pullman, WA, USA
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- Department Veterinary Microbiology, College Veterinary Medicine, Washington State University, Pullman, WA, USA
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Elnagga MM, Abdellrazeq GS, Sacco RE, Harsla TR, Mucci ML, Fry LM, Hulubei V, Davis WC. Comparative analysis of the specificity of monoclonal antibodies developed against the bottlenose dolphin, Tursiops truncatus, TNF-α, IL1-β, IL-6, IL-8, IL-10 with monoclonal antibodies made against ovine IFN-γ bovine IL-17A and IL-1β revealed they recognize epitopes conserved on dolphin and bovine orthologues. Vet Immunol Immunopathol 2022; 250:110456. [PMID: 35728348 DOI: 10.1016/j.vetimm.2022.110456] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/18/2021] [Revised: 05/21/2022] [Accepted: 06/15/2022] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Opportunities to include Cetancodontamorpha in the study of the evolution of the immune system in the clades of Artiodactylamorpha, Ruminantiamorpha, Suinamorpha, and Camelidamorpha have increased with the use of the bottlenose dolphin, Tursiops truncatus, as a sentinel species to study the effects of environmental pollutants on the health of marine mammals. Efforts are currently underway to increase the number reagents needed for detailed studies. Thus far, screening of monoclonal antibodies (mAbs) made to leukocyte differentiation molecules (LDM) and the major histocompatibility (MHC) class I and class II molecules in Ruminantiamorpha have yielded some mAbs that recognize conserved epitopes expressed on orthologues in the bottlenose dolphin. More direct approaches are in progress to identify additional mAbs to bottlenose LDM and cytokines. As reported here, both direct and indirect approaches were used to identify mAbs specific for cytokines useful in monitoring the effects of environmental pollutants on the immune system. Immunization of mice with expressed bottlenose dolphin cytokines yielded mAbs specific for IFN-γ, TNF-α, IL-6, IL-8, IL-10, and IL-17A. Screening of previously developed mAbs used in livestock immunology research revealed mAbs developed against ovine IFN-γ and bovine IL-17 and IL-1β recognize conserved epitopes in bottlenose dolphin orthologues. The mAbs identified in the present study expand the reagents available to study the function of the immune system in bottlenose dolphins and cattle.
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- Mahmoud M Elnagga
- Department of Veterinary Microbiology and Pathology, College of Veterinary Medicine, Washington State University, WA, USA; Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Alexandria University, Egypt
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- Department of Veterinary Microbiology and Pathology, College of Veterinary Medicine, Washington State University, WA, USA; Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Alexandria University, Egypt
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- Ruminant Diseases and Immunology Research Unit, National Animal Disease Center, United States Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service, Ames, IA, USA
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- Ruminant Diseases and Immunology Research Unit, National Animal Disease Center, United States Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service, Ames, IA, USA
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- Ruminant Diseases and Immunology Research Unit, National Animal Disease Center, United States Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service, Ames, IA, USA
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- Department of Veterinary Microbiology and Pathology, College of Veterinary Medicine, Washington State University, WA, USA; Animal Disease Research Unit, Agricultural Research Service, United States Department of Agriculture, Pullman, WA, USA
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- Department of Veterinary Microbiology and Pathology, College of Veterinary Medicine, Washington State University, WA, USA
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- Department of Veterinary Microbiology and Pathology, College of Veterinary Medicine, Washington State University, WA, USA.
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Davis WC, Mahmoud AH, Abdellrazeq GS, Elnaggar MM, Dahl JL, Hulubei V, Fry LM. Ex vivo Platforms to Study the Primary and Recall Immune Responses to Intracellular Mycobacterial Pathogens and Peptide-Based Vaccines. Front Vet Sci 2022; 9:878347. [PMID: 35591875 PMCID: PMC9111181 DOI: 10.3389/fvets.2022.878347] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/17/2022] [Accepted: 04/01/2022] [Indexed: 11/29/2022] Open
Abstract
Progress in the study of the immune response to pathogens and candidate vaccines has been impeded by limitations in the methods to study the functional activity of T-cell subsets proliferating in response to antigens processed and presented by antigen presenting cells (APC). As described in this review, during our studies of the bovine immune response to a candidate peptide-based vaccine and candidate rel deletion mutants in Mycobacterium avium paratuberculosis (Map) and Mycbacterium bovis (BCG), we developed methods to study the primary and recall CD4 and CD8 T-cell responses using an ex vivo platform. An assay was developed to study intracellular killing of bacteria mediated by CD8 T cells using quantitative PCR to distinguish live bacteria from dead bacteria in a mixed population of live and dead bacteria. Through use of these assays, we were able to demonstrate vaccination with live rel Map and BCG deletion mutants and a Map peptide-based vaccine elicit development of CD8 cytotoxic T cells with the ability to kill intracellular bacteria using the perforin-granzyme B pathway. We also demonstrated tri-directional signaling between CD4 and CD8 T cells and antigen-primed APC is essential for eliciting CD8 cytotoxic T cells. Herein, we describe development of the assays and review progress made through their use in the study of the immune response to mycobacterial pathogens and candidate vaccines. The methods obviate some of the major difficulties encountered in characterizing the cell-mediated immune response to pathogens and development of attenuated and peptide-based vaccines.
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- William C. Davis
- Department of Veterinary Microbiology and Pathology, Washington State University, Pullman, WA, United States
- *Correspondence: William C. Davis
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- Department of Veterinary Microbiology and Pathology, Washington State University, Pullman, WA, United States
- Veterinary Quarantine of Alexandria, General Organization for Veterinary Services, Ministry of Agriculture and Land Reclamation, Cairo, Egypt
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- Department of Veterinary Microbiology and Pathology, Washington State University, Pullman, WA, United States
- Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Alexandria University, Alexandria, Egypt
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- Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Alexandria University, Alexandria, Egypt
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- Department of Biology, University of Minnesota Duluth, Duluth, MN, United States
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- Department of Veterinary Microbiology and Pathology, Washington State University, Pullman, WA, United States
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- Department of Veterinary Microbiology and Pathology, Washington State University, Pullman, WA, United States
- Animal Disease Research Unit, USDA-ARS, Pullman, WA, United States
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Davis WC, Abdellrazeq GS, Mahmoud AH, Park KT, Elnaggar MM, Donofrio G, Hulubei V, Fry LM. Advances in Understanding of the Immune Response to Mycobacterial Pathogens and Vaccines through Use of Cattle and Mycobacterium avium subsp. paratuberculosis as a Prototypic Mycobacterial Pathogen. Vaccines (Basel) 2021; 9:vaccines9101085. [PMID: 34696193 PMCID: PMC8541111 DOI: 10.3390/vaccines9101085] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/15/2021] [Revised: 09/19/2021] [Accepted: 09/23/2021] [Indexed: 01/29/2023] Open
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Lack of understanding of the immune response to mycobacterial pathogens has impeded progress in development of vaccines. Infection leads to development of an immune response that controls infection but is unable to eliminate the pathogen, resulting in a persistent infection. Although this puzzle remains to be solved, progress has been made using cattle as a model species to study the immune response to a prototypic mycobacterium, Mycobacterium a. paratuberculosis (Map). As chronicled in the review, incremental advances in characterizing the immune response to mycobacteria during the last 30 years with increases in information on the evolution of mycobacteria and relA, a gene regulating the stringent response, have brought us closer to an answer. We provide a brief overview of how mycobacterial pathogens were introduced into cattle during the transition of humankind to nomadic pastoralists who domesticated animals for food and farming. We summarize what is known about speciation of mycobacteria since the discovery of Mybacterium tuberculsis Mtb, M. bovis Mbv, and Map as zoonotic pathogens and discuss the challenges inherent in the development of vaccines to mycobacteria. We then describe how cattle were used to characterize the immune response to a prototypic mycobacterial pathogen and development of novel candidate vaccines.
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- William C. Davis
- Department of Veterinary Microbiology and Pathology, Washington State University, Pullman, WA 99164, USA; (G.S.A.); (A.H.M.); (M.M.E.); (V.H.); (L.M.F.)
- Correspondence:
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- Department of Veterinary Microbiology and Pathology, Washington State University, Pullman, WA 99164, USA; (G.S.A.); (A.H.M.); (M.M.E.); (V.H.); (L.M.F.)
- Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Alexandria University, Alexandria 22758, Egypt
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- Department of Veterinary Microbiology and Pathology, Washington State University, Pullman, WA 99164, USA; (G.S.A.); (A.H.M.); (M.M.E.); (V.H.); (L.M.F.)
- Veterinary Quarantine of Alexandria, General Organization for Veterinary Services, Ministry of Agriculture and Land Reclamation, Dokki, Giza 12611, Egypt
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- Department of Biotechnology, Inje University, Injero 197, Kimhae-si 50834, Korea;
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- Department of Veterinary Microbiology and Pathology, Washington State University, Pullman, WA 99164, USA; (G.S.A.); (A.H.M.); (M.M.E.); (V.H.); (L.M.F.)
- Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Alexandria University, Alexandria 22758, Egypt
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- Department of Medical-Veterinary Science, University of Parma, 43126 Parma, Italy;
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- Department of Veterinary Microbiology and Pathology, Washington State University, Pullman, WA 99164, USA; (G.S.A.); (A.H.M.); (M.M.E.); (V.H.); (L.M.F.)
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- Department of Veterinary Microbiology and Pathology, Washington State University, Pullman, WA 99164, USA; (G.S.A.); (A.H.M.); (M.M.E.); (V.H.); (L.M.F.)
- Animal Disease Research Unit, USDA-ARS, Pullman, WA 99164, USA
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Abdellrazeq GS, Mahmoud AH, Park KT, Fry LM, Elnaggar MM, Schneider DA, Hulubei V, Davis WC. relA is Achilles' heel for mycobacterial pathogens as demonstrated with deletion mutants in Mycobacterium avium subsp. paratuberculosis and mycobacterium bovis bacillus Calmette-Guérin (BCG). Tuberculosis (Edinb) 2020; 120:101904. [PMID: 32090858 DOI: 10.1016/j.tube.2020.101904] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/06/2019] [Revised: 12/22/2019] [Accepted: 01/13/2020] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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Studies with Mycobacterium avium subsp. paratuberculosis (Map) in cattle revealed deletion of relA, a global regulator gene, abrogated ability of the mutant to establish a persistent infection, attributed to development of an immune response that cleared infection. Analysis of the recall response demonstrated presence of CD8 cytotoxic T cells that kill intracellular bacteria. Replication of the primary response demonstrated the CTL response could be elicited with the ΔMap/relA mutant or the target of the immune response, a 35 kD membrane protein. Follow up comparative studies with Mycobacterium bovis bacillus Calmette-Guérin (BCG) and a BCG relA (ΔBCG/relA) deletion mutant revealed deletion of relA enhanced the CTL response compared to BCG. Analysis of the cytokine profile of cells proliferating in response to stimulation with BCG or BCG/relA showed increased expression of IFN-γ, TNF-α, and IL-17 by cells stimulated with ΔBCG/relA in comparison with BCG. The proliferative and CTL responses were markedly reduced in response to stimulation with heat killed BCG or ΔBCG/relA. Intracellular bacterial killing was mediated through the perforin, granzyme B (GnzB), and the granulysin pathway. The data indicate relA is the Achilles' heel for pathogenic mycobacteria and deletion may be key to improving efficacy of attenuated vaccines for mycobacterial pathogens.
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- Gaber S Abdellrazeq
- Department of Veterinary Microbiology and Pathology, Washington State University, Pullman, WA, USA; Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Alexandria University, Egypt
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- Department of Veterinary Microbiology and Pathology, Washington State University, Pullman, WA, USA; Veterinary Quarantine of Alexandria, General Organization for Veterinary Services, Ministry of Agriculture and Land Reclamation, Egypt
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- Department of Biotechnology, Inje University, Injero 197, Kimhae-si, Gyeongsangnam-do, South Korea
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- Department of Veterinary Microbiology and Pathology, Washington State University, Pullman, WA, USA; USDA, ARS, Animal Disease Research Unit, Pullman, WA, USA
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- Department of Veterinary Microbiology and Pathology, Washington State University, Pullman, WA, USA; Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Alexandria University, Egypt
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- Department of Veterinary Microbiology and Pathology, Washington State University, Pullman, WA, USA; USDA, ARS, Animal Disease Research Unit, Pullman, WA, USA
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- Department of Veterinary Microbiology and Pathology, Washington State University, Pullman, WA, USA
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- Department of Veterinary Microbiology and Pathology, Washington State University, Pullman, WA, USA.
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Franceschi V, Mahmoud AH, Abdellrazeq GS, Tebaldi G, Macchi F, Russo L, Fry LM, Elnaggar MM, Bannantine JP, Park KT, Hulubei V, Cavirani S, Davis WC, Donofrio G. Capacity to Elicit Cytotoxic CD8 T Cell Activity Against Mycobacterium avium subsp. paratuberculosis Is Retained in a Vaccine Candidate 35 kDa Peptide Modified for Expression in Mammalian Cells. Front Immunol 2019; 10:2859. [PMID: 31921129 PMCID: PMC6917596 DOI: 10.3389/fimmu.2019.02859] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/02/2019] [Accepted: 11/21/2019] [Indexed: 01/24/2023] Open
Abstract
Studies focused on development of an attenuated vaccine against Mycobacterium avium subsp. paratuberculosis (Map), the causative agent of paratuberculosis (Ptb) in cattle and other species, revealed that deletion of relA, a global gene regulator, abrogates the ability of Map to establish a persistent infection. In the absence of relA, cattle develop CD8 cytotoxic T cells (CTL) with the ability to kill intracellular bacteria. Analysis of the recall response to a relA mutant, Map/ΔrelA, with cells from a vaccinated steer demonstrated that a 35-kDa membrane peptide (MMP) is one of the targets of the response. This observation suggested that it might be possible to develop a peptide-based vaccine. As reported here, the gene encoding the hypothetical MMP ORF, MAP2121c, was modified for expression in mammalian cells as a first step in developing an expression cassette for incorporation into a mammalian expression vector. The modified sequence of MMP, tPA-MMP, was mutated to generate two additional sequences for the study, one with substitutions to replace five potential residues that could be glycosylated, tPA-MMP-5mut, and one with substitutions to replace the first two potential residues that could be glycosylated, tPA-MMP-2mut. The sequences were placed in an expression cassette to produce peptides for analysis. An ex vivo platform was used with flow cytometry and a bacterium viability assay to determine if modifications in the gene encoding MMP for expression in mammalian cells altered its capacity to elicit development of CD8 CTL, essential for its use in a peptide-based vaccine. Monocyte-depleted PBMC (mdPBMC) were stimulated with antigen-presenting cells (APC) pulsed with different MMP constructs. CD4 and CD8 T cells proliferated in response to stimulation with MMP (control) expressed in Escherichia coli (eMMP), tPA-MMP, and tPA-MMP-2mut. CD8 T cells retained the capacity to kill intracellular bacteria. The tPA-MMP-5mut failed to elicit a proliferative response and was not included in further studies. The data show that the expression cassettes containing MMP and MMP-2mut can be used to screen and select a mammalian expression vector for the development of an efficacious peptide-based vaccine against Ptb.
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- Department of Veterinary Microbiology and Pathology, Washington State University, Pullman, WA, United States.,Veterinary Quarantine of Alexandria, General Organization for Veterinary Services, Ministry of Agriculture, Alexandria, Egypt
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- Department of Veterinary Microbiology and Pathology, Washington State University, Pullman, WA, United States.,Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Alexandria University, Alexandria, Egypt
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- Department of Medical-Veterinary Science, University of Parma, Parma, Italy
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- Department of Medical-Veterinary Science, University of Parma, Parma, Italy
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- Department of Medical-Veterinary Science, University of Parma, Parma, Italy
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- Department of Veterinary Microbiology and Pathology, Washington State University, Pullman, WA, United States.,Animal Disease Research Unit, Agricultural Research Service (ARS), USDA, Pullman, WA, United States
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- Department of Veterinary Microbiology and Pathology, Washington State University, Pullman, WA, United States.,Veterinary Quarantine of Alexandria, General Organization for Veterinary Services, Ministry of Agriculture, Alexandria, Egypt
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- National Animal Disease Center, Agricultural Research Service (ARS), USDA, Ames, IA, United States
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- Department of Biotechnology, Inje University, Gimhae, South Korea
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- Department of Veterinary Microbiology and Pathology, Washington State University, Pullman, WA, United States
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- Department of Medical-Veterinary Science, University of Parma, Parma, Italy
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- Department of Veterinary Microbiology and Pathology, Washington State University, Pullman, WA, United States
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- Department of Medical-Veterinary Science, University of Parma, Parma, Italy
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Elnaggar MM, Abdellrazeq GS, Dassanayake RP, Fry LM, Hulubei V, Davis WC. Characterization of αβ and γδ T cell subsets expressing IL-17A in ruminants and swine. Dev Comp Immunol 2018; 85:115-124. [PMID: 29627456 DOI: 10.1016/j.dci.2018.04.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/23/2018] [Revised: 04/03/2018] [Accepted: 04/04/2018] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
Abstract
As part of our ongoing program to expand immunological reagents available for research in cattle, we developed a monoclonal antibody (mAb) to bovine interleukin-17A (IL-17A), a multifunctional cytokine centrally involved in regulating innate and adaptive immune responses. Initial comparative studies demonstrated the mAb recognizes a conserved epitope expressed on orthologues of IL-17A in sheep, goats and pigs. Comparative flow cytometric analyses of lymphocyte subsets stimulated with phorbol 12-myristate 13-acetate (PMA) and ionomycin revealed differences in expression of IL-17A by CD4, CD8, and γδ T cells across ruminants and swine species. Results in cattle showed the largest proportion of IL-17A+ cells were CD4+ followed by γδ and CD8+ T cells. Further analysis revealed the IL-17A+ γδ T cell subset was comprised of WC1.1+, WC1.2+, and WC1- subsets. Analysis of the IL-17A+ CD8+ T cell subset revealed it was comprised of αβ and γδ T cell subsets. Results in sheep and goats revealed IL-17A is expressed mainly by CD4+ and CD8+ T cells, with little expression by γδ T cells. Analysis of IL-17A+ CD8+ T cells showed the majority were CD8+ αβ in sheep, whereas they were CD8+ γδ in goats. The majority of the sheep and goat IL-17A+ γδ T cells were WC1+. Results obtained in swine showed expression of IL-17A by CD4, CD8, and γδ T cell subsets were similar to results reported in other studies. Comparison of expression of IL-17A with IFN-γ revealed subsets co-expressed IL-17A and IFN-γ in cattle, sheep, and goats. The new mAb expands opportunities for immunology research in ruminants and swine.
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- Mahmoud M Elnaggar
- Department of Veterinary Microbiology and Pathology, College of Veterinary Medicine, Washington State University, WA, USA; Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Alexandria University, Egypt.
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- Department of Veterinary Microbiology and Pathology, College of Veterinary Medicine, Washington State University, WA, USA; Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Alexandria University, Egypt
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- Ruminant Diseases and Immunology Research Unit, National Animal Disease Center, United States Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service, Ames, IA, USA
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- Department of Veterinary Microbiology and Pathology, College of Veterinary Medicine, Washington State University, WA, USA; Animal Disease Research Unit, Agricultural Research Service, United States Department of Agriculture, Pullman, WA, USA
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- Department of Veterinary Microbiology and Pathology, College of Veterinary Medicine, Washington State University, WA, USA
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- Department of Veterinary Microbiology and Pathology, College of Veterinary Medicine, Washington State University, WA, USA
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Elnaggar MM, Abdellrazeq GS, Sester M, Khaliel SA, Singh M, Torky HA, Davis WC. Corrigendum to "Development of an improved ESAT-6 and CFP-10 peptide-based cytokine flow cytometric assay for bovine tuberculosis" [Comp. Immunol. Microbiol. Infect. Dis. 42 (2015) 1-7]. Comp Immunol Microbiol Infect Dis 2018; 57:75. [PMID: 30017082 DOI: 10.1016/j.cimid.2016.02.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
Affiliation(s)
- Mahmoud M Elnaggar
- Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Alexandria University, Alexandria, Egypt
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- Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Alexandria University, Alexandria, Egypt.
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- Department of Transplant and Infection Immunology, Institute of Virology, Saarland University, Homburg, Germany
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- Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Alexandria University, Alexandria, Egypt
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- LIONEX Diagnostics & Therapeutics, Braunschweig, Germany
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- Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Alexandria University, Alexandria, Egypt
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- Department of Veterinary Microbiology and Pathology, College of Veterinary Medicine, Pullman, WA, USA
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Abdellrazeq GS, Elnaggar MM, Bannantine JP, Park KT, Souza CD, Backer B, Hulubei V, Fry LM, Khaliel SA, Torky HA, Schneider DA, Davis WC. A Mycobacterium avium subsp. paratuberculosis relA deletion mutant and a 35 kDa major membrane protein elicit development of cytotoxic T lymphocytes with ability to kill intracellular bacteria. Vet Res 2018; 49:53. [PMID: 29941017 PMCID: PMC6019527 DOI: 10.1186/s13567-018-0549-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/09/2018] [Accepted: 05/31/2018] [Indexed: 12/20/2022] Open
Abstract
Efforts to develop live attenuated vaccines against Mycobacterium avium subspecies paratuberculosis (Map), using indirect methods to screen Map deletion mutants for potential efficacy, have not been successful. A reduction in the capacity to survive in macrophages has not predicted the ability of mutants to survive in vivo. Previous studies for screening of three deletion mutants in cattle and goats revealed one mutant, with a deletion in relA (ΔMap/relA), could not establish a persistent infection. Further studies, using antigen presenting cells (APC), blood dendritic cells and monocyte derived DC, pulsed with ΔMap/relA or a 35 kDa Map membrane protein (MMP) revealed a component of the response to ΔMap/relA was directed towards MMP. As reported herein, we developed a bacterium viability assay and cell culture assays for analysis and evaluation of cytotoxic T cells generated against ΔMap/relA or MMP. Analysis of the effector activity of responding cells revealed the reason ΔMap/relA could not establish a persistent infection was that vaccination elicited development of cytotoxic CD8 T cells (CTL) with the capacity to kill intracellular bacteria. We demonstrated the same CTL response could be elicited with two rounds of antigenic stimulation of APC pulsed with ΔMap/relA or MMP ex vivo. Cytotoxicity was mediated through the perforin granzyme B pathway. Finally, cognate recognition of peptides presented in context of MHC I and II molecules to CD4 and CD8 T cells is required for development of CTL.
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- Gaber S Abdellrazeq
- Department of Veterinary Microbiology and Pathology, Washington State University, Pullman, WA, USA.,Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Alexandria University, Alexandria, Egypt
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- Department of Veterinary Microbiology and Pathology, Washington State University, Pullman, WA, USA.,Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Alexandria University, Alexandria, Egypt
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- Department of Biotechnology, Inje University, Injero 197, Kimhae-si, Gimhae, Gyeongsangnam-do, South Korea
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- Department of Veterinary Clinical Sciences, Washington State University, Pullman, WA, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, College of Arts and Sciences, Washington State University, Pullman, WA, USA
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- Department of Veterinary Microbiology and Pathology, Washington State University, Pullman, WA, USA
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- USDA, ARS, Animal Disease Research Unit, Pullman, WA, USA
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- Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Alexandria University, Alexandria, Egypt
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- Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Alexandria University, Alexandria, Egypt
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- Department of Veterinary Microbiology and Pathology, Washington State University, Pullman, WA, USA.,USDA, ARS, Animal Disease Research Unit, Pullman, WA, USA
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- Department of Veterinary Microbiology and Pathology, Washington State University, Pullman, WA, USA.
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Elnaggar MM, Abdellrazeq GS, Venn-Watson SK, Jensen ED, Hulubei V, Fry LM, Sacco RE, Davis WC. Identification of monoclonal antibodies cross-reactive with bottlenose dolphin orthologues of the major histocompatibility complex and leukocyte differentiation molecules. Vet Immunol Immunopathol 2017; 192:54-59. [DOI: 10.1016/j.vetimm.2017.09.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/09/2017] [Revised: 09/08/2017] [Accepted: 09/30/2017] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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Grandoni F, Elnaggar MM, Abdellrazeq GS, Signorelli F, Fry LM, Marchitelli C, Hulubei V, Khaliel SA, Torky HA, Davis WC. Characterization of leukocyte subsets in buffalo (Bubalus bubalis) with cross-reactive monoclonal antibodies specific for bovine MHC class I and class II molecules and leukocyte differentiation molecules. Dev Comp Immunol 2017; 74:101-109. [PMID: 28433527 DOI: 10.1016/j.dci.2017.04.013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/27/2017] [Revised: 04/17/2017] [Accepted: 04/17/2017] [Indexed: 06/07/2023]
Abstract
Although buffaloes (Bubalus bubalis) are a major component of the livestock industry worldwide, limited progress has been made in the study of the mechanisms regulating the immune response to pathogens and parasites affecting their health and productivity. This has been, in part, attributable to the limited availability of reagents to study immune responses in buffalo. As reported here, a set of cross-reactive monoclonal antibodies (mAbs), developed against bovine, ovine and caprine leukocyte differentiation molecules (LDM) and major histocompatibility complex (MHC) molecules, were identified and used to compare expression of LDM in Italian and Egyptian buffalo. The results show most of the epitopes identified with the mAbs are conserved on LDM and MHC I and II molecules in both lineages of buffalo. Comparison of the composition of lymphocyte subsets between buffalo and cattle revealed they are similar except for expression of CD2 and CD8 on workshop cluster one (WC1) positive γδ T cells. In cattle, CD8 is expressed on a subset of CD2+/WC1- γδ T cells that are present in low frequency in blood of young and old animals, whereas, CD8-/CD2-/WC1+ γδ T cells are present in high frequency in young animals, decreasing with age. In the buffalo, CD2 is expressed on a subset of WC1+ γδ T cells and CD8 is expressed on all WC1+ γδ T cells. The availability of this extensive set of mAbs provides opportunities to study the immunopathogenesis of pathogens and parasites affecting the health of buffalo.
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- Francesco Grandoni
- Consiglio per la ricerca in agricoltura e l'analisi dell'economia agraria, Centro di ricerca per la Produzione delle Carni e Il Miglioramento genetico (CREA-PCM), Monterotondo, Roma, Italy
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- Department of Veterinary Microbiology and Pathology, College of Veterinary Medicine, Washington State University, Pullman, WA, USA; Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Alexandria University, Egypt
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- Department of Veterinary Microbiology and Pathology, College of Veterinary Medicine, Washington State University, Pullman, WA, USA; Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Alexandria University, Egypt
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- Consiglio per la ricerca in agricoltura e l'analisi dell'economia agraria, Centro di ricerca per la Produzione delle Carni e Il Miglioramento genetico (CREA-PCM), Monterotondo, Roma, Italy
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- Department of Veterinary Microbiology and Pathology, College of Veterinary Medicine, Washington State University, Pullman, WA, USA; USDA, ARS, Animal Disease Research Unit, Pullman, WA 99164, USA
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- Consiglio per la ricerca in agricoltura e l'analisi dell'economia agraria, Centro di ricerca per la Produzione delle Carni e Il Miglioramento genetico (CREA-PCM), Monterotondo, Roma, Italy
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- Department of Veterinary Microbiology and Pathology, College of Veterinary Medicine, Washington State University, Pullman, WA, USA
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- Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Alexandria University, Egypt
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- Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Alexandria University, Egypt
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- Department of Veterinary Microbiology and Pathology, College of Veterinary Medicine, Washington State University, Pullman, WA, USA.
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Elnaggar MM, Abdellrazeq GS, Elsisy A, Mahmoud AH, Shyboub A, Sester M, Khaliel SA, Singh M, Torky HA, Davis WC. Evaluation of antigen specific interleukin-1β as a biomarker to detect cattle infected with Mycobacterium bovis. Tuberculosis (Edinb) 2017; 105:53-59. [PMID: 28610788 DOI: 10.1016/j.tube.2017.04.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/14/2017] [Revised: 04/04/2017] [Accepted: 04/21/2017] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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Bovine tuberculosis (bTB) is a major world-wide health problem that has been difficult to control, due to the lack of an effective vaccine and limited ability of the tuberculin skin test (TST) and the ancillary whole blood interferon-gamma (IFN-γ) release assay (IGRA) to detect all infected animals. A 6 h cytokine flow cytometric IFN-γ (CFC) assay was developed in effort to overcome these limitations and expand methods for studying the mechanisms of bTB immunopathogenesis. The present study was conducted to evaluate IL-1β as a biomarker to use in conjunction with the IFN-γ CFC assay to improve the diagnostic accuracy for bTB. Three animal groups with predefined Mbv infection status were used for analysis of IL-1β in plasma from whole blood cultures stimulated with ESAT-6/CFP-10 for 20-24 h. Parallel stimulations were performed for enumeration of IFN-γ producing T cells. Data analysis showed that Mbv infected animals have a higher frequency of IFN-γ producing CD4+ T cells and plasma IL-1β than animals exposed to non-tuberculous mycobacteria (NTM) or uninfected control animals, with a significant correlation between the two readouts, thus allowing differentiation between the three animal groups. IL-1β has the potential to serve as an additional biomarker for detecting cattle infected with Mbv.
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- Mahmoud M Elnaggar
- Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Alexandria University, Egypt; Department of Veterinary Microbiology and Pathology, College of Veterinary Medicine, Pullman, WA, USA.
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- Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Alexandria University, Egypt; Department of Veterinary Microbiology and Pathology, College of Veterinary Medicine, Pullman, WA, USA
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- Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Alexandria University, Egypt
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- Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Alexandria University, Egypt
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- Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Alexandria University, Egypt
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- Department of Transplant and Infection Immunology, Institutes for Infection Medicine, Saarland University, Homburg, Germany
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- Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Alexandria University, Egypt
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- Lionex Diagnostics & Therapeutics, Braunschweig, Germany
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- Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Alexandria University, Egypt
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- Department of Veterinary Microbiology and Pathology, College of Veterinary Medicine, Pullman, WA, USA
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Park KT, Elnaggar MM, Abdellrazeq GS, Bannantine JP, Mack V, Fry LM, Davis WC. Correction: Phenotype and Function of CD209+ Bovine Blood Dendritic Cells, Monocyte-Derived-Dendritic Cells and Monocyte-Derived Macrophages. PLoS One 2017; 12:e0171059. [PMID: 28122067 PMCID: PMC5266315 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0171059] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022] Open
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Park KT, ElNaggar MM, Abdellrazeq GS, Bannantine JP, Mack V, Fry LM, Davis WC. Phenotype and Function of CD209+ Bovine Blood Dendritic Cells, Monocyte-Derived-Dendritic Cells and Monocyte-Derived Macrophages. PLoS One 2016; 11:e0165247. [PMID: 27764236 PMCID: PMC5072659 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0165247] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/06/2016] [Accepted: 10/07/2016] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
Abstract
Phylogenic comparisons of the mononuclear phagocyte system (MPS) of humans and mice demonstrate phenotypic divergence of dendritic cell (DC) subsets that play similar roles in innate and adaptive immunity. Although differing in phenotype, DC can be classified into four groups according to ontogeny and function: conventional DC (cDC1 and cDC2), plasmacytoid DC (pDC), and monocyte derived DC (MoDC). DC of Artiodactyla (pigs and ruminants) can also be sub-classified using this system, allowing direct functional and phenotypic comparison of MoDC and other DC subsets trafficking in blood (bDC). Because of the high volume of blood collections required to study DC, cattle offer the best opportunity to further our understanding of bDC and MoDC function in an outbred large animal species. As reported here, phenotyping DC using a monoclonal antibody (mAb) to CD209 revealed CD209 is expressed on the major myeloid population of DC present in blood and MoDC, providing a phenotypic link between these two subsets. Additionally, the present study demonstrates that CD209 is also expressed on monocyte derived macrophages (MoΦ). Functional analysis revealed each of these populations can take up and process antigens (Ags), present them to CD4 and CD8 T cells, and elicit a T-cell recall response. Thus, bDC, MoDC, and MoΦ pulsed with pathogens or candidate vaccine antigens can be used to study factors that modulate DC-driven T-cell priming and differentiation ex vivo.
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- Kun Taek Park
- Department of Veterinary Microbiology and Pathology, Washington State University, Pullman, WA 99164, United States of America
- Department of Veterinary Microbiology, College of Veterinary Medicine, Seoul National University, Seoul 151–742, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Veterinary Microbiology and Pathology, Washington State University, Pullman, WA 99164, United States of America
- Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Alexandria University, Egypt
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- Department of Veterinary Microbiology and Pathology, Washington State University, Pullman, WA 99164, United States of America
- Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Alexandria University, Egypt
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- USDA, ARS, National Animal Disease Center, Ames, Iowa, United States of America
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- Department of Veterinary Microbiology and Pathology, Washington State University, Pullman, WA 99164, United States of America
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- Department of Veterinary Microbiology and Pathology, Washington State University, Pullman, WA 99164, United States of America
- USDA, ARS, Animal Disease Research Unit, Pullman, WA 99164, United States of America
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- Department of Veterinary Microbiology and Pathology, Washington State University, Pullman, WA 99164, United States of America
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Elnaggar MM, Abdellrazeq GS, Mack V, Fry LM, Davis WC, Park KT. Characterization and use of new monoclonal antibodies to CD11c, CD14, and CD163 to analyze the phenotypic complexity of ruminant monocyte subsets. Vet Immunol Immunopathol 2016; 178:57-63. [DOI: 10.1016/j.vetimm.2016.06.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/25/2016] [Revised: 06/07/2016] [Accepted: 06/27/2016] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Allen AJ, Park KT, Barrington GM, Lahmers KK, Abdellrazeq GS, Rihan HM, Sreevatsan S, Davies C, Hamilton MJ, Davis WC. Experimental infection of a bovine model with human isolates of Mycobacterium avium subsp. paratuberculosis. Vet Immunol Immunopathol 2011; 141:258-66. [PMID: 21477870 PMCID: PMC3097062 DOI: 10.1016/j.vetimm.2011.03.014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/08/2010] [Revised: 02/09/2011] [Accepted: 03/08/2011] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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Mycobacterium avium subsp. paratuberculosis (Map), the etiologic agent of Johne's disease (JD) in ruminants, has been implicated in the pathogenesis of Crohn's disease (CD) in humans. We developed a bovine ileal cannulation model to facilitate comparison of the immune response to Map and the mechanisms of pathogenesis in cattle and humans. Initial studies showed a T cannula could be maintained for up to a year in calves without inducing inflammation or adversely affecting intestinal function. Map introduced through the cannula established a persistent low level of infection without inflammation. Infection elicited an immune response to Map antigens detectable by flow cytometry. Further studies now show the cannulation model can be used with cows during the later stage of infection, affording access to the target tissue at all stages of infection. The studies also revealed no difference in infectivity or immunogenicity of isolates of Map obtained from cattle or humans with CD. Comparison of the immune response to Map during the early and late stages of infection using PCR, flow cytometry and QRT-PCR, showed the immune response early in the disease process is dominated by CD4 T cells. A CD8 response is delayed but comparable at later stages of infection. Genes for pro-inflammatory cytokines IFN-γ and the recently identified genes encoding IL-17 and IL-22 are up regulated in infected animals. These findings reveal that both human and bovine isolates of Map can establish infection and induce similar immune responses in a bovine model. They also reveal the cytokine responses elicited in cattle are similar to those implicated in CD pathogenesis.
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- Andrew J. Allen
- Department of Veterinary Clinical Sciences, Washington State University, Pullman, WA 99164
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- Veterinary Microbiology and Pathology, Washington State University, Pullman, WA 99164
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- Department of Veterinary Clinical Sciences, Washington State University, Pullman, WA 99164
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- Veterinary Microbiology and Pathology, Washington State University, Pullman, WA 99164
- School for Global Animal Health, Washington State University, Pullman, WA 99164
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- Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Veterinary Med, Alexandria University, Egypt
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- Department of Bacteriology, Mycology and Immunology, Faculty of Vet Med, Mansoura University, Egypt
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- Veterinary Population Medicine Department University of Minnesota, St. Paul, MN 55108
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- Department of Animal, Dairy and Veterinary Sciences and Center for Integrated BioSystems, Utah State University, Logan, UT 84322
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- Veterinary Microbiology and Pathology, Washington State University, Pullman, WA 99164
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- Veterinary Microbiology and Pathology, Washington State University, Pullman, WA 99164
- Center of Reproductive Biology, Washington State University, Pullman, WA 99164
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Park KT, Allen AJ, Bannantine JP, Seo KS, Hamilton MJ, Abdellrazeq GS, Rihan HM, Grimm A, Davis WC. Evaluation of two mutants of Mycobacterium avium subsp. paratuberculosis as candidates for a live attenuated vaccine for Johne's disease. Vaccine 2011; 29:4709-19. [PMID: 21565243 DOI: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2011.04.090] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/28/2011] [Revised: 04/19/2011] [Accepted: 04/25/2011] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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Control of Johne's disease, caused by Mycobacterium avium subsp. paratuberculosis, has been difficult because of a lack of an effective vaccine. To address this problem we used targeted gene disruption to develop candidate mutants with impaired capacity to survive ex vivo and in vivo to test as a vaccine. We selected relA and pknG, genes known to be important virulence factors in Mycobacterium tuberculosis and Mycobacterium bovis, for initial studies. Deletion mutants were made in a wild type Map (K10) and its recombinant strain expressing the green fluorescent protein (K10-GFP). Comparison of survival in an ex vivo assay revealed deletion of either gene attenuated survival in monocyte-derived macrophages compared to survival of wild-type K10. In contrast, study in calves revealed survival in vivo was mainly affected by deletion of relA. Bacteria were detected in tissues from wild-type and the pknG mutant infected calves by bacterial culture and PCR at three months post infection. No bacteria were detected in tissues from calves infected with the relA mutant (P<0.05). Flow cytometric analysis of the immune response to the wild-type K10-GFP and the mutant strains showed deletion of either gene did not affect their capacity to elicit a strong proliferative response to soluble antigen extract or live Map. Quantitative RT-PCR revealed genes encoding IFN-γ, IL-17, IL-22, T-bet, RORC, and granulysin were up-regulated in PBMC stimulated with live Map three months post infection compared to the response of PBMC pre-infection. A challenge study in kid goats showed deletion of pknG did not interfere with establishment of an infection. As in calves, deletion of relA attenuated survival in vivo. The mutant also elicited an immune response that limited colonization by challenge wild type Map. The findings show the relA mutant is a good candidate for development of a live attenuated vaccine for Johne's disease.
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- Kun Taek Park
- Department of Veterinary Microbiology and Pathology, College of Veterinary Medicine, Washington State University, Pullman, WA 99164, United States
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