Affiliation:
1. Pathobiological Sciences, School of Veterinary Medicine, University of Wisconsin, Madison 53706, USA.
Abstract
The relative contributions of T-lymphocyte subsets to host defense in cattle infected with Mycobacterium avium subsp. paratuberculosis is reported. The subsets were purified with appropriate monoclonal antibodies and a magnetic bead column separation system, and their purity was verified by flow cytometry. Biological activity of each subset, expressed as lymphoproliferation and gamma interferon (IFN-gamma) production, was measured in response to phytohemagglutinin (PHA) and an M. avium antigen preparation (A-PPD). IFN-gamma was measured by antibody capture enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay. The results showed a correlation between proliferation and IFN-gamma production in response to A-PPD but not to PHA. In response to PHA, CD4+ lymphocytes were the most prolific producers of IFN-gamma. CD8+ lymphocytes produced IFN-gamma to a lesser extent, whereas gammadelta+ T lymphocytes produced little or no IFN-gamma. Differences observed between the amount of IFN-gamma produced by CD4+ versus CD8+ cells and CD4+ versus gammadelta+ cells were significant (P < 0.01), but those between peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMC) and CD4+ T cells were not. Similar responses to A-PPD were observed except that PBMC produced higher levels of IFN-gamma than did CD4+ T cells. These data for cattle are similar to observations made for other animal species, where CD4+ cells are the major type of T lymphocytes producing IFN-gamma. They further suggest that whatever the role gammadelta+ T cells may play in paratuberculosis, it is not likely to be mediated by IFN-gamma production.
Publisher
American Society for Microbiology
Subject
Infectious Diseases,Immunology,Microbiology,Parasitology
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