Vaccination of calves with Mycobacteria bovis Bacilli Calmete Guerin (BCG) induced rapid increase in the proportion of peripheral blood γδ T cells
Vaccination of calves with Mycobacteria bovis Bacilli Calmete Guerin (BCG) induced rapid increase in the proportion of peripheral blood γδ T cells
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DOI:
10.1016/j.vetimm.2008.12.021
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发表时间:
2009-08-15
影响因子:
1.8
通讯作者:
Ameni, Gobena
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作者:
Buza, Joram;Kiros, Tadele;Ameni, Gobena
Changes in the proportion of peripheral blood T cell subsets after subcutaneous inoculation of cattle with Mycobacterium bovis Bacille Calmette-Guerin (BCG) were studied. Calves were injected with approximately 8 x 10(6) BCG bacillus and blood samples collected at weekly intervals for flow-cytometric analyses to determine the proportion of CD4(+), CD8(+) and gamma delta T cells. In addition, whole blood samples were stimulated in vitro with M. bovis purified protein derivative (PPD) and the secreted IFN-gamma quantified by ELISA. Results showed cellular and cytokine changes which could be categorized into three phases. The first phase occurred within the first 2 weeks after vaccination involving an increase in proportion of WC1(+) gamma delta T cells and a concomitant increase in the secretion of IFN-gamma. These two responses peaked at 2 weeks and waned thereafter. The second phase involved an increase in the CD4/CD8 ratio as a result of an increase in the proportion of CD4(+) T cells between 4 and 6 weeks. The third phase involved a decrease in the CD4/CD8 ratio due to an increase in the proportion of CD8(+) T cells between 8 and 10 weeks. Surprisingly, the IFN-gamma response was associated with changes in the gamma delta rather than the CD4(+) or CD8(+) T cells, suggesting that this cytokine was secreted by gamma delta-T cells. These results are consistent with the reported ability of gamma delta T cells to act rapidly and bridging the innate and classically adaptive immune responses. (C) 2009 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.