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Interleukin-10 (IL-10) terminates inflammatory immune responses and inhibits activation and effector functions of T-cells, monocytes, macrophages and dendritic cells. IL-10 has also been found to be a key cytokine expressed by subpopulations of regulatory T-cells. In this report, we describe the generation and characterization of three monoclonal antibodies (mAbs) to equine IL-10. The antibodies were found to be specific for equine IL-10 using different recombinant equine cytokine/IgG fusion proteins. Two of the anti-equine IL-10 mAbs were selected for ELISA to detect secreted IL-10 in supernatants of mitogen stimulated equine peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMC). The sensitivity of the ELISA for detecting secreted IL-10 was found to be around 200pg/ml. The production of intracellular IL-10 was measured in equine PBMC by flow cytometry. PBMC were stimulated with phorbol 12-myristate 13-acetate (PMA) and ionomycin in the presence of the secretion blocker Brefeldin A. All three anti-IL-10 mAbs detected a positive population in PMA stimulated lymphocytes which was absent in the medium controls. Around 80% of the IL-10(+) cells were CD4(+). Another 15% were CD8(+) cells. Double staining with IL-4 or interferon-gamma (IFN-gamma) indicated that PMA and ionomycin stimulation induced 80% IL-10(+)/IFN-gamma(+) lymphocytes, while only 5% IL-10(+)/IL-4(+) cells were observed. By calculation, at least 60% of the IL-10(+)/IFN-gamma(+) cells were CD4(+) lymphocytes. This expression profile corresponds to the recently described T regulatory 1 (T(R)1) cell phenotype. In summary, the new mAbs to equine IL-10 detected native equine IL-10 by ELISA and flow cytometry and can be used for further characterization of this important regulatory cytokine in horses.  相似文献   

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Several distinct T lymphocyte subpopulations with immunoregulatory activity have been described in a number of mammalian species. This study performed a phenotypic analysis of cells expressing regulatory T cell (Treg) markers in the peripheral blood of a cohort of 18 horses aged 6 months to 23 years, using antibodies to both intracellular and cell surface markers, including Forkhead box P3 (FOXP3), CD4, CD8, CD25, interferon gamma (IFNγ) and interleukin 10 (IL-10). In peripheral blood, a mean of 2.2 ± 0.2% CD4+ and 0.5 ± 0.1% CD8+ lymphocytes expressed FOXP3. The mean percentage of CD4+FOXP3+ cells was found to be significantly decreased in horses 15 years and older (1.5%) as compared to horses 6 years and younger (2.7%), but did not differ between females and males and ponies and horses. Activation of peripheral blood mononuclear cells by pokeweed mitogen resulted in induction of CD25 and FOXP3 expression by CD4+ cells, with peak expression noted after 48 and 72 h in culture respectively. Activated CD4+FOXP3+ cells expressed IFNγ (35% of FOXP3+ cells) or IL-10 (9% FOXP3+ cells). Cell sorting was performed to determine FOXP3 expression by CD4(+)CD25(-), CD4(+)CD25(dim) and CD4(+)CD25(high) subpopulations. Immediately following sorting, the percentage of CD4+FOXP3+ cells was higher within the CD4(+)CD25(high) population (22.7-26.3%) compared with the CD4(+)CD25(dim) (17% cells) but was similar within the CD4(+)CD25(dim) and CD4(+)CD25(high) cells after resting in IL-2 (9-14%). Fewer than 2% of cells in the CD4(+)CD25(-) population expressed FOXP3. These results demonstrate heterogeneity in equine lymphocyte subsets that express molecules associated with regulatory T cells. CD4+FOXP3+ cells are likely to represent natural Tregs, with CD4+FOXP3+IL-10+ cells representing either activated natural Tregs or inducible Tregs, and CD4+FOXP3+IFNγ+ cells likely to represent activated Th1 cells.  相似文献   

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This paper investigates the in vitro effect of dexamethasone on bovine CD25(high)CD4(+), CD25(low)CD4(+) and CD25(-)CD4(+) T cells. Only a small percentage of bovine CD25(high)CD4(+) (2-4%) and CD25(low)CD4(+) (1-2%) cells expressed Foxp3. Dexamethasone caused considerable loss of CD25(-)CD4(+) cells, but it increased the relative and absolute numbers of CD25(high)CD4(+) and CD25(low)CD4(+) lymphocytes, while at the same time reducing the percentage of Foxp3(+) cells within the latter subpopulations. Considering all these, as well as the intrinsically poor Foxp3 expression in bovine CD25(+)CD4(+), it can be concluded that the drug most probably increased the number of activated non-regulatory CD4(+) lymphocytes. It has been found that changes in cell number were at least partly caused by proapoptotic effect of the drug on CD25(-)CD4(+) cells and antiapoptotic effect on CD25(high)CD4(+) and CD25(low)CD4(+) cells. The results obtained from this study indicate that the involvement of CD4(+) lymphocytes in producing the anti-inflammatory and immunosuppressive effect of dexamethasone in cattle results from the fact that the drug had a depressive effect on the production of IFN-γ by CD25(-)CD4(+) cells. Secretion of TGF-β and IL-10 by CD4(+) lymphocytes was not involved in producing these pharmacological effects, because the drug did not affect production of TGF-β and, paradoxically, it reduced the percentage of IL-10(+)CD4(+) cells.  相似文献   

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Surface expression of IL-2R-alpha (CD25) is widely used to identify activated lymphocyte populations, while interferon-gamma (IFN-gamma) levels have been shown to be a good indicator of cell-mediated immunity (CMI) in pigs. To investigate the relationship between these two parameters, we developed an intracellular cytokine-staining assay and studied the kinetics of cytokine (IFN-gamma and interleukin-10, IL-10) production relative to CD25 expression in porcine lymphocyte subpopulations, following immunization with a classical swine fever (CSF) vaccine. The number of activated memory T cells (CD4(+)CD8(+)CD25(+) cells) increased slightly in the peripheral blood mononuclear cell (PBMC) population soon after vaccination, then diminished within a few weeks. The number of activated cytotoxic T cells (CD4(-)CD8(+)CD25(+) cells) peaked approximately 2 weeks after the memory population. Although the number of IFN-gamma producing cells detected in this experiment was relatively low, the CD4(+)CD8(+) T cells were major IFN-gamma producers in the PBMCs throughout the experiment. In another experiment, CSF-vaccinated pigs were challenged with a virulent classical swine fever virus (CSFV), and the kinetics of CD25 expression and cytokine productions were monitored. Following exposure to the virus, the number of IFN-gamma producing cells in the PBMCs increased markedly in both the vaccinated and unvaccinated groups. The CD4(-)CD8(+) cells were major IFN-gamma producing cells in vaccinated pigs, while both CD4(+)CD8(+) and CD4(-)CD8(+) populations contributed to the IFN-gamma production in the control group. Interestingly, the enhanced IFN-gamma production was not associated with the upregulation of CD25 expression following the CSFV challenge. In addition, exposure to the virulent CSFV significantly increased interleukin-10 production by the CD4(-)CD8(+) populations in PBMCs of the unvaccinated pigs. Taken together, our results indicated that CD25 expression and IFN-gamma production were not tightly associated in porcine lymphocytes. In addition, the CD4(-)CD8(+) lymphocytes of the PBMCs played a major role in cytokine productions following the CSFV challenge.  相似文献   

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Thymic CD4(+)CD25(+) cells from ducks were characterized for mammalian T regulatory cells' suppressive and cytokine production properties. The cross reactivity of anti-chicken CD25 monoclonal antibody with duck CD25 was confirmed by evaluating Concanavalin-A-stimulated CD25 upregulation in splenocytes. CD4(+)CD25(+) cells were detectable in the thymus, spleen, cecal tonsil, and lung (airsacs), but not in the bursa. Duck CD4(+)CD25(+) cells had approximately nine-fold higher IL-10 mRNA, 12-fold higher TGF-β, 16-fold higher CTLA-4, and nine-fold higher LAG-3 mRNA amounts than thymic CD4(+)CD25(-) cells. Thymic CD4(+)CD25(+) cells had no detectable levels of IL-2 mRNA. Duck CD4(+)CD25(+) cells had a three-fold higher IL-10 mRNA amount than chicken CD4(+)CD25(+) cells. Duck CD4(+)CD25(+) cells were anergic in vitro. Duck CD4(+)CD25(+) cells suppressed naive cell proliferation at effector: responder cell ratios above 0.5:1 in both contact-dependent and -independent pathways. It could be concluded that thymic CD4(+)CD25(+) cells in ducks are most likely the counterpart of mammalian T regulatory cells.  相似文献   

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Three 10 months old cattle were infected by the intratracheal route with 10(6)cfu of a field strain of Mycobacterium bovis. Blood samples were regularly collected for in vitro IFN-gamma production after antigenic stimulation. Peripheral blood cells of infected animals produced IFN-gamma in response to crude M. bovis antigens (live and heat-inactivated BCG and protein-purified derivative (PPD)) 3-4 weeks after infection. The ratio of the response to bovine PPD versus avian PPD indicated a specific sensitisation for M. bovis antigens. Three months post-infection (PI), animals were culled and M. bovis was cultured from tubercle lesions. At different time points, the frequency of specific M. bovis IFN-gamma producing CD4+, CD8+ and WC1+ T-cells in the peripheral blood was examined by flow cytometry. Two colour immunofluorescence staining of intracellular IFN-gamma and bovine cell surface molecules showed that both CD4+ and CD8+, but not WC1+, T-cells produced IFN-gamma following stimulation with PPD, live or killed BCG.In two animals analysed, the relative percentage of circulating IFN-gamma producing CD8+ cells decreased between week 5 and week 9 PI. The same evolution was not observed for IFN-gamma secreting CD4+ cells. Magnetic positive selection of T-cells from infected animals showed that CD4+ T-cells produced specific IFN-gamma only in the presence of antigen presenting cells (APCs). Positively selected CD8+ T-cells secreted IFN-gamma only in the presence of recombinant human IL-2 and APCs. In vitro depletion of the CD4+ T-cells, but not the depletion of CD8+ or WC1+ T-cells, resulted in abrogation of the specific IFN-gamma production showing the key role of this cell population for the specific IFN-gamma production.  相似文献   

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Synthetic agonists of TLR9 containing novel DNA structures and R'pG (wherein R=1-(2'-deoxy-beta-d-ribofuranosyl)-2-oxo-7-deaza-8-methyl-purine) motifs, referred to as immune modulatory oligonucleotides (IMOs), have been shown to stimulate T(H)-1-type-immune responses and potently reverse allergen-induced T(H)-2 responses to T(H)-1 responses in vitro and in vivo in mice. In order to investigate the immunomodulatory potential of IMOs in dogs, canine peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMC) from healthy dogs were stimulated with three different IMOs and a control IMO, alone or in combination with concanavalin A (ConA). Lipopolysaccharide (LPS) was used as a positive control for B lymphocyte activation. Carboxyfluorescein diacetate succinimidyl ester and phenotype staining was used to tag proliferating T and B lymphocytes (CD5(+) and CD21(+)) by flow cytometry. Real-time PCR and ELISA were processed to assay cytokine production of IFN-gamma, IL-10, TGF-beta, IL-6 and IL-10. Like LPS, IMOs alone induced neither proliferation of CD5(+) T cells nor CD21(+) B cells, but both LPS and IMO had the capacity to co-stimulate ConA and induced proliferation of B cells. In combination with ConA, one of the IMOs (IMO1) also induced proliferation of T cells. IMO1 also significantly enhanced the expression of IFN-gamma on the mRNA and protein level in canine PBMC, whereas expression of IL-10, TGF-beta and IL-4 mRNAs was not induced by any of the IMOs. These results indicate that in canine PBMC from healthy dogs, IMO1 was able to induce a T(H)-1 immune response including T- and B-cell proliferation.  相似文献   

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A commercial bovine IFN-gamma-specific monoclonal antibody was used to measure antigen-specific IFN-gamma production by equine lymphocytes. Paired PBMC samples were collected from six ponies prior to and 10 days after challenge infection with equine herpesvirus-1 (EHV-1). Each sample was stimulated in vitro with EHV-1, virus-free medium, or PMA and ionomycin, and labelled with monoclonal antibodies specific for various equine lymphocyte subset markers. Following fixation, intracellular IFN-gamma was detected using a FITC-conjugated bovine IFN-gamma-specific monoclonal antibody. In vitro restimulation of PBMC with EHV-1 induced IFN-gamma production by a significantly higher percentage of total (CD5(+)) T lymphocytes, and CD4(+) and CD8(+) T lymphocyte subsets among post-EHV-1 infection PBMC samples compared to pre-infection samples. This response was associated with an increase in virus-specific CTL activity, a critical immune effector for the control of EHV-1 infection and disease. No significant increase in IFN-gamma production by B lymphocytes was observed. These data demonstrate that EHV-1 challenge infection of ponies results in increased production of IFN-gamma by virus-specific T lymphocytes, and that this response can be quantitated using flow cytometry.  相似文献   

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In view of the lack of data on the effect of meloxicam (non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug) on bovine γδ T cells (WC1+ cells) and very poorly recognized effects of dexamethasone (steroidal anti-inflammatory drug) on these cells, the purpose of the present study has been to determine the in vitro influence of these drugs on CD25highWC1+, CD25lowWC1+ and CD25?WC1+ lymphocytes of the peripheral blood of cattle. Peripheral blood mononuclear cells were treated with the drugs in concentrations reflecting their plasma levels achieved in vivo at therapeutic doses (dexamethasone 10?7 M; meloxicam 5 × 10?6 M) and at ten-fold lower concentrations. It was found out that percentages and absolute counts of CD25highWC1+ and CD25lowWC1+ cells increased in the presence of dexamethasone, and this effect was at least partly attributable to lower mortality of these cells, whose apoptosis was depressed by exposure to dexamethasone. It seems certain that this effect was not a result of increased multiplication of CD25highWC1+ and CD25lowWC1+ cells because their proliferation was reduced in the presence of dexamethasone. Exposure to this drug caused a rapidly occurring and lasting depletion of CD25?WC1+, which was at least partly due to their higher apoptosis. The results seem to suggest that impaired proliferation of these cells was responsible for a more profound expression of this disorder. Paradoxically, the percentage of cells producing IFN-γ, a proinflammatory cytokine, increased in the presence of dexamethasone, whereas the count of cells secreting the key anti-inflammatory and immunosuppressive cytokine, i.e. IL-10, declined. This effect was observed in all analyzed subpopulations of cells. Meloxicam did not interfere so drastically as dexamethasone with the functioning of WC1+ lymphocytes because it did not affect their apoptosis, proliferation, percentage or absolute count. With respect to the effect of meloxicam on counts of particular WC1+ lymphocyte subpopulations, it was only demonstrated that exposure to the drug was correlated with a transient and very weakly expressed decrease in the relative and absolute counts of CD25highWC1+ and CD25lowWC1+ cells, which was most probably a result of a temporary down-regulation of the expression of the CD25 molecule. In the presence of meloxicam, percentages of IFN-γ+CD25?WC1+ cells as well as cells producing IL-10 declined, an effect observed in all analyzed cell populations. These results suggest that care should be taken when administering this medication to animals with bacterial or viral infections, and we should avoid giving it to patients suffering from allergic or autoimmune disorders.  相似文献   

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HIV-induced AIDS may be mediated by the activation of immunosuppressive CD4+CD25+ T regulatory cells (Treg cells). Treg cells have been shown to regulate CD4+ and CD8+ immune responses to HIV and FIV antigens in vitro. We tested the hypothesis that Treg cells become infected and activated during the acute infection with FIV leading to the suppression of CD4+ T helper cell responses. Cats were experimentally infected with FIV-NCSU1 and blood and lymph node cells were collected at weekly intervals following inoculation. Real-time RT-PCR was used to determine plasma viremia and the relative expression of FIV, FoxP3, TGF-beta, and GAPDH mRNA copies in CD4+CD25+ and CD4+CD25- T cell subsets. Flow cytometry was used to assess the absolute numbers of each cell type and the expression of surface TGF-beta and intracellular FoxP3 in CD4+CD25+ and CD4+CD25- T cells at each time-point. Treg suppression of IL-2 production in CD4+ T helper cells was assessed by ELISPOT assays. Our results showed that peak viremia occurred at 2 weeks post infection and correlated with maximal infectivity in CD4+CD25+ T cell populations. FIV-gag-mRNA levels were higher in CD4+CD25+ T cells than CD4+CD25- T cells throughout the acute phase of infection. Induction of FoxP3 and TGF-beta indicated activation of Treg cells during the acute stage infection, which was confirmed by Treg cell suppression of IL-2 production by CD4+ Th cells in an ELISPOT assay. Our findings support the hypothesis that early activation of Treg immunosuppressor function may limit an effective anti-FIV response, contributing to the establishment of chronic infection and the immunodeficiency caused by this virus.  相似文献   

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The distinct patterns of cytokine expression in CD4+ and CD8+ T cells are well understood in mice and humans. However, little information is available about cytokine expression in bovine CD4+ and CD8+ T cells. In this study, mRNA expression of 19 different cytokines was analyzed in CD4+ and CD8+ T cells of calves with or without Concanavalin A (Con A) stimulation. CD4+ and CD8+ T cell populations were enriched to 98% purity by positive selection using magnetic cell sorting (MACS). CD4+ T cells spontaneously expressed the mRNAs of interleukin-1alpha (IL-1alpha), IL-1beta, IL-2, IL-6, IL-7, IL-8, IL-10, IL-18, IFN-gamma, TNF-alpha, TNF-beta and TGF-beta, and augmented the mRNA expression of IL-10, IFN-gamma and TNF-beta after Con A stimulation. The mRNAs of IL-3, IL-4, IL-5, IL-13 and GM-CSF were newly expressed in Con A-stimulated CD4+ T cells. CD8+ T cells displayed spontaneous mRNA expression of IL-6, IL-18, TNF-alpha, TNF-beta and TGF-beta, and newly expressed the mRNA of IL-2, IL-7, interferon-gamma (IFN-gamma) and GM-CSF after Con A stimulation. It was found that CD4+ T cells expressed the mRNA of 17 cytokines except for IL-12 and IL-15, while CD8+ T cells expressed only the mRNA of 9 cytokines after Con A stimulation. The profile of cytokine mRNA expression was substantially different in the CD4+ and CD8+ T cells of calves, indicating that CD4+ T cells can be distinguished from CD8+ T cells by the cytokine gene expression of IL-1alpha, IL-1beta, IL-3, IL-4, IL-5, IL-8, IL-10 and IL-13. Differential cytokine expression between CD4+ and CD8+ T cells serve to interpret an individual function of T cell subsets in the immune system of calves.  相似文献   

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Mycobacterium avium subspecies paratuberculosis (MAP) is an intracellular pathogen that survives in the host's intestinal macrophages and causes chronic enteritis in ruminants. The subclinical stage of MAP infection is accompanied by loss of pro-inflammatory T(H)1 response, and a predominant, but ineffective, antibody-mediated T(H)2 response. How MAP interacts with the bovine immune system and suppresses T(H)1 responses is unclear. Studies carried out in our lab and others indicate that when peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMCs) from subclinical MAP-infected cattle are stimulated with MAP-antigen, IL-10 is up-regulated and leads to suppression of IFN-gamma expression in MAP-antigen-reactive effector T cells. IL-10 up-regulation and reduction in IFN-gamma would favor MAP survival and proliferation in macrophages. Depletion studies in PBMCs from MAP-infected cattle also revealed that the MAP responsive T-cell population that produces IL-10 is CD4(+) and CD25(+). Therefore, we hypothesize that cattle infected with MAP develop regulatory T (Treg) cells capable of producing IL-10 that in turn limits peripheral and tissue-specific T(H)1 immune responses. The aim of this review is to summarize current thinking regarding Treg cells and provide preliminary evidence that infection of cattle with MAP may lead to development of Treg cells.  相似文献   

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The aim of the present study is to investigate the cytokines induction by smooth lipopolysaccharides (S-LPS) extracted from Brucella melitensis (Rev1 vaccine strain) and Brucella abortus (a field isolate). These lipopolysaccharides were used to induce inflammatory cytokines production in peripheral blood cell culture of healthy individuals. Secretion of IL-10 and IL-12 (p70) were measured by means of specific Elisa. In addition, intracellular expression of IL-12 was assessed in CD14+ cells by flow cytometry. It was shown that Brucella LPS is a potent inducer of IL-10. However interferon gamma (IFN-gamma) priming was able to significantly decrease the production of IL-10. Flow cytometry studies showed that LPS alone was not able to induce intracellular IL-12 expression in CD14+ cells. Nevertheless, IFN-gamma priming significantly increased the percentage of CD14+ IL-12+ cells. In conclusion, it was demonstrated that the Brucella LPS could be a potent inducer of IL-10 and induction of IL-12 production needs the most favorable conditions.  相似文献   

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The predominance of IgA antibodies in mucosal sites reflects a combination of high rate IgA isotype switching among precursor cells in induction sites, their selective localisation in mucosal effector tissues and vigorous proliferation of these cells after extravasation. Each of these steps leading to IgA expression at the mucosa is under cytokine control. This paper will address the role of cytokines in induction and expression of IgA responses, the contribution of various precursor cell subsets and their differential responses to cytokine signals and strategies for manipulating cytokine expression. With respect to IgA antibody production in the gut whereas IL-4 and TGF-beta have been implicated in isotype switching of precursor cells to IgA commitment, their subsequent localisation, proliferation and effector activity expression is dependent on IL-5 and IL-6 expression locally. Most IgA plasma cells in the intestine derive from cells of the B2 lineage in the Peyer's patch, but a subpopulation of cells derived from the peritoneal cavity (B1 cells) also contribute to the IgA plasma cell population in the intestinal lamina propria. Whereas IgA+ cells of the B2 lineage are IL-6 dependent but IL-5 independent, B1-derived IgA+ cells are IL-5 dependent and IL-6 independent. On the other hand, cell mediated immune responses in the gut are highly dependent on IFN-gamma production by both Th1 CD4 cells and CD8 cells and in enteric Salmonella infection IFN-gamma production is essential but antibody has little effect on this process.Therapeutic interventions based on the information emerging from these studies will lead to improved vaccination responses and correction of immunodeficiencies especially in young animals.  相似文献   

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