Clodronate treatment significantly depletes macrophages in chickens |
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| Authors: | Amber M Kameka Siamak Haddadi Fathima Jesreen Jamaldeen Prima Moinul Xiao T He Fathima Hafsa P Nawazdeen Stephan Bonfield Shayan Sharif Nico van Rooijen Mohamed Faizal Abdul-Careem |
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| Institution: | Department of Ecosystem and Public Health, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Calgary, Health Research Innovation Center 2C51, 3330 Hospital Drive NW, Calgary, Alberta (Kameka, Haddadi, Jamaldeen, Moinul, He, Nawazdeen, Bonfield, Abdul-Careem); Department of Molecular Cell Biology, Vrije Universiteit Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands (van Rooijen); and Department of Pathobiology, University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario (Sharif). |
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| Abstract: | Macrophages function as phagocytes and antigen-presenting cells in the body. As has been demonstrated in mammals, administration of clodronate dichloromethylene bisphosphonate (Cl2MBP)] encapsulated liposomes results in depletion of macrophages. Although this compound has been used in chickens, its effectiveness in depleting macrophages has yet to be fully determined. Here, we show that a single administration of clodronate liposomes to chickens results in a significant depletion of macrophages within the spleen and lungs of chickens up to 4 d post-treatment. This finding suggests that, in order to obtain depletion of macrophages in chickens for greater than 5 d, it is necessary to administer clodronate liposomes 4 d apart. The study also showed that 2 treatments of clodronate liposomes at 4-day intervals resulted in the depletion of macrophages for up to 10 d. The findings of the present study will encourage more precise studies to be done on the potential roles of macrophages in immune responses and in the pathogenesis of microbial infections in chickens. |
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