Abstract
T cells, which encounter specific antigen (Ag), require additional signals to mount a functional immune response. Here, we demonstrate activation of signal 2, by anti-CD28 mAb (aCD28) and other costimulatory molecules (aCD49d, aCD5), and signal 3, by recombinant IL-12, enhance Ag-specific IFN-γ secretion by CD4, CD8, γδ T cells and NK cells. Age matched male jersey calves, experimentally infected with Mycobacterium avium subsp. paratuberculosis (MAP), were vaccinated with a cocktail of recombinant MAP proteins or left unvaccinated. Vaccine induced ex vivo recall responses were measured through Ag-specific IFN-γ production by ELISA and flow cytometry. There was a significant increase in production of IFN-γ by T cell subsets or NKp46+ cells cultured in the presence of Ag and aCD28/aCD49d. The increase was accompanied by an increase in the integrated median fluorescence intensity (iMFI) of activated T cells. Addition of rIL-12 induced a significant additive effect leading to a maximum increase in responder frequency of Ag-specific T cell subsets or NKp46+ cells with a heavy bias toward IFN-γ production by CD4 T cells. We provide the first description of using aCD28/aCD49d costimulation to potentiate an Ag-specific increase in the production of IFN-γ in bovine immunology. The study also shows the degree of signaling in T cells is regulated by the costimulatory environment.
Original language | English |
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Journal | Veterinary Immunology and Immunopathology |
Volume | 155 |
Issue number | 4 |
Pages (from-to) | 276-83 |
Number of pages | 8 |
ISSN | 0165-2427 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 1 Oct 2013 |
Keywords
- Animals
- Antibodies, Bacterial/analysis
- Antibodies, Monoclonal/pharmacology
- CD4-Positive T-Lymphocytes/immunology
- Cattle
- Cattle Diseases/blood
- Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay/veterinary
- Flow Cytometry/veterinary
- Interferon-gamma/analysis
- Leukocytes, Mononuclear
- Male
- Mycobacterium avium subsp. paratuberculosis/immunology
- Paratuberculosis/immunology
- Signal Transduction/immunology
- Statistics, Nonparametric
- Vaccination/veterinary