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CD8(+)/perforin(+)/WC1(-) gammadelta T cells, not CD8(+) alphabeta T cells, infiltrate vasculitis lesions of American bison (Bison bison) with experimental sheep-associated malignant catarrhal fever
Veterinary immunology and immunopathology, Vol.136(3-4), pp.284-291
08/15/2010
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https://hdl.handle.net/2376/107643
PMID: 20413164
Abstract
Sheep-associated malignant catarrhal fever (SA-MCF) caused by ovine herpesvirus-2 (OvHV-2), a gamma-herpesvirus in the Macavirus genus, is a fatal disease associated with lymphoproliferation, lymphocytic vasculitis, and mucosal ulceration in clinically susceptible species. SA-MCF is an important threat to American bison (Bison bison) due to their high susceptibility to this disease. Currently, the pathogenesis of disease in SA-MCF is poorly understood, and the immunophenotype of lymphocytes that infiltrate the vascular lesions of bison and cattle with SA-MCF has been only partially defined. Previous single-color immunohistochemistry studies have demonstrated that CD8(+) cells and CD4(+) cells predominate within vascular infiltrates in cattle and bison. The CD8(+) cells detected in the vascular lesions of cattle and bison were assumed to be cytotoxic alphabeta T lymphocytes. However, polychromatic immunophenotyping analyses in this study showed that CD8(+)/perforin(+) gammadelta T cells, CD4(+)/perforin(-) alphabeta T cells, and B cells infiltrate vascular lesions in the urinary bladder, kidney, and liver of six bison with experimentally-induced SA-MCF. CD8(+) alphabeta T cells and WC1(+) gammadelta T cell cells were only infrequently and inconsistently identified. This study confirmed our hypothesis that the predominant CD8(+) lymphocytes infiltrating the vascular lesions of bison with SA-MCF are cytotoxic lymphocytes of the innate immune system, not CD8(+) alphabeta T cells. Results of the present study support the previous suggestions that MCF is fundamentally a disease of immune dysregulation.
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- Title
- CD8(+)/perforin(+)/WC1(-) gammadelta T cells, not CD8(+) alphabeta T cells, infiltrate vasculitis lesions of American bison (Bison bison) with experimental sheep-associated malignant catarrhal fever
- Creators
- Danielle D Nelson - Department of Veterinary Microbiology and Pathology, Washington State University, Pullman, WA, USA. danielled@vetmed.wsu.eduWilliam C DavisWendy C BrownHong LiDonal O'TooleJ Lindsay Oaks
- Publication Details
- Veterinary immunology and immunopathology, Vol.136(3-4), pp.284-291
- Academic Unit
- Veterinary Microbiology and Pathology, Department of
- Publisher
- Netherlands
- Identifiers
- 99900547154401842
- Language
- English
- Resource Type
- Journal article