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VETERINARY IMMUNOLOGY AND IMMUNOPATHOLOGY
Volume 180, Issue -, Pages 34-39Publisher
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DOI: 10.1016/j.vetimm.2016.08.015
Keywords
Cytokine; Giant cell; Granuloma; Mycobacterium bovis; RNAScope (R)
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- US Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service Project (CRIS) [3625-32000-104]
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Regardless of host, pathogenic mycobacteria of the Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex such as Mycobacterium bovis, induce a characteristic lesion known as a granuloma, tubercle or tuberculoid granuloma. Granulomas represent a distinct host response to chronic antigenic stimuli, such as foreign bodies, certain bacterial components, or persistent pathogens such as M. bovis. Granulomas are composed of specific cell types including epithelioid macrophages, lymphocytes and a morphologically distinctive cell type, the multinucleated giant cell. Multinucleated giant cells are formed by the fusion of multiple macrophages; however, their function remains unclear. In humans, giant cells in tuberculous granulomas have been shown to express various cytokines, chemokines and enzymes important to the formation and maintenance of the granuloma. The objective of this study was to quantitatively assess multinucleated giant cell cytokine expression in bovine tuberculoid granulomas; focusing on cytokines of suspected relevance to bovine tuberculosis. Using calves experimentally infected with M. bovis, in situ cytokine expression was quantitatively assessed using RNAScope (R) for the following cytokines TNF-alpha, IFN-gamma, TGF-beta, IL-17A and IL-10. Multinucleated giant cells in bovine tuberculoid granulomas expressed all examined cytokines to varying degrees, with differential expression of TGF-beta, IL-17A and IL-10 in giant cells from early versus late stage granulomas. There was a modest, positive correlation between the level of cytokine expression and cell size or number of nuclei. These results suggest that multinucleated giant cells are active participants within bovine tuberculoid granulomas, contributing to the cytokine milieu necessary to form and maintain granulomas. Published by Elsevier B.V.
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