Journal
JOURNAL OF DAIRY SCIENCE
Volume 85, Issue 11, Pages 2859-2868Publisher
AMER DAIRY SCIENCE ASSOC
DOI: 10.3168/jds.S0022-0302(02)74373-7
Keywords
bovine; bone marrow; functional maturation; granulopoiesis
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Granulocytic precursor cells undergo morphologic changes in the nucleus and the cytoplasm during the process of granulopoiesis, which takes place in the bone marrow. These changes are associated with the development of stage-specific proteins necessary for the highly specialized roles of polymorphonuclear leukocytes in phagocytosis, bacterial killing, and in mediating the inflammatory process. The objective of the current study was to sequence the various events that occur upon functional development of granulocytic bone marrow cells in the bovine species. Cells were obtained from the bone marrow of clinically healthy cows and separated into different stages of maturation using density gradient centrifugation. Three cellular fractions were obtained that were enriched for either early immature, late immature or mature granulocytic cells. Functions and receptor expressions assessed in the three maturation stages were: Fc-IgG(2) receptor and CD11b expression, phagocytosis of Escherichia coli, respiratory burst activity, and cellular myeloperoxidase activity. Immature cells expressed already Fc-IgG(2) receptor and CD11b on their cytoplasma membrane. Phagocytic ability was acquired in the myelocytic stage, but only the more mature forms were readily capable of phagocytosis. Promyelocytes, myelo-cytes and metamyelocytes showed no respiratory burst activity. Only band and segmented cells produced reactive oxygen species. Myeloperoxidase was present at all stages of maturity. Thus, each of the maturation stages was characterized by a selective expression of one or more functions and receptors. Therefore, sequential biochemical maturation is postulated during bovine granulopoiesis.
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