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JOURNAL OF DAIRY SCIENCE
卷 94, 期 4, 页码 1762-1771出版社
ELSEVIER SCIENCE INC
DOI: 10.3168/jds.2010-3275
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insulin-like growth factor (IGF-I); polymorphonuclear neutrophilic leukocyte (PMNL); transition period; immune suppression
Impaired function of polymorphonuclear neutrophilic leukocyte (PMNL) during the peripartal period is a major reason for increased susceptibility of dairy cows to infections in this critical interval. Factors dysregulating PMNL function are widely unknown. Insulin-like growth factor (IGF-I) enhanced PMNL functions in vitro. The objective of this study was to investigate the influence of IGF-I and, additionally, beta-hydroxybutyrate and nonesterified fatty acid concentrations on phagocytic activity (PA, percentage of viable PMNL) and phagocytic capacity (PC, mean fluorescence intensity of phagocytic PMNL) assessed by flow cytometry. Antepartum (i.e., wk -3, -2, -1; before calving), plasma concentrations of IGF-I were high (80-110 ng/mL) without significant differences between primiparous and pluriparous cows (n = 18 and n = 41, respectively). Concentrations of IGF-I declined toward the week of calving (wk 1). Postpartum (i.e., wk 2, 3, and 4; after calving), IGF-I remained lower than before parturition, with concentrations higher in primiparous compared with those of pluriparous cows. The PA was constant in primiparous cows throughout the study period. Conversely, PMNL of pluriparous cows had a significantly increased and higher PA in wk 2 and 3 postpartum compared with that of primiparous cows. The PC decreased significantly only in primiparous cows the week of calving, whereas the number of PMNL in primiparous cows exceeded that of pluriparous cows significantly. The phagocytic power (PP, a product of PA by PC), but not the phagocytic overall performance (POP, a product of PA, PC, and PMNL number), differed between primiparous and pluriparous cows in wk 3 postpartum. No significant differences in POP were found, except in wk 4 after calving between the primi- and pluriparous cows. In both groups, POP increased in the week of calving (wk 1). In contrast to beta-hydroxybutyrate, which was weakly positive correlated with PA and PP in pluriparous cows in the transition period (wk 3 antepartum to wk 4 postpartum), pluriparous animals had weak negative correlations of PMNL number, PA, PP, POP, and IGF-I concentration in this period. In primiparous animals, only PP and PC were weakly negatively correlated with IGF-I in the transition period. Increased plasma IGF-I concentrations were not associated with enhanced phagocytosis function of bovine blood PMNL ex vivo and, thus, can not be regarded as a suitable predictor for this function.
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