Feline complement dependent binding in the Raji cell assay is insufficient for the quantitation of immune complexes

A comparison was made of the binding of radiolabeled heat aggregated cat immunoglobulin G (125I-ACG) to Raji cells using normal or heat-inactivated cat or human serum. The binding with normal or heated cat serum, as well as heated human serum were essentially identical. The binding using normal human serum was 2.5- to 3-fold greater than observed with heated human serum. These results suggest that feline complement associated with 125I-ACG does not bind to Raji cells via complement receptors, but only by receptors for the Fc portion of IgG. Human serum and 125I-ACG can bind to both Fc and complement receptors on Raji cells.     

Colony Formation in Culture by Bovine Granulopoietic Progenitor Cells

Calf bone marrow cells cultured in a semi-solid medium of 0.8% methyl cellulose produced colonies of granulocytic cells and macrophages by seven days. A prerequisite for colony growth was the presence of serum obtained from a calf three hours after intravenous injection of endotoxin. Three morphological types of colonies were seen but cell types within these types of colonies did not differ. Cultured cells were identified by morphological and cytochemical characteristics.

Optimum growth occurred when serum from endotoxin stimulated calves and fetal calf serum were present in a volumetric ratio of 7:3. Inhibition of colony growth occurred when endotoxin-stimulated serum was present at greater than optimum concentration. Normal calf serum, fetal calf serum, mouse L-cell conditioned medium and bovine urine did not stimulate significant colony growth when 8.0 x 10⁴ marrow cells were cultured.

There was a linear relationhip between the number of marrow cells in the cultures and the number of colonies produced. Colony forming efficiency ranged from 13 to 59 colonies per 10⁵ cells plated.

The behaviour of calf colony forming units in suspension culture was similar to that reported for mouse colony forming units.

     

低血清培养PK-15细胞及其增殖猪圆环病毒2型的研究

依次采用含60、30、20、10mL/L血清浓度的低血清培养基驯化PK-15细胞,并给驯化好的细胞上接种猪圆环病毒2型(PCV-2),以确定PCV-2在该培养体系下的生长情况。结果用含60、30、20mL/L血清浓度的低血清培养基各进行3代次驯化,PK-15细胞能完全适应且生长状态良好;当血清浓度降至10mL/L时,传代1次细胞无法保持良好状态,细胞出现贴壁较差、生长停滞等现象。各血清浓度培养体系中细胞生长曲线测定结果显示,在细胞培养的0、24、48、72、96h各组细胞密度与常规培养的对照组差别不明显。因此用该低血清培养体系培养PK-15细胞时,血清最低添加量为20mL/L。用该体系培养的PK-15细胞接种PCV-2后,通过荧光抗体染色测定病毒滴度。结果显示,低血清培养的PCV-2病毒滴度为10~(6.5)TCID_(50)/mL,与常规条件培养的PCV-2对照(病毒滴度为10~(6.375 )TCID_(50)/mL)差别不明显,表明该体系可用于PCV-2的增殖。表明研究建立了PK-15细胞低血清培养PCV-2体系,为PCV-2的相关研究奠定了基础。     

Pseudorabies virus propagated in rabbit kidney-derived RK13 cells is neutralized by natural IgM antibodies in normal swine serum which specifically lyse host cells

Pseudorabies virus (PRV) propagated in rabbit kidney-derived RK-13 cells (PRV-RK) was neutralized by serum obtained from specific pathogen-free pigs through the activation of complement. The virus-neutralizing activity of swine serum was lost after treatment with ethylene glycol-bis-aminoethylether-N,N,N',N'-tetraacetic acid (EGTA) or ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid (EDTA). Anti-C1q and anti-IgM antibodies also inhibited virus-neutralizing activity. Though IgG-depleted swine serum neutralized PRV, IgM and IgG-free swine serum lost virus-neutralizing activity. Pre-incubation of swine serum with RK-13 cells, but not with swine kidney-derived CPK cells, at 4 degrees C eliminated the virus-neutralizing activity to PRV-RK. Results indicated that swine serum contained natural IgM against an antigen(s) on the RK-13 cell surface and that this surface antigen was integrated into the PRV envelope during the budding process. Thus the natural IgM in swine serum reacted with the RK-13 antigen on the viral envelope, activated the complement cascade and neutralized the PRV-RK.     

Anti-capsular antibodies activate killing of Escherichia coli O8:K87 by the alternate complement pathway in porcine serum

Enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli (ETEC) strains that produce K88 (F4)+ fimbria are important causes of diarrhea and post-diarrheal septicemia in swine. ETEC O8:K87, a serotype represented by a number of these strains, is typically serum resistant. Strain-specific antibodies are known to activate alternative C pathway-mediated killing of other serum-resistant E. coli [Hill, A.W., Shears, A.L., Hibbitt, K.G., 1978. The requirement of specific antibody for the killing of E. coli by the alternate complement pathway in bovine serum. Immunology 34, 131-136], but their antigenic targets have not been determined. We tested the hypothesis that anti-K87 antibodies activate alternative pathway-mediated killing of ETEC O8:K87. Pigs were immunized with ETEC O8:K87 strain 2534-86 cells or purified K87 polysaccharide. Post-, but not pre-immunization sera killed 2534-86 cells, and absorption with 2534-86 cells or by K87 affinity chromatography eliminated bactericidal activity. Complementation of absorbed serum with anti-K87 antibodies restored bactericidal activity, confirming the ability of these antibodies to activate C-mediated serum killing. Serum from age-matched, non-vaccinated control pigs also killed 2534-86. This activity was eliminated by absorption with 2534-86 cells, but not K87 affinity chromatography, indicating that specific non-capsular antibodies are also able to activate C-mediated killing. In all cases, Mg-EGTA-treated serum was as effective as non-treated serum in killing, suggesting that bactericidal activity was mediated predominantly if not exclusively via the alternative C pathway.     

应用MTT比色法评价不同牛血清促细胞生长作用

细胞培养过程中血清的选择对细胞的促生长增殖具有重要作用。本试验分别以商品新生牛血清、自制新生牛血清、自制成年牛血清培养成纤维细胞、骨髓瘤细胞、杂交瘤细胞,通过MTT比色法来判断细胞的增殖能力,进而对血清质量作出评价。结果表明,自制新生牛血清具有良好的促细胞生长作用(相对生长率＞0.96),并且3次试验结果比较差异不显著(P＞0.05),具有较好的重复性;而成年牛血清和无血清空白对照组促细胞作用不明显。因此应用MTT比色法能够评价血清质量。     

Natural Antibodies in Sera of Mink Before and After The Development of Aleutian Disease (Viral Plasmacytosis)

The effect of infection of mink with aleutian disease virus on the level of natural antibodies in the serum was investigated. The level of natural antibodies to chicken red blood cells was increased following infection but there was no correlation between the degree of hypergamma globulinemia in the diseased mink and the increase in titers. On the other hand, serum levels of natural hemolytic antibodies to sheep red blood cells in mink did not increase during the course of aleutian disease. These data indicate that the aleutian disease virus does not stimulate a broad spectrum of pre-existing antibody producing cells.     

山羊胚胎体外培养条件的优化

为优化山羊胚胎体外培养条件,本试验比较了含有3种不同来源血清（优质胎牛血清、发情山羊血清、前列腺素（PG）处理后发情山羊血清）的M199对卵母细胞成熟效果的影响,成熟率分别为65.95%、49.2%、76.47%,差异极显著（P＜0.01）;本试验还分别采用了SOFaa、CR1aa+输卵管上皮细胞共培养,以及改进的DMEM/F12发育体系培养受精卵,结果发现,SOFaa、CR1aa+输卵管上皮细胞的发育培养系统得到的囊胚率为29.62%、24.73%,差异不显著(P＞0.05),改进的DMEM/F12发育液囊胚率最高为48.42%,差异极显著（P＜0.01）。     

Effect of fetal bovine serum and heat-inactivated fetal bovine serum on microbial cell wall-induced expression of procoagulant activity by equine and canine mononuclear cells in vitro

OBJECTIVE: To determine the effect of fetal bovine serum (FBS) and heat-inactivated FBS (HI-FBS) on lipopolysaccharide (LPS)- and zymosan-induced procoagulant activity of equine and canine mononuclear cells. SAMPLE POPULATION: Mononuclear cells from 18 horses and 3 dogs. PROCEDURES: Cells were incubated with various concentrations of FBS, HI-FBS, LPS, zymosan, polymyxin B, and anti-LPS-binding protein monoclonal antibody or combinations of these constituents. A 1 stage recalcification assay was used to determine procoagulant activity. RESULTS: Addition of FBS to media significantly increased procoagulant activity; equine and canine cells were stimulated by 1% and 10% FBS, respectively. Coincubation of cells with FBS and polymyxin B did not reduce this effect, suggesting that the response was not attributable to LPS contamination. Addition of HI-FBS to media did not stimulate procoagulant activity of equine or canine cells, and the sensitivity of the equine cells to LPS was significantly increased by HI-FBS. This increased LPS sensitivity was reduced 40% with monoclonal antibody directed against human recombinant LPS-binding protein. Increasing concentrations of HIFBS significantly increased LPS- and zymosan-induced procoagulant activity of canine cells. CONCLUSION AND CLINICAL RELEVANCE: Procoagulant activity production in equine and canine mononuclear cells was significantly increased by addition of FBS, whereas heat inactivation of FBS eliminated this effect. Heat inactivation did not eliminate the function of serum proteins involved in enhancement of LPS and zymosan-induced procoagulant activity. Results suggest that HI-FBS can be used as a source of serum proteins that increase the sensitivity of mononuclear cells to bacterial and yeast cell wall components.     

Application of chemi- and bioluminescence in studies of immunological reactions against protozoa

The opsonization and lysis of different protozoa by antibodies and/or complement was followed using luminol-dependent chemiluminescence and bioluminescence. The addition of immune serum to variable antigen type populations of Trypanosoma evansi led to the specific opsonization of trypanosomes resulting in an intense metabolic activation and chemiluminescence response of phagocytic cells. In comparison to those of uninfected control mice, the phagocytosis of coccidia merozoites by spleen cells from mice infected with Eimeria falciformis was enhanced during the acute stage of a primary infection. Opsonizing activity was demonstrated in phosphate-buffered saline extracts of gut contents of mice infected for 10 days. The incubation of E. falciformis merozoites together with guinea-pig complement resulted in slow lysis of the cells. The addition of mouse serum collected greater than 6 days after an infection led to an accelerated lysis of the merozoites, indicating the appearance of complement-fixing antibodies in the serum. Heat-inactivated immune serum alone had no lysing activity on merozoites. In the presence of complement, bovine lymphoblastoid cells infected with Theileria annulata were lysed by anti-lymphoblastoid cell serum raised in mice but not by serum from cattle which had developed immunity to Theileria annulata.     

Pulmonary disposition of erythromycin, azithromycin, and clarithromycin in foals

The objectives of the present study were to determine and compare the pulmonary disposition of azithromycin, clarithromycin, and erythromycin in foals. A single dose (10 mg/kg) of azithromycin, clarithromycin, or erythromycin was administered intragastrically to six healthy 1- to 3-month-old foals using an orthogonal design. Activity of the drugs was measured in serum, pulmonary epithelial lining fluid (PELF), and bronchoalveolar lavage (BAL) cells by use of a microbiologic assay. Peak drug activity in PELF was significantly higher in foals treated with clarithromycin (48.96+/-13.26 microg/mL) than in foals treated with azithromycin (10.00+/-7.46 microg/mL). Quantifiable erythromycin activity in PELF was only found in two of six foals. Peak drug activity in BAL cells was not significantly different between azithromycin (49.92+/-26.94 microg/mL) and clarithromycin (74.20+/-45.80 microg/mL) but activity for both drugs was significantly higher than that of erythromycin (1.02+/-1.11 microg/mL). Terminal half-life of azithromycin in serum (25.7+/-15.4 h), PELF (34.8+/-30.9 h), and BAL cells (54.4+/-17.5 h) was significantly longer than that of both clarithromycin and erythromycin. Peak azithromycin and clarithromycin activity was significantly higher in BAL cells, followed by PELF, and serum. In contrast, peak erythromycin activity in BAL cells was not significantly different from that of serum.     

接触抑制和血清饥饿对细胞周期的影响

为了研究血清饥饿和接触抑制2种常用的处理方法对供核细胞周期的影响,试验采用血清饥饿和接触抑制2种方法处理经过纯化的供核细胞,并用流式细胞仪检测处理后的供核细胞的细胞周期,通过Modfit软件分析不同处理方法对细胞周期产生的具体影响。结果表明:血清饥饿和同接触抑制2种方法处理过的细胞停留在G0/G1期和S期的细胞百分数差异不显著,但是同对照组细胞相比差异显著(P<0.05);停留在G2/M期的细胞百分数差异显著(P<0.05),但是同对照组细胞相比差异不显著(P>0.05)。     

The use of frozen cells in the microtitre serum neutralization test for infectious bovine rhinotracheitis.

Some parameters of the microtitre serum neutralization test were examined when using bovine fetal kidney cells derived from stocks stored in liquid nitrogen. In replicate tests with one serum there was no significant difference (p greater than 0.05) between titres calculated on the basis of cytopathic effect when either two or four wells were used per serum dilution. Also, there was no significant difference between titres calculated on the basis of a cell staining method when either two or four wells were used per serum dilution. When titres obtained by the 2-well-cytopathic effect method were compared with those obtained by the 2-well-stain method differences were not significantly different and it was concluded that the latter method using frozen cells constituted a practical and reproducible test. No significant titre variation occurred in cells serially passaged after having been frozen, or in cells derived from five different fetuses. Titres of sera from 41 cattle conformed to a log normal distribution pattern.     

Long-term bone marrow culture systems: normal and cyclic hematopoietic dogs.

A continuous long-term liquid culture in both a micro and macro system that incorporates bone marrow cells from normal and cyclic hematopoietic dogs is described. An adherent layer composed of fibroblasts, endothelial cells, mononuclear phagocytic cells, and fat-containing cells is essential for continuous hematopoiesis. Hematopoiesis was measured by the recovery of the nonadherent cells and the generation of committed granulocyte-monocyte progenitor cells for a period of seven weeks. Optimum growth factors include the use of horse serum, fetal bovine serum, dog serum, hydrocortisone, a 33 degrees C incubation temperature and feeding twice a week. As is true for both human and murine marrow liquid cultures, horse serum and hydrocortisone are essential for development and maintenance of fat-containing cells in the described systems. Both factors are important in hematopoiesis but their respective roles have not been defined. Normal and cyclic hematopoietic dogs bone marrow cells are comparable in their ability to establish long-term cultures. The micro-method (Linbro-well culture) gave similar results in maintaining hematopoiesis as did a macromethod (flask culture).     

兽用生物制品生产用牛血清质量标准研究——牛血清对Sp2/0细胞增殖试验研究

为制定兽用生物制品生产用牛血清对Sp2/0细胞增殖试验的质量标准,将处于对数生长期的Sp2/0细胞分散,配制成50万/mL细胞悬液,用含10%不同牛血清的MEM营养液,在96孔细胞培养板上作对倍稀释,在5%CO2培养箱37℃培养48 h,计数每种血清对Sp2/0细胞的绝对克隆形成率。结果表明,胎牛血清对Sp2/0细胞的绝对克隆形成率为20%-26%,犊牛血清对Sp2/0细胞的绝对克隆形成率为12%-18%。以胎牛血清作为标准参考血清计算不同牛血清对Sp2/0细胞的相对克隆形成率,3批胎牛血清的相对克隆形成率均在80%以上,6批有效期之内的新生牛血清的相对克隆形成率为50%左右。因此,将兽用生物制品生产用胎牛血清对Sp2/0细胞增殖试验的质量标准规定为对标准血清相对克隆形成率不低于80%;新生犊牛血清对Sp2/0细胞增殖试验的质量标准规定为对标准血清相对克隆形成率不低于50%。     

Stimulation of Adrenal Chromaffin Cell Proliferation by Hypercalcemia Induced by Intravenous Infusion of Calcium Gluconate in Rats

Increased incidence of adrenal pheochromocytoma is frequently encountered in rat carcinogenicity studies. In some of the studies, the finding is judged to be due to a rat-specific mechanism of carcinogenesis caused by a disturbance of calcium homeostasis. However, direct evidence that the proliferation of chromaffin cells in the adrenal medulla is induced solely by hypercalcemia is not available. In this study, calcium gluconate was intravenously infused for 7 days to rat chromaffin cells by a tail cuff method, and cumulative labeling with bromodeoxyuridine (BrdU) was carried out to evaluate the proliferative activity. The serum calcium concentration was dose-dependently increased, and a high calcium concentration was stably sustained from day 2 to 7. In the adrenal medulla, BrdU-positive chromaffin cells increased in the calcium gluconate-treated animals, and the BrdU-labeling index increased in a dose-dependent manner. In addition, an increased BrdU-labeling index of chromaffin cells was shown to correlate with the serum calcium concentration. Our results demonstrate that hypercalcemia directly enhances the proliferative activity of chromaffin cells and that the proliferative activity is correlated with the serum calcium concentration.     

A comparison of foal and adult horse neutrophil function using flow cytometric techniques

Flow cytometric assays were used to compare phagocytic and oxidative burst activity of neutrophils from healthy foals less than 7 days of age with the activity of cells from healthy adult horses. The phagocytosis of Staphylococcus aureus by foal neutrophils was less than that observed for adult neutrophils when autologous serum was used as the source of opsonins in the assay. The use of adult serum did not significantly improve the ability of foal neutrophils to attach bacteria. The oxidative burst activity of foal neutrophils was equivalent to that of adult cells. However, when serum or plasma was incorporated into the oxidative burst assay, foal neutrophils demonstrated greatly reduced autofluorescence and a suppressed response to phorbol myristate acetate (PMA), relative to that demonstrated by adult cells. These results suggest that peripheral blood neutrophils from foals have a reduced ability to phagocytose bacteria relative to that exhibited by adult horse neutrophils and that the oxidative burst activity of foal neutrophils is down-regulated in response to an unidentified serum factor(s). Such changes may contribute to the increased susceptibility of foals to septic disease.     

Feline skin lymphoma: characterization of tumor and identification of tumor-stimulating serum factor(s).

A feline leukemia virus-negative skin lymphoma was characterized as a T-lymphocyte neoplasm, using the guinea pig erythrocyte rosetting technique. The lymphoma cells responded well to phytohemagglutinin compared with normal feline lymphocytes which did not respond. Serum factor(s) was found in serum of a cat with lymphoma that was highly stimulating to autologous tumor cells, but not to normal cat lymphocytes.     

Correlation of spurious potassium elevation and platelet count in dogs

Paired serum and plasma electrolyte determinations were measured on 26 dogs. The difference between plasma and serum electrolyte concentrations was compared to the platelet and leukocyte counts. An increase in serum potassium concentration over plasma potassium concentration was found which correlated linearly with the platelet count. No correlation with white cell count was found. A statistically significant increase in serum sodium concentration over plasma sodium concentration was also noted, however, this change did not correlate with the number of platelets or white cells. It is concluded that thrombocytosis, previously known to cause spurious elevation in serum potassium concentration in humans, can also do so in dogs and, presumably, other species.     

Measurement of feline serum interleukin-5 level

A bioassay was developed to measure feline interleukin-5 (IL-5). Human IL-5 receptor alpha chain transfected murine Ba/F3 cells (Ba/F3-IL-5R) showed feline IL-5-dependent proliferation in a dose-dependent manner. IL-5 levels in serum samples from 54 cats with suspected allergic dermatitis and from 11 control cats could be successfully measured using Ba/F3-IL-5R cells. The number of eosinophils in peripheral blood was not correlated with serum IL-5 level.