IBDV-induced bursal T lymphocytes inhibit mitogenic response of normal splenocytes |
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Authors: | Kim I J Sharma J M |
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Institution: | Department of Veterinary PathoBiology, College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Minnesota, St. Paul, MN 55108, USA. |
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Abstract: | We examined the suppressive activity of bursal T cells induced by infectious bursal disease virus (IBDV) in inbred (15x7) and outbred commercial specific-pathogen-free (SPF) chickens. The suppressive activity was measured by the ability of bursal and splenic T cells from IBDV-infected chickens to inhibit mitogenic responses of normal splenocytes. The bursacytes but not the splenocytes of IBDV-infected chickens inhibited the mitogenic responses of normal splenocytes. The mitogenic inhibition by the bursacytes of IBDV-infected chickens was dose-dependent. The suppression was observed both in inbred and non-inbred chickens, and thus, was non MHC-restricted. Cell-sorting experiments revealed that both CD4(+) and CD8(+) cells from the bursa of IBDV-infected chickens, as well as cell-culture supernatants conditioned by these cells, mediated suppression. Suppressor T (Ts) cells may therefore be involved in the immunosuppression induced by IBDV. |
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