Report on the analyses of mAb reactive with porcine CD8 for the second international swine CD workshop

Based on an analysis of their reactivity with porcine peripheral blood lymphocytes (PBL), only three of the 57 mAbs assigned to the T cell/activation marker group were grouped into cluster T9 along with the two wCD8 workshop standard mAbs 76-2-11 (CD8a) and 11/295/33 (CD8b). Their placement was verified through the use of two-color cytofluorometry which established that all three mAbs (STH101, #090; UCP1H12-2, #139; and PG164A, #051) bind exclusively to CD8⁺ cells. Moreover, like the CD8 standard mAbs, these three mAbs reacted with two proteins with a MW of 33 and 35 kDa from lymphocyte lysates and were, thus, given the wCD8 designation. Because the mAb STH101 inhibited the binding of mAb 76-2-11 but not of 11/295/33, it was given the wCD8a designation. The reactivity of the other two new mAbs in the T9 cluster with the various subsets of CD8⁺ lymphocytes were distinct from that of the other members in this cluster including the standards. Although the characteristic porcine CD8 staining pattern consisting of CD8^low and CD8^high cells was obtained with the mAb UCP1H12-2, a wider gap between the fluorescence intensity of the CD8^low and CD8^high lymphocytes was observed. In contrast, the mAb PG164A, not only exclusively reacted with CD4⁻/CD8^high lymphocytes, but it also failed to recognize CD4/CD8 double positive lymphocytes. It was concluded that this mAb is specific for a previously unrecognized CD8 epitope, and was, thus, given the wCD8c designation. A very similar reactivity pattern to that of PG164A was observed for two other mAbs (STH106, #094; and SwNL554.1, #009). Although these two mAbs were not originally positioned in the T cell subgroup because of their reactivity and their ability to inhibit the binding of PG164A, they were given the wCD8c designation. Overall, five new wCD8 mAbs were identified. Although the molecular basis for the differences in PBL recognition by these mAbs is not yet understood, they will be important in defining the role of CD8⁺ lymphocyte subsets in health and disease.     

巴西橡胶树4个环锌指蛋白基因（HbRZF）的物理定位

本文利用原位PCR技术和荧光原位杂交技术,对巴西橡胶树4个环锌指蛋白基因（HbRZF）在染色体的位置进行了物理定位分析。结果表明：用原位PCR技术检测到的HbRZF1和HbRZF3扩增信号分别定位于巴西橡胶热研7-33-97品种的第6号和第5号染色体长臂上,信号距着丝粒平均百分距离分别是45.76±3.18和66.33±0.75,信号检出率分别为28.79%和36.70%。用荧光原位杂交技术检测到的HbRZF2和HbRZF4探针信号分别位于第3号和7号染色体长臂上,信号距着丝粒平均百分距离分别为22.25±1.02和40.64±1.44,两种信号同时检出的机率为12.18%。本研究还对这些基因与其他定位的基因之间的连锁关系进行了讨论。