TY - JOUR
T1 - Ovine CD16+/CD14- blood lymphocytes present all the major characteristics of natural killer cells
AU - Elhmouzi-Younes, Jamila
AU - Boysen, Preben
AU - Pende, Daniela
AU - Storset, Anne K.
AU - Vern, Yves Le
AU - Laurent, Fabrice
AU - Drouet, Françoise
PY - 2010/1
Y1 - 2010/1
N2 - Natural killer (NK) cells have a key role in the innate immune response against pathogens because of their cytotoxic properties and production of interferon-gamma (IFN). Some insight into ruminant NK cell biology has been gained through the characterization of bovine NK cells as NKp46 +/CD3- cells. However, ovine NK cells have been little studied because of the lack of specific antibodies. Most NK cells in humans and cattle express CD16. We found that an antibody against human CD16 that cross-reacts with bovine NK cells also recognizes cell populations in ovine peripheral blood mononuclear cells. Using double labelling with CD14 revealed the same profile as described in other species, and we identified a putative NK cell population. We therefore sorted this ovine CD16+/CD14 - cell population and tested it for NK cell characteristics. More than 80% of sorted CD16+/CD14- cells expressed perforin. After a week of culture in the presence of IL-2 and IL-15, ovine CD16 +/CD14- cells had become large cells with intra-cytoplasmic granules containing perforin, and the vast majority displayed an activated CD2-/low/CD25+/CD8+ phenotype, as observed for bovine NKp46+/CD3+ cells. Moreover, these cells expressed transcripts for the NKp46 receptor, and were cytotoxic in a CD16-mediated redirected lysis assay against a murine cell line, P815, and in a direct lysis assay against the ovine cell line, IDO5. Finally, ovine CD16 +/CD14- cells having expanded for 7 days in culture secreted IFN-γ in response to IL-12 in a dosedependent manner. Taken together, these findings led us to conclude that the ovine CD16 +/CD14-lymphocyte sub-population displays the phenotype and functional characteristics of NK cells.
AB - Natural killer (NK) cells have a key role in the innate immune response against pathogens because of their cytotoxic properties and production of interferon-gamma (IFN). Some insight into ruminant NK cell biology has been gained through the characterization of bovine NK cells as NKp46 +/CD3- cells. However, ovine NK cells have been little studied because of the lack of specific antibodies. Most NK cells in humans and cattle express CD16. We found that an antibody against human CD16 that cross-reacts with bovine NK cells also recognizes cell populations in ovine peripheral blood mononuclear cells. Using double labelling with CD14 revealed the same profile as described in other species, and we identified a putative NK cell population. We therefore sorted this ovine CD16+/CD14 - cell population and tested it for NK cell characteristics. More than 80% of sorted CD16+/CD14- cells expressed perforin. After a week of culture in the presence of IL-2 and IL-15, ovine CD16 +/CD14- cells had become large cells with intra-cytoplasmic granules containing perforin, and the vast majority displayed an activated CD2-/low/CD25+/CD8+ phenotype, as observed for bovine NKp46+/CD3+ cells. Moreover, these cells expressed transcripts for the NKp46 receptor, and were cytotoxic in a CD16-mediated redirected lysis assay against a murine cell line, P815, and in a direct lysis assay against the ovine cell line, IDO5. Finally, ovine CD16 +/CD14- cells having expanded for 7 days in culture secreted IFN-γ in response to IL-12 in a dosedependent manner. Taken together, these findings led us to conclude that the ovine CD16 +/CD14-lymphocyte sub-population displays the phenotype and functional characteristics of NK cells.
KW - Cytotoxicity
KW - Interferon-gamma
KW - Natural killer cell
KW - Ovine
KW - Perforin
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U2 - 10.1051/vetres/2009052
DO - 10.1051/vetres/2009052
M3 - Article
C2 - 19755096
AN - SCOPUS:70450162139
VL - 41
JO - Annales de Recherches Veterinaires
JF - Annales de Recherches Veterinaires
SN - 0928-4249
IS - 1
ER -