title: Immunocytochemical detection of dendritic cell by S-100 protein in the chicken.
abstract: Positivity for S-100 protein in paraffin embedded chicken lymphoid tissue was found by using a polyclonal antibody against whole bovine S-100 protein. The S-100 protein-containing cells were observed in the locations which have been reported to contain avian dendritic cells such as the medulla of the bursal follicles, and the germinal centers and T-dependent areas in the spleen, Peyer's patches, caecal tonsil and Harderian gland. Positive cells were also found in the location where ellipsoid associated cell have been described, and between epithelial cells covering the Peyer's patches and the caecal tonsil, as well as between the cells lining the ducts within the Harderian gland. Macrophages were devoid of immunostaining. Our results confirm the location described elsewhere for chicken dendritic cells and indicate that S-100 protein can be considered as a cell marker for the identification of the chicken dendritic cell. Intraepithelial positive cells may be interdigitating dendritic cells in an unusual location (their function being the transport of the antigen from the epithelium to the diffuse lymphoid tissue), or cytotoxic T-lymphocytes which, in mammals, are immunoreactive for S-100 protein.
authors.affiliation: Department of Animal Pathology, Faculty of Veterinary Sciences, University of Zaragoza, Spain.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Gallego
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: del Cacho
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Arnal
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Felices
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Lloret
authors.forename: J A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Bascuas
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002645:Chickens; D003712:Dendrites / Q000737:chemistry*; D007124:Immunoenzyme Techniques; D007150:Immunohistochemistry; D008221:Lymphoid Tissue / Q000737:chemistry / Q000276:immunology; D009418:S100 Proteins / Q000737:chemistry*; D013601:T-Lymphocytes / Q000276:immunology
chemical_list: D009418:S100 Proteins