title: Separation and identification of bovine lymphocyte populations.
abstract: Various methods for separation of lymphocyte populations have been modified and adapted for use in isolating and identifying bovine lymphocytes. Ficoll diatrizoate (F-D) with a specific density of 1.084 was found to be superior to those with densities of 1.080 and 1.077 which were developed originally for the mouse and human mononuclear cells, respectively. F-D with a density of 1.084 attained a lymphocyte (absolute number) recovery rate of 92% whereas those with densities of 1.080 and 1.077 yielded 81% and 71% recovery rate of lymphocytes, respectively. Subsequent separation of T lymphocytes was achieved best by nylon wool column whereas separation of B lymphocytes was attained best by complement-mediated depletion of T lymphocytes with the T lymphocyte specific monoclonal antibody (MAb), BLT-1. The former yielded 95 +/- 3% T lymphocytes with 47 +/- 9% recovery rate, and the latter gave 96 +/- 3% B lymphocytes with 71 +/- 9% recovery rate. In comparison, direct panning of F-D gradient separated mononuclear cells with goat anti-bovine IgG coated plates yielded 80% B lymphocytes with 31% recovery rate and indirect panning of MAb BLT-1 treated F-D gradient-separated mononuclear cells with goat anti-mouse IgG coated plates yielded 89% T lymphocytes with 35% recovery rate.
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000911:Antibodies, Monoclonal; D001402:B-Lymphocytes / Q000166:cytology; D002417:Cattle; D002469:Cell Separation / Q000379:methods; D003165:Complement System Proteins / Q000276:immunology; D005455:Fluorescent Antibody Technique; D008214:Lymphocytes / Q000166:cytology* / Q000276:immunology; D013601:T-Lymphocytes / Q000166:cytology
chemical_list: D000911:Antibodies, Monoclonal; D003165:Complement System Proteins