title: Antibody-dependent cell-mediated cytotoxicity and spontaneous cell-mediated cytotoxicity against cells infected with porcine transmissible gastroenteritis virus.
abstract: The objective of this study was to determine whether porcine peripheral blood leukocytes and intestinal intraepithelial leukocytes can mediate antibody-dependent cell-mediated cytotoxicity and spontaneous cell-mediated cytotoxicity against target cells infected with transmissible gastroenteritis virus. Peripheral blood leukocytes collected from six young adult pigs and intraepithelial leukocytes from a further five pigs were used as effector cells in chromium release assays against PK-15 cells persistently infected with transmissible gastroenteritis virus. Both peripheral blood leukocytes and intraepithelial leukocytes were capable of mediating antibody-dependent cell-mediated cytotoxicity and spontaneous cell-mediated cytotoxicity against PK-15 transmissible gastroenteritis cells. While the peripheral blood leukocytes mediated lower levels of specific 51Cr release in spontaneous cell-mediated cytotoxicity than in antibody-dependent cell-mediated cytotoxicity, the intraepithelial leukocytes were more effective in spontaneous cell-mediated cytotoxicity than antibody-dependent cell-mediated cytotoxicity.
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000920:Antibody-Dependent Cell Cytotoxicity; D002460:Cell Line; D002860:Chromium Radioisotopes; D003332:Coronaviridae / Q000276:immunology*; D003601:Cytotoxicity Tests, Immunologic / Q000379:methods; D003602:Cytotoxicity, Immunologic; D004847:Epithelial Cells; D007413:Intestinal Mucosa / Q000166:cytology; D007668:Kidney; D007962:Leukocytes / Q000276:immunology*; D013552:Swine; D005760:Transmissible gastroenteritis virus / Q000254:growth & development / Q000276:immunology*
chemical_list: D002860:Chromium Radioisotopes