title: Effect of selection for increased body weight on mitogenic responses in turkeys.
abstract: Mitogenic responses were examined for purified peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMC) and whole blood from individuals in a line (F) of turkeys selected for increased 16-wk BW and its corresponding randombred control (RBC2). The PBMC were isolated by centrifugation over Histopaque-1077 density gradient and tested for mitogenic responses to concanavalin A (Con A; 25 microg/mL) and phytohemagglutinin (PHA)-M; 100 microg/mL). For the whole blood assay, 6-wk-old poults from both lines were injected with inactivated Pasteurella multocida. Heparinized blood samples were collected prior to injection (0 d) and at 2, 4, 7, and 14 d postinjection. The diluted whole blood was then tested for the mitogenic responses to Con A (25 microg/mL) and PHA-M (25 microg/mL). The cultures were then pulsed with 3H-thymidine, and incorporation was measured using a liquid scintillation counter. There was a line difference in the mitogenic responses to Con A for PBMC and whole blood assays, but no line difference was observed in the response to PHA-M for both assays. For the purified PBMC assay, the F line had a lower response than its randombred control line (P < or = 0.05) to Con A expressed as either cpm or a stimulation index (SI; ratio of cpm for stimulated cells to the cpm for unstimulated cells). For the whole blood assay, the F line had generally lower SI values in the responses to Con A than the RBC2 line, with differences being significant at 0 and 2 d postinjection (P < or = 0.01) and at 14 d postinjection (P < or = 0.05). Genetic selection for increased BW might have affected the lymphoblastogenic potential of Line F that could affect disease resistance.
authors.affiliation: Department of Animal Sciences, Ohio Agricultural Research and Development Center, The Ohio State University, Wooster 44691, USA.
authors.forename: Z
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: K E
authors.initials: KE
authors.lastname: Nestor
authors.forename: Y M
authors.initials: YM
authors.lastname: Saif
authors.forename: W L
authors.initials: WL
authors.lastname: Bacon
authors.forename: J W
authors.initials: JW
authors.lastname: Anderson
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001835:Body Weight; D002455:Cell Division; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D003208:Concanavalin A / Q000494:pharmacology; D005260:Female; D007111:Immunity, Cellular; D007113:Immunity, Innate / Q000235:genetics; D007963:Leukocytes, Mononuclear / Q000166:cytology / Q000276:immunology; D008297:Male; D008934:Mitogens / Q000494:pharmacology*; D016979:Pasteurella multocida / Q000276:immunology; D010835:Phytohemagglutinins / Q000494:pharmacology; D012641:Selection, Genetic; D014422:Turkeys / Q000097:blood / Q000276:immunology*
chemical_list: D008934:Mitogens; D010835:Phytohemagglutinins; D003208:Concanavalin A