title: Effect of 1-24ACTH administration on sheep blood granulocyte functions.
abstract: The objective of the present study was to determine the efficiency of blood neutrophils (PMN) taken from sheep during acute stress. Ten healthy Charolle sheep were sampled before treatment (T0) and 1 (T1), 2 (T2), 24 (T24) and 48 (T48) hours after 1-24ACTH administration. Ten sheep serving as the controls were sampled at the same time intervals, using saline solution instead of 1-24ACTH. At each time sampling, rectal temperature, heart rate, cortisol, glucose, non-esterified fatty acids (NEFA), total and differential leukocyte counts were evaluated. PMN were isolated after centrifugation of whole blood and hypotonic lysis of RBC. Chemotaxis was evaluated on a modified Boyden chamber using a nitrate cellulose filter and both Zymosan activated serum (ZAS) and interleukin-8 (IL-8) as chemoattractants. Phagocytosis was measured using both non-opsonized latex beads and fluoresceinated yeasts opsonized with homologous serum. Superoxide (O(-)2) production was evaluated by measuring superoxide dismutase-inhibitable reduction of ferricytochrome C, and adherence by a colorimetric assay of acid phosphatase activity of adherent cells. The administration of 1-24ACTH induced an acute stress reaction, indicated by the presence of clinical, biochemical and hematological changes. Adherence significantly increased from T0 to T2 in treated sheep. This might be responsible for the depression of non-specific immunity in stressed animals. Studies using stressors other than 1-24 ACTH are needed to verify the influence of other components of the stress reaction on PMN functions.
authors.affiliation: Dipartimento di Patologia Animale, Igiene e Sanità Pubblica Veterinaria, Sezione di Patologia Generale Veterinaria e Parassitologia, Milano, Italy. savepal@mailserver.unimi.it
authors.forename: Saverio
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Paltrinieri
authors.forename: Simona
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Panelli
authors.forename: Stefano
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Comazzi
authors.forename: Paola
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Sartorelli
mesh_terms: D000135:Acid Phosphatase / Q000378:metabolism; D000818:Animals; D001774:Blood Chemical Analysis / Q000662:veterinary; D002634:Chemotaxis, Leukocyte; D003366:Cosyntropin / Q000494:pharmacology*; D005260:Female; D006098:Granulocytes / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology; D006339:Heart Rate; D007958:Leukocyte Count / Q000662:veterinary; D009504:Neutrophils / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000502:physiology; D010587:Phagocytosis; D011897:Random Allocation; D012756:Sheep; D013312:Stress, Physiological / Q000097:blood / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000662:veterinary*; D013482:Superoxide Dismutase / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D003366:Cosyntropin; D013482:Superoxide Dismutase; D000135:Acid Phosphatase