title: Flow cytometric measurement of neutrophil respiratory burst in whole bovine blood using live Staphylococcus aureus.
abstract: A rapid and simple method for measurement of respiratory burst in neutrophil granulocytes in whole bovine blood is described. The respiratory burst was stimulated by live Staphylococcus aureus, and the production of reactive oxygen species quantified by the conversion of intracellular dihydrorhodamine 123 to the green fluorescent rhodamine 123, measured by flow cytometry. Assay conditions, including bacterial and dihydrorhodamine 123 concentrations and incubation time, were determined. Repeatability and precision of the method were assessed by testing parallel samples from clinically healthy dairy cows. In vitro and in vivo inhibition of respiratory burst was investigated, and labelling with a granulocyte marker antibody was performed. Stimulation with live S. aureus induced green fluorescence in the neutrophil granulocytes in a whole blood preparation. The fluorescence intensity increased with increasing bacterial concentration and increasing incubation time. Agreement analysis showed that the method gave repeatable results, and the intra-assay variability of the method was relatively low. The method is considered a useful technique for measurement of neutrophil respiratory burst in whole bovine blood.
authors.affiliation: Department of Animal Health, National Veterinary Institute, Oslo, Norway. annette.kampen@vetinst.no
authors.forename: Annette H
authors.initials: AH
authors.lastname: Kampen
authors.forename: Tore
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Tollersrud
authors.forename: Arve
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Lund
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001681:Biological Assay; D001769:Blood / Q000276:immunology / Q000382:microbiology; D002417:Cattle; D004791:Enzyme Inhibitors / Q000494:pharmacology; D005434:Flow Cytometry / Q000379:methods*; D005456:Fluorescent Dyes / Q000032:analysis / Q000378:metabolism; D009504:Neutrophils / Q000276:immunology* / Q000382:microbiology; D010587:Phagocytosis; D017382:Reactive Oxygen Species / Q000378:metabolism; D016897:Respiratory Burst / Q000187:drug effects / Q000276:immunology*; D020112:Rhodamine 123 / Q000032:analysis / Q000378:metabolism; D012235:Rhodamines / Q000378:metabolism; D013211:Staphylococcus aureus / Q000276:immunology*; D019311:Staurosporine / Q000494:pharmacology
chemical_list: D004791:Enzyme Inhibitors; D005456:Fluorescent Dyes; D017382:Reactive Oxygen Species; D012235:Rhodamines; C058319:dihydrorhodamine 123; D020112:Rhodamine 123; D019311:Staurosporine