title: In vitro effects of nonesterified fatty acids on bovine neutrophils oxidative burst and viability.
abstract: An in vitro study was conducted to examine the influence of nonesterified fatty acids (NEFA) on bovine polymorphonuclear leukocytes (PMN). Eight healthy, midlactating Holstein cows were used as blood donors. Blood PMN were isolated and incubated with a mixture of NEFA, reflecting composition of bovine plasma NEFA at concentrations that were intended to mimic those found in blood of cows undergoing high, moderate, or low lipomobilization intensity (2, 1, 0.5, 0.25, 0.125, and 0.0625 mM). Control samples were incubated in absence of NEFA. Phagocytosis and oxidative burst activities were assessed by a 2-color flow cytometric method, which was based on oxidation of intracellular dihydrorhodamine 123 to green fluorescent rhodamine 123. Oxidative burst products were generated by incubating PMN with Staphylococcus aureus labeled with propidium iodide. A flow cytometric technique was used to detect PMN viability, necrosis, and apoptosis using fluorescein isothiocyanate-labeled annexin-V and propidium iodide. Phagocytic activity was not affected by NEFA. The highest concentration of NEFA (2 mM) was associated with a dramatic increase of phagocytosis-associated oxidative burst activities with a reduction in cell viability (48.0 vs. 97.5% in control samples) and with a marked increase of necrosis (49.4 vs. 0.5% in control samples). Conversely, the mixture of NEFA did not affect the occurrence of apoptosis. Enhancement of the oxidative burst associated with the highest concentration of NEFA might explain the reduced viability and higher percentage of necrosis observed under the same conditions. This study demonstrated a substantial resistance of bovine PMN to an overload of fatty acids. However, observation that the highest concentration of NEFA regulated some PMN functions encourages the possibility of in vivo studies to assess the relationships between intensity of lipomobilization, plasma NEFA, and bovine PMN functions.
authors.affiliation: Dipartimento di Produzioni Animali, Universitàdegli Studi della Tuscia, Viterbo, Italy.
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Scalia
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Lacetera
authors.forename: U
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Bernabucci
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Demeyere
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Duchateau
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Burvenich
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D017304:Annexin A5; D017209:Apoptosis / Q000187:drug effects; D002417:Cattle / Q000097:blood*; D005230:Fatty Acids, Nonesterified / Q000097:blood / Q000494:pharmacology*; D005260:Female; D005434:Flow Cytometry; D016650:Fluorescein-5-isothiocyanate / Q000031:analogs & derivatives; D005456:Fluorescent Dyes / Q000378:metabolism; D007774:Lactation; D009336:Necrosis; D009504:Neutrophils / Q000502:physiology*; D010084:Oxidation-Reduction; D010587:Phagocytosis / Q000187:drug effects; D011419:Propidium; D016897:Respiratory Burst / Q000187:drug effects*; D012235:Rhodamines / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D017304:Annexin A5; C492760:FITC-annexin A5; D005230:Fatty Acids, Nonesterified; D005456:Fluorescent Dyes; D012235:Rhodamines; C058319:dihydrorhodamine 123; D011419:Propidium; D016650:Fluorescein-5-isothiocyanate