title: Workshop cluster 1+ gammadelta T-cell receptor T cells from calves express high levels of interferon-gamma in response to stimulation with interleukin-12 and -18.
abstract: Gammadelta T-cell receptor(+) T lymphocytes are an important element of the innate immune system. Early production of interferon (IFN)-gamma by gammadelta T cells may have a role in linking innate and adaptive immune responses and contribute to T helper-1 bias. We investigated the role of cytokines in the activation and induction of IFN-gamma secretion by bovine workshop cluster 1(+) (WC1(+)) gammadelta T cells. The effects of culture with interleukin (IL)-12, IL-18, IL-15 and IL-2 were investigated; these cytokines are known to influence murine and human gammadelta T cells. We report that bovine WC1(+)gammadelta T cells are synergistically stimulated by IL-12 and IL-18 to secrete large quantities of IFN-gamma. Neonatal calves were shown to have significantly higher numbers of circulating WC1(+)gammadelta T cells than adult animals. In addition, the response of peripheral blood WC1(+)gammadelta T cells was significantly higher in neonatal calves compared with adult animals. However, in adult animals the response of lymph node WC1(+)gammadelta T cells to IL-12/IL-18 was more pronounced than that of peripheral blood WC1(+)gammadelta T cells. We hypothesize that the induction of IFN-gamma secretion from WC1(+)gammadelta T cells by IL-12 and IL-18 is likely to be an important element of the innate response to pathogens such as Mycobacterium bovis. The high numbers of WC1(+)gammadelta T cells in neonatal calves, and their inherent ability to respond to inflammatory cytokines, could be a key factor in the enhanced responses seen in calves to BCG vaccination.
authors.affiliation: Institute for Animal Health, Compton, Newbury, Berkshire, United Kingdom.
authors.forename: Sally J
authors.initials: SJ
authors.lastname: Price
authors.forename: Paul
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Sopp
authors.forename: Christopher J
authors.initials: CJ
authors.lastname: Howard
authors.forename: Jayne C
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: Hope
mesh_terms: D000375:Aging / Q000276:immunology; D000818:Animals; D000831:Animals, Newborn; D002417:Cattle; D049109:Cell Proliferation; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D004306:Dose-Response Relationship, Immunologic; D007371:Interferon-gamma / Q000096:biosynthesis*; D018664:Interleukin-12 / Q000276:immunology*; D020382:Interleukin-18 / Q000276:immunology*; D008198:Lymph Nodes / Q000276:immunology; D008562:Membrane Glycoproteins / Q000097:blood*; D016692:Receptors, Antigen, T-Cell, gamma-delta / Q000097:blood; D011994:Recombinant Proteins / Q000276:immunology; D016176:T-Lymphocyte Subsets / Q000276:immunology*
chemical_list: C086500:DMBT1 protein, Bos taurus; D020382:Interleukin-18; D008562:Membrane Glycoproteins; D016692:Receptors, Antigen, T-Cell, gamma-delta; D011994:Recombinant Proteins; D018664:Interleukin-12; D007371:Interferon-gamma