title: Response to soy: T-cell-like reactivity in the intestine of Atlantic salmon, Salmo salar L.
abstract: T-cell-mediated hypersensitivity could be central in soybean meal (SBM)-induced intestinal changes in salmon. However, tools for immunohistochemical detection of T cells have been lacking in teleosts, including Atlantic salmon. Application of a specific histochemical protocol allowed demonstration of T-cell-like reactivities in formalin-fixed, paraffin-embedded tissues using an antibody reacting to a conserved region of human CD3epsilon (Dako A0452). Characteristic staining was observed in cells of the thymus as well as distal intestine, skin, gills and spleen. These cells were negative for immunoglobulin M (IgM). Intestinal intraepithelial leucocytes were CD3epsilon positive. During the SBM-induced enteropathy, the mixed inflammatory infiltrate in the lamina propria of the distal intestine included many lymphocytes with a T-cell-like reactivity. Real-time polymerase chain reaction revealed significantly increased expression of a complex polypeptide (CD3pp), CD4 and CD8beta (P < 0.05) in the distal intestine of SBM-fed fish compared to fish meal-fed reference fish. Increased reactivity for extracellular IgM in the lamina propria and a positive material between the epithelial cells at the tips of the folds was observed, possibly due to leakage of IgM through an abrogated epithelial barrier. In conclusion, a T-cell-like response appears to be involved in this example of a food-sensitive enteropathy.
authors.affiliation: Aquaculture Protein Centre, a CoE, Norway. anne.mckellep@veths.no
authors.forename: A M
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Bakke-McKellep
authors.forename: M K
authors.initials: MK
authors.lastname: Frøystad
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Lilleeng
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Dapra
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Refstie
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Krogdahl
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Landsverk
mesh_terms: D000821:Animal Feed / Q000032:analysis; D000818:Animals; D000906:Antibodies / Q000032:analysis / Q000378:metabolism; D015703:Antigens, CD / Q000235:genetics / Q000276:immunology* / Q000378:metabolism; D001483:Base Sequence; D017931:DNA Primers / Q000737:chemistry; D015870:Gene Expression / Q000276:immunology*; D007150:Immunohistochemistry / Q000662:veterinary; D007413:Intestinal Mucosa / Q000276:immunology / Q000473:pathology; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction / Q000662:veterinary; D012313:RNA / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification; D020317:Salmo salar / Q000276:immunology*; D013025:Glycine max / Q000276:immunology*; D013601:T-Lymphocytes / Q000276:immunology*
chemical_list: D000906:Antibodies; D015703:Antigens, CD; D017931:DNA Primers; D012313:RNA