title: Cholera toxin transiently inhibits porcine T cell proliferation in vitro.
abstract: Cholera toxin (Ctx) is an important mucosal adjuvant with potential experimental applications in pigs. However, little is known about the direct effects of Ctx on porcine immune cells. Therefore, we analysed the influence of Ctx on mitogen-induced lymphocyte proliferation. Ctx inhibited peripheral blood mononuclear cell (PBMC) proliferation with an IC50 of 34+/-17 ng/mL. This inhibition was not due to increased cell death. Lymphoblast formation in cultures stimulated with concanavalin A and Ctx was decreased at 24 h, but had reached the levels of control cultures again at 72 and 120 h, indicating that suppression was transient. Analysis of T cell subsets revealed that Ctx treatment specifically reduced the percentage of CD4-CD8+ and gammadelta T cells, whereas the proportion of CD4+CD8- increased. Furthermore, Ctx caused secretion of IL-10 by PBMC cultures, but depressed TNFalpha secretion.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Anatomy, Otto-von-Guericke University Magdeburg, Leipziger Strasse 44, 39120 Magdeburg, Germany. diane.bimczok@yahoo.de
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Bimczok
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Koch
authors.forename: H J
authors.initials: HJ
authors.lastname: Rothkötter
mesh_terms: D000276:Adjuvants, Immunologic / Q000494:pharmacology*; D000818:Animals; D017209:Apoptosis / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology; D049109:Cell Proliferation / Q000187:drug effects*; D002772:Cholera Toxin / Q000494:pharmacology*; D006801:Humans; D016753:Interleukin-10 / Q000378:metabolism; D007963:Leukocytes, Mononuclear / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology; D013552:Swine; D016176:T-Lymphocyte Subsets / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000276:immunology; D014409:Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D000276:Adjuvants, Immunologic; D014409:Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha; D016753:Interleukin-10; D002772:Cholera Toxin