PMID: 9542157May 16, 1998Paper

Lymphocyte proliferative response in brown bears: cytokine role and glucocorticoid effect

The Journal of Experimental Zoology
M MusianiP Musiani

Abstract

Lymphocyte stimulation and proliferation play a pivotal role in the immune response to soluble as well as to cellular, bacterial, and viral antigens. In this study, peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMC), mainly composed of lymphocytes, were separated by Ficoll-Hypaque density gradient centrifugation from 50-ml jugular vein blood samples drawn from six captive and five wild-caught brown bears (Ursus arctos) (eight Apennine brown bears from the Italian population; three of undetermined origin). Stimulation of cultured bear PBMC with the two classical T lymphocyte mitogens phytohemagglutinin (PHA) and Concanavalin A (ConA) was followed by a significantly greater proliferative response than that shown by human PBMC (n = 11) (PHA: T = 4.03, d.f. = 20, P = 0.001; ConA: T = 4.25, d.f. = 20, P < 0.0005; Student's t-test, oneway ANOVA). As in humans, the PBMC proliferative response in bears was markedly (> 50%) inhibited by addition of transforming growth factor beta (TGF beta) human recombinant cytokine to the culture. Further fractionation provided a cell preparation extremely rich in peripheral blood lymphocytes (PBL) (mean +/- SD = 96.1 +/- 1.7%). Addition of interleukin 1 (IL1) or interleukin 2 (IL2) human recombinant cytokines...Continue Reading

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