Julia, M. Julia B.F.Borges, Alexandre Secorun [UNESP]Nydam, Daryl V.Horohov, David W.Hecker, RolfMatychak, Mary Beth2014-05-272014-05-272007-03-01Journal of Immune Based Therapies and Vaccines, v. 5.1476-8518http://hdl.handle.net/11449/69542Background: Cytosine-phosphate-guanosine oligodeoxynucleotide (CpG-ODN) has been used successfully to induce immune responses against viral and intracellular organisms in mammals. The main objective of this study was to test the effect of CpG-ODN on antigen presenting cells of young foals. Methods: Peripheral blood monocytes of foals (n = 7) were isolated in the first day of life and monthly thereafter up to 3 months of life. Adult horse (n = 7) monocytes were isolated and tested once for comparison. Isolated monocytes were stimulated with IL-4 and GM-CSF (to obtain dendritic cells, DC) or not stimulated (to obtain macrophages). Macrophages and DCs were stimulated for 14-16 hours with either CpG-ODN, LPS or not stimulated. The stimulated and non-stimulated cells were tested for cell surface markers (CD86 and MHC class II) using flow cytometry, mRNA expression of cytokines (IL-12, IFNα, IL-10) and TLR-9 using real time quantitative RT-PCR, and for the activation of the transcription factor NF-κB p65 using a chemiluminescence assay. Results: The median fluorescence of the MHC class II molecule in non-stimulated foal macrophages and DCs at birth were 12.5 times and 11.2 times inferior, respectively, than adult horse cells (p = 0.009). That difference subsided at 3 months of life (p = 0.3). The expression of the CD86 co-stimulatory molecule was comparable in adult horse and foal macrophages and DCs, independent of treatment. CpG-ODN stimulation induced IL-12p40 (53 times) and IFNα (23 times) mRNA expression in CpG-ODN-treated adult horse DCs (p = 0.078), but not macrophages, in comparison to non-stimulated cells. In contrast, foal APCs did not respond to CpG-ODN stimulation with increased cytokine mRNA expression up to 3 months of age. TLR-9 mRNA expression and NF-kB activation (NF-kB p65) in foal DCs and macrophages were comparable (p > 0.05) to adult horse cells. Conclusion: CpG-ODN treatment did not induce specific maturation and cytokine expression in foal macrophages and DCs. Nevertheless, adult horse DCs, but not macrophages, increased their expression of IL-12 and IFNα cytokines upon CpG-ODN stimulation. Importantly, foals presented an age-dependent limitation in the expression of MHC class II in macrophages and DCs, independent of treatment. © 2007 Flaminio et al; licensee BioMed Central Ltd.engalpha interferonCD86 antigencell surface markerCpG oligodeoxynucleotidecytokinegranulocyte macrophage colony stimulating factorimmunoglobulin enhancer binding proteininterleukin 10interleukin 12interleukin 4lipopolysaccharidemajor histocompatibility antigen class 2messenger RNAtoll like receptor 9animal cellantigen presenting cellcell isolationcell stimulationchemoluminescencecontrolled studydendritic cellflow cytometryfoalgene expressionhorsemacrophagemonocytenonhumanreverse transcription polymerase chain reactionArtigo10.1186/1476-8518-5-1Acesso aberto2-s2.0-338471902532-s2.0-33847190253.pdf9643433706163946