Abstract
A monoclonal antibody (mAb), P4A10, was made to the canine interleukin-2 receptor alpha chain (IL-2Rα; p55; Tac antigen; CD25) to facilitate studies of canine regulatory T-cells (Treg). By non-reduced Western blot, P4A10 bound to a 55kDa protein, the size of human IL-2Rα. In flow cytometry assays, it reacted with a minor population of circulating dog CD3+CD4+ T-cells and the majority (>60%) of in vitro PMA-Ionomycin (PMA-IO)-activated canine CD3+ T-cells. P4A10 recognized a hematopoietic cell population enriched for FoxP3+ cells as measured by flow cytometry. The P4A10-selected fractions of T-cells had significantly increased copy numbers of CD25, FoxP3, IL-10, and TGFβ as detected by RT-PCR (reverse transcriptase-PCR) compared to the negative fractions. The P4A10-selected cells inhibited 3H (tritiated) thymidine incorporation in a mixed leukocyte reaction (MLR) containing responders of the same origin. P4A10-selected T-cells from fresh peripheral blood mononuclear cells had less FoxP3 (p=0.07) by qRT-PCR (quantitative RT-PCR) and were less suppressive (p=0.01) than in vitro alloantigen-activated Treg. The mAb P4A10 is specific for canine CD25 and can be used to facilitate studies of CD25+FoxP3+ Treg in this clinically relevant large animal model.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 257-265 |
Number of pages | 9 |
Journal | Veterinary Immunology and Immunopathology |
Volume | 135 |
Issue number | 3-4 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Jun 2010 |
Funding
Supported in part by NIH grants AI69879 , DK42716 and CA15704 from the NIH, DHHS, Bethesda, MD. The authors of this report have no financial or personal relationships with other people or organizations that could inappropriately influence (bias) this work. The work was funded through the National Institutes of Health and the authors were solely responsible for the study design, the collection, analysis and interpretation of data as well as writing the manuscript.
Keywords
- Cd25
- Dog
- Monoclonal antibody
- Regulatory T-cells
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- General Veterinary
- Immunology