Dynamics of cytokine production during coccidial infections in chickens: colony-stimulating factors and interferon |
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Authors: | Sheri Byrnes Kimberly Emerson Michael Kogut |
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Affiliation: | Laboratory of Avian Immunoregulation, Division of Microbiology, Department of Biological Sciences, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, Arkansas, USA |
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Abstract: | Abstract We assayed two classes of immunoregulatory cytokines, colony-stimulating factors (CSF) and interferon (IFN), during and immediately after a primary coccidial infection in chickens. Coccidial infection induces significant alterations in serum colony-stimulating activity (CSA) and these alterations immediately precede the characteristic biphasic leukocytosis. CSA rose sharply during the first 24 h post-inoculation (PI), but returned to control levels by 48 h PL. At this time, we detected an increase in peripheral blood leukocytes which peaked at 96 h PI. A second phase of CSA increase began 96 h PI and peaked at 120–144 h PI which again preceded the second phase of leukocytosis. We also examined the production of IFN during the first 20 days PI. Splenic T cells from Eimeria maxima -infected chickens produced significantly less IFN on day 5 PI compared to T cells from the coccidia-free controls. By days 10 and 15 PI, there was no significant difference in IFN production between the T cells of infected and non-infected chickens. However, by day 20 PI, IFN production by the T cells of the infected birds produced significantly more IFN than the control T cells. The results of our studies indicated the differential production of two different cytokines by chickens during and following a primary coccidial infection. Based on these experiments, CSF may be some of the first cytokines produced during an E. maxima -infection, while IFN may be one of the later cytokines produced. |
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Keywords: | Coccidia Cytokine Chicken Eimeria maxima Colony-stimulating factor Interferon |
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