›› 2014, Vol. 41 ›› Issue (11): 175-178.

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The Influence for Chickens' T Lymphocyte Subsets in Peripheral Blood after Inoculated with the Recombinant Chicken Interferon-α/Chicken Interleukin-2 Complex Protein

YANG Xiao-lu1,2, YAN Ruo-qian2, WU Zhi-ming2, LIU Mei-fen2, ZHANG Dai-bao3, ZHANG Shu-yang1,2, WANG Shu-juan2, ZHAO Xue-li2, LIU Yi1,2   

  1. 1. College of Animal Science and Technology, Henan University of Science and Technology, Luoyang 471003, China;
    2. Henan Centre for Animal Disease Control & Prevention, Zhengzhou 450008, China;
    3. Zhengzhou Centre for Animal Disease Control & Prevention, Zhengzhou 450008, China
  • Received:2014-04-15 Online:2014-11-20 Published:2014-12-06

Abstract: To explore the influence of recombinant chicken interferon-α/chicken interleukin-2 fusion protein (rChIFN-α-Linker-ChIL-2 protein, recombinant fusion protein) on the percentage content of peripheral T lymphocyte subsets (PBLC) of SPF chicken,the flow cytometry was used to detected the percentage contents of CD3+CD4+, CD3+CD8+ and the CD4+/CD8+ ratio in PBLC at different days post injection in the 14-day-old SPF chicken injected with rChIFN-α-Linker-ChIL-2 protein (group 2) and recombinant chicken interferon α (rChIFN-α) protein (group 3). The results indicated that the recombinant fusion protein and rChIFN-α protein could increase the percentage content of CD3+CD4+ T lymphocyte, decrease the percentage content of CD3+CD8+ T lymphocyte, improve CD4+ /CD8+ T lymphocyte ratio during 3 to 14 d post injection. The percentage contents of CD3+CD4+, CD3+CD8+ and CD4+/CD8+ ratio in chickens of group 2 were significantly different from the PBS control group (group 1) (P<0.01), and were notably different from group 3 during 3 to 7 d post injection (P<0.05). These results showed that both the rChIFN-α-Linker-ChIL-2 protein and rChIFN-α protein could affect the percentage contents of lymphocyte subsets, improve CD4+/CD8+ ratio, enhance the cellular immune function in chicken. The influences of rChIFN-α-Linker-ChIL-2 protein on the percentage contents of CD3+CD4+ and CD3+CD8+ T lymphocyte, and CD4+/CD8+ value were notable higher than rChIFN-α, which suggested that recombinant fusion protein play a synergistic role of interferon alpha and interleukin-2 on the cellular immune function by this pathway in chicken.

Key words: recombinant chicken interferon-α/chicken interleukin-2 fusion protein; recombinant chicken interferon α protein; T lymphocyte subsets; CD4+/CD8+ ratio; immune function

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