The Anatomical record · 1998
Appearance and development of lymphoid cells in the chicken (Gallus gallus) caecal tonsil.
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Gómez Del Moral M, Fonfría J, Varas A, Jiménez E, Moreno J, Zapata A G
Аннотация
BACKGROUND: We have analyzed by electron microscopy, immunohistochemistry, and flow cytometry the development of chicken caecal tonsil, the largest lymphoid organ of avian gut-associated lymphoid tissue (GALT).
METHODS: White Leghorn chickens of different ages obtained from a local supplier were routinely processed by transmission electron microscopy. For both immunohistochemistry and flow cytometry, we tested a battery of specific monoclonal antibodies (mAbs) to chicken cell markers on caecal cryosections or cell suspensions, respectively.
RESULTS: A rudimentary caecal tonsil occurs at the end of incubation. The organ grows just after birth, reaching the adult condition 4 days later. Firstly (4 days to 2 weeks), it contains predominantly T lymphocytes, principally TcR alphabeta+ and CD4+ cells, which occupy largely the named caecal diffuse lymphoid tissue. In adult tonsils (6-week-old chickens) however, B lymphocytes, mainly expressing either IgM or IgA, predominate. They occur in both the subepithelial zone and the germinal centers, in which there are also a few T cells. After 2 weeks the CD8+ lymphocytes gradually become more numerous than CD4+ cells. In the tonsillar epithelium CD8+TcRgammadelta+ T cells, CD8+TcRgammadelta-alphabeta-, presumably NK cells, and a few B lymphocytes are the main cell subpopulations.
CONCLUSIONS: Chicken caecum grows fast after hatching. The diffuse lymphoid tissue largely contains TcR alphabeta CD4+ or CD8+ cells. CD8+ cells of caecal epithelium represent gammadelta T cells or NK cells. B lymphocytes which occur in the subepithelial zone, germinal centers, and, in few numbers, the caecal epithelium predominantly express either IgM or IgA.
METHODS: White Leghorn chickens of different ages obtained from a local supplier were routinely processed by transmission electron microscopy. For both immunohistochemistry and flow cytometry, we tested a battery of specific monoclonal antibodies (mAbs) to chicken cell markers on caecal cryosections or cell suspensions, respectively.
RESULTS: A rudimentary caecal tonsil occurs at the end of incubation. The organ grows just after birth, reaching the adult condition 4 days later. Firstly (4 days to 2 weeks), it contains predominantly T lymphocytes, principally TcR alphabeta+ and CD4+ cells, which occupy largely the named caecal diffuse lymphoid tissue. In adult tonsils (6-week-old chickens) however, B lymphocytes, mainly expressing either IgM or IgA, predominate. They occur in both the subepithelial zone and the germinal centers, in which there are also a few T cells. After 2 weeks the CD8+ lymphocytes gradually become more numerous than CD4+ cells. In the tonsillar epithelium CD8+TcRgammadelta+ T cells, CD8+TcRgammadelta-alphabeta-, presumably NK cells, and a few B lymphocytes are the main cell subpopulations.
CONCLUSIONS: Chicken caecum grows fast after hatching. The diffuse lymphoid tissue largely contains TcR alphabeta CD4+ or CD8+ cells. CD8+ cells of caecal epithelium represent gammadelta T cells or NK cells. B lymphocytes which occur in the subepithelial zone, germinal centers, and, in few numbers, the caecal epithelium predominantly express either IgM or IgA.