This thesis was focused on the pro-inflammatory cytokines IL-1beta and IFN-gamma. Absolute and differential leukocyte count was also monitored. The experiment was conducted at 8 clinically healthy heifers, hybrids of Holstein and Czech Pied that have been housed by tethering in stalls and fed with a standard diet. The inflammatory reaction was induced by lipopolysaccharide (LPS; 5 ug in 20 ml PBS), as a control a phosphate buff-ered saline (PBS) was used. Results were measured at 1, 2, 3 and 7 days after stimulation of mammary gland by above-mentioned factors. Concentration of each cytokine was detected by a sandwich ELISA using commercially available kits. At 1 day after stimulation of mammary gland by LPS and PBS an average number of leukocytes, which was statistically significantly higher in the case of stimulation by LPS (P <0.01), was detected. After 7 days there was a significant decrease in the total number of leukocytes. There has also been a shift in the differential leukocyte count. Most abundant cell type were neutrophils, whose number was higher in the case of stimulation by LPS. Between day 1 and day 7 after challenge, there was a gradual reduction in the proportion of neutrophils. In the same period an increase in the proportion of macrophages and lymphocytes was detected. Concentration of IL-1beta also increased, 1 day after the activation a striking increase has been detected. In following days there was gradual decline of IL-1beta concentration almost to the level prior to treatment of the mammary gland. In the case of IFN-gamma similar pattern in the form of strong growth and a subsequent gradual decline in concentration to the original values was detected. There was found positive correlation between the increase in IL-1beta and IFN-gamma concentration and a shift in the differential leukocyte count in favor of neutrophils, which confirmed the important role of these pro-inflammatory cytokines in the establishment of inflammatory response and the mobilization of the components of natural and specific immunity.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:nusl.cz/oai:invenio.nusl.cz:362571 |
| Date | January 2016 |
| Creators | Míka, Matěj |
| Source Sets | Czech ETDs |
| Language | Czech |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | info:eu-repo/semantics/masterThesis |
| Rights | info:eu-repo/semantics/restrictedAccess |
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