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L Tell1, M B Kabbur, W L Smith
1Department of Medicine and Epidemiology, School of Veterinary Medicine, University of California, Davis 95616, USA.
Abstract:
Oxidative metabolic burst activity by Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) heterophils and Holstein cattle (Bos taurus) neutrophils was indirectly evaluated by measuring the oxidation of nonfluorescent intracellular 2',7'-dichlorofluorescein (DCFH) to fluorescent 2',7'-dichlorofluorescein (DCF) with flow cytometry. The results were recorded as mean channel fluorescence intensity. Phorbol myristate acetate at 50 ng/ml was used to activate the cells. Elephant heterophils and bovine neutrophils exhibited similar abilities to oxidize intracellular DCFH to DCF, a fluorescent product. A wide range of mean channel fluorescence intensity (1,803-7,393) was observed among individual elephants, and the range of intensities was similar to that observed in bovine neutrophils, supporting the concept of functional heterogeneity of heterophils among elephants.
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