Abstract
The detection of ChIFN production after ex vivo antigenic-stimulation of T-lymphocytes has been evaluated for the first time, as a tool to assess cell-mediated immunity (CMI) after avian influenza (AI) infection in 10-day-old SPF chickens. Preliminarily, recall antigens have been produced either by concentrating and inactivating the whole virus or by dissociating the viral proteins. Biologically and structurally intact forms of the viral proteins were isolated by non-ionic detergents while heating, chemical agents and ionic detergent used for virus inactivation altered the antigenic viral components. The n-octyl-B- d-gluco-pyranoside treatment at low temperature was very efficient to produce AI antigenic proteins used for evaluation of ChIFN production after ex vivo antigenic-stimulation of splenic and peripheral lymphocytes. In addition, protocols to isolate lymphocytes from the respiratory tract – the trachea and the lung – have been adapted for local CMI evaluation after similar ex vivo recall assay. Specific AI CMI in the spleen, the blood and the lung was detected for 5 weeks after low pathogenic AI (LPAI) infection in chickens, while further development is needed for tracheal CMI measurement.
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