Journal: Scientific Reports
Article Title: Expansion, isolation and first characterization of bovine Th17 lymphocytes
doi: 10.1038/s41598-019-52562-2
Figure Lengend Snippet: Schematic representation of the assays used for surface labelling of IL-17A secreting cells. In the cytokine secretion assay (CSA), after stimulation with PMA/ionomycin, the cells start to secrete cytokines for 3.5 h. Then the cells are allowed to bind the capture complex (Capture complex antibody staining) for 15 min before dilution and incubation for 1.5 h under agitation (New cytokine secretion step). The secreted cytokine is captured by antibodies to IL-17A that are maintained at the surface of the cell by antibodies to CD45. The capture complex comprises the two types of biotinylated antibodies linked by a streptavidin molecule. After washing, rabbit anti-bovine IL-17A antibodies are added that bind to the captured IL-17A (IL-17A detection labelling and revelation). Then the cells are washed and the binding of rabbit antibodies revealed with a secondary antibody conjugated to phycoerythrin. Alternatively, in the cytokine surface staining assay (CSS), after washing at the end of the 3.5 h stimulation, cells are incubated with rabbit antibodies to IL-17A, washed, and the binding of rabbit antibodies to surface-associated IL-17A is revealed with a secondary antibody conjugated to phycoerythrin.
Article Snippet: Monoclonal antibodies to the N-terminal and C-terminal sequences of bovine IL-17A were developed (ProteoGenix SAS, Schiltigheim, France).
Techniques: Staining, Incubation, Binding Assay