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VETERINARY IMMUNOLOGY AND IMMUNOPATHOLOGY
Volume 176, Issue -, Pages 18-27Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetimm.2016.05.002
Keywords
Butyric acid; Calcium; Neutrophils granules; Radical oxygen species; Neutrophil extracellular traps; MAPK
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- FONDECYT [1120718, 1151035]
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Increased short-chain fatty acid (SCFA) production is associated with subacute ruminal acidosis (SARA) and activation of inflammatory processes. In humans and rodents, SCFAs modulate inflammatory responses in the gut via free fatty acid receptor 2 (FFA2). In bovines, butyric acid is one of the most potent FFA2 agonists. Its expression in bovine neutrophils has recently been demonstrated, suggesting a role in innate immune response in cattle. This study aimed to evaluate if butyric acid modulates oxidative and non-oxidative functions or if it can potentiate other inflammatory mediators in bovine neutrophils. Our results showed that butyric acid can activate bovine neutrophils, inducing calcium (Ca2+) influx and mitogen-activated protein kinase (MAPK) phosphorylation, two second messengers involved in FFA2 activation. Ca2+ influx induced by butyric acid was dependent on the extracellular and intracellular Ca2+ source and phospholipase C (PLC) activation. Butyric acid alone had no significant effect on reactive oxygen species (ROS) production and chemotaxis; however, a priming effect on platelet activating factor (PAF), a potent inflammatory mediator, was observed. Butyric acid increased CD63 expression and induced the release of neutrophil granule markers matrix metalloproteinase-9 (MMP-9) and lactoferrin. Finally, we observed that butyric acid induced neutrophil extracellular trap (NET) formation without affecting cellular viability. These findings suggest that butyric acid, a component of the ruminal fermentative process, can modulate the innate immune response of ruminants. (C) 2016 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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