PMID- 24858028 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20150330 LR - 20140721 IS - 1879-0089 (Electronic) IS - 0145-305X (Linking) VI - 46 IP - 2 DP - 2014 Oct TI - A novel lineage transcription factor based analysis reveals differences in T helper cell subpopulation development in infected and intrauterine growth restricted (IUGR) piglets. PG - 333-40 LID - S0145-305X(14)00141-4 [pii] LID - 10.1016/j.dci.2014.05.005 [doi] AB - Research in mouse and human clearly identified subsets of T helper (Th) cells based on nuclear expression of specific lineage transcription factors. In swine, however, transcription factor based detection of functional subpopulations of porcine Th cells by flow cytometry is so far limited to regulatory T cells via Foxp3. T-bet and GATA-3 are the transcription factors that regulate commitment to Th1 or Th2 cells, respectively. In this study we prove GATA-3 and T-bet expression in porcine CD4(+) cells polarized in vitro. Importantly, GATA-3 and T-bet expressing cells were detectable in pigs infected with pathogens associated with Th2 and Th1 immune responses. Increased frequencies of GATA-3 positive CD4(+) cells are found in vivo in pigs experimentally infected with the nematode Trichuris suis, whereas porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome virus (PRRSV) infection elicited T-bet positive CD4(+) T cells. Analysing the immune status of pre-weaning piglets with intrauterine growth restriction (IUGR) we found an increased expression of Foxp3, T-bet and GATA-3 in CD4(+) and CD4(+)CD8(+) double-positive T cells in systemic and intestinal compartments of IUGR piglets. Hence, we established the detection of porcine Th1 and Th2 cells via T-bet and GATA-3 and show that the porcine lineage transcription factors are differentially regulated very early in life depending on the developmental status. CI - Copyright (c) 2014 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved. FAU - Ebner, F AU - Ebner F AD - Institute of Immunology, Department of Veterinary Medicine, Freie Universitat Berlin, Robert-von-Ostertag-Strasse 7-13, 14163 Berlin, Germany. FAU - Rausch, S AU - Rausch S AD - Institute of Immunology, Department of Veterinary Medicine, Freie Universitat Berlin, Robert-von-Ostertag-Strasse 7-13, 14163 Berlin, Germany. FAU - Scharek-Tedin, L AU - Scharek-Tedin L AD - Institute of Animal Nutrition, Department of Veterinary Medicine, Freie Universitat Berlin, Konigin-Luise-Strasse 49, 14195 Berlin, Germany. FAU - Pieper, R AU - Pieper R AD - Institute of Animal Nutrition, Department of Veterinary Medicine, Freie Universitat Berlin, Konigin-Luise-Strasse 49, 14195 Berlin, Germany. FAU - Burwinkel, M AU - Burwinkel M AD - Institute of Virology, Department of Veterinary Medicine, Freie Universitat Berlin, Robert-von-Ostertag-Strasse 7-13, 14163 Berlin, Germany. FAU - Zentek, J AU - Zentek J AD - Institute of Animal Nutrition, Department of Veterinary Medicine, Freie Universitat Berlin, Konigin-Luise-Strasse 49, 14195 Berlin, Germany. FAU - Hartmann, S AU - Hartmann S AD - Institute of Immunology, Department of Veterinary Medicine, Freie Universitat Berlin, Robert-von-Ostertag-Strasse 7-13, 14163 Berlin, Germany. Electronic address: Susanne.Hartmann@fu-berlin.de. LA - eng PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't DEP - 20140521 PL - United States TA - Dev Comp Immunol JT - Developmental and comparative immunology JID - 7708205 RN - 0 (GATA3 Transcription Factor) RN - 0 (T-Box Domain Proteins) RN - 0 (T-box transcription factor TBX21) SB - IM MH - Animals MH - Birth Weight MH - Cell Lineage MH - Cell Polarity MH - Cells, Cultured MH - Fetal Growth Retardation/immunology/parasitology/*veterinary MH - GATA3 Transcription Factor/*metabolism MH - Sus scrofa MH - Swine MH - Swine Diseases/*immunology/parasitology MH - T-Box Domain Proteins/*metabolism MH - Th1 Cells/*immunology MH - Th2 Cells/*immunology MH - Trichuriasis/immunology/*veterinary MH - Trichuris/immunology OTO - NOTNLM OT - GATA-3 OT - Intrauterine growth restriction OT - Lineage commitment OT - Swine immunology OT - T-bet OT - Transcription factor EDAT- 2014/05/27 06:00 MHDA- 2015/03/31 06:00 CRDT- 2014/05/27 06:00 PHST- 2014/02/04 00:00 [received] PHST- 2014/05/07 00:00 [revised] PHST- 2014/05/07 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2014/05/27 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2014/05/27 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2015/03/31 06:00 [medline] AID - S0145-305X(14)00141-4 [pii] AID - 10.1016/j.dci.2014.05.005 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Dev Comp Immunol. 2014 Oct;46(2):333-40. doi: 10.1016/j.dci.2014.05.005. Epub 2014 May 21.