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Vet Res Commun ; 48(2): 865-875, 2024 Apr.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-37968413

ABSTRACT

The protozoan parasite Tritrichomonas foetus (T. foetus) is the causative organism of bovine trichomonosis (also referred to as trichomoniasis), a sexually-transmitted infection that reduces fertility in cattle. Efforts to control trichomonosis on cattle farms are hindered by the discouragement of antibiotic use in agriculture, and the incomplete, short-lived protection conferred by the current vaccines. A more complete mechanistic understanding of what effective immunity to T. foetus entails could enable the development of more robust infection control strategies. While neutrophils, the primary responders to infection, are present in infected tissues and have been shown to kill the parasite in vitro, the mechanism they use for parasite killing has not been established. Here, we show that primary bovine neutrophils isolated from peripheral blood rapidly kill T. foetus in vitro in a dose-dependent manner, and that optimal parasite killing is reduced by inhibitors of trogocytosis. We also use imaging to show that bovine neutrophils surround T. foetus and trogocytose its membrane. These findings are consistent with killing via trogocytosis, a recently described novel neutrophil antimicrobial mechanism.


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Cattle Diseases , Parasites , Protozoan Infections, Animal , Tritrichomonas foetus , Cattle , Animals , Neutrophils , Trogocytosis , Cattle Diseases/parasitology , Protozoan Infections, Animal/parasitology , Protozoan Infections, Animal/prevention & control
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