Flow cytometric characterizations of leukocyte subpopulations in the peripheral blood of northern pig-tailed macaques （Macaca leonina）  

作　　者：Hong-Yi ZHENG Ming-Xu ZHANG Lin-Tao ZHANG Xiao-Liang ZHANG Wei PANG Long-Bao LYU Yong-Tang ZHENG 

机构地区：[1]Key Laboratory of Animal Models and Human Disease Mechanisms of Chinese Academy of Sciences & Yunnan Province, Kunming Institute of Zoology Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kunming Yunnan 650223, China [2]School of Life Sciences, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei Anhui 230026, China [3]Kunming College of Life Science, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kunming Yunnan 650204, China [4]Faculty of Life Science and Technology, Kunming University of Science and Technology, Kunming Yunnan 650500, China [5]Kunming Primate Research Center, Kunming Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kunming Yunnan 650223, China

出　　处：《Zoological Research》2014年第6期465-473,共9页动物学研究（英文）

基　　金：This work was supported by the National Special Science Research Program of China （2012CBA01305）; the National Natural Science Foundation of China （81172876, U0832601, 81273251, U1202228）; the Knowledge Innovation Program of CAS （KSCX2-EW-R-13） and the National Science and Technology Major Project （2013ZX10001-002, 2012ZX10001-007）We thank Mr. Zhen-Fei Hu,Gui Li and Dong-Ti Huang of Kunming Primate Research Center for their assistance with the experiments.

摘　　要：Pig-tailed macaques(Macaca nemistrina group) have been extensively used as non-human primate animal models for various human diseases in recent years, notably for AIDS research due to their sensitivity to HIV-1. Northern pig-tailed macaques(M. leonina) are distributed in China and other surrounding Southeast Asia countries. Although northern pig-tailed macaques have been bred on a large scale as experimental animals since 2012, the reference value of normal levels of leukocytes is not available. To obtain such information, 62 blood samples from male and female healthy northern pig-tailed macaques at different ages were collected. The normal range of major leukocyte subpopulations, such as T lymphocytes, B lymphocytes, natural killer(NK) cells, monocytes, and the expression levels of activation or differentiation related molecules(CD38, HLA-DR, CCR5, CD21, IgD, CD80 and CD86) on lymphocytes were analyzed by flow cytometry. The counts of B cells decreased with age, but those of CD8+ T cells and NK cells and the frequency of CD38+HLA-DR+CD4+ T cells were positively correlated with age. The counts of leukocyte subpopulations were higher in males than those in females except for CD4+ T cells. Males also showed higher expression levels of Ig D and CD21 within B cells. This study provides basic data about the leukocyte subpopulations of northern pig-tailed macaques and compares this species with commonly used Chinese rhesus macaques(M. mulatta), which is meaningful for the biomedical application of northern pig-tailed macaques.Pig-tailed macaques （Macaca nemistrina group） have been extensively used as non-human primate animal models for various human diseases in recent years, notably for AIDS research due to their sensitivity to HIV-1. Northern pig-tailed macaques （M. leonina） are distributed in China and other surrounding Southeast Asia countries. Although northern pig-tailed macaques have been bred on a large scale as experimental animals since 2012, the reference value of normal levels of leukocytes is not available. To obtain such information, 62 blood samples from male and female healthy northern pig-tailed macaques at different ages were collected. The normal range of major leukocyte subpopulations, such as T lymphocytes, B lymphocytes, natural killer （NK） cells, monocytes, and the expression levels of activation or differentiation related molecules （CD38, HLA-DR, CCR5, CD21, IgD, CD80 and CD86） on lymphocytes were analyzed by flow cytometry. The counts of B cells decreased with age, but those of CD8＋ T cells and NK cells and the frequency of CD38＋HLA-DR＋CD4＋ T cells were positively correlated with age. The counts of leukocyte subpopulations were higher in males than those in females except for CD4~ T cells. Males also showed higher expression levels of IgD and CD21 within B cells. This study provides basic data about the leukocyte subpopulations of northern pig-tailed macaques and compares this species with commonly used Chinese rhesus macaques （M. mulatta）, which is meaningful for the biomedical application of northern pig-tailed macaques.

关 键 词：Northern pig-tailed macaque Flow cytometry Leukocyte subpopulation Age Sex 

分 类 号：Q95-33[生物学—动物学]