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Assessment of the Opsonic Activity of Purified Bovine sIgA Following Intramammary Immunization of Cows with Staphylococcus aureus

Equipe Mammites, Laboratoire de la Pathologie Infectieuse et Immunologie, INRA, 37380 Nouzilly, France

Corresponding author: P. Rainard; e-mail: rainard{at}tours.inra.fr.

The phagocytosis of Staphylococcus aureus by bovine polymorphonuclear neutrophils (PMN) requires the presence of antibodies. Among the major isotypes of bovine antibodies, IgG₂ and IgM are considered opsonic for bovine PMN. However, the role of purified bovine secretory IgA (sIgA) as an opsonin has not been assessed. In the present study, IgG₂ were obtained from serum and sIgA, IgG₁, and IgM were purified from the colostrums of three cows intramammarily immunized with heat-killed Staphylococcus aureus. The Ig preparations were assayed for specific antibodies, and the opsonic capacity of every isotype was investigated. Despite the presence of antibodies, we observed no distinct chemiluminescence response of PMN stimulated with sIgA- or IgG₁-opsonized S. aureus, whereas IgM or IgG₂ bound to bacteria induced a marked chemiluminescence response. Moreover, the counting of internalized bacteria per PMN after phagocytosis revealed a low uptake of S. aureus opsonized with sIgA or IgG₁, in contrast to IgM or IgG₂, which triggered efficient ingestion of bacteria. Priming of neutrophils by TNF-, IFN-, or C5a^desArg did not promote an oxidative burst or uptake of sIgA-opsonized S. aureus to a greater extent than with IgG₁-opsonized bacteria. Furthermore, analysis of uningested bacteria by flow cytometry after incubation with PMN showed a preferential uptake of IgM-opsonized S. aureus by PMN and only few sIgA-positive stained bacteria were PMN-associated. These experiments indicate that sIgA, like IgG₁ and unlike IgM or IgG₂, could not be considered as a major opsonin for phagocytosis of S. aureus by bovine blood PMN.

Key Words: sIgA • opsonization • neutrophil • Staphylococcus aureus

Abbreviation key: CL = chemiluminescence, OD = optical density, PMN = polymorphonuclear neutrophil, SC = secretory component, sIgA = secretory IgA

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