Technical note: Immunomagnetic procedure for positive selection of macrophages in ovine milk

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A simple immunomagnetic procedure was developed to select macrophages from ovine milk by using a nonspecific magnetic positive separation technique. Samples of ewe bulk milk were collected during early, mid, and late lactation; milk samples were centrifuged at 2,000 × g for 30 min at 4°C; the fatty fraction and supernatant were removed, and each pellet was dissolved in 500 (μL of pH 7.4 phosphate buffered saline + 0.02% NaN3. Cells were targeted for selection by using mouse-IgG anti-ovine macrophages. Several trials, testing 2 different fluorochrome-conjugated antibodies [i.e., mouse anti-human CDI4:R-Phycoerythrin (RPE) (MCA1568PE, Serotec) and F(ab')2 rabbit anti-mouse IgG:RPE (STAR12A, Serotec)] and 3 different labeling procedures, were performed to evaluate the purity of samples by flow cytometry. A morphological test was carried out by direct microscopic count in enriched fraction smears stained with May-Grünwald-Giemsa stain to confirm the presence of macrophages. The method described in the present technical note can be considered an innovative application to obtain a single-cell population of high purity selected from all the somatic © American Dairy Science Association, 2008.

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Caroprese, M., Marzano, A., Schena, L., & Sevi, A. (2008). Technical note: Immunomagnetic procedure for positive selection of macrophages in ovine milk. Journal of Dairy Science, 91(5), 1908–1912. https://doi.org/10.3168/jds.2007-0487

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