Figure 1.

Pre-incubation with directly labeled TLR2 or TLR4 antibodies does not impact on phagocytosis of carboxyfluorescein succinimidyl ester (CSFE)-labeled E. bovis by polymorphonuclear neutrophils (PMN). Isolated PMN (1 × 10⁶ per sample; n = 3) were pre-treated with TLR2 and TLR4 antibodies for 30 min and exposed to carboxyfluorescein succinimidyl ester (CFSE)-labeled E. bovis sporozoites (2.5 µm, 30 min) at a 1:1 ratio for two hours for subsequent flow cytometric analysis. Pre-incubation of PMN with antibodies to bovine TLR2 and TLR4 did not seem to impact on the phagocytosis of CFSE-labeled E. bovis sporozoites. Data are represented as the mean of 3 replicates ± SD and were analyzed using an unpaired Student’s t-test using GraphPad Prism V.8.4.3 (GraphPad Software Inc., San Diego, CA, USA).