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Ortiz M, Esteban MÁ. Biology and functions of fish thrombocytes: A review. FISH & SHELLFISH IMMUNOLOGY 2024; 148:109509. [PMID: 38493985 DOI: 10.1016/j.fsi.2024.109509] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/22/2024] [Revised: 03/13/2024] [Accepted: 03/15/2024] [Indexed: 03/19/2024]
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This comprehensive review examines the role of fish thrombocytes, cells considered functionally analogous to platelets in terms of coagulation, but which differ in their origin and morphology. Despite the evolutionary distance between teleosts and mammals, genomic studies reveal conserved patterns in blood coagulation, although there are exceptions such as the absence of factors belonging to the contact system. Beyond coagulation, fish thrombocytes have important immunological functions. These cells express both proinflammatory genes and genes involved in antigen presentation, suggesting a role in both innate and adaptive immune responses. Moreover, having demonstrated their phagocytic abilities, crucial in the fight against pathogenic microorganisms, underscores their multifaceted involvement in immunity. Finally, the need for further research on the functions of these cells is highlighted, in order to better understand their involvement in maintaining the health of aquaculture fish. The use of standardized and automated methods for the analysis of these activities is advocated, emphaiszing their potential to facilitate the early detection of stress or infection, thus minimizing the economic losses that these adverse situations can generate in the field of aquaculture.
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- María Ortiz
- Immunobiology for Aquaculture Group, Department of Cell Biology and Histology, Faculty of Biology, University of Murcia, 30100, Murcia, Spain
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- Immunobiology for Aquaculture Group, Department of Cell Biology and Histology, Faculty of Biology, University of Murcia, 30100, Murcia, Spain.
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Raghunath A, Ferguson AC, Shavit JA. Fishing for answers to hemostatic and thrombotic disease: Genome editing in zebrafish. Res Pract Thromb Haemost 2022; 6:e12759. [PMID: 35949884 PMCID: PMC9354590 DOI: 10.1002/rth2.12759] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/24/2022] [Revised: 05/27/2022] [Accepted: 06/15/2022] [Indexed: 01/22/2023] Open
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Over the past two decades, the teleost vertebrate Danio rerio (zebrafish) has emerged as a model for hemostasis and thrombosis. At genomic and functional levels, there is a high degree of conservation of the hemostatic system with that of mammals. Numerous features of the fish model offer unique advantages for investigating hemostasis and thrombosis. These include high fecundity, rapid and external development, optical transparency, and extensive functional homology with mammalian hemostasis and thrombosis. Zebrafish are particularly suited to genome-wide mutagenesis experiments for the study of modifier genes. They are also amenable to whole-organism small-molecule screens, a feature that is exceptionally relevant to hemostasis and thrombosis. Zebrafish coagulation factor knockouts that are in utero or neonatal lethal in mammals survive into adulthood before succumbing to hemorrhage or thrombosis, enabling studies not possible in mammals. In this illustrated review, we outline how zebrafish have been employed for the study of hemostasis and thrombosis using modern genome editing techniques, coagulation assays in larvae, and in vivo evaluation of patient-specific variants to infer causality and demonstrate pathogenicity. Zebrafish hemostasis and thrombosis models will continue to serve as a clinically directed basic research tool and powerful alternative to mammals for the development of new diagnostic markers and novel therapeutics for coagulation disorders through high-throughput genetic and small-molecule studies.
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- Azhwar Raghunath
- Department of PediatricsUniversity of Michigan School of MedicineAnn ArborMichiganUSA
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- Department of PediatricsUniversity of Michigan School of MedicineAnn ArborMichiganUSA
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- Department of PediatricsUniversity of Michigan School of MedicineAnn ArborMichiganUSA
- Department of Human GeneticsUniversity of Michigan School of MedicineAnn ArborMichiganUSA
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Soslau G. The role of the red blood cell and platelet in the evolution of mammalian and avian endothermy. JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL ZOOLOGY PART B-MOLECULAR AND DEVELOPMENTAL EVOLUTION 2019; 334:113-127. [DOI: 10.1002/jez.b.22922] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/06/2019] [Revised: 10/04/2019] [Accepted: 11/09/2019] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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- Gerald Soslau
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular BiologyDrexel University College of MedicinePhiladelphia Pennsylvania
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Rost MS, Shestopalov I, Liu Y, Vo AH, Richter CE, Emly SM, Barrett FG, Stachura DL, Holinstat M, Zon LI, Shavit JA. Nfe2 is dispensable for early but required for adult thrombocyte formation and function in zebrafish. Blood Adv 2018; 2:3418-3427. [PMID: 30504234 PMCID: PMC6290098 DOI: 10.1182/bloodadvances.2018021865] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/04/2018] [Accepted: 10/31/2018] [Indexed: 12/20/2022] Open
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The NFE2 transcription factor is expressed in multiple hematopoietic lineages with a well-defined role in regulating megakaryocyte biogenesis and platelet production in mammals. Mice deficient in NFE2 develop severe thrombocytopenia with lethality resulting from neonatal hemorrhage. Recent data in mammals reveal potential differences in embryonic and adult thrombopoiesis. Multiple studies in zebrafish have revealed mechanistic insights into hematopoiesis, although thrombopoiesis has been less studied. Rather than platelets, zebrafish possess thrombocytes, which are nucleated cells with similar functional properties. Using transcription activator-like effector nucleases to generate mutations in nfe2, we show that unlike mammals, zebrafish survive to adulthood in the absence of Nfe2. Despite developing severe thrombocytopenia, homozygous mutants do not display overt hemorrhage or reduced survival. Surprisingly, quantification of circulating thrombocytes in mutant 6-day-old larvae revealed no significant differences from wild-type siblings. Both wild-type and nfe2 null larvae formed thrombocyte-rich clots in response to endothelial injury. In addition, ex vivo thrombocytic colony formation was intact in nfe2 mutants, and adult kidney marrow displayed expansion of hematopoietic progenitors. These data suggest that loss of Nfe2 results in a late block in adult thrombopoiesis, with secondary expansion of precursors: features consistent with mammals. Overall, our data suggest parallels with erythropoiesis, including distinct primitive and definitive pathways of development and potential for a previously unknown Nfe2-independent pathway of embryonic thrombopoiesis. Long-term homozygous mutant survival will facilitate in-depth study of Nfe2 deficiency in vivo, and further investigation could lead to alternative methodologies for the enhancement of platelet production.
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- Megan S Rost
- Department of Pediatrics and Communicable Diseases, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
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- Boston Children's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
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- Department of Pediatrics and Communicable Diseases, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
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- Department of Pediatrics and Communicable Diseases, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
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- Department of Pediatrics and Communicable Diseases, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
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- Department of Pediatrics and Communicable Diseases, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
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- Department of Biological Sciences, California State University Chico, Chico, CA
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- Department of Pharmacology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI; and
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- Boston Children's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
- Stem Cell Program and Division of Hematology/Oncology, Harvard Stem Cell Institute, Stem Cell and Regenerative Biology Department, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Boston, MA
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- Department of Pediatrics and Communicable Diseases, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
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Yunis-Aguinaga J, Fernandes DC, Eto SF, Claudiano GS, Marcusso PF, Marinho-Neto FA, Fernandes JBK, de Moraes FR, de Moraes JRE. Dietary camu camu, Myrciaria dubia, enhances immunological response in Nile tilapia. FISH & SHELLFISH IMMUNOLOGY 2016; 58:284-291. [PMID: 27539707 DOI: 10.1016/j.fsi.2016.08.030] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/09/2016] [Revised: 08/06/2016] [Accepted: 08/13/2016] [Indexed: 06/06/2023]
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Camu camu, Myrciaria dubia, is an Amazon plant that presents high levels of vitamin C in its composition. Several studies in animals and humans have demonstrated their efficiency in the prevention and treatment of various diseases. However, there are no reports of its properties in fish. The aim of this study was to evaluate the effect of the oral administration of the extract of this plant in the immune parameters in Nile tilapia, Oreochromis niloticus. 400 Nile tilapia (80 ± 5 g) were randomly distributed into 20 tanks with 1500 L capacity each (20 fish/tank). After a week of adaptation to environmental conditions, it was provided a diet for 5 weeks, using different levels of inclusion of camu camu extract: 0, 50, 100, 250, and 500 mg/kg of feed. Each treatment consisted of four replicates. It was obtained 40.5 mg of vitamin C/g of camu camu pulp powder by high-performance liquid chromatography. At the end of the trial period, fish were inoculated with Aeromonas hydrophila in the swim bladder. Samples were taken after 6; 24 and 48 h of the challenge. Results revealed that fish supplemented with this herb showed significant increase (P < 0.05) in white blood cells counts in blood and exudate, burst respiratory activity, lysozyme activity, serum bactericidal activity, direct agglutination, and melanomacrophage centers count. Red blood cells count, hemoglobin, hematocrit, and biochemical profile of fish supplemented with the herb presented no statistical differences compared to control group (P > 0.05). No histopathological lesions were observed in intestine, kidney, spleen, and gills. It can be concluded that the addition of Myrciaria dubia in tilapia feed improves the immune response and the growth after 5 weeks, especially, at a dose of 500 mg/kg.
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- Department of Veterinary Pathology, School of Agrarian and Veterinary Sciences, Sao Paulo State University (Unesp), Via Prof. Paulo Donato Castellane, km 05, Jaboticabal, Sao Paulo, Brazil
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- Department of Veterinary Pathology, School of Agrarian and Veterinary Sciences, Sao Paulo State University (Unesp), Via Prof. Paulo Donato Castellane, km 05, Jaboticabal, Sao Paulo, Brazil
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- Department of Veterinary Pathology, School of Agrarian and Veterinary Sciences, Sao Paulo State University (Unesp), Via Prof. Paulo Donato Castellane, km 05, Jaboticabal, Sao Paulo, Brazil
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- Department of Veterinary Pathology, School of Agrarian and Veterinary Sciences, Sao Paulo State University (Unesp), Via Prof. Paulo Donato Castellane, km 05, Jaboticabal, Sao Paulo, Brazil
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- Department of Veterinary Pathology, School of Agrarian and Veterinary Sciences, Sao Paulo State University (Unesp), Via Prof. Paulo Donato Castellane, km 05, Jaboticabal, Sao Paulo, Brazil
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- Aquaculture Center of Unesp, Sao Paulo, Brazil; Department of Veterinary Pathology, School of Agrarian and Veterinary Sciences, Sao Paulo State University (Unesp), Via Prof. Paulo Donato Castellane, km 05, Jaboticabal, Sao Paulo, Brazil
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- Aquaculture Center of Unesp, Sao Paulo, Brazil; Department of Veterinary Pathology, School of Agrarian and Veterinary Sciences, Sao Paulo State University (Unesp), Via Prof. Paulo Donato Castellane, km 05, Jaboticabal, Sao Paulo, Brazil.
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Secci G, Parisi G, Dasilva G, Medina I. Stress during slaughter increases lipid metabolites and decreases oxidative stability of farmed rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss) during frozen storage. Food Chem 2015. [PMID: 26212934 DOI: 10.1016/j.foodchem.2015.05.051] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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The consequences of slaughter on the formation of lipid metabolites and oxidative stability of fish muscle during long term frozen storage (-10 °C) were evaluated using farmed rainbow trout killed by asphyxia in air or percussion. The level of major adenine nucleotides and their related compounds was determined in order to check the stress level during slaughter. Plasma lipid metabolites were studied through the determination of eicosanoids and docosanoids such as prostaglandins, leukotrienes, thromboxanes, isoprostanes, resolvins, hydroxides, hydroperoxides, coming from eicosapentaenoic (EPA), arachidonic (ARA), and docosahexaenoic (DHA) acids. In addition, lipid oxidative stability of fillets was monitored. Results revealed that stress during slaughter can greatly influence oxidative stress and oxidative stability of rainbow trout fillets. In fact, asphyxia, which was the most stressful, induced a higher production of some lipid mediators such as hydroperoxides and EPA-derived prostaglandins, such as 12-HpHEPE/15-HpHEPE and PGD3/PGE3. As a consequence, fillets derived from asphyxiated fish were less stable in terms of oxidative stability and showed lower shelf-life.
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- G Secci
- Department of Agri-Food Production and Environmental Sciences, Section of Animal Sciences, University of Firenze, via delle Cascine 5, 50144 Firenze, Italy
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- Department of Agri-Food Production and Environmental Sciences, Section of Animal Sciences, University of Firenze, via delle Cascine 5, 50144 Firenze, Italy.
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- Instituto de Investigaciones Marinas, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (IIM-CSIC), Eduardo Cabello 6, E-36208 Vigo, Spain
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- Instituto de Investigaciones Marinas, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (IIM-CSIC), Eduardo Cabello 6, E-36208 Vigo, Spain
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Hemostasis, the process of blood clot formation and resolution in response to vascular injury, and thrombosis, the dysregulation of hemostasis leading to pathological clot formation, are widely studied. However, the genetic variability in hemostatic and thrombotic disorders is incompletely understood, suggesting that novel mediators have yet to be uncovered. The zebrafish is developing into a powerful in vivo model to study hemostasis, and its features as a model organism are well suited to (a) develop high-throughput screens to identify novel mediators of hemostasis and thrombosis, (b) validate candidate genes identified in human populations, and (c) characterize the structure/function relationship of gene products. In this review, we discuss conservation of the zebrafish hemostatic system, highlight areas for future study, and outline the utility of this model to study blood coagulation and its dysregulation.
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PURPOSE OF REVIEW Although the zebrafish has been established as a research tool over the past two to three decades, in hematology it has primarily been used to investigate areas distinct from coagulation. The advantages of this vertebrate model include high fecundity, rapid and external development, and conservation of virtually all clotting factors in the zebrafish genomic sequence. Here, we summarize the growing application of this technology to the study of hemostasis and thrombosis. RECENT FINDINGS Loss of function studies have demonstrated conservation of function for a number of zebrafish coagulation factors. These include positive and negative regulators of coagulation, as well as key components of the thrombus itself, such as von Willebrand factor, fibrinogen, and thrombocytes. Such analyses have also been leveraged to aid in the understanding of human variation and disease, as well as to perform in-vivo structure/function experiments. SUMMARY The zebrafish is an organism that lends itself to a number of unique and powerful approaches not possible in mammals. This review demonstrates that there is a high degree of genetic and functional conservation of coagulation, portending future insights into hemostasis and thrombosis through the use of this model.
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Teraoka H, Okuno Y, Nijoukubo D, Yamakoshi A, Peterson RE, Stegeman JJ, Kitazawa T, Hiraga T, Kubota A. Involvement of COX2-thromboxane pathway in TCDD-induced precardiac edema in developing zebrafish. AQUATIC TOXICOLOGY (AMSTERDAM, NETHERLANDS) 2014; 154:19-26. [PMID: 24858302 PMCID: PMC4326229 DOI: 10.1016/j.aquatox.2014.04.025] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/04/2014] [Revised: 04/19/2014] [Accepted: 04/21/2014] [Indexed: 05/06/2023]
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The cardiovascular system is one of the most characteristic and important targets for developmental toxicity by 2,3,7,8-tetrachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin (TCDD) in fish larvae. However, knowledge of the mechanism of TCDD-induced edema after heterodimerization of aryl hydrocarbon receptor type 2 (AHR2) and AHR nuclear translocator type 1 (ARNT1) is still limited. In the present study, microscopic analysis with a high-speed camera revealed that TCDD increased the size of a small cavity between the heart and body wall in early eleutheroembryos, a toxic effect that we designate as precardiac edema. A concentration-response curve for precardiac edema at 2 days post fertilization (dpf) showed close similarity to that for conventional pericardial edema at 3 dpf. Precardiac edema caused by TCDD was reduced by morpholino knockdown of AHR2 and ARNT1, as well as by an antioxidant (ascorbic acid). A selective inhibitor of cyclooxygenase type 2 (COX2), NS398, also markedly inhibited TCDD-induced precardiac edema. A thromboxane receptor (TP) antagonist, ICI-192,605 almost abolished TCDD-induced precardiac edema and this effect was canceled by U46619, a TP agonist, which was not influential in the action of TCDD by itself. Knockdown of COX2b and thromboxane A synthase 1 (TBXS), but not COX2a, strongly reduced TCDD-induced precardiac edema. Knockdown of COX2b was without effect on mesencephalic circulation failure caused by TCDD. The edema by TCDD was also inhibited by knockdown of c-mpl, a thrombopoietin receptor necessary for thromobocyte production. Finally, induction of COX2b, but not COX2a, by TCDD was seen in eleutheroembryos at 3 dpf. These results suggest a role of the COX2b-thromboxane pathway in precardiac edema formation following TCDD exposure in developing zebrafish.
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- Hiroki Teraoka
- School of Veterinary Medicine, Rakuno Gakuen University, Ebetsu, Japan.
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- School of Veterinary Medicine, Rakuno Gakuen University, Ebetsu, Japan
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- School of Veterinary Medicine, Rakuno Gakuen University, Ebetsu, Japan
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- School of Veterinary Medicine, Rakuno Gakuen University, Ebetsu, Japan
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- Biology Department, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Woods Hole, MA, USA
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- School of Veterinary Medicine, Rakuno Gakuen University, Ebetsu, Japan
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- School of Veterinary Medicine, Rakuno Gakuen University, Ebetsu, Japan
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- School of Veterinary Medicine, Rakuno Gakuen University, Ebetsu, Japan; Biology Department, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Woods Hole, MA, USA
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Lee KG, Miller T, Anastassov I, Cohen WD. Shape transformation and cytoskeletal reorganization in activated non-mammalian thrombocytes. Cell Biol Int 2013; 28:299-310. [PMID: 15109987 DOI: 10.1016/j.cellbi.2004.01.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/19/2003] [Revised: 01/08/2004] [Accepted: 01/28/2004] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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The nucleated thrombocytes of non-mammalian vertebrates are partially flattened, ovoid cells morphologically distinct from mammalian platelets, and the extent of their functional equivalence is unknown. To test whether they resemble platelets in having similar F-actin-based post-activation stages, rapid fixation/extraction/labeling methods were developed to reveal cytoskeletal organization in dogfish thrombocytes by confocal microscopy. Unactivated cells contained cortical F-actin plus denser F-actin co-localizing with outer marginal band (MB) microtubules. In the post-activation sequence, determined for the first time by continuous observation of individual thrombocytes following thrombin perfusion, cells rounded and blebbed, spread, and eventually flattened extensively. The MB twisted and then became disorganized, with microtubule bundles remaining centrally located and associated with nuclear clefts. In contrast, F-actin occupied blebs and outward-spreading cytoplasm, initially in spiky projections, then predominantly in stress fibers, and inhibitors of F-actin assembly or myosin ATPase blocked shape changes. Thus, the post-activation stages and cytoskeletal events observed in nucleated thrombocytes were found to parallel those of platelets.
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- Kyeng-Gea Lee
- Department of Biological Sciences, Hunter College, CUNY Graduate Center, New York, NY, USA
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de Menezes GC, Tavares-Dias M, Ono EA, de Andrade JIA, Brasil EM, Roubach R, Urbinati EC, Marcon JL, Affonso EG. The influence of dietary vitamin C and E supplementation on the physiological response of pirarucu, Arapaima gigas, in net culture. Comp Biochem Physiol A Mol Integr Physiol 2006; 145:274-9. [PMID: 16934509 DOI: 10.1016/j.cbpa.2006.06.035] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/15/2006] [Revised: 06/23/2006] [Accepted: 06/24/2006] [Indexed: 10/24/2022]
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This study evaluated the efficacy of dietary vitamin C (ascorbic acid or AA), vitamin E (alpha-tocopherol or alpha-T), and C+E supplementation on the blood parameters of Arapaima gigas grown in net cages for 45 days. Four treatments were tested: control (commercial feed); C800; E500 and C+E (800+500) with supplementation of 800 mg AA kg(-1), 500 mg alpha-T kg(-1) and 800+500 mg AA+alpha-T kg(-1), respectively. Hematocrit (Ht), red blood cells (RBC), and hemoglobin concentration (Hb) (oxidative status indicators), thrombocytes and leukocytes (immunological indicators), plasma protein and glucose were evaluated. Fish fed vitamin C and C+E supplemented diets showed greater weight gain and survival. Dietary vitamin C and C+E diet supplementation resulted in increased Ht, Hb, RBC, MCHC, total leukocytes, total proteins, thrombocytes and eosinophils compared to the control and alpha-T. The alpha-tocopherol-supplemented diet reduced the number of total thrombocytes, lymphocytes and neutrophils and increased glucose and eosinophils relatively to the control. In general, leukocytes and thrombocytes were good indicators of the efficiency of vitamin on the defense mechanism of the A. gigas reared in cages. Results indicate that high alpha-T diet supplementation provides no benefit for the maintenance of the oxidative or the immunological status of A. gigas. However, it was demonstrated that high dietary AA improves A. gigas immunological status. Red blood cell indices and immune system indicators showed no synergistic effect between the vitamins after supplementing the A. gigas diet with alpha-T+AA.
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- Glauber Cruz de Menezes
- Department of Aquaculture, INPA (Amazonian National Research Institute), Av. André Araújo, 2936, P.O. Box 478, Manaus, AM 69069-001, Brazil
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Chen TY, Shiao MS, Pan BS. Inhibition of 12- and 15-lipoxygenase activities and protection of human and tilapia low density lipoprotein oxidation by I-Tiao-Gung (Glycine tomentella). Lipids 2005; 40:1171-7. [PMID: 16459930 DOI: 10.1007/s11745-005-1482-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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I-Tiao-Gung, Glycine tomentella, has been used extensively as a traditional herbal medicine to relieve physical pain, but its bioactivity has not been studied systematically. Ninety-five percent ethanol extracts of G. tomentella (GT-E) showed antioxidant activity in human plasma by prolonging the lag phase (+Tlag) of Cu2+-induced LDL oxidation and were dose dependent. The +Tlag of LDL combined with 3.2 microg/mL GT-E was similar to that with 2.0 microM (ca. 0.5 microg/mL) Trolox. A similar inhibitory effect was found toward tilapia plasma LDL. In addition, GT-E inhibited tilapia thrombocyte (nucleated platelet) 5-, 12-, and 15-lipoxygenase (LOX). The IC50 values were 0.43, 0.72, and 0.42 microg/mL, respectively, whereas the IC50 values for nordihydroguaiaretic acid (NDGA) on 5-, 12-, and 15-LOX were 2.3, 1.6, and 1.7 microg/mL, respectively. The IC50 value for cyclooxygenase-2 (COX-2) inhibition by GT-E was 42.0 microg/mL, whereas the IC50 value by indomethacin as a positive control was 0.61 microLg/mL. The prevention of LDL oxidation and the dual inhibition of LOX and COX-2 are indicative of the possible roles of I-Tiao-Gung in antiatherosclerosis and anti-inflammation.
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- Tsui-Yao Chen
- Food Science Department, National Taiwan Ocean University, Keelung, Taiwan, 202, Republic of China
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Progressive advances using zebrafish as a model organism have provided hematologists with an additional genetic system to study blood cell formation and hematological malignancies. Despite extensive evolutionary divergence between bony fish (teleosts) and mammals, the molecular pathways governing hematopoiesis have been highly conserved. As a result, most (if not all) of the critical hematopoietic transcription factor genes identified in mammals have orthologues in zebrafish. As in other vertebrates, all of the teleost blood lineages are believed to originate from a pool of pluripotent, self-renewing hematopoietic stem cells. Here, we provide a detailed review of the timing, anatomical location, and transcriptional regulation of zebrafish 'primitive' and 'definitive' hematopoiesis as well as discuss a model of T-cell leukemia and recent advances in blood cell transplantation. Given that many of the regulatory genes that control embryonic hematopoiesis have been implicated in oncogenic pathways in adults, an understanding of blood cell ontogeny is likely to provide insights into the pathophysiology of human leukemias.
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- Alan J Davidson
- Division of Hematology/Oncology, Department of Medicine, Children's Hospital, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Boston, MA 02115, USA
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Köllner B, Fischer U, Rombout JHWM, Taverne-Thiele JJ, Hansen JD. Potential involvement of rainbow trout thrombocytes in immune functions: a study using a panel of monoclonal antibodies and RT-PCR. DEVELOPMENTAL AND COMPARATIVE IMMUNOLOGY 2004; 28:1049-62. [PMID: 15236934 DOI: 10.1016/j.dci.2004.03.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/12/2003] [Revised: 03/15/2004] [Accepted: 03/24/2004] [Indexed: 05/22/2023]
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The functional relationship between fish and mammalian thrombocytes is relatively unknown. In this study, a panel of monoclonal antibodies (mAbs) was used to investigate the functional properties of rainbow trout thrombocytes. The mAbs recognize cell-surface molecules on thrombocytes with molecular weights ranging from 17 to 160 kDa. Flow cytometric and immuno-electron microscopic analyses demonstrate that these molecules are expressed at different levels and that surface expression increased upon activation with bovine collagen. Two of these cell-surface molecules (17 and 21 kDa) were directly involved in collagen-induced aggregation of thrombocytes since aggregation was blocked upon pre-treatment with mAbs that recognize the two surface markers. Interestingly, the percentage of thrombocytes in blood increased after stimulation using different antigens. The transcriptional profile of trout thrombocytes was then examined after immuno-magnetic enrichment using the described mAbs to assess potential roles of trout thrombocytes in immune functions. Trout thrombocytes express components of the MHC class Ia pathway, IL1beta, TNFalpha, TGFbeta, the interleukin receptor common gamma chain as well as CXC and CC chemokines. MHC class IIB and TNFalpha were expressed at low levels in resting thrombocytes. No evidence was found for the expression of TCRalphabeta, Ig heavy chain, CD8alpha or CK1 mRNA. Taken together, these results suggest that rainbow trout thrombocytes express molecules involved in activation, aggregation and genes encoding proteins, that are involved in antigen presentation and immune regulation.
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- B Köllner
- Institute of Diagnostic Virology, Federal Research Center for Virus Diseases of Animals, 17493 Greifswald Insel Riems, Germany.
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Bonnans C, Mainprice B, Chanez P, Bousquet J, Urbach V. Lipoxin A4 stimulates a cytosolic Ca2+ increase in human bronchial epithelium. J Biol Chem 2003; 278:10879-84. [PMID: 12500974 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m210294200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 54] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Lipoxins are biologically active eicosanoids possessing anti-inflammatory properties. Using a calcium imaging system we investigated the effect of lipoxin A(4) (LXA(4)) on intracellular [Ca(2+)] ([Ca(2+)](i)) of human bronchial epithelial cell. Exposure of the cells to LXA(4) produced a dose-dependent increase in [Ca(2+)](i) followed by a recovery to basal values in primary culture and in 16HBE14o(-) cells. The LXA(4)-induced [Ca(2+)](i) increase was completely abolished after pre-treatment of the 16HBE14o(-) cells with pertussis toxin (G-protein inhibitor). The [Ca(2+)](i) response was not affected by the removal of external [Ca(2+)] but completely inhibited by thapsigargin (Ca(2+)-ATPase inhibitor) treatment. Pre-treatment of the bronchial epithelial cells with either MDL hydrochloride (adenylate cyclase inhibitor) or (R(p))-cAMP (cAMP-dependent protein kinase inhibitor) inhibited the Ca(2+) response to LXA(4). However, the response was not affected by chelerytrine chloride (protein kinase C inhibitor) or montelukast (cysteinyl leukotriene receptor antagonist). The LXA(4) receptor mRNA was detected, by RT-PCR, in primary culture of human bronchial epithelium and in immortalized 16HBE14o(-) cells. The functional consequences of the effect of LXA(4) on intracellular [Ca(2+)](i) have been investigated on Cl(-) secretion, measured using the short-circuit techniques on 16HBE14o(-) monolayers grown on permeable filters. LXA(4) produced a sustained stimulation of the Cl(-) secretion by 16HBE14o(-) monolayers, which was inhibited by BAPTA-AM, a chelator of intracellular calcium. Taken together our results provided evidence for the stimulation of a [Ca(2+)](i) increase by LXA(4) through a mechanism involving its specific receptor and protein kinase A activation and resulting in a subsequent Ca(2+)-dependent Cl(-) secretion by human airway epithelial cells.
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- Caroline Bonnans
- INSERM U454, Department of Respiratory Disease, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Arnaud de Villeneuve, 34295 Montpellier Cedex 05, France
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Michaud SE, Wang LZ, Korde N, Bucki R, Randhawa PK, Pastore JJ, Falet H, Hoffmeister K, Kuuse R, Uibo R, Herod J, Sawyer E, Janmey PA. Purification of salmon thrombin and its potential as an alternative to mammalian thrombins in fibrin sealants. Thromb Res 2002; 107:245-54. [PMID: 12479886 DOI: 10.1016/s0049-3848(02)00333-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/02/2023]
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A method to produce highly purified thrombin from salmon blood is described, and a series of biochemical, cell biologic, and biophysical assays demonstrate the functional similarities and some differences between salmon and human thrombins. Salmon thrombin with specific activity greater than 1000 units/mg total protein can be prepared by modifications of the methods used for purification of human thrombin. Using a synthetic substrate based on the human fibrinogen A-alpha polypeptide sequence as an indicator of enzymatic activity, salmon and human thrombin preparations contain similar specific activities per mass of purified protein. Salmon thrombin activates human fibrinogen and initiates the formation of fibrin clots whose structure and rheologic properties are indistinguishable from those of human fibrin clotted by human thrombin. Salmon thrombin also activates human platelets. Approximately 10 times higher activities are needed for the same rate of platelet aggregation compared to human thrombin, and some aspects of platelet activation, most notably phosphatidylserine exposure, are diminished relative to the effects of human thrombin. This latter finding suggests that salmon thrombin may not activate all of the receptors that are targets of human thrombin, although it does appear to activate signals that are sufficient to produce normal rates of activation and aggregation as measured by conventional aggregometry. Together with the recent purification of salmon fibrinogen and its application in mammalian wound healing, the availability of salmon thrombin allows the formulation of biological sealants devoid of any exogenous mammalian proteins and so may aid the design of materials with increased safety from infectious disease transmission.
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- Sarah E Michaud
- Hematology Division, Brigham and Women's Hospital, LMRC #302, 221 Longwood Ave, Boston, MA 02115, USA
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Jagadeeswaran P, Sheehan JP, Craig FE, Troyer D. Identification and characterization of zebrafish thrombocytes. Br J Haematol 1999; 107:731-8. [PMID: 10606877 DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2141.1999.01763.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 152] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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To analyse primary haemostasis in the zebrafish we have identified and characterized the zebrafish thrombocyte by morphologic, immunologic and functional approaches. Novel methods were developed for harvesting zebrafish blood with preservation of thrombocytes, and assaying whole blood adhesion/aggregation responses in microtitre plates. Light and electron microscopy of the thrombocyte illustrated morphological characteristics including the formation of aggregates, pseudopodia, and surface-connected vesicles analagous to the platelet canalicular system. Immunostaining with polyclonal antisera versus human platelet glycoproteins demonstrated the presence of glycoprotein Ib and IIb/IIIa-like complexes on the thrombocyte surface. Whole blood assays for adhesion/aggregation and ATP release showed ristocetin-induced adhesion without ATP release, and platelet agonist (collagen, arachidonic acid) induced aggregation with ATP release. Blood harvested from zebrafish treated with aspirin demonstrated inhibition of arachidonic acid induced aggregation and agonist induced ATP release, consistent with at least partial dependence on an intact cyclo oxygenase pathway. The combined morphologic immunologic and functional evidence suggest that the zebrafish thrombocyte is the haemostatic homologue of the mammalian platelet. Conservation of major haemostatic pathways involved in platelet function and coagulation suggests that the zebrafish is a relevant model for mammalian haemostasis and thrombosis.
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- P Jagadeeswaran
- Department of Cellular Biology, The University of Texas Health Science Center, 7703 Floyd Curl Drive, San Antonio, TX 78284, USA
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Kfoury JR, Nakayasu C, Rodrigues Souza JC, Okamoto N. Characterization of a monoclonal antibody specific to rainbow trout thrombocytes. THE JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL ZOOLOGY 1999; 284:309-16. [PMID: 10404122 DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1097-010x(19990801)284:3<309::aid-jez8>3.0.co;2-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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A monoclonal antibody (MAb) specific for rainbow trout thrombocytes was produced and its reactivity was demonstrated by flow cytometry and immuno-electron microscopy. Flow cytometry analysis showed that this MAb (TTL-7D11) reacted positively with about 30% of the peripheral blood leucocytes (PBL) and about 1%, 2%, and 11% of the pronephros, mesonephros, and spleen cells, respectively. Electron microscopy using immunogold labeling demonstrated that this MAb reacted strongly with thrombocytes, where gold beads could be seen attached only to the membrane and canalicular system of these cells. Positive and negative leucocytes for this MAb were obtained by magnetic cell separation. In the positive fraction, 96% of the cells were thrombocytes, while in the negative fraction no more than 3% were, which clearly showed a high purity of the positive fraction. Aggregation studies showed that about 75% of the positive fraction cells aggregated after being mixed with U-46619 thromboxane-mimetic, whereas in the negative fraction only 10% of the cells did so. Thus, utilizing the TTL-7D11 we have succeeded in isolating a pure thrombocyte population, and this would facilitate further studies, particularly on their characteristics and function(s).
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- J R Kfoury
- Department of Aquatic Biosciences, Tokyo University of Fisheries, Tokyo 108-8477, Japan
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DaMatta RA, Manhães L, Lassounskaia E, de Souza W. Chicken thrombocytes in culture: lymphocyte-conditioned medium delays apoptosis. Tissue Cell 1999; 31:255-63. [PMID: 10481297 DOI: 10.1054/tice.1999.0002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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Chicken thrombocytes are nucleated cells, analogs to mammalian platelets. These cells are involved in hemostasis, phagocytosis and secretion of specific products. Most of the properties of avian thrombocytes have been established in experiments that employed recently isolated blood cells. Attempts to cultivate these cells for a long period of time under optimal culture conditions for peripheral blood cells were unsuccessful; thrombocytes died after 24 h of cultivation unlike macrophages cocultured with them. Here we investigate the reasons and type of thrombocyte death in culture. Thrombocytes were separated from peripheral blood of roosters and cultured for 48 h. The influence of different culture conditions on thrombocyte viability was studied. Cells were cultured as adherent cell monolayers or under agitation (preventing adherence), in the presence or lack of lymphocytes or their soluble factors, and various concentrations of fetal bovine serum. After 24 h in standard culture thrombocytes displayed cytoplasm and chromatin condensation, DNA cleaved into oligonucleosomal fragments and unaltered mitochondria. These results strongly suggest that thrombocytes suffer an apoptotic cell death in culture. Apoptosis could be delayed by culturing thrombocytes in the presence of lymphocytes or their soluble factors.
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- R A DaMatta
- Laboratório de Biologia Celular e Tecidual, Universidade Estadual do Norte Fluminense, Lamego, Brazil
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Sabourault C, Amichot M, Pauron D, Bergé JB, Lafaurie M, Girard JP. Cloning of CYP4F7, a kidney-specific P450 in the sea bass Dicentrarchus labrax. Biochem Biophys Res Commun 1999; 258:155-61. [PMID: 10222252 DOI: 10.1006/bbrc.1999.0608] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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A cDNA sequence coding for a cytochrome P450 of the CYP4F subfamily was isolated from total RNA of sea bass kidney by rapid amplification of cDNA ends. The full length sequence coded for a protein of 526 amino acids. The amino acid sequence shared 39% to 56% residue identities with the mammalian CYP4F sequences, and thus was named CYP4F7 (accession number AF123541). RNA blot analysis using CYP4F7 cDNA as a probe indicated that the corresponding mRNA was only detected in kidney. Expression in the kidney was constitutive, and no induction of this mRNA was detected in this or other tissues, with any of the inducers tested, including peroxisome proliferators.
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- C Sabourault
- Laboratoire de Physiologie et Toxicologie Environnementales, Faculté des Sciences, Nice Cedex 02, 06108, France.
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Holland JW, Taylor GW, Rowley AF. The eicosanoid generating capacity of isolated cell populations from the gills of the rainbow trout, Oncorhynchus mykiss. COMPARATIVE BIOCHEMISTRY AND PHYSIOLOGY. PART C, PHARMACOLOGY, TOXICOLOGY & ENDOCRINOLOGY 1999; 122:297-306. [PMID: 10336089 DOI: 10.1016/s0742-8413(98)10127-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Rainbow trout gill filaments generated a wide range of eicosanoid products following calcium ionophore challenge. The putative lipoxygenase products were separated by reverse phase high performance liquid chromatography (RP-HPLC), while prostanoids were quantified by enzyme immunoassay. Three main monohydroxy compounds containing conjugated dienes were observed after RP-HPLC namely 12-(S) hydroxyeicosatetraenoic acid (12-HETE), 12-(S) hydroxyeicosapentaenoic acid (12-HEPE) and 14-(S) hydroxydocosahexaenoic acid (14-HDHE), derived from endogenous arachidonic, eicosapentaenoic and docosahexaenoic acids, respectively. Their identification was confirmed by mass spectrometry. A further five compounds containing conjugated trienes were also observed but in lesser amounts. One of these products was identified as 8,15-dihydroxyeicosatetraenoic acid (8,15-DiHETE) based on its UV spectrum, co-elution with authentic standard on RP-HPLC and mass spectrometry. Overall, the generation of these products suggests the presence of 12- and possibly 15-lipoxygenase activities in trout gill acting on endogenous sources of fatty acid. To determine if the various cell types in trout gill had differing eicosanoid generating potential, gills were disrupted and the resultant cell suspensions separated by density gradient centrifugation. Following this three bands were formed on the gradients and the cell populations from these were characterised using periodic acid Schiff's (PAS) reactivity for mucosubstances, haematoxylin and eosin staining, and immunoreactivity with both monoclonal and polyclonal antibodies. The first band consisted of polygonal cells and other more minor cell types, the second cell band contained mainly polygonal and PAS-positive goblet epithelial cells, while the third band consisted of mainly erythrocytes. There were significant differences in the eicosanoid generating potential of the isolated cells, with cells from the second band generating significantly more 12-HETE and 8,15-DiHETE than those from both the first band and unfractionated populations. The eicosanoid generating activity of the trout gill epithelial cell line, RTG-W1, was also elucidated. It proved to be a modest generator of eicosanoids in that only low levels of thromboxane B2 and prostaglandin E2 were detected while no lipoxygenase products were observed.
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- J W Holland
- School of Biological Sciences, University of Wales Swansea, Singleton Park, UK
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Hill DJ, Hallett MB, Rowley AF. Effect of prostanoids and their precursors on the aggregation of rainbow trout thrombocytes. THE AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PHYSIOLOGY 1999; 276:R659-64. [PMID: 10070125 DOI: 10.1152/ajpregu.1999.276.3.r659] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/02/2023]
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The role of prostanoids and their precursor fatty acids in the aggregatory response of thrombocytes (platelet equivalents of fish) from the rainbow trout, Oncorhynchus mykiss, was studied. Aggregation of these cells was induced by the thromboxane mimetic U-46619 or arachidonic acid (AA) in the presence of human or trout fibrinogen. The production of TXB2/3 by thrombocytes in response to stimulation with AA was inhibited by aspirin, ibuprofen, and indomethacin. However, thrombocyte aggregation in response to AA stimulation was not significantly altered by these agents at the concentrations tested (10-100 microM), with the exception of indomethacin at 20 and 40 microM. Effects on cytosolic calcium concentration have been suggested as an alternative mechanism for the inhibitory action of indomethacin on human platelet aggregation. The present study, however, failed to identify this as a mechanism for the inhibition of U-46619-induced trout thrombocyte aggregation by indomethacin. The polyunsaturated fatty acids docosahexaenoic acid and eicosapentaenoic acid both exhibited an inhibitory effect on U-46619-induced thrombocyte aggregation similar to that observed with mammalian platelets. Unlike the case in mammalian hemostasis, prostacyclin inhibited thrombocyte aggregation only at high concentrations (>5 microM). Prostaglandin E2, however, inhibited thrombocyte aggregation at much lower concentrations (>0.01 microM), suggesting that it may be the major inhibitory eicosanoid in trout.
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- D J Hill
- School of Biological Sciences, University of Wales Swansea, Singleton Park, Swansea SA2 8PP, United Kingdom
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Hill DJ, Griffiths DH, Rowley AF. Trout thrombocytes contain 12- but not 5-lipoxygenase activity. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA 1999; 1437:63-70. [PMID: 9931438 DOI: 10.1016/s1388-1981(98)00007-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Fish thrombocytes are thought to be the evolutionary forerunners of mammalian platelets. Thrombocyte preparations made by conventional methods, such as density gradient centrifugation, contain other cell types such as neutrophilic granulocytes and lymphocytes that could interfere with subsequent experiments. In this study, rainbow trout thrombocytes were separated by density gradient centrifugation and further purified by magnetic cell sorting (MACS) using the thrombocyte specific monoclonal antibody, 30D8. Thrombocyte purity was assessed by reactivity to 30D8 using flow cytometry and immunocytochemistry. Following purification by density gradient centrifugation, thrombocytes were 66.9+/-9.2% (mean value+/-S.E.M., n=3) pure. Further purification by MACS significantly increased thrombocyte purity to 97.3+/-0.6%, whereas only 1.4% of the MACS -ve fraction were identified as these cells. Incubation of thrombocytes isolated by density gradient alone with calcium ionophore, A23187, generated a range of eicosanoids derived from arachidonic or eicosapentaenoic acids, namely, leukotriene (LT)B4, LTB5, lipoxin (LX)A4, LXA5, 12-hydroxyeicosatetraenoic acid (12-HETE) and 12-hydroxyeicosapentaenoic acid (12-HEPE). A similar eicosanoid generation profile was observed for cells in the MACS -ve fraction; however, MACS +ve cells (thrombocytes) generated no 4 or 5 series LT or LX but did generate significant amounts of the 12-lipoxygenase (LO) products, 12-HETE and 12-HEPE. These results indicate that trout thrombocytes contain no demonstrable 5-LO activity and like their mammalian counterparts possess 12-LO activity.
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- D J Hill
- School of Biological Sciences, University of Wales Swansea, Singleton Park, Swansea, SA2 8PP, UK
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- P Jagadeeswaran
- Department of Cellular and Structural Biology, Health Science Center at San Antonio, University of Texas 78284, USA
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Sundin L, Nilsson GE. Acute defense mechanisms against hemorrhage from mechanical gill injury in rainbow trout. THE AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PHYSIOLOGY 1998; 275:R460-5. [PMID: 9688680 DOI: 10.1152/ajpregu.1998.275.2.r460] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/08/2023]
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By cutting gill filaments in anesthetized rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss), observing the bleeding through a stereomicroscope, and using blockers of various known endogenous filament artery vasoconstrictors, we have here attempted to characterize hemostatic mechanisms in gills. The immediate hemostatic response to a cut in a gill filament artery was a local vasoconstriction, stopping the hemorrhage within approximately 20 s. In heparinized fish, the hemorrhage recommenced after approximately 8 min, suggesting that the vasoconstriction soon subsides and blood clotting becomes responsible for the hemostasis. Antagonists of acetylcholine, adenosine, and serotonin receptors were unable to block the hemostatic vasoconstriction. Also, tetrodotoxin was without effect, indicating a nonnervous origin. By contrast, indomethacin significantly affected the measured bleeding times, suggesting that eicosanoids play a significant role in this process (possibly by stimulating vasoconstriction and/or by inducing local thrombocyte aggregation). By possessing several hundred virtually identical filaments with readily observable vasculature, the fish gill appears to be a good experimental model for studying hemostatic mechanisms.
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- L Sundin
- Department of Zoophysiology, University of Göteborg, S-413 90 Göteborg, Sweden
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Siegl E, Nebe B, Blunk H, Rychly J. Detection of mitogen induced stimulation of leukocytes from the rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss) by flow cytometric analysis of intracellular calcium. Comp Biochem Physiol A Mol Integr Physiol 1998. [DOI: 10.1016/s1095-6433(98)00003-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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Thomson M, al-Hassan JM, al-Saleh J, Fayad S, Ali M. Prostanoid synthesis in whole blood cells from fish of the Arabian Gulf. Comp Biochem Physiol B Biochem Mol Biol 1998; 119:639-46. [PMID: 9787758 DOI: 10.1016/s0305-0491(98)00039-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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The ability to synthesise prostaglandins and thromboxane from 14C-labelled arachidonic acid was investigated in 11 species of fish from the Arabian Gulf. Cyclooxygenase activity was assessed in washed whole blood cells. Arachidonic acid and its metabolites were extracted and separated on silicic acid columns and thin layer chromatography (silica gel G). Total capacity to convert [14C]arachidonic acid to prostanoids varied from 1 to 35% among the 11 fish species studied. Gray shark (Chiloscyllium griseum) blood cells had the highest capacity (37 +/- 0.4%) to convert arachidonate into prostanoids and two species of catfish (Arius bilineatus and A. thalassinus) exhibited greater than 10% capacity to convert [14C]arachidonate into prostanoids. The major prostanoid synthesised by the two catfish (A. bilineatus and A thalassinus) was 6-keto PGF1 alpha, a stable metabolite of prostacyclin, PGI2. In contrast, A. teunispinis synthesised thromboxane B2, a stable metabolite of thromboxane A2. Thromboxane B2 (TXB2) was the major product synthesised by all three species of shark studied (Chil. griseum, Carcharhinus plumbeus, Carch. melanopterus), with 6-keto PGF1 alpha a minor product. Other fish studied showed a varied pattern of prostanoid synthesis. The synthesis of these prostanoids was almost completely blocked by preincubation of the whole blood cells from catfish and shark with indomethacin (0.5 microM) suggesting the involvement of cyclooxygenase-mediated prostanoid synthesis.
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- M Thomson
- Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Science, Kuwait University, Safat, Kuwait.
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Nakayasu C, Yoshitomi T, Oyamatsu T, Okamoto N, Ikeda Y. Separation of carp (Cyprinus carpio L.) thrombocytes by using a monoclonal antibody, and their aggregation by collagen. Vet Immunol Immunopathol 1997; 57:337-46. [PMID: 9261970 DOI: 10.1016/s0165-2427(97)00005-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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A monoclonal antibody against carp peripheral blood leucocytes was produced, and its reactivity analysed by flow cytometry and electron microscopy. The antibody reacted positively with 10-35% of the cells in a fraction of lymphocytes and thrombocytes that was separated by flow cytometry. Electron microscopy using immunogold labelling showed that this antibody reacted strongly with thrombocytes, but not with other leucocytes. By using a magnetic separator, leucocytes that were positive and negative for this antibody were separated. The positive cells were uniform, spindle-type cells that aggregated in the presence of collagen, while the negative cells did not aggregate. Light and electron microscopy showed that many positive cells changed to a spherical form after the addition of collagen and then 40-60% of these cells aggregated.
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- C Nakayasu
- Department of Aquatic Biosciences, Tokyo University of Fisheries, Japan
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Bowden LA, Rainger GE, Holland JW, Knight J, Secombes CJ, Rowley AF. Generation and characterisation of monoclonal antibodies against rainbow trout, Oncorhynchus mykiss, leucocytes. COMPARATIVE BIOCHEMISTRY AND PHYSIOLOGY. PART C, PHARMACOLOGY, TOXICOLOGY & ENDOCRINOLOGY 1997; 117:291-8. [PMID: 9297808 DOI: 10.1016/s0742-8413(97)00005-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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Monoclonal antibodies were raised against head kidney macrophages of the rainbow trout, Oncorhynchus mykiss. Despite the establishment of a significant number of different hybridoma clones, none of these released antibody specific for determinants only found on macrophages. Instead, all the monoclonal antibodies generated reacted with lymphocytes, granulocytes, and monocytes/macrophages, although thrombocytes (the platelet equivalents in fish) and erythrocytes were not recognized by these antibodies. Western blotting of solubilised macrophages revealed that two of the hybridoma lines, designated 21G6 and 21F11, reacted with at least five proteins of 80, 104, 110, 140, and > 170 kDa. Immunocytochemistry was performed on histological sections of trout alimentary canal, gill, liver, spleen, and haemopoietic head kidney using antibodies from several of the hybridoma lines, and all of these showed a similar pattern of reactivity in each tissue. In the alimentary canal, for example, immunoreactive material was found in the eosinophilic granular cells, blood vessel margins, mucus in the lumen, and in the columnar epithelial cells. In the gills, epithelial cells and blood vessels also showed intense immunoreactive products, while in the liver, such reactivity was localised in the sinusoids and adherent macrophages. Both the spleen and head kidney had largely homogenous immunoreactivity.
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- L A Bowden
- School of Biological Sciences, University of Wales Swansea, U.K
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Wang X, Herman CA. Eicosanoid synthesis by purified thrombocytes and erythrocytes from warm- and cold-acclimated American bullfrogs (Rana catesbeiana). Gen Comp Endocrinol 1997; 106:138-44. [PMID: 9126474 DOI: 10.1006/gcen.1996.6864] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/04/2023]
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Amphibian blood plays an important role in eicosanoid synthesis. Although clotting frog blood produces eicosanoids, the cellular source of prostaglandins and thromboxanes in bullfrog blood is unknown. Thromboxane (TX)B2 synthesis from purified thrombocytes was affected by 30-day cold-acclimation at 5 degrees, but not PGE2 or leukotriene (LT) synthesis. Although no cyclooxygenase activity has been found in human erythrocytes, frog erythrocytes were capable of forming cyclooxygenase products, but the amounts were lower than those produced by thrombocytes. Additionally, there was no effect of cold exposure on eicosanoid production by isolated erythrocytes. Similar to some mammalian nucleated white blood cells, nucleated bullfrog thrombocytes and erythrocytes produced leukotrienes. The production of eicosanoids by thrombocytes was stimulated by A23187 and thrombin. Erythrocytes were stimulated by A23187. Control synthesis by erythrocytes and thrombocytes was inhibited by 5 microM indomethacin (cyclooxygenase pathway) or nordihydroguaiaretic acid (5-lipoxygenase pathway) and cyclooxygenase products were increased in the presence of nordihydroguaiaretic acid. Thrombin stimulation of eicosanoid production by thrombocytes was inhibited when the inhibitors were present prior to the final centrifugation of the cell isolation. The results suggest that cold exposure can affect eicosanoid synthesis in thrombocytes, but not erythrocytes, and that thrombocytes are a major source of eicosanoids in bullfrogs. The production of cyclooxygenase and lipoxygenase products by nucleated erythrocytes and thrombocytes suggests a role for these compounds in hemostasis and inflammatory responses in these animals.
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- X Wang
- Department of Biology, New Mexico State University, Las Cruces 88003, USA
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Herman CA, Wang X, Gronert K. Biosynthesis of thromboxane by snake (Elaphe obsoleta) erythrocytes and the requirement of eicosanoid production for blood clotting. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA 1997; 1334:23-7. [PMID: 9042361 DOI: 10.1016/s0304-4165(96)00122-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/03/2023]
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Lower vertebrates provide important insights into the evolution of eicosanoid synthesis and function. Whole snake blood, purified nucleated erythrocytes, and isolated leukocytes activated by clotting or A23187 produced thromboxane, PGE2, and 5-lipoxygenase products. Indomethacin's complete inhibition of clotting suggests eicosanoids produced by these cells are important in snake blood hemostasis.
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- C A Herman
- Department of Biology, New Mexico State University, Las Cruces 88003, USA.
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Tocher DR, Bell JG, Sargent JR. Production of eicosanoids derived from 20:4n-6 and 20:5n-3 in primary cultures of turbot (Scophthalmus maximus) brain astrocytes in response to platelet activating factor, substance P and interleukin-1 beta. Comp Biochem Physiol B Biochem Mol Biol 1996; 115:215-22. [PMID: 8939002 DOI: 10.1016/0305-0491(96)00113-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/03/2023]
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Primary cultures of turbot (Scophthalmus maximus) brain astroglial cells established in medium containing fetal bovine serum contain increased proportions of 18:1(n-9), total (n-9) and (n-6) polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFA) and greatly reduced (n-3) PUFA in comparison with turbot brain. Supplementation with a mixture of 5 microM eicosapentaenoic [20:5(n-3)] and 25 microM docosahexaenoic [22:6(n-3)] acids for 4 days significantly increased the percentages of these acids in total cellular lipid of turbot astrocytes and restored the (n-3) PUFA composition of the cells to that found in turbot brain. The production of prostaglandins (PG) E and F of the 2- and 3-series and leukotrienes (LT) C4 and C5 in response to various agonists was determined in PUFA-supplemented astrocytes. Calcium ionophore A23187, platelet activating factor and substance P stimulated the production of both PGF and PGE. Interleukin-1 beta significantly stimulated the production of PGF only. There were differences between the agonists in their effects on the relative levels of 2- and 3-series PGs produced. Only very low amounts of LTC were produced by the turbot astrocytes, with only substance P showing a minor stimulatory effect.
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- D R Tocher
- NERC Unit of Aquatic Biochemistry, Department of Biological and Molecular Sciences, University of Stirling, Scotland, UK.
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Knight J, Holland JW, Bowden LA, Halliday K, Rowley AF. Eicosanoid generating capacities of different tissues from the rainbow trout, Oncorhynchus mykiss. Lipids 1995; 30:451-8. [PMID: 7637566 DOI: 10.1007/bf02536304] [Citation(s) in RCA: 44] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/26/2023]
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The eicosanoid generating potential of the brain, gills, skin, ovary, muscle, eye, liver, spleen, heart, and alimentary canal in the rainbow trout, Oncorhynchus mykiss, was examined. All the organs/tissues examined synthesized the 12-lipoxygenase products, 12-hydroxyeicosatetraenoic acid (12-HETE), and 12-hydroxyeicosapentaenoic acid (12-HEPE), implying the widespread nature of this enzyme in trout. Both prostaglandin E and LTC were also found in variable amounts in the organs, with the greatest amount of PGE found in the gill. Leukotriene (LT) B4 and LTB5 were found in supernatants from calcium ionophore-challenged brain, skin, ovary, liver, spleen, and heart, but the lipoxins A4 and A5 were only present in brain, ovary, and spleen in relatively small amounts. As lipoxins have previously been shown to be synthesized by macrophages in rainbow trout [Pettitt et al., J. Biol. Chem. 266, 8720-8726 (1991)], and related cells (microglial cells) are found in the brain of mammals, the localization of macrophage-like cells in trout brain was investigated immunocytochemically. Monoclonal antibodies specific for trout leucocytes failed to identify any microglial-like cells in sections of the brain, although microvessels containing immuno-positive reaction products were observed. A number of distinct lipoxygenase products were found in supernatants of ionophore-challenged gill, including 14-hydroxydocosahexaenoic acid, 12-HETE, and 12-HEPE, and a large number of dihydroxy fatty acid derivatives with conjugated triene chromophores. One of these products was tentatively identified as 8(R),15(S)-dihydroxyeicosatetraenoic acid, a dual 12- and 15-lipoxygenase product, but apparently no LTB4 was generated by this tissue.
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- J Knight
- School of Biological Sciences, University of Wales, Swansea, United Kingdom
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