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Lu T, Wang C, Guo M, Li C, Shao Y. Effects of dietary Vibrio sp. 33 on growth, innate immunity, gut microbiota profile and disease resistance against Vibrio splendidus of juvenile sea cucumber Apostichopus japonicus. DEVELOPMENTAL AND COMPARATIVE IMMUNOLOGY 2024; 150:105081. [PMID: 37839671 DOI: 10.1016/j.dci.2023.105081] [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: 08/28/2023] [Revised: 10/12/2023] [Accepted: 10/12/2023] [Indexed: 10/17/2023]
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To investigate the ability of Vibrio sp. V33 supplementation on the growth performance, innate immunity, intestinal microbiota, and disease resistance of the juvenile sea cucumber Apostichopus japonicus, a feeding experiment was conducted. Our results revealed that dietary Vibrio sp. V33 could significantly enhanced sea cucumber growth rate, and the immune parameters including total coelomocytes counts (TCC), phagocytosis, respiratory burst, immune-related enzyme activities (acid phosphatase, alkaline phosphatase, superoxide dismutase, catalase, superoxide dismutase, and nitric oxide synthetase) were all markedly improved in coelomocytes of sea cucumbers fed with V33 (P < 0.05). Furthermore, the composition of the bacterial community in the intestinal contents of the sea cucumber was surveyed by 16S rRNA sequencing. Beta diversity analysis indicated that the bacterial compositions of sea cucumbers were significantly different between V33 and Control groups. At the phylum level, Proteobacteria, Actinobacteria, Firmicutes, and Bacteroidetes were the most prevalent phyla in sea cucumber gut microbiota. The abundance of Firmicutes (20.58%), Bacteroidetes (9.77%), and Verrucomicrobia (3.04%) were significantly higher in V33 group when compared with Control. Moreover, genus Mycobacterium was markedly decreased to 0.5% after V33 feeding, while the abundance of genus Rhodococcus was significantly increased by 6.9-fold (P < 0.01) under the same condition, indicating V33 diet might promotes the colonization of beneficial bacteria in the gut of sea cucumber. After Vibrio splendidus challenge, the survival rate of juvenile sea cucumbers fed with V33 diet was significantly higher than that fed with Control diet. All our current results suggested that the Vibrio sp. V33 could used as a probiotic for healthier production of sea cucumbers in aquaculture.
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- Tianyu Lu
- State Key Laboratory for Managing Biotic and Chemical Threats to the Quality and Safety of Agro-products, Ningbo University, Ningbo, PR China
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- State Key Laboratory for Managing Biotic and Chemical Threats to the Quality and Safety of Agro-products, Ningbo University, Ningbo, PR China
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- State Key Laboratory for Managing Biotic and Chemical Threats to the Quality and Safety of Agro-products, Ningbo University, Ningbo, PR China
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- State Key Laboratory for Managing Biotic and Chemical Threats to the Quality and Safety of Agro-products, Ningbo University, Ningbo, PR China; Laboratory for Marine Fisheries Science and Food Production Processes, Qingdao, PR China
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- State Key Laboratory for Managing Biotic and Chemical Threats to the Quality and Safety of Agro-products, Ningbo University, Ningbo, PR China.
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Wahltinez SJ, Byrne M, Stacy NI. Coelomic fluid of asteroid echinoderms: Current knowledge and future perspectives on its utility for disease and mortality investigations. Vet Pathol 2023; 60:547-559. [PMID: 37264636 DOI: 10.1177/03009858231176563] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/03/2023]
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Coelomic fluid surrounds the internal organs of asteroid echinoderms (asteroids, otherwise known as sea stars or starfish) and plays an essential role in the immune system, as well as in the transport of respiratory gases, nutrients, waste products, and reproductive mediators. Due to its importance in physiology and accessibility for nonlethal diagnostic sampling, coelomic fluid of asteroids provides an excellent sample matrix for health evaluations and can be particularly useful in disease and mortality investigations. This is especially important in light of recent increases in the number of affected individuals and species, larger geographic scope, and increased observed frequency of sea star wasting events compared with historic accounts of wasting. This review summarizes the current knowledge about coelomocytes, the effector cell of the asteroid immune system; coelomic fluid electrolytes, osmolality, acid-base status and respiratory gases, and microbiota; and genomic, transcriptomic, and proteomic investigations of coelomic fluid. The utility of coelomic fluid analysis for assessing stressor responses, diseases, and mortality investigations is considered with knowledge gaps and future directions identified. This complex body fluid provides an exciting opportunity to increase our understanding of this unique and ecologically important group of animals.
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- The University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW, Australia
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Queiroz V, Arizza V, Vazzana M, Custódio MR. Comparative evaluation of coelomocytes in Paracentrotus sea urchins: Description of new cell types and insights on spherulocyte maturation and sea urchin physiology. ZOOL ANZ 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jcz.2022.06.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/17/2022]
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Pagliara P, Chirizzi D, Guascito MR. Chemical characterization of red cells from the black sea urchin Arbacia lixula by X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy. RSC Adv 2021; 11:27074-27083. [PMID: 35480024 PMCID: PMC9037641 DOI: 10.1039/d1ra03156b] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/22/2021] [Accepted: 07/23/2021] [Indexed: 12/28/2022] Open
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Red spherula cells (RSC) from sea urchin coelomic fluid have attracted great interest for their specific and intriguing properties, such as for example antimicrobial activities and immune response, that probably tie in with their red characteristic pigments. Although to date different studies have been reported aimed to chemically characterize their pigments extracted from the cells, few data are available about the chemical characterization of the cell surface. In this work, a systematic chemical characterization of the RSC surface by X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) analysis is described. The results were compared with data on colorless cells from the same coelomic fluid sample. Our observations evidenced that the two cell types were characterized by the presence of different chemical functional groups. In particular, the colorless cells are dominated by the presence of alkyl, alcohol, amide, and carboxyl groups in accordance with other similar cell types, enriched in Na+ and Cl− ions. Traces of elements like S (sulphonates) and P (phosphates) are also present. On the other hand, the RSC in addition to the alkyl groups show a reduction in the content of amide groups, accompanied by the anomalous presence of keto-enolic groups that probably can be associated with the presence of quinones/hydro-quinones from red pigments. A chemical enrichment in elements such as Cl− and Mg2+ and sulphate groups (–R–O–SO3−), as well as the presence of sulphides and phosphates traces, is evident. The absence of carbonate groups is also observed in both cell populations, confirming the absence of sodium and magnesium carbonate salts. No traces of toxic elements (i.e., heavy metals) have been revealed. Red spherula cells from sea urchin coelomic fluid have attracted great interest for their specific and intriguing properties, such as antimicrobial activities and immune response, that probably tie in with their red characteristic pigments.![]()
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- Patrizia Pagliara
- Dipartimento di Scienze e Tecnologie Biologiche e Ambientali, Università del Salento S.P. Lecce-Monteroni Lecce Italy
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- Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale della Puglia e della Basilicata (IZS_PB) Via Manfredonia 20 Foggia Italy
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- Dipartimento di Scienze e Tecnologie Biologiche e Ambientali, Università del Salento S.P. Lecce-Monteroni Lecce Italy
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Queiroz V, Muxel SM, Inguglia L, Chiaramonte M, Custódio MR. Comparative study of coelomocytes from Arbacia lixula and Lythechinus variegatus: Cell characterization and in vivo evidence of the physiological function of vibratile cells. FISH & SHELLFISH IMMUNOLOGY 2021; 110:1-9. [PMID: 33378698 DOI: 10.1016/j.fsi.2020.12.014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/15/2020] [Revised: 12/19/2020] [Accepted: 12/22/2020] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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The knowledge on echinoderm coelomocytes has increased in recent years, but researchers still face a complex problem: how to obtain purified cells. Even flow cytometry being useful to address coelomocytes in suspension, the need for a method able to provide isolated cells is still noteworthy. Here, we use Imaging Flow Cytometry (IFC) to characterize the coelomocytes of two sea urchin species - Arbacia lixula and Lytechinus variegatus - and obtain gates to isolate cell populations. Then, we used these gates to study the physiological response of A. lixula coelomocytes during an induced immune challenge with Escherichia coli. An analysis of area and aspect ratio parameters of the flow cytometer allowed the identification of two main cell populations in the coelomic fluid: circular and elongated cells. A combination of this method with nucleus labeling using propidium iodide allowed the determination of gates containing isolated subpopulations of vibratile cells, red spherulocytes, and two phagocytes subpopulations in both species. We observed that during an induced bacterial immune challenge, A. lixula was able to modulate coelomocyte frequencies, increasing the phagocytes and decreasing red spherulocytes and vibratile cells. These results indicate that vibratile cells and red spherulocytes act by immobilizing and stoping bacterial growth, respectively, cooperating with phagocytes in the immune response. The use of IFC was fundamental not only to identify specific gates for the main coelomic subpopulations but also allowed the investigation on how echinoids modulate their physiological responses during immune challenges. Furthermore, we provide the first experimental evidence about the role of vibratile cells, corroborating its involvement with the immune system.
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- Vinicius Queiroz
- Department of Physiology, Institute of Biosciences, University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil.
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- Department of Physiology, Institute of Biosciences, University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
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- Dept. STEBICEF, University of the Study of Palermo, Via Archirafi 18, 90123, Palermo, Italy
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- Dept. STEBICEF, University of the Study of Palermo, Via Archirafi 18, 90123, Palermo, Italy
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- Department of Physiology, Institute of Biosciences, University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
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DeFilippo J, Ebersole J, Beck G. Comparison of phagocytosis in three Caribbean Sea urchins. DEVELOPMENTAL AND COMPARATIVE IMMUNOLOGY 2018; 78:14-25. [PMID: 28916267 DOI: 10.1016/j.dci.2017.09.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/07/2017] [Revised: 07/24/2017] [Accepted: 09/10/2017] [Indexed: 06/07/2023]
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In 1983 large numbers of the sea urchin Diadema antillarum unexplainably began showing signs of illness and dying in the Caribbean, and over the next year they came close to extinction, making it one of the worst mass mortality events on record. Present evidence suggests a water-borne pathogen as the etiological agent. Decades later Diadema densities remain low, and its near extinction has been a major factor in transforming living coral reefs in the Caribbean to barren algae-covered rock. In the ensuing decades, no solid explanation has been found to the questions: what killed Diadema; why did Diadema succumb while other species of urchins on the same reefs did not; and why has Diadema still not recovered? A recent hypothesis posited by our lab as to Diadema's vulnerability was directed at possible compromised immunity in Diadema, and experimental results found a significantly impaired humoral response to a key component of gram-negative bacteria. Here we use flow cytometry to examine the cellular arm of invertebrate immunity. We performed cytotoxicity and phagocytosis assays as a measure of the cellular immune responses of cells from Diadema and two other species of sea urchins not affected by the die-off. Despite our previous findings of in impaired humoral response, our study found no apparent difference in the cellular phagocytic response of Diadema compared to the other urchin species studied.
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- John DeFilippo
- Department of Biology, University of Massachusetts at Boston, Boston, MA, 02125-3393, USA
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- Department of Biology, University of Massachusetts at Boston, Boston, MA, 02125-3393, USA
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- Department of Biology, University of Massachusetts at Boston, Boston, MA, 02125-3393, USA.
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Leite Figueiredo DA, Branco PC, Dos Santos DA, Emerenciano AK, Iunes RS, Shimada Borges JC, Machado Cunha da Silva JR. Ocean acidification affects parameters of immune response and extracellular pH in tropical sea urchins Lytechinus variegatus and Echinometra luccunter. AQUATIC TOXICOLOGY (AMSTERDAM, NETHERLANDS) 2016; 180:84-94. [PMID: 27684601 DOI: 10.1016/j.aquatox.2016.09.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/14/2016] [Revised: 09/12/2016] [Accepted: 09/13/2016] [Indexed: 06/06/2023]
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The rising concentration of atmospheric CO2 by anthropogenic activities is changing the chemistry of the oceans, resulting in a decreased pH. Several studies have shown that the decrease in pH can affect calcification rates and reproduction of marine invertebrates, but little attention has been drawn to their immune response. Thus this study evaluated in two adult tropical sea urchin species, Lytechinus variegatus and Echinometra lucunter, the effects of ocean acidification over a period of 24h and 5days, on parameters of the immune response, the extracellular acid base balance, and the ability to recover these parameters. For this reason, the phagocytic capacity (PC), the phagocytic index (PI), the capacity of cell adhesion, cell spreading, cell spreading area of phagocytic amebocytes in vitro, and the coelomic fluid pH were analyzed in animals exposed to a pH of 8.0 (control group), 7.6 and 7.3. Experimental pH's were predicted by IPCC for the future of the two species. Furthermore, a recovery test was conducted to verify whether animals have the ability to restore these physiological parameters after being re-exposed to control conditions. Both species presented a significant decrease in PC, in the pH of coelomic fluid and in the cell spreading area. Besides that, Echinometra lucunter showed a significant decrease in cell spreading and significant differences in coelomocyte proportions. The recovery test showed that the PC of both species increased, also being below the control values. Even so, they were still significantly higher than those exposed to acidified seawater, indicating that with the re-establishment of the pH value the phagocytic capacity of cells tends to restore control conditions. These results demonstrate that the immune system and the coelomic fluid pH of these animals can be affected by ocean acidification. However, the effects of a short-term exposure can be reversible if the natural values are re-established. Thus, the effects of ocean acidification could lead to consequences for pathogen resistance and survival of these sea urchin species.
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- Débora Alvares Leite Figueiredo
- Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, Institute of Biomedical Science, University of São Paulo, Av Prof. Lineu Prestes, 1524, CEP 05509-900, São Paulo, SP, Brazil.
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- Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, Institute of Biomedical Science, University of São Paulo, Av Prof. Lineu Prestes, 1524, CEP 05509-900, São Paulo, SP, Brazil
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- Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, Institute of Biomedical Science, University of São Paulo, Av Prof. Lineu Prestes, 1524, CEP 05509-900, São Paulo, SP, Brazil
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- Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, Institute of Biomedical Science, University of São Paulo, Av Prof. Lineu Prestes, 1524, CEP 05509-900, São Paulo, SP, Brazil
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- Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, Institute of Biomedical Science, University of São Paulo, Av Prof. Lineu Prestes, 1524, CEP 05509-900, São Paulo, SP, Brazil
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- Metropolitan United Faculties, Scholl of Veterinary Medicine, Rua Ministro Nelson Hungria, 541, São Paulo, SP, Brazil; Universidade Paulista, Av. Marquês de São Vicente, 3001 - Água Branca - São Paulo - Brazil
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- Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, Institute of Biomedical Science, University of São Paulo, Av Prof. Lineu Prestes, 1524, CEP 05509-900, São Paulo, SP, Brazil
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Pérez-Portela R, Turon X, Riesgo A. Characterization of the transcriptome and gene expression of four different tissues in the ecologically relevant sea urchinArbacia lixulausing RNA-seq. Mol Ecol Resour 2015; 16:794-808. [DOI: 10.1111/1755-0998.12500] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/28/2015] [Revised: 11/19/2015] [Accepted: 11/24/2015] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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- R. Pérez-Portela
- Center for Advanced Studies of Blanes (CEAB-CSIC); Acceso a la Cala Sant Francesc 14 17300 Girona Spain
- Department of Animal Biology; University of Barcelona; 643 Diagonal Avenue 08028 Barcelona Spain
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- Center for Advanced Studies of Blanes (CEAB-CSIC); Acceso a la Cala Sant Francesc 14 17300 Girona Spain
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- Department of Animal Biology; University of Barcelona; 643 Diagonal Avenue 08028 Barcelona Spain
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Sciani JM, Sampaio MC, Zychar BC, Gonçalves LRDC, Giorgi R, Nogueira TDO, de Melo RL, Teixeira CDFP, Pimenta DC. Echinometrin: a novel mast cell degranulating peptide from the coelomic liquid of Echinometra lucunter sea urchin. Peptides 2014; 53:13-21. [PMID: 23948330 DOI: 10.1016/j.peptides.2013.07.031] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/29/2013] [Revised: 07/22/2013] [Accepted: 07/28/2013] [Indexed: 01/22/2023]
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Echinometra lucunter is an abundant sea urchin found in Brazilian waters. Accidents caused by this animal are common and are characterized by the penetration of the spines in the skin, which raises an inflammatory reaction through mechanical trauma as well as by the presumable action of toxins. Additionally, there have been reports of inflammatory reaction after the consumption of raw sea urchin eggs. In this work, we have isolated a peptide from E. lucunter coelomic fluid that could elicit inflammatory reactions, such as paw edema, leukocyte recruitment and diminishment of the pain threshold. This peptide was termed Echinometrin. Moreover, the peptide administration was able to produce in vivo degranulation of mouse mast cells, in a dose-response manner. The peptide was 'de novo' sequenced by mass spectrometry and its synthetic analog could reproduce all the observed effects. Sequence alignment indicates that this peptide is comprised in vitellogenin, an abundant nutrient protein present in the gametogenic cells of sea urchins, making it possible that echinometrin would be a cryptide with pro-inflammatory effects.
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- Juliana Mozer Sciani
- Laboratório de Bioquímica e Biofísica, Instituto Butantan, São Paulo, SP, Brazil; Centro de Biologia Marinha, Universidade de São Paulo, São Sebastião, SP, Brazil.
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- Laboratório de Fisiopatologia, Instituto Butantan, São Paulo, SP, Brazil
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- Laboratório Especial de Toxinologia Aplicada, Instituto Butantan, São Paulo, SP, Brazil
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- Laboratório de Bioquímica e Biofísica, Instituto Butantan, São Paulo, SP, Brazil; Centro de Biologia Marinha, Universidade de São Paulo, São Sebastião, SP, Brazil
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Sun HX, Dang Z, Xia Q, Tang WC, Zhang GR. The effect of dietary nickel on the immune responses of Spodoptera litura Fabricius larvae. JOURNAL OF INSECT PHYSIOLOGY 2011; 57:954-961. [PMID: 21540035 DOI: 10.1016/j.jinsphys.2011.04.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/04/2010] [Revised: 03/31/2011] [Accepted: 04/11/2011] [Indexed: 05/30/2023]
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By exposing Spodoptera litura Fabricius larvae to nickel (Ni) in artificial diets for successive three generations, we investigated the impacts of the dietary Ni on growth and immune response of the fifth and sixth instar larvae at 24 h intervals. The time of newly moulted fifth instar larvae was labelled as 0 h. After exposure to 5 mg/kg Ni for two generations, Ni exposure significantly improved larval phenoloxidase activity and encapsulation grade in fifth instar larvae when compared to controls, except for encapsulation grade at 72-120 h in the second generation. However, higher concentrations of Ni (≥10 mg/kg) only significantly reduced encapsulation grade at 72-120 h. In the third generation, insects given higher dietary levels of Ni (≥10 mg/kg) showed lower immune responses and retarded relative growth rate (RGR) compared to controls, but those exposed to lower Ni levels (≤5 mg/kg) had a significantly improved encapsulation grade at 24-72 h. Larvae at lower Ni level (≤5 mg/kg) treatments had significantly higher RGR in comparison with that in controls. There was no significant difference in food relative consumption rate (RCR) and RGR among any treatment of the fifth instar larvae in three successive generations. These results indicated that the type and extent of effects on growth and immune responses of S. litura varied with the Ni concentrations and exposure periods.
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- Hong-Xia Sun
- State Key Laboratory for Biological Control & Institute of Entomology, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou 510275, China
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Ellis RP, Parry H, Spicer JI, Hutchinson TH, Pipe RK, Widdicombe S. Immunological function in marine invertebrates: responses to environmental perturbation. FISH & SHELLFISH IMMUNOLOGY 2011; 30:1209-1222. [PMID: 21463691 DOI: 10.1016/j.fsi.2011.03.017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 122] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/07/2011] [Revised: 03/20/2011] [Accepted: 03/27/2011] [Indexed: 05/30/2023]
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The inception of ecological immunology has led to an increase in the number of studies investigating the impact of environmental stressors on host immune defence mechanisms. This in turn has led to an increased understanding of the importance of invertebrate groups for immunological research. This review discusses the advances made within marine invertebrate ecological immunology over the past decade. By demonstrating the environmental stressors tested, the immune parameters typically investigated, and the species that have received the greatest level of investigation, this review provides a critical assessment of the field of marine invertebrate ecological immunology. In highlighting the methodologies employed within this field, our current inability to understand the true ecological significance of any immune dysfunction caused by environmental stressors is outlined. Additionally, a number of examples are provided in which studies successfully demonstrate a measure of immunocompetence through alterations in disease resistance and organism survival to a realized pathogenic threat. Consequently, this review highlights the potential to advance our current understanding of the ecological and evolutionary significance of environmental stressor related immune dysfunction. Furthermore, the potential for the advancement of our understanding of the immune system of marine invertebrates, through the incorporation of newly emerging and novel molecular techniques, is emphasized.
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- R P Ellis
- Plymouth Marine Laboratory, Prospect Place, West Hoe, Plymouth, Devon PL1 3DH, UK.
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Borges JCS, Branco PC, Pressinotti LN, Severino D, da Silva JRMC. Intranuclear crystalloids of Antarctic sea urchins as a biomarker for oil contamination. Polar Biol 2010. [DOI: 10.1007/s00300-009-0762-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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