Changes in immune gene expression and resistance to bacterial infection in lobster (Homarus gammarus) post-larval stage VI following acute or chronic exposure to immune stimulating compounds

Real-time PCR was used to measure changes in transcript abundance of genes encoding important immune proteins, namely prophenoloxidase (proPO gene), beta-1,3-glucan binding protein (beta GBP gene) and a 12.2 kDa antimicrobial peptide (amp gene) in post-larval stage VI (PLVI) juveniles of the Europea...

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Published in:Molecular Immunology
Main Authors: Hauton, C., Brockton, V., Smith, V. J.
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: 2007
Subjects:
disease resistance
gene expression
Homarus gammarus
immunostimutant
lobster
real-time PCR
SHRIMP PENAEUS-MONODON
PROPHENOLOXIDASE-ACTIVATING SYSTEM
BLACK TIGER SHRIMP
MESSENGER-RNA
MACROBRACHIUM-ROSENBERGII
MARSUPENAEUS-JAPONICUS
ANTIBACTERIAL PEPTIDE
INVERTEBRATE IMMUNITY
LITOPENAEUS-VANNAMEI
European lobster
Online Access:https://research-portal.st-andrews.ac.uk/en/researchoutput/changes-in-immune-gene-expression-and-resistance-to-bacterial-infection-in-lobster-homarus-gammarus-postlarval-stage-vi-following-acute-or-chronic-exposure-to-immune-stimulating-compounds(a534b963-3733-4c9f-ad03-96f04f687895).html
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.molimm.2006.02.018
http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=33747869917&partnerID=8YFLogxK
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Summary:Real-time PCR was used to measure changes in transcript abundance of genes encoding important immune proteins, namely prophenoloxidase (proPO gene), beta-1,3-glucan binding protein (beta GBP gene) and a 12.2 kDa antimicrobial peptide (amp gene) in post-larval stage VI (PLVI) juveniles of the European lobster, Homarus gammarus. Gene expression was studied in both healthy PLVI and following single or repeat exposure to a range of compounds claimed to induce immune reactivity. A single acute (3-h) exposure to any of the tested stimulants did not produce a significant increase in expression of either the proPO or beta GBP genes, measured 6 h after stimulation. However, there were a small sub-group of positive responders. identified mainly from beta GBP expression, within the experimental groups stimulated with either a beta-1,3-glucan or an alginate. There was also no significant increase in the expression of any of the three genes tested 24 h after repeated weekly (3-h) exposures to a either the beta-1,3-alucan or the alginate over the lonaer (36-day) period. The results do show that amp is expressed at an extremely high level compared to proPO or beta GBP in healthy animals and a significant correlation was found between the expression of proPO and both beta GBP and amp, irrespective of whether or not the larvae were stimulated. None of the immune stimulated compounds improved survival of PLVI challenged with the opportunistic pathogen, Listonella anguillarum, or the lobster pathogen, Aerococcus viridans var. homari. Thus, we found no evidence to support recent claims that immunity and disease resistance can be primed or promoted within a given population of crustaceans or that these animals exhibit functional immune memory to some soluble immune elicitors. (c) 2006 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.

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