RESUMEN
The immune system of Atlantic cod (Gadus morhua L.) differ from other bony fish species in that no or only very low increases in antibody levels are detected post-immunization with Vibrio salmonicida or V. anguillarum. Here, we report the results from the first study on comparison of antibody responses in cod to Aeromonas salmonicida and V. anguillarum. A. salmonicida appear to induce a stronger antibody response in cod compared to V. anguillarum, and more individuals immunized with A. salmonicida revealed a response compared to those immunized with V. anguillarum. The antibody responses to both bacterial species were mainly toward LPS, and the results indicate that cod antibodies are able to differentiate between LPS antigens from typical and atypical A. salmonicida strains.
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Aeromonas salmonicida/inmunología , Enfermedades de los Peces/inmunología , Forunculosis/veterinaria , Gadus morhua/inmunología , Infecciones por Bacterias Gramnegativas/veterinaria , Vibriosis/veterinaria , Vibrio/inmunología , Animales , Anticuerpos Antibacterianos/biosíntesis , Anticuerpos Antibacterianos/sangre , Anticuerpos Antibacterianos/inmunología , Especificidad de Anticuerpos , Western Blotting/veterinaria , Ensayo de Inmunoadsorción Enzimática/veterinaria , Enfermedades de los Peces/microbiología , Enfermedades de los Peces/prevención & control , Forunculosis/inmunología , Forunculosis/microbiología , Forunculosis/prevención & control , Infecciones por Bacterias Gramnegativas/inmunología , Infecciones por Bacterias Gramnegativas/microbiología , Infecciones por Bacterias Gramnegativas/prevención & control , Inmunización/veterinaria , Vibriosis/inmunología , Vibriosis/microbiología , Vibriosis/prevención & controlRESUMEN
In the present study we investigated the respiratory burst (RB) activity of Atlantic cod (Gadus morhua L.) blood phagocytes and we evaluated how the RB activity of cod blood cells differ from that of trout. The RB activities were measured directly from highly diluted whole blood as luminol-amplified chemiluminescence (CL) under various conditions. Studies regarding the blood dilutions for cod whole blood chemiluminescence measurements (WBCL) revealed that at a final blood dilution of 1.5 microl ml(-1) or less the CL response was strictly proportional to the number of phagocytes. This range of blood dilution did not markedly differ from that of trout. However, the opsonisation capacity of cod plasma was markedly poorer. The RB activity of phagocytes was most active at 15 degrees C when heterologous cod serum was used as a source of opsonin, whereas at final blood dilution of 8.0 microl ml(-1) (when homologous cod plasma was at a higher concentration) the highest RB activity was observed at 10 degrees C. Aeromonas salmonicida strain MT004 (As MT004) induced higher RB activity than the two known pathogens for cod, atypical A. salmonicida and Vibrio anguillarum. Cod blood phagocytes were more responsive to plastic surfaces and the adhesion response of phagocytes was partly inhibited but did not totally vanish even at a final gelatin concentration of 0.4%. Moreover, cod serum enhanced the adherence of phagocytes and cod blood phagocytes also showed slow spontaneous degranulation. Finally, within the tested anticoagulants (heparin, Na-citrate, EDTA) heparin treated blood phagocytes generated the highest RB activity.