A BCWD-Resistant line of rainbow trout is less sensitive to cortisol implant-induced changes in IgM response as compared to a susceptible (control) line.

Developmental and Comparative Immunology
Fatima Quddos, Patty Zwollo

Abstract

In salmonids, stress responses increase cortisol levels and disease susceptibility, including to Flavobacterium psychrophilum (Fp), the causative agent of BCWD. A BCWD-resistant line (R-line) of rainbow trout was used here to investigate potential differences in immunoglobulin response after a combined treatment of cortisol and Fp, as compared to a susceptible (S-line) control line. Expression of membrane and secreted immunoglobulin heavy chains mu and tau were determined by RT-qPCR in spleen and anterior kidney. Cortisol treatment did not affect B cell development in the anterior kidney, but delayed IgM responses at the early stage of infection in the spleen of both lines. An earlier IgM response was a determining factor in differential disease progression between resistant- and susceptible fish after Fp-challenge. S-line fish had a delayed and exacerbated IgM response after cortisol implant indicative of a detrimental cycle of sustained IgM responses and high pathogen loads. In contrast, R-line fish had delayed but milder, and protective IgM responses and cleared pathogen successfully. Fp challenge after cortisol implant increased serum cortisol levels on days 3 and 5 compared to mock treatments in S-line fish, but only on da...Continue Reading

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