Antibody-mediated bacterial killing of Ichthyobacterium seriolicida in Japanese amberjack

Veterinary Immunology and Immunopathology
T MatsuyamaC Nakayasu

Abstract

Ichthyobacterium seriolicida is the causative agent of bacterial hemolytic jaundice (BHJ) in Japanese amberjack, Seriola quinqueradiata. Fish recovering from BHJ acquire protective immunity against reinfection. In this study, fish were passively immunized to determine whether serum antibody is involved in protection against BHJ. The susceptibility of I. seriolicida to the bactericidal activity of Japanese amberjack serum was also investigated. In passive immunization tests, significantly lower mortality was noted in fish that received convalescent serum. Bacteria were killed when exposed to convalescent serum but not serum from naïve fish. Electron microscopic analyses showed that I. seriolicida cells were morphologically altered by reaction with convalescent serum. Naïve fish serum became bactericidal upon addition of purified IgM from convalescent serum. Involvement of the classical complement pathway in the bactericidal mechanism was confirmed because bactericidal activity was lost upon heating convalescent serum or chelation treatment using EDTA. Convalescent fish serum thus protects against reinfection by I. seriolicida via humoral immunity mediated by activation of the classical complement pathway.

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