Effects of salinity and temperature on in vitro cell cycle and proliferation of Perkinsus marinus from Brazil

Parasitology
Fernando Ramos QueirogaPatricia Mirella da Silva

Abstract

Field and in vitro studies have shown that high salinities and temperatures promote the proliferation and dissemination of Perkinsus marinus in several environments. In Brazil, the parasite infects native oysters Crassostrea gasar and Crassostrea rhizophorae in the Northeast (NE), where the temperature is high throughout the year. Despite the high prevalence of Perkinsus spp. infection in oysters from the NE of Brazil, no mortality events were reported by oyster farmers to date. The present study evaluated the effects of salinity (5, 20 and 35 psu) and temperature (15, 25 and 35 °C) on in vitro proliferation of P. marinus isolated from a host (C. rhizophorae) in Brazil, for a period of up to 15 days and after the return to the control conditions (22 days; recovery). Different cellular parameters (changes of cell phase's composition, cell density, viability and production of reactive oxygen species) were analysed using flow cytometry. The results indicate that the P. marinus isolate was sensitive to the extreme salinities and temperatures analysed. Only the highest temperature caused lasting cell damage under prolonged exposure, impairing P. marinus recovery, which is likely to be associated with oxidative stress. These findings...Continue Reading

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Datasets Mentioned

BETA
KT692955

Methods Mentioned

BETA
PCR
flow
light microscopy
light
flow cytometry
flow citometry
thermal stress

Software Mentioned

Flowing
FlowJo
GraphPad Prism

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