Induction of degranulation and lysis of haemocytes in the freshwater crayfish, Astacus astacus by components of the prophenoloxidase activating system in vitro

Cell and Tissue Research
V J Smith, K Söderhäll

Abstract

To study the role of the prophenoloxidase activating system, an enzyme cascade located in the haemocytes of crustaceans, in the cellular defences of the freshwater crayfish, Astacus astacus in vitro, monolayer cultures of mixed or separated haemocyte populations, isolated by density gradient centrifugation, were challenged with the bacterium, Moraxella sp. pre-coated with phenoloxidase and the other attaching proteins in crayfish haemocyte lysate (HLS), or in the case of controls, with saline or Moraxella sp. pre-incubated in saline alone. Examination of the coverslips 1 h after inoculation revealed that, in the mixed haemocyte cultures, most of the cells had undergone profound degranulation and lysis following exposure to the HLS-coated bacteria. Cell lysis was also evident in the experimental semigranular cell monolayers, but not in the controls, although in those controls treated with the saline-incubated bacteria, the semigranular haemocytes had undergone degranulation without lysis. In contrast, the granular cells appeared to be unaffected by the saline-incubated Moraxella sp., and with the HLS-coated bacteria displayed only marked degranulation. Greater numbers of bacteria were always associated with the cells or cell rem...Continue Reading

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