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β-1,3-Glucan from Euglena gracilis as an immunostimulant mediates the antiparasitic effect against Mesanophrys sp. on hemocytes in marine swimming crab (Portunus trituberculatus)
- Source :
- Fish & Shellfish Immunology. 114:28-35
- Publication Year :
- 2021
- Publisher :
- Elsevier BV, 2021.
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Abstract
- β-1,3-glucans, natural polysaccharide groups, exert immunomodulatory effects to improve the innate response and disease resistance in aquatic species and mammals. However, this β-glucan stimulant is yet to be assayed in swimming crab (Portunus trituberculatus) hemocytes. In this study, we explored the immunomodulatory effect of β-1,3-glucans (derived from Euglena gracilis) via in vitro 24 h stimulation assays in swimming crab hemocytes. We found that this algal β-1,3-glucans in crab hemocytes significantly elevated cellular enzymes related parameters, including phenoloxidase (PO), lysozyme, acid phosphatase (ACP) activities, and superoxide anion generation (O2−) rate both at intracellular (P 0.05). β-glucan significantly influenced (P
- Subjects :
- 0301 basic medicine
beta-Glucans
Euglena gracilis
Brachyura
medicine.drug_class
ved/biology.organism_classification_rank.species
Aquatic Science
Immunostimulant
Antioxidants
Host-Parasite Interactions
03 medical and health sciences
chemistry.chemical_compound
medicine
Animals
Environmental Chemistry
Ciliophora
chemistry.chemical_classification
Innate immune system
biology
Superoxide
ved/biology
Acid phosphatase
04 agricultural and veterinary sciences
General Medicine
Portunus trituberculatus
biology.organism_classification
030104 developmental biology
Enzyme
chemistry
Biochemistry
040102 fisheries
biology.protein
0401 agriculture, forestry, and fisheries
Lysozyme
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 10504648
- Volume :
- 114
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Fish & Shellfish Immunology
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....f3c740208475cb778d2b8fcb753917a9