title: The activity of several components of the innate immune system in diploid and triploid turbot.
abstract: The use of triploid fish may be of interest in research, e.g. study of how this condition affects the size and activity of cells. In addition, triploid fish are sterile and production of triploids in fish species that are marketed after reaching sexual maturity may be of economic interest. In the present study, the effects of triploidy on the activity of several components of the innate immune system of turbot (Psetta maxima L) were determined. Triploid turbot had bigger cells (erythrocytes and neutrophils) but the number of blood erythrocytes, leucocytes and thrombocytes was lower than in diploid fish. The differential cell count was similar in both types of fish. The respiratory burst and the phagocytic activities were higher in neutrophils of triploid turbot. However, because the number of neutrophils was higher in diploids, the total respiratory burst activity and the phagocytosis per microliter of blood was similar in both types of fish. No differences were found in serum complement, lysozyme or bactericidal activities. The results indicate that the activities of the humoral components of the innate immune system tested are similar in diploid and triploid fish and that the lower leucocyte number found in triploids is compensated for by higher cell activity.
authors.affiliation: Bioloxía Celular, Departamento de Bioloxía Celular e Ecoloxía, Facultade de Bioloxía, Universidade de Santiago de Compostela, 15782 Santiago de Compostela, Spain.
authors.forename: Belén
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Budiño
authors.forename: Rosa M
authors.initials: RM
authors.lastname: Cal
authors.forename: M Carla
authors.initials: MC
authors.lastname: Piazzon
authors.forename: Jesús
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Lamas
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001770:Blood Bactericidal Activity / Q000502:physiology; D004171:Diploidy; D004906:Erythrocyte Count; D004912:Erythrocytes / Q000166:cytology / Q000378:metabolism; D005260:Female; D005412:Flatfishes / Q000097:blood* / Q000235:genetics / Q000276:immunology; D007107:Immune System / Q000166:cytology* / Q000276:immunology / Q000378:metabolism; D007113:Immunity, Innate / Q000502:physiology; D007958:Leukocyte Count; D007962:Leukocytes / Q000166:cytology / Q000378:metabolism; D008297:Male; D009113:Muramidase / Q000097:blood; D009504:Neutrophils / Q000166:cytology / Q000378:metabolism; D010587:Phagocytosis / Q000502:physiology; D011123:Polyploidy; D016897:Respiratory Burst / Q000502:physiology
chemical_list: D009113:Muramidase