title: Immune response and gene expression in shrimp (Litopenaeus vannamei) hemocytes and hepatopancreas against some pathogen-associated molecular patterns.
abstract: The effects of some pathogen-associated molecular patterns (PAMPs) (laminarin, LPS and poly I:C) on total hemocyte counts (THC), phenoloxidase (PO) activity, superoxide anion production and lectin, prophenoloxidase, lysozyme, cytosolic manganese superoxide dismutase (C-MnSOD) and catalase (CAT) gene expression were studied. The results showed that the production or activity of most tested immune factors and the expression of most tested genes were up-regulated after stimulation with PAMPs, among which the highest value of lectin with 4.4 times as much as that of the control group appeared at 6 h in hemocytes, of CAT with 47 times as much as that of the control group appeared at 12 h in hepatopancreas, and with 2.7 times higher than that of the control group at 24 h of C-MnSOD in hepatopancreas after laminarin injection. The peak value of proPO, lysozyme and C-MnSOD appeared at 6 h in hepatopancreas, 24 h in hepatopancreas and 24 h in hemocytes after LPS injection, respectively. The highest expression level of lysozyme appeared at 12 h in hemocytes after poly I:C injection. However, significant decreases of PO activity in hemocytes and lectin expression in hepatopancreas were found after poly I:C injection, and a dramatic down-regulation of proPO expression from 3 h to 48 h was found in hemocytes after injection with laminarin, LPS and poly I:C. The results suggest that the shrimp immune response could be activated or inhibited by different PAMPs, and that the hepatopancreas also plays a key role by synthesizing immune factors.
authors.affiliation: Key Laboratory of Science and Technology for Aquaculture and Food Safety of Fujian Province University, Fisheries college/Fisheries Biotechnology Institute, Jimei University, Xiamen 361021, China.
authors.forename: Pei-Feng
authors.initials: PF
authors.lastname: Ji
authors.forename: Cui-Luan
authors.initials: CL
authors.lastname: Yao
authors.forename: Zhi-Yong
authors.initials: ZY
authors.lastname: Wang
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D020869:Gene Expression Profiling; D005786:Gene Expression Regulation / Q000276:immunology*; D006434:Hemocytes / Q000378:metabolism*; D043143:Hepatopancreas / Q000378:metabolism*; D033561:Penaeidae / Q000166:cytology*