Cellular and Transcriptional Responses of Crassostrea gigas Hemocytes Exposed in Vitro to Brevetoxin (PbTx-2)

Marine Drugs

Danielle F. Mello¹  Eliza S. de Oliveira¹  Renato C. Vieira¹  Erik Simoes¹  Rafael Trevisan²  Alcir Luiz Dafre² 

[1] Laboratory of Immunology Applied to Aquaculture, Department of Cell Biology, Embryology and Genetics, Biological Sciences Center, Federal University of Santa Catarina, 88040-900, Florianópolis, SC, Brazil;Laboratory of Cell Defense, Department of Biochemistry, Biological Sciences Center, Federal University of Santa Catarina, 88040-900, Florianópolis, SC, Brazil;

关键词: brevetoxin;    hemocytes;    bivalves;    gene expression;    immune;    antioxidant and detoxification systems;   

DOI  :  10.3390/md10030583

来源: mdpi

【 摘 要 】

Hemocytes mediate a series of immune reactions essential for bivalve survival in the environment, however, the impact of harmful algal species and their associated phycotoxins upon bivalve immune system is under debate. To better understand the possible toxic effects of these toxins, Crassostrea gigas hemocytes were exposed to brevetoxin (PbTx-2). Hemocyte viability, monitored through the neutral red retention and MTT reduction assays, and apoptosis (Hoechst staining) remained unchanged during 12 h of exposure to PbTx-2 in concentrations up to 1000 µg/L. Despite cell viability and apoptosis remained stable, hemocytes incubated for 4 h with 1000 µg/L of PbTx-2 revealed higher expression levels of Hsp70 (p < 0.01) and CYP356A1 (p < 0.05) transcripts and a tendency to increase FABP expression, as evaluated by Real-Time quantitative PCR. The expression of other studied genes (BPI, IL-17, GSTO, EcSOD, Prx6, SOD and GPx) remained unchanged. The results suggest that the absence of cytotoxic effects of PbTx-2 in Crassostrea gigas hemocytes, even at high concentrations, allow early defense responses to be produced by activating protective mechanisms associated to detoxification (CYP356A1 and possibly FABP) and stress (Hsp70), but not to immune or to antioxidant (BPI, IL-17, EcSOD, Prx6, GPx and SOD) related genes.

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