Morphology and immune-related activities of hemocytes of the Korean mussel Mytilus coruscus (Gould, 1861) from East Sea of Korea

Title
Morphology and immune-related activities of hemocytes of the Korean mussel Mytilus coruscus (Gould, 1861) from East Sea of Korea
Author(s)
양현성; 홍현기; Ludovic Donaghy; 노충환; 박흥식; 김동성; 최광식
KIOST Author(s)
Yang, Hyun Sung(양현성)Noh, Choong Hwan(노충환)Park, Heung Sik(박흥식)Kim, Dong Sung(김동성)
Alternative Author(s)
양현성; 노충환; 박흥식; 김동성
Publication Year
2014-10-03
Abstract
The Korean mussel Mytilus coruscus is a cold water marine bivalve inhabiting shallow subtidal rocky bottoms along the East Sea. In this study, we characterized morphology and immune-related activities of hemocytes of M. coruscus using light microscopy and flow cytometry. Based on the morphology and cellular activities, 3 types of hemocyte were identified, as granulocytes, hyalinocyte, and blast-like cells. Granulocytes, containing numerous intra-cytoplasmic granules, was intermediate-size (11.7 µ m) and the most abundant cells (70.2 %), while hyalinocyte was the largest cells (16.0 µ m), with no or few granules in their cytoplasm. The granulocytes exhibited higher lysosomal content, phagocytosis activity and oxidative capacities than the hyalinocytes. In contrast, the blast-like cells were the smallest cells (6.4 µ m) and displayed a lack of phagocytosis and oxidative capacities. In M. coruscus, the granulocytes appear as the major cell type involved in cellular defense, whereas the blast-like cells may not be directly involved in cell-mediated immune response. microscopy and flow cytometry. Based on the morphology and cellular activities, 3 types of hemocyte were identified, as granulocytes, hyalinocyte, and blast-like cells. Granulocytes, containing numerous intra-cytoplasmic granules, was intermediate-size (11.7 µ m) and the most abundant cells (70.2 %), while hyalinocyte was the largest cells (16.0 µ m), with no or few granules in their cytoplasm. The granulocytes exhibited higher lysosomal content, phagocytosis activity and oxidative capacities than the hyalinocytes. In contrast, the blast-like cells were the smallest cells (6.4 µ m) and displayed a lack of phagocytosis and oxidative capacities. In M. coruscus, the granulocytes appear as the major cell type involved in cellular defense, whereas the blast-like cells may not be directly involved in cell-mediated immune response.
URI
https://sciwatch.kiost.ac.kr/handle/2020.kiost/25979
Bibliographic Citation
The 2nd Asian Marine Biology Symposium, pp.254, 2014
Publisher
한국해양학회
Type
Conference
Language
English
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