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Cellular Responses of Congenital Immunity in the Starfish Asterias rubens

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The work deals with analysis of changes of cellular defense factors in the starfish Asterias rubens in response to injection of human erythrocytes (HE). The number of circulating coelomocytes, dynamics of their production of active oxygen forms, activity of peroxidase, and dynamics of elimination of human hemoglobin from coelomic fluid were estimated before immunization with HE as well as at 6–144 h. The number of coelomocytes was counted in Goryaev chamber, production of active oxygen forms was determined in the test of spontaneous and zymosan-induced reduction of Tetrazolium Nitro Blue, peroxidase activity—in a color enzymatic reaction. Time of human hemoglobin elimination from the coelomic fluid was determined by spectrophotometric method by hemoglobin binding with acetone cyanohydrin with formation of a colored product. It is revealed that injection of human erythrocytes into the starfish Asterias rubens leads to a decrease of the number of coelomocytes in 24–96 h and to an increase of their specific production of active oxygen forms in 96–120 h after the HE injection. In coelomic fluid of Asterias rubens the presence of peroxidase activity is established. The circulation time of human hemoglobin released from erythrocytes in coelomic fluid of these animals does not exceed 24 h. It is suggested that the cellular defense reactions are the major factor of the starfish congenital immunity.

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    I. V. Kudryavtsev, I. S. D’yachkov, D. P. Kanaikin & A. D. Kharazova

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    A. A. Kazakov & A. V. Polevshchikov

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Translated from Zhurnal Evolyutsionnoi Biokhimii i Fiziologii, Vol. 41, No. 2, 2005, pp. 107–113.

Original Russian Text Copyright © 2005 by Kudryavtsev, D’yachkov, Kazakov, Kanaikin, Kharazova, Polevshchikov.

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Kudryavtsev, I.V., D’yachkov, I.S., Kazakov, A.A. et al. Cellular Responses of Congenital Immunity in the Starfish Asterias rubens . J Evol Biochem Phys 41, 134–142 (2005). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10893-005-0046-y

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