Journal
FISH & SHELLFISH IMMUNOLOGY
Volume 127, Issue -, Pages 109-118Publisher
ACADEMIC PRESS LTD- ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.fsi.2022.06.010
Keywords
TLR4; Myd88; AIF-1; RNASET2; Cellular immunity; Immunohistochemistry; M. galloprovincialis; Bacterial challenge
Funding
- Fund for University Research (FFR) of Palermo University [PON ARS01_00333]
- Insubria Academic Research Funds (FAR)
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This study evaluated the immunological parameters of Mediterranean mussels in response to Vibrio splendidus infection. The results showed that TLR4 was activated before bacterial infection and recruited the MyD88 adapter. Challenging with Gram-negative bacteria caused a massive migration of AIF-1(+) hemocytes, and the ribonuclease RNASET2 may play a key role in this recruitment. This research contributes to a better understanding of the complex molecular defense mechanisms in bivalve molluscs and can guide the development of immunological response assessment methods in aquaculture.
Filter-feeding bivalves, such as the Mytilus species, are exposed to different types of bacteria in the surrounding waters, in particular of the Vibrio genus. Mussels lack an adaptive immune system and hemocytes can recognize pathogen-associated molecular patterns (PAMPs) via pattern recognition receptors (PRRs) to activate intracellular signaling pathways to trigger the antimicrobial effectors synthesis. Among the areas of bivalve immunity that deserve study include the role of hemocyte subpopulations. Since little information are available on immune responses at the tissue level to human pathogenic vibrios commonly detected in coastal waters involved in seafood-borne diseases, in this work, immunological parameters of the hemocytes from the Mediterranean mussel M. galloprovincialis were evaluated in response to in vivo challenge with Vibrio splendidus. The histological approach has been first used in order to identify the hemocytes recruitment at the infection site and the morphological change of muscular fibers. In addition, using immunolabeling with specific antibody we detected the production of molecules involved in the inflammatory activated cascade: Toll-like receptors 4 (TLR4), the myeloid differentiation factor 88 (MyD88), the Allograft inflammatory factor-1 (AIF-1) and the ribonucleases RNASET2, belonging to the T2 family, that in vertebrates are involved in the recruitment and activation of macrophages. Our results indicate the activation of TLR4 during bacterial infection preparatory to the recruitment of the MyD88 adapter with a putative role in recognition and intracellular signalling. Furthermore, the data presented in this work suggest that challenging with Gram-negative bacteria causes a massive migration of AIF-1(+) hemocytes and that the ribonuclease RNASET2 could play a key role in the recruitment of these activated hemocytes. Our approach is useful for further understanding the complex molecular defence mechanisms of the host in invertebrates, especially in relation to the need to develop methods to evaluate the immunological response of bivalve molluscs used in aquaculture.
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