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GENERAL AND COMPARATIVE ENDOCRINOLOGY
Volume 122, Issue 3, Pages 252-259Publisher
ACADEMIC PRESS INC ELSEVIER SCIENCE
DOI: 10.1006/gcen.2001.7643
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Crassostrea gigas; hemocytes; phagocytosis; catecholamine; noradrenaline; adrenergic receptors
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Catecholamines (CA) regulate several physiological processes in molluscs. Experiments have been conducted to determine the effects of noradrenaline (NA), the principal CA circulating in bivalve hemolymph, on oyster hemocyte phagocytosis. Results show that NA had a dose-dependent inhibitory effect on phagocytosis at physiological concentrations of 0.1 muM and above. The beta -adrenoceptor agonist isoproterenol mimicked the inhibitory effects of NA on phagocytosis, whereas the alpha -adrenoceptor agonist phenylephrine had no significant effect. Furthermore, the beta -adrenoceptor antagonist propanolol, but not the alpha -adrenoceptor antagonist prazosin, prevented the inhibition of phagocytosis by NA. The type IV phosphodiesterase inhibitor rolipram acted synergistically with a suboptimal concentration of isoproterenol to inhibit phagocytosis, and the protein kinase A inhibitor H-89, but not the protein kinase C inhibitor calphostin C, attenuated the effect of isoproterenol. These results show that NA can modulate oyster hemocyte phagocytosis via a beta -adrenergic receptor/cAMP/protein kinase A signaling pathway. (C) 2001 Academic Press.
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