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BRAZILIAN JOURNAL OF BIOLOGY
Volume 69, Issue 4, Pages 1133-1139Publisher
INT INST ECOLOGY
DOI: 10.1590/S1519-69842009000500018
Keywords
pacu; Piaractus mesopotamicus; innate immunity; respiratory burst; lysozyme
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- CNPq [141143/2004-5]
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Innate immune responses are useful to determine the health status of fish and to evaluate the effect of immunomodulatory substances in fish farming. Leukocytes respiratory burst was measured in pacu (Piaractus mesopotamicus) using chemiluminescence assay and nitroblue tetrazolium (NBT) reduction assay. The nitroblue tetrazolium reduction seemed more adequate than chemiluminescence assay for leukocytes oxidative burst determination, since it was difficult to isolate the blood leucocytes for chemiluminescence assay. Plasma and serum lysozyme were measured using a turbidimetric assay. The heating of serum and plasma samples (56 degrees C for 30 minutes) for complement system inactivation darkened the plasma samples and interfered in the results. The lysozyme activity in serum was higher than in plasma, suggesting that serum samples are more appropriate for the analysis. This study established protocols that can be useful tools in the Study of immune mechanisms of the tropical fish pacu.
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